The Best TV Shows on MBC 1

Every MBC 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Our curated list, current as of March 2026, showcases over 20 of MBC 1’s highest-rated series. Some of the best tv shows from MBC 1 include Bab Al-Hara and Omar, airing in 2006 and 2012 respectively. MBC 1 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2006 all the way to 2025.

  • Sekket Safar
    Sekket Safar (2022)10.0

    Three brothers get into many adventures when they run the inn, the station, and the grocery they inherit from their father, who appears to them as a ghost whenever they do something wrong.

  • Layl
    Layl (2025)10.0

    An ambassador’s daughter and a farmer’s son share a love that defies class and time. When she vanishes, his world shatters – until her return years later with secrets that turn their love into a haunting reckoning.

  • Kingdoms of Fire
    Kingdoms of Fire (2019)9.3

    A historical look on the last days of the Mamluk Sultanate before its fall to the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century and how Egypt and the Sham were incorporated into the Ottoman empire.

  • Al Asha Street
    Al Asha Street (2025)9.0

    Riyadh, 1970. Aziza reminisces about her youth as she, her sister Awatif, and the fierce Bedouin Wadha navigate battles of love, ambition, and defiance in a drastically shifting society.

  • Omar
    Omar (2012)8.9

    A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.

  • Future Folktales
    Future Folktales (2020)8.5

    In 2050 Riyadh, elder Asma's richly captivating storytelling transports her cherished grandchildren to fabled times where they learn that modern-day dilemmas are no match for the trials, tribulations and words of wisdom passed from generation to generation through their fascinating folktales.

  • Quarter Kilo of Romy Cheese
    Quarter Kilo of Romy Cheese (2018)8.0

    Two brothers whose family lives a simple life, seek to achieve success in their work. Their father, who works in the Antiquities Authority, decides to steal a treasure from a tomb, but a curse turns him into something new every time, so everyone starts looking for a solution to this curse.

  • Touba
    Touba (2022)8.0

    After letting go of his criminal past and settling in a new city to start over, young Touba's life turns upside down when a person from his past appears and allies with his worst enemy.

  • Bab Al-Hara
    Bab Al-Hara (2006)7.9

    A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus. It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

  • The Legend
    The Legend (2016)7.5

    The series revolves around a young law school graduate Nasser (Mohammed Ramadan) who lives in the Sabbatiyah area, seeking to join the judiciary. In conflicts with a major arms dealer

  • Leh Laa?!
    Leh Laa?! (2020)7.0

    Amina decides to be independent, her family refused so she ran to participate in a weird competition, if she wins she'll get a scholarship and money.

  • Kanto Market
    Kanto Market (2023)7.0

    Taking place in Kanto market, the events follow the lives of the market's people, the most important of whom is Taha and his family, who are major textile merchants in the market, and the disputes between them and other merchants, in addition to Rawia, who is led by circumstances to the market.

  • The Marina
    The Marina (2025)7.0

    Captain Sultan Al-Nahel works at sea and travels for long periods, which keeps him away from his wife and children for long periods. During one of his trips, he meets a woman named Nawal and enters into a romantic relationship with her. Major conflicts arise between his love for her and his commitment to his wife Khawla. Nawal tries to separate the captain from his family, and asks him to abandon his past and his family. When he returns to his family, events begin to explode with clashes between family duty and romantic desire.

  • The Prince
    The Prince (2020)6.9

    A social drama that chronicles the life of Al-Prince family, especially Radwan Al-Prince who, following the death of his parents, finds himself involved with his family members as he looks after them and tries to guide them through life.

  • Gaafar El Omda
    Gaafar El Omda (2023)6.9

    When rich businessman and village elder Gaafar is approached by the young Aida about a loan, he offers to give her the money on one condition: being his wife for 400 days.

  • Black Crows
    Black Crows (2017)6.8

    This drama portrays women and kids living under the Islamic State group: a Yazidi slave, an undercover reporter, a recruited mom and child snipers.

  • Empire of Who?
    Empire of Who? (2014)6.5

    An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

  • The Price
    The Price (2023)6.0

    As a last resort to afford her son’s cancer treatment, a widowed mother asks her manager for money, but the latter poses one condition: she must spend the night with him.

  • Valentino
    Valentino (2020)5.2

    Nour Abdel Mejid, AKA Valentino, owns a number of international schools, "Valentino Schools", run by him and his domineering wife with whom he's not in agreement. Their disagreements, however, get them on several adventures and reveals many surprises along the way.

  • Lam'i El Ott
    Lam'i El Ott (2017)4.0

    The serial revolves around a bus driver (Muhammad Imam) in a private school. As the driver returns home after school ends, a parent kidnaps the school bus and asks for a ransom.