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1. West Beirut (1998)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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: ... See full summary »
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Rami Doueiri, Naamar Sahli, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin
Votes: 4,860 | Gross: $0.34M
2. Heaven Without People (2017)
91 min | Drama
As all the children and their spouses gathers for Easter's dinner, conversation flows. When something bad happens, everyone is on edge, especially Josephine, and Serge who wants to uncover the truth!
Director: Lucien Bourjeily | Stars: Laeticia Semaan, Nadim Abou Samra, Samira Sarkis, Etafar Aweke
Votes: 1,369
3. The Insult (2017)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Abou Abboud
Votes: 18,103 | Gross: $1.00M
4. Caramel (2007)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Yasmine Al Massri
Votes: 14,610 | Gross: $1.06M
5. Very Big Shot (2015)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Intending to smuggle drugs across the borders, a small-time Lebanese drug-dealer slyly manipulates public opinion with the help of an underrated filmmaker.
Director: Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya | Stars: Alain Saadeh, Fouad Yammine, Wissam Fares, Tarek Yaacoub
Votes: 1,545
6. Out of Life (1991)
97 min | Crime, Drama, War
A French photograher is kidnapped and held hostage in a war-torn Beirut. Slowly but surely his integrity and self-respect is broken.
Director: Maroun Bagdadi | Stars: Hippolyte Girardot, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity, Habib Hammoud
Votes: 511
7. The Kite (2003)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
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... See full summary »
Director: Randa Chahal Sabag | Stars: Flavia Bechara, Maher Bsaibes, Randa Asmar, Renée Dick
Votes: 789
8. Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Layla Hakim
Votes: 13,508 | Gross: $0.53M
9. The Sea Ahead (2021)
116 min | Drama
After a long time gone, Jana, a young woman, suddenly returns to Beirut. She finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left.
Director: Ely Dagher | Stars: Manal Issa, Roger Azar, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher
Votes: 161
10. Ghadi (2013)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ghadi is different from other kids; could he be an angel? His father Leba, along with his teammates, tricks the town into believing so.
Director: Amin Dora | Stars: Georges Khabbaz, Lara Rain, Emmanuel Khairallah, Camille Salameh
Votes: 1,235
11. Parisienne (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
The 90s. Lina, 18, arrives to Paris for her studies. She is looking for what she can't find in her home country Lebanon: a taste of freedom. She experiences different sides of the Parisian jungle and becomes conscious of her own place.
Director: Danielle Arbid | Stars: Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle
Votes: 762
12. Stray Bullet (2010)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
Noha is about to get married. Her family is relieved to see her take advantage of this last chance before officially becoming a spinster just like her sister. Everything seems to be going ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Hachem | Stars: Dana Abed, Badih Bou Chakra, Takla Chamoun, Nadine Labaki
Votes: 411
13. The Valley (2014)
R | 135 min | Drama
After surviving a car crash in the middle of Lebanon's isolated Beqaa Valley, an amnesiac man finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drug-production facility.
Director: Ghassan Salhab | Stars: Carol Abboud, Fadi Abi Samra, Mounzer Baalbaki, Carlos Chahine
Votes: 69
14. 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
15. When Maryam Spoke Out (2001)
98 min | Drama
Ziyad and Maryam are a happy young couple in Lebanon, yet after three years of marriage they remain childless. Due to intense family pressure, they try everything they can but eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Assad Fouladkar | Stars: Bernadette Hodeib, Talal Jurdi, Renée Dick, Umaya Lahoud
Votes: 102
16. Nar men Nar (2016)
110 min | Drama
Still Burning tells the unexpected reunion in Paris in June 1998 of André, a Lebanese filmmaker living and working in France, and Walid, the very close friend he has not seen for years. In ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Hachem | Stars: Fadi Abi Samra, Yara Abou Haidar, Adila Bendimerad, Wajdi Mouawad
Votes: 45
17. Stable Unstable (2013)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In an apartment building in Beirut, on the last day of the year, seven characters start their day by visiting their psychologist as part of the weekly ritual. On that couch in their ... See full summary »
Director: Mahmoud Hojeij | Stars: Camille Salameh, Fadi Abi Samra, Nada Abou Farhat, Hassan Mrad
Votes: 114
18. Panoptic (2017)
79 min | Documentary
Panoptic explores Lebanon's schizophrenia. Depicting a nation thriving for modernity while ignoring the vices preventing it from achieving its goal, director Rana Eid examines this paradox ... See full summary »
Director: Rana Eid
Votes: 76
19. Lila dit ça (2004)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri
Votes: 5,054 | Gross: $0.12M
20. Halal Love (2015)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four tragicomic interconnected stories about how devoted Muslim men and women are trying to manage their love life and desires without breaking any religious rules.
