Top 40 Lebanese movies
The best lebanese movies after the war (1990)
{ A special mention to movies not existing in IMDb:
Ahebbini ; Khallik mae ; Leanni bhebbik ; Madame Bambino ; Meshwar }
[ To be rated: Bingo ; Cash Flow 2 ; Falling From Earth ; I Want to See ; The Insult ;
Khalass ; Max w Antar ; One day I'll leave ; Out Loud ; Terra Incognita ; Waynon ]
{ A special mention to movies not existing in IMDb:
Ahebbini ; Khallik mae ; Leanni bhebbik ; Madame Bambino ; Meshwar }
[ To be rated: Bingo ; Cash Flow 2 ; Falling From Earth ; I Want to See ; The Insult ;
Khalass ; Max w Antar ; One day I'll leave ; Out Loud ; Terra Incognita ; Waynon ]
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- DirectorZiad DoueiriStarsRami DoueiriNaamar SahliMohamad ChamasIn 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 West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsClaude Baz MoussawbaaNadine LabakiYvonne MaaloufA group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.W'halla2 lawein?
- DirectorPhilippe AractingiStarsRodney El HaddadNadine LabakiNada Abou FarhatFifteen 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 friends from his late pa's multicultural school. They pimp a decommissioned school bus to tour the country in preparation of Lebanon's annual festival of the choral dance-song genre Debka. Opinions clash on their modern, cosmopolitan version of a traditional genre, even among their friends and family, while other personal problems complicate matters further.
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsNadine LabakiJoanna MoukarzelGisèle AouadA romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
- DirectorPhilippe AractingiStarsNada Abou FarhatGeorges KhabbazRawia ElchabIn 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.Ta7t elkassf
- DirectorRanda Chahal SabagStarsFlavia BecharaMaher BsaibesRanda AsmarA 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, as brutal as our countries and the events that are to follow.Teyyara min warak
- DirectorJosef FaresStarsImad CreidiAntoinette TurkElias GergiA Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.
- DirectorAmin DoraStarsGeorges KhabbazLara RainEmmanuel KhairallahGhadi is different from other kids; could he be an angel? His father Leba, along with his teammates, tricks the town into believing so.
- DirectorJean Khalil ChamounStarsMajdi MachmouchiChristine ChoueiriAmmar Shalak12-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. However, the horrors of war catch up with him when the civil war erupts. His friend is murdered in cold blood; he gets separated from Yasmine when her family moves away to escape the war; and his father gets kidnapped by the militia. Despite his opposition to violence and warfare, Rami finds himself signing up to be a militia fighter for a different faction, in a bid to find his father. He meets Siham, a young mother whose husband was kidnapped; in spite of the obstacles in her way, she is determined to find her husband. When his fellow militia fighters capture a prisoner and decide to kill him, Rami must make a choice between his humanity and his allegiance to his faction, in a war that has pitted him against his own friend.Tayf almadina
- DirectorLara SabaStarsAlae HamoudGhida NouriCarole HajjThree 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 of them! Three characters, caught at a moment when their lives fell over, in just a matter of seconds... knocked down by a chain of other's actions/reactions...Ossit Sawani
- DirectorSophie BoutrosStarsJulia KassarAli El KhalilBassam KousaTherese, 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 with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!"Ma7bass"
- DirectorElie KhaliféStarsWalid ArakjiNebal AraqjiTania AssiSingle, Married, Divorced (Yalla 3a2belkon) is a social comedy about four women in their late 30's who have to face the pressure of the society for being singles.
- DirectorMounir MaasriStarsCharbel KamelRobert CremonaCarmen BsaibesA band of students from Beirut's Huvelin Street and their fight against political oppression.
- DirectorAssad FouladkarStarsBernadette HodeibTalal JurdiRenée DickZiyad 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 learn that Maryam is infertile. Ziyad repeatedly reassures her of his undying love, but family and social pressure, particularly his evil, meddling mother, gradually poison their happy relationship until the love, enthusiasm and humour of their early days soon take a tragic turn.
- DirectorAdel SerhanStarsDarine HamzeChristine SolomonTamer AlwerfalliBetroit is a portrayal of three couples as their lives become intertwined with one another. An act of violence disturbs the lives of these intertwined couples in which they each realize how precious love and family can be. Leila (Darine Hamze) tries to escape from her abusive husband (Hassan Farhat) in hopes to flee to Detroit where her sister Rola (Christine Solomon) lives. Lisa (Athena Isabel Lebessis ) is desperately seeking a divorce from her husband Sam (Derek Kelly) in order to pursue a Hollywood career. She claims her husband physically abuses her in order to get Sam deported from the States. Rola (Christine Solomon) who is married to a successful lawyer Joe (Tamer Werfalli) both strives to help their friend Sam (Derek Kelly) and her sister's (Darine Hamze) marriage while struggling to have a baby of her own. Betroit addresses issues of domestic violence, culture, love and relationships between both the American and the Middle Eastern culture. A film which takes place in Beirut and Detroit. Betroit is a feature film written and directed by Adel Serhan. Premiering 12-12-12 in Detroit, Beirut and Dubai.
- DirectorHatem AliStarsMyriam FaresGeorges KhabbazA remake of the famous play "Hala & the King" by Assi & Mansour Rahbani with the famous comedian Duraid Lahham, star singer Myriam Fares, Antoine Kerbaj & Georges Khabbaz.
- DirectorCaroline MilanStarsCarlos AzarKarla BoutrosPierre ChamassianA wealthy lady places a condition on her grandson in order for him to receive her inheritance - he must find a girl that looks like the girl in a photo belonging to the grandmother, fall in love with her, and marry her.
