Movies and TV shows set in syria – page 2

List of movies set in syria

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 8.0
 235
Al Kherbah (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Syria
TV show
Story: The life in a Syrian village with the daily issues of its simple minded poor inhabitants and the continuous conflict between two families for control and recognition
Style: satirical, funny, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: countryside, village life, everyday life, lifestyle, satire, humour, rivalry, competitor, villager, eccentric family, slice of life, village
Place: syria
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 7.6
 391
The Dupes (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: Syria
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get work in Kuwait. They hire a water-truck driver to transport them illegally across the border in the tank of his truck.
Style: road movie
Plot: desert, refugee, international relations, alienation, amputee, escape, heat wave, flashback, father son relationship, truck, impotence, illegal immigrant ...
Place: syria, palestine, iraq, middle east
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 8.9
 10K
The Message (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 207 min.
Story: The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah".
Style: islamic, cult classic, epic, crying, independent film
Plot: camel, arabic history, prophet, muslim, islam, muslim woman, medieval, religion, ancient, arab, historical event, historical character ...
Time: middle ages, 7th century, 6th century
Place: middle east, sahara, syria, saudi arabia, arabia
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The Ten Commandments (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 572 min.
TV show
Story: The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the Ten Commandments. ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, atmospheric, depressing, cerebral ...
Plot: philosophy, christian, depression, death, love, morality, christianity, spirituality, christmas, faith, catholic, redemption ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: poland, eastern europe, syria, iraq, europe
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 8.7
 148K
Six Feet Under (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business.  When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as ...
Style: emotional, surreal, captivating, clever, dark comedy ...
Plot: funeral home, gay, dealing with death, gays and lesbians, dark humor, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, depression, hopes, family drama, lgbt, self discovery ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, syria
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The Thick of It (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
Style: sitcom, political, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot: politics, political satire, state affairs, british politics, satire, workplace, workplace situations, politician, political intrigue, government official, society, british government ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: syria, europe, england, london
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 8.7
 259K
Mad Men (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 4400 min.
TV show
Story: Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style: captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: advertising, workplace, career, boss and employee, family problems, office, businessman, womanizer, cigarette smoking, advertising agency, housewife, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 60s, 2000s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, syria
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 8.7
 223K
Downton Abbey (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 3110 min.
TV show
Story: A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style: captivating, costume drama, realistic, serious, period piece ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, butler, servant, family life, country estate, aristocrat ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, year 2010 ...
Place: england, britain, yorkshire, syria, hawaii ...
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 8.4
 473K
Suits (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by ...
Style: stylized, captivating, witty, serious, talky ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night, family outing
Plot: lawyer, legal, law firm, photographic memory, hotshot lawyer, ambition, boss, success, corporate world, workplace situations, lawsuit, ambitious ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, chicago, syria
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 8.6
 528K
House of Cards (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3804 min.
TV show
Story: Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style: political, serious, clever, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: politics, political intrigue, political corruption, manipulation, state affairs, intrigue, blind ambition, u.s. president, lobbyist, journalism, journalist, media ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., syria
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 8.6
 124K
The Newsroom (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of ...
Style: clever, political, realistic, sincere, dramatic ...
Plot: journalism, journalist, politics, news, workaholic, ambitious, rebellion, workplace, power of media, ethics, media coverage, idealism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, syria, usa
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Da Vinci's Demons (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of ...
Style: exciting, intellectual, captivating, witty, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: renaissance, prodigy, leonardo da vinci, inventions and discoveries, inventor, sex scene, escapades, shrewd, talented, medieval, intelligence, lust ...
Time: 15th century, medieval times, future
Place: italy, europe, wales, syria, florence ...
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Better Call Saul (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3154 min.
TV show
Story: Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style: witty, stylized, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: lawyer, workplace situations, legal, hotshot lawyer, criminal lawyer, family relations, dark humor, moral dilemma, anti hero, dishonesty, lawyer client relationship, cons and scams ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, syria, albuquerque new mexico
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 8.3
 148K
Taboo (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized, rough ...
Plot: murder, british empire, family business, dark secret, incest overtones, brother sister incest, witchcraft, greed, investigation, conspiracy, homecoming, obsession ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, georgian era, victorian era, regency period
Place: england, britain, syria, united kingdom, london ...
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 8.6
 254K
The Crown (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspense, clever, historical drama ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: royal family, british royal family, queen, monarchy, monarch, royalty, winston churchill, british history, queen elizabeth ii, british monarchy, prime minister, british politics ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 70s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place: england, buckingham palace, london, syria, britain
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 8.7
 158K
This Is Us (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, thought provoking, saga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adoption, childhood memory, childhood, husband wife relationship, parenthood, father son relationship, depression, teenage angst, family relations, siblings, brother brother relationship, self esteem ...
Time: 90s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, pittsburgh
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The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
Style: psychological, rough, melancholic, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: rape, sexism, surrogate mother, infertility, dystopia, protest, totalitarianism, slavery, tyranny, religion, belief, women's rights ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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 8.0
 111K
The Good Doctor (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. The question will arise: can a person who doesn't have the ability to relate to people actually save their lives?
Style: medical drama, serious, clever, psychological, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: autism, medical, medicine, doctor, hospital, prodigy, talented, surgeon, surgical operation, male doctor, childhood memory, nursing ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: san francisco, chicago, syria
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The Looming Tower (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 492 min.
TV show
Story: Tracing the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, it takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently might have set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
Style: rough, suspense, political, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: cia, terrorism, counter terrorism, fbi, terrorist, cia agent, spy, war on terror, espionage, special agent, real life, showdown ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2001, 90s, 2000s, year 1998
Place: usa, syria
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 7.4
 27K
Homecoming (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, living with her mother and working as a waitress, when a Department of Defense auditor ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: secrets, social worker, adaptation, espionage, military service, getting home, society, memory loss, slave, memory, mind game, mental health ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: syria
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My Brilliant Friend (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
Style: touching, sincere, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: life is a bitch, friendship, children, hopes, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, brutality, parents and children, feminist, friends, girlfriend, relationship problems, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 60s
Place: syria, usa, italy, naples italy
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 5.5
 357
Black Crows (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait
TV show
Story: This drama portrays women and kids living under the Islamic State group: a Yazidi slave, an undercover reporter, a recruited mom and child snipers.
Style: realistic, sad, suspense, brutal, semi documentary ...
Plot: isis, terrorism, terrorist attack, war, terrorist plot, brutality, murder of an innocent person, islam, innocent person killed, cruelty, life & death, hate ...
Place: iraq, syria
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Sorry for Your Loss (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The sudden death of her husband upends and transforms every relationship in Leigh Shaw’s life. It also forces her to realize there was a lot about her husband that she didn’t know.
Style: emotional, compassionate, psychological, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: starting over, pain, grief, young widow, recovery, family secret, husband wife relationship, death of husband, changing lives, lifestyle, new life, secrets ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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 8.4
 152K
After Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
Style: uplifting, dark comedy, funny, compassionate, ironic ...
Plot: bereavement, death of wife, dog, starting over, death wish, death, journalism, life, grief, depression, newspaper office, suicide ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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 7.9
 37K
The Act (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 425 min.
TV show
Story: Dee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy's quest for independence opens up a Pandora's box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder. The ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, rough, anthology, thought provoking ...
Plot: overprotective parent, true crime, treatment, pretense, fake illness, mother daughter relationship, murder of mother, manipulation, mental illness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, murder investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa, syria
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 7.9
 7K
Fosse/Verdon (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 402 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. He was a filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors; she was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, interesting
Plot: dancing, dancer, dancehall girl, biopic, choreographer, infidelity, theatre director, choreography, actress, backstage, dancer's life, relationship vs career ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century
Place: syria, new york
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 6.9
 427
Missing People (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Style: dramatic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating
Plot: police, syrian refugee, refugee, family life, choice, family man, truck driver, town, driver, small town
Place: syria
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 6.4
 2K
Kippur (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, conflict, israeli, revolutionary war, revolution ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, iraq, syria ...
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The Democratic Terrorist (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Hamilton is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist group in West Germany, a part of the Red Army Faction (RAF), that supposedly are planning an operation in Sweden. Hamilton is chosen because of his background in the leftist movement. As a member of the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, raf, secret agent, terrorism, undercover, espionage, heroes, dishonesty, moral dilemma, rivalry, race against time, danger ...
Time: 20th century
Place: germany, syria, eastern europe, west germany, middle east ...
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 7.0
 239K
Body of Lies (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, terrorist, intelligence agency, secret service, government agency, conspiracy, danger, politics ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, jordan, syria, virginia ...
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