Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "lebanese-civil-war"

1. Incendies (2010)

R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel

Votes: 200,588 | Gross: $6.86M

2. Spy Game (2001)

R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane

Votes: 167,152 | Gross: $0.03M

3. Syriana (2005)

R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak

Votes: 134,296 | Gross: $50.82M

4. Carlos (2010)

Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.

Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Fadi Abi Samra, Karam Ghossein

Votes: 14,415 | Gross: $0.15M

5. Skies of Lebanon (2020)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

In the 1950s, Alice leaves her Swiss homeland for Lebanon. There, the best years of her life are marred by the threat of war.

Director: Chloé Mazlo | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Wajdi Mouawad, Isabelle Zighondi, Mariah Tannoury

Votes: 1,140

6. Memory Box (2021)

102 min | Drama

The lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes.

Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Clémence Sabbagh

Votes: 803

7. Witness in the War Zone (1987)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war.

Director: Nathaniel Gutman | Stars: Christopher Walken, Hywel Bennett, Marita Marschall, Arnon Zadok

Votes: 559 | Gross: $0.14M

8. Harab libnan (2001– )

47 min | Documentary

This 15-episode documentary details the events of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990). It makes extensive use of archive footage and interviews with a multitude of eyewitnesses, politicians and characters with direct involvement in the war.

Stars: Bassam Abou-Sharif, Michel Aoun, Karim Barkadouni, Amine El-Gemeyel

Votes: 71

9. Lebanon - Borders of Blood (2020)

50 min | Documentary

The story of Lebanon is one of ongoing tragedy. A march of follies orchestrated by heads of state, sects, and militias. The Palestinians, French, British, Iranians, Syrians, Americans, ... See full summary »

Stars: Thomas Friedman, Beau Marie, Amos Gilad, Imad Shakur

Votes: 62

10. Tramontane (2016)

105 min | Drama

Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and ... See full summary »

Director: Vatche Boulghourjian | Stars: Barakat Jabbour, Julia Kassar, Toufic Barakat, Michel Adabachi

Votes: 373

11. Nahla (1979)

111 min | Drama

In January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war in Lebanon. He witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population.

Director: Farouk Beloufa | Stars: Yasmine Khlat, Youssef Saiah, Lina Tebbara, Nabila Zeitouni

Votes: 48

12. Whispers (1980)

92 min | Documentary

At every station, between sites filled with poetry and nostalgia for a bygone era, the poet's dashed dreams and idealized vision of her country coincide with the director's own.

Director: Maroun Bagdadi | Stars: Nabil Ismaïl, Marcel Khalife

Votes: 95

13. About a War (2019)

84 min | Documentary, History, War

A feature length documentary exploring violence and social change through the stories of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War.

Directors: Daniele Rugo, Abi Weaver | Stars: Hasan Aboud, Nassim Assaad, Ahed Bhar, Assad Chaftari

Votes: 26

14. Taif Al-Madina (2000)

105 min | Drama, Romance, War

12-year-old Rami moves from South Lebanon to Beirut with his family to escape the Israeli bombings. In the city he befriends a few local children and falls in love with his neighbor Yasmine... See full summary »

Director: Jean Khalil Chamoun | Stars: Majdi Machmouchi, Christine Choueiri, Ammar Shalak, Ahmed Azzein

Votes: 52

15. Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities (1989 Video)

76 min | Documentary, Horror, War

Compilation of newsreel footage of atrocities, murders, natural disasters, aircraft accidents, and other spectacles involving violent death or extremes of human suffering.

Director: Wesley Emerson | Stars: Ayatollah Khomeini, Jeff Doucet, Gary Plauche

Votes: 49

16. The Blind of the Cathedral (2015)

18 min | Short, Drama

Despite their apparent differences, Hala and Bachir will meet and live an adventure that will reveal their innocent love. But a dark fate is awaiting them...

Director: Nadine Asmar | Stars: Aya Tiba, Sam Khoury, Omar Mikati, Elie Boudjok

Votes: 9

17. Yesterday went with Yesterday (2019)

90 min | Drama

Roots, long lost, are found; family, separated by civil strife, is reunited; a man learns to trust by facing his worst memories.

Director: Issam B. Makdissy | Stars: Mazin Saba, Nancy Matar, Issam Al Achkar, Tony Bechara

Votes: 48

18. Wars in the Middle East (2003)
Episode: The Lebanon War (2003)

32 min | Documentary

In 1982 Isreal tired of the tit for tat PLO attacks on civilian targets in northern Israel and invaded their stronghold in Lebanon. The major combat phase is chronicled in detail as Israli ... See full summary »

Star: Desmond Hamill

19. Task & Purpose (2014– )
Episode: The Most Dangerous Group You Never Learned About (2023)

24 min | Documentary, News

The history of the rise of Hezbollah.

Star: Chris Cappy

20. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 3 (1998)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

1967-1982. The story of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Director: David Ash | Stars: Abu Ali Shaheen, Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy, King Hussein, Israel Tal

Votes: 7