- DirectorElie F. HabibStarsMaguy Bou GhosnCarlos AzarChristian El ZoghbySamar (Maguy Bou Ghosn) and her two brothers are a group of loser bandit outlaws who make their living out of burglaries and armed robberies. One day they find themselves obliged to volunteer in the Civil Defense in order to execute a big robbery, however Samar falls in love with the Chief (Carlos Azar), after which the events take a hilarious yet thrilling route that makes the ending unpredictable and full of suspense.
- DirectorLayal M. RajhaStarsTakla ChamounZeina MakkiLorraine KodeihIn modern day Lebanon, in a country divided between those who have too little and those who have too much, three women try to defy their social labeling and incapability.
- DirectorDanielle ArbidStarsMarianne FeghaliRawia ElchabLaudi ArbidLina, a young girl in war-torn Beirut, finds an ally and friend in Sihan, her domineering aunt's maid. Sihan shows Lina what her life could be like, but tests the girl's limits when she asks her to help plot her escape from the city.Ma3arek 7ob
- DirectorMir-Jean Bou ChaayaStarsAlain SaadehFouad YammineWissam FaresIntending to smuggle drugs across the borders, a small-time Lebanese drug-dealer slyly manipulates public opinion with the help of an underrated filmmaker.Film 2awi ktir
- DirectorAdel SerhanStarsAhmed Al ZainSaad HamdanKhitam Al Lahham
- DirectorSam AndraosHassan JaberStarsAntoinette AkikiJoseph AzouryNada Abou FarhatThe issues of extremism and social prejudice through the scope of sexism and gender equality.
- DirectorDaniel JosephStarsHiam Abou ChedidHabib AlbertoSahar AssafDriving a cab wasn't his first option, but that's a long story.
- DirectorEmad El RifaiStarsAziz AbdoNancy AfiouniSamer Al GharibThe story of a severely traumatized woman, after her husband was killed and her son kidnapped. 4 years has passed and her son Fadi is still lost.
- DirectorNabil LebbosStarsAntoine BalabanElie MitriJulia KassarLife of saint monk Charbel Makhluf
- DirectorPhilippe AsmarIbrahim MoukarzelGeorge DaherStarsMaguy Bou GhosnBassem MoughniehJanah FakhouryDahab and Rida, two young Lebanese who have been in love for 10 years, are still trying to find a suitable job that will open up new horizons for their future and allow them to start a family. One day luck smiles upon them, giving them the chance to work at presidential palace alongside the president and the first lady.
- DirectorElie F. HabibStarsKhitam Al LahhamJamal AwarCarlos AzarIn a remote and poor village, three girls decide to change their destiny. They plan to rub a truck assuming its loaded with cash.. but what they never imagined is found in the truck and this changes their village and own lives forever.
- DirectorElie F. HabibStarsJessy AbdoAbeer AounMaguy Bou GhosnA 33 year old Mentally impaired girl leaves her home for the first time alone, with a bag of one million dollars in cash.
- DirectorSami KoujanStarsHiam Abou ChedidSamer al AchyCarlos AzarA single credit card grabs the attention of many. Who will get it?
- DirectorFouad AlaywanStarsYara Abou HaidarOmar ChammaaWissam Fares1975, 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 building of his childhood threatened by the project of the country's reconstruction.
- DirectorSamir HabchiStarsKhaled NabawyRodney El HaddadDiamand Abou AbboudKhaled is a young director looking to make a movie about the situation in Beirut, while writing the script, he discovers dark secrets about what he's actually dealing with.Dokhan bala nar
- DirectorJean-Claude CodsiStarsMajdi MachmouchiCaroline HatemChadi HaddadBrahim has a chance encounter with a mysterious woman he knew 20 years ago. Because of her, he committed a murder and now has to return home to face his tumultuous past.Ensan sharif
- DirectorElie KhaliféAlexandre MonnierStarsZeina DaccacheDana HalabiAlexandra KahwagiYanoosak tells the story of Rudi, an ordinary Swiss German living in Zurich, who decides one day to reside in Beirut in order to meet his soul mate and establish a small business. Between one heartbreak and another, he manages however to open a small pizzeria. The movie follows this segment of his tragic-comic life while revealing how European culture tries to blend into the oriental culture without fully understanding its codes.
- DirectorJamal ShoorjeStarsCarmen LebbosYoussef El KhalNisreen TafishThe story of lebanese civilians and resistants in a southern village, Ayta ash Shab, in front of the violations of IDF during July War 2006
- DirectorDanielle ArbidStarsCharles BerlingDarine HamzeFadi Abi SamraOne evening, a married young singer Zoha meets the French lawyer Mathieu in a night club in Beirut. Mathieu will become suspected of spying, while Zoha is trying to flee from her husband. Despite these problems, the two will witness a love story for few days mixed with violence and fear.
- DirectorJoe Bou EidStarsJoy KaramChady TinehCarol AbboudIt was the summer of 82, when a priest, about to be ordained, was exhausted by temptations and an arrogant girl felt passionately in love... A sifted memory and a personal history of a narrator who tells with nostalgia and poetry the meeting of his parents until their marriage...
- DirectorGeorges HachemStarsDana AbedBadih Bou ChakraTakla ChamounNoha 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 well. However, on this special Sunday of August 1976 in Lebanon, on the same evening her elder brother is organizing a dinner in her honor 15 days prior to the wedding, Noha changes her mind.Rsasa taysheh
- DirectorMichel KammounStarsElie MