Movies and TV shows set in lebanon

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in lebanon ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, sincere and captivating films and TV shows about / with arab, soldier, society, muslim, military, death, terrorism, war, politics and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres shot in Lebanon, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as lebanon: Under the Bombs (2007), Where Do We Go Now? (2011), Capernaum (2018), Caramel (2007), Incendies (2010), Beirut (2018), The Insult (2017), Perfect Strangers (2022), Waltz with Bashir (2008), Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009).

List of movies set in lebanon

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Under the Bombs (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Lebanon, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, islamic ...
Plot: friendship, on the road, bombing, unlikely couple, missing person, family relations, couples, couple relations, danger, wartime life, parents and children, demolished city ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east
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Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy, Qatar
Duration: 110 min.
Story: On a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by land mines and only reachable by a small bridge. As civil strife engulfed the country, the women in the village learn of this fact ...
Style: thought provoking, touching, sincere, uplifting, humorous ...
Plot: muslim, islam, religious differences, religious conflict, arab, peaceful mission, religion, society, disagreement, strong female character, religious, christianity ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, maghreb, persia
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 8.4
 104K
Capernaum (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Style: social, sad, thought provoking, depressing, rough ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: poverty, refugee, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, child abuse, neglected child, life is a bitch, low lives, child protagonist, child neglect, starving child ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east, nebraska, maghreb ...
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 7.1
 15K
Caramel (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: beauty salon, sexual attraction, lesbian, friendship, self discovery, actress, arab, wedding, muslim, police officer, workplace, love and romance ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: middle east, lebanon, maghreb, persia, beirut lebanon
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 8.3
 197K
Incendies (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, heartbreaking, bleak, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, rape, civil war, incest, last will and testament, torture, pregnant from rape, unwanted pregnancy, unknown father, incest rape, twin brother and sister, psychology ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, y2k, 70s, year 1970 ...
Place: middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal
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 6.5
 24K
Beirut (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A former U. S. diplomat returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut.
Style: political, rough, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, mission, hostage, arab, spy, espionage, israeli palestinian conflict, mossad, fight, heroes, war ...
Time: year 1982, year 1972, 70s, 80s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, palestine
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 7.6
 18K
The Insult (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Cyprus, Belgium, Lebanon, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
Style: political, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: attorney, courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, trial, racial tension, insult, prejudice, idealism, media coverage, husband wife relationship, anger ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: lebanon, middle east, palestine, maghreb, beirut lebanon
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Perfect Strangers (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Lebanon, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Do we truly know one another? Every one of us has three lives: a public, a private and secret one. What we once stored in our memories is now being stored in our phones - what happens when these are made public?
Style: social, semi serious, satirical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: infidelity, secret, friendship, society, homosexuality, friends, truth or dare, problem, group of friends, uncover truth, satire, truth ...
Place: lebanon, egypt, middle east
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on ...
Style: rough, disturbing, adult animation, psychological, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: politics, military, soldier, memory loss, nightmare, haunted by the past, guilt, mass murder, memory, catastrophe, israeli, tragic event ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: israel, lebanon, middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon
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Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: military, confined, arab israeli conflict, sergeant, tank, mission gone awry, military life, moral dilemma, leadership, danger, battle zone, deathtrap ...
Time: year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
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 7.6
 5K
West Beirut (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Norway, Lebanon, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from ...
Style: touching, compassionate, melancholic, emotional, islamic ...
Plot: politics, friendship, prejudice, segregation, society, arab, civil war, coming of age, lebanese civil war, survival, honest, poetry ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1975
Place: middle east, lebanon, israel, syria, france ...
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 6.4
 786
The Kite (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the barbed wire she also passes from childhood into adulthood, ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious
Plot: introspection, teenage life, wartime life, political unrest, culture clash, military, youth, society, life is a bitch, fall in love, couples, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
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In the Shadows of the City (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 105 min.
Story: To escape the civil war between Christians and Muslims, a Lebanese family moves from the countryside to Beirut, only to find themselves caught in an equally dangerous situation
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: survival, terrorist, missing person, soldier, tragic event, civil war, politics, christian, moral dilemma, fall in love, lebanese civil war, mobster ...
Time: year 1990, year 1975
Place: lebanon, israel, beirut lebanon
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 5.9
 154
Out Loud (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A modern tale of friendship and love in Lebanon today. It is also a bittersweet reflection on the social struggles of the after war generation.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, social, islamic ...
Plot: friendship, introspection, against the rules, lgbt, injustice, love and romance, life is a bitch, rebellion, starting over, society, hopes, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon
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 6.7
 5K
Beaufort (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 131 min.
Story: BEAUFORT tells the story of LIRAZ LIBERTI, the 22 year-old outpost commander, and his troops in the months before Israel pulled out of Lebanon. This is not a story of war, but of retreat. This is a story with no enemy, only an amorphous entity that ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot: soldier, israeli, military life, danger, evacuation, bomb squad, battle zone, military base, military, militia, violence, bombing ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine
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 6.7
 370
Tramontane (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 discovers that his identification card, which he has carried ...
Plot: lebanese civil war, blindness, passport, choir, identity, fake identification, singer, bureaucracy, single mother, wedding party, adopted son, violin ...
Time: 2010s
Place: lebanon
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 6.5
 275
Falafel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Everything bad that can happen on the way to a party happens to young Tou on this nighttime trip though Beirut.
Style: semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, realistic
Plot: youth, obsessive quest, disorder, nothing goes right, escapades, nightlife, summer, conflict, profanity, violent content, dark humor, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, beirut lebanon
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 6.4
 3K
Yes (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and ...
Style: stylized, witty, lyrical, philosophical, sincere ...
Plot: infidelity, culture clash, love affair, racism, social differences, society, couple relations, crumbling marriage, exile, dialogue, husband wife relationship, blues ...
Time: year 2004
Place: london, cuba, england, europe, latin america ...
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 6.5
 3K
Zozo (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, War
Country: Sweden, Czech Republic, UK, Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot: orphan, immigrant, young heroes, fish out of water, youth, society, life is a bitch, wartime life, parents and children, boy, arab, young love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, lebanon, europe, beirut lebanon
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 3.9
 257
Cannon Fodder (2013)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: Israel
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Doron, a security operative, who takes on one last mission: to capture, number 3 in the terrorist organization of Hezbollah, in Lebanon. With an elite force, Doron enters Lebanon to complete his last mission. Very soon he discovers that reality is ...
Style: exciting, scary, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Plot: zombie, military, soldier, survival, heroic mission, danger, supernatural, military life, bio weapon, gory, mossad, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
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Very Big Shot (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Lebanon, Qatar
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A dark comedy about brothers running a drug-dealing business out of their takeout pizzeria.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: drug smuggling, christian, muslim, cocaine, social satire, brother brother relationship, drug traffic, drug, religion, gangster, filmmaker, politics ...
Time: 2010s
Place: syria, lebanon, beirut lebanon
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Two Fingers from Sidon (1986)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, suspenseful
Plot: soldier, realism, military, moral dilemma, war, battle zone, military life, israeli army, israeli soldier, army life
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
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 7.0
 204
Cup Final (1991)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot: soccer, football, israeli, hostage, profanity, military, life is a bitch, confined, soldier, war, wartime life, hapless soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: lebanon, middle east, palestine
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 6.0
 318
I Want to See (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 75 min.
Story: July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the ...
Style: semi documentary, fake documentary
Plot: car, actress, celebrity, actress playing herself, minefield, israeli army, sleeping in a car
Time: 2000s
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon
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 5.5
 18K
Navy Seals (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, war, soldier, u.s. navy, battles, heroes, special forces, gunfight, danger, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, north america, pentagon
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Witness in the War Zone (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, USA, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war.
Style: inspirational, independent film
Plot: journalism, lebanese civil war, journalist, terrorism, reporter, aid worker, correspondents, inspiration, dead child, reluctant hero, corpse, bombing ...
Time: year 1987
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel
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Blind Intersections (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three protagonists, one city, different backgrounds: Nour, India and Marwan pass each other but they never meet, though the effect of one incident will drastically alter their lives. Caught in a moment, their lives fall apart in just a matter of ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, non-linear, gloomy
Plot: life turned upside down, life is a bitch, destiny, dysfunctional family, family problems, down on your luck, death in the family, multiple storylines, drug abuse, car accident, marriage, arab ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east
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The Best of Youth (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 374 min.
Story: Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to the present, director Marco Tullio Giordana's passionate epic 'La Meglio Gioventu' follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: idealism, society, couples, cafe, sister in law sister in law relationship, friendship, mental illness, storytelling, musician, protest, politics, police brutality ...
Time: 60s, 80s, year 2003, 2000s, 90s ...
Place: italy, lebanon, europe, turin italy, denmark ...
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Death Before Dishonor (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and ...
Style: independent film, cult classic, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, female assassin, kidnapping, revenge, hostage, u.s. embassy, photographer, exploitation, muslim, die hard, war on terror ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: middle east, lebanon
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 7.1
 5K
The Attack (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium, Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, uncover truth, terrorism, suicide bomber, danger, investigation, radical, society, occupation, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, arab ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, lebanon, maghreb ...
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