Director: Assad Fouladkar | Stars: Darine Hamze, Rodrigue Sleiman, Zeinab Hind Khadra, Hussein Mokadem
Votes: 558
21. Here Comes the Rain (2010)
98 min | Drama
Kidnapped during the war, Ramez is suddenly released from prison after 20 years and returns to his family profoundly changed. Unable to relate to them, he often wanders in the streets of ... See full summary »
Director: Bahij Hojeij | Stars: Hassan Mrad, Julia Kassar, Carmen Lebbos, Diamand Abou Abboud
Votes: 81
22. One of These Days (2017)
80 min | Drama
Beirut, on an autumn day. The city is on the edge of chaos, but for Maya, Tarek, Yasmina and Rami, aged between 17 and 22 years old, it is just an ordinary day during which they question ... See full summary »
Director: Nadim Tabet | Stars: Panos Aprahamian, Nicolas Cardahi, Julian Farhat, Walid Feghali
Votes: 81
23. Zozo (2005)
105 min | Drama, Family, War
A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Imad Creidi, Antoinette Turk, Elias Gergi, Carmen Lebbos
Votes: 3,379
24. Around the Pink House (1999)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
La Maison Rose (The Pink House) is an old mansion in Beirut. It is the place where the Nawfal family found shelter during the Civil War and in which they feel good. Unfortunately for them, ... See full summary »
Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Hanane Abboud, Fadi Abi Samra, Anne-Marie Afif, Asma Andraos
Votes: 110
25. Asfouri (2012)
98 min | Drama
1975, the residents of a traditional building decide to repaint the facade, but the civil war begins leaving it on hold. Peace announced, Karim returns from US with hope to rescue the ... See full summary »
Director: Fouad Alaywan | Stars: Yara Abou Haidar, Omar Chammaa, Wissam Fares, Fouad Hassan
Votes: 57
26. Falafel (2006)
83 min | Drama
Everything bad that can happen on the way to a party happens to young Tou on this nighttime trip through Beirut.
Director: Michel Kammoun | Stars: Elie Mitri, Gabrielle Bou Rached, Caroline Azzam, Issam Bou Khaled
Votes: 275
27. Under the Bombs (2007)
TV-14 | 98 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi cab driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.
Director: Philippe Aractingi | Stars: Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Rawia Elchab, Bshara Atallah
Votes: 1,770
28. Phantom Beirut (1998)
117 min | Drama
Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Khalil returns to Beirut after many years. Ten years earlier, during a battle, he took advantage of the confusion and pretended he was dead.
Director: Ghassan Salhab | Stars: Aouni Kawas, Darina Al Joundi, Rabih Mroue, Carol Abboud
Votes: 68
29. Terra incognita (2002)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
In Beirut, the destinies of several thirtysomethings (an architect, a tour guide, a mystic, a radio operator, and an exile returned home) collide.
Director: Ghassan Salhab | Stars: Carol Abboud, Abla Khoury, Walid Sadek, Rabih Mroue
Votes: 91
30. Je veux voir (2008)
75 min | Drama
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. ... See full summary »
Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Curmi, Joseph Silva, Joana Hadjithomas
Votes: 318
31. Solitaire (I) (2016)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement ... See full summary »
Director: Sophie Boutros | Stars: Julia Kassar, Ali El Khalil, Bassam Kousa, Nadine Khoury
Votes: 542
32. Bosta (2005)
142 min | Musical, War
Fifteen years after a traumatic explosion in his native Beirut, Kamal Maf'ouss returns from France, where he was nationalized and become a composer-choreographer. He reassembles youth ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Aractingi | Stars: Rodney El Haddad, Nadine Labaki, Nada Abou Farhat, Liliane Nemri
Votes: 637
33. Listen (2017)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Despite living in a doomed country that hangs by a thread, Joud, a handsome sound engineer meets and falls in love with strong and free-spirited Rana. The young lovers, from completely ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Aractingi | Stars: Nagham Abboud, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Bshara Atallah, Hadi Bou Ayash
Votes: 270
34. Heritages (2013)
96 min | Biography, Drama
When director Philippe Aractingi is forced to leave his motherland for the third time, the realisation dawns on him: his ancestors have been fleeing wars for five generations. Exploring his... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Aractingi | Stars: Luc Arachtingi, Diane Aractingi, Philippe Aractingi, Mario Naim Bassil
Votes: 154
35. Void (2013)
79 min | Drama
Six Lebanese women, different ages, await the return of their sons, brothers, husbands or lovers, who have been missing since the Civil War. VOID depicts the events that take place on the ... See full summary »
Directors: Maria Abdel Karim, Naji Bechara, Jad Beyrouthy, Salim Habr, Christelle Ighniades, Tarek Korkomaz, Zeina Makki | Stars: Carol Abboud, Diamand Abou Abboud, Takla Chamoun, Julian Farhat
Votes: 96
36. Blind Intersections (2012)
90 min | Drama
Three protagonists, one city... Coming from different backgrounds, they pass each other but they never meet, though, the effect of one incident will drastically alter the lives of the three... See full summary »
Director: Lara Saba | Stars: Alae Hamoud, Ghida Nouri, Carole Hajj, Chadi Haddad
Votes: 198
37. 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
38. Taxi Ballad (2011)
93 min | Drama
Driving a cab wasn't his first option, but that's a long story.
Director: Daniel Joseph | Stars: Hiam Abou Chedid, Habib Alberto, Sahar Assaf, Adnan Awad
Votes: 205
39. 1982 (I) (2019)
100 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict.
Director: Oualid Mouaness | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Mohamad Dalli, Rodrigue Sleiman, Aliya Khalidi
Votes: 1,177
40. Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)
106 min | Drama
A couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
Director: Mounia Akl | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Yumna Marwan, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Charbel
Votes: 1,013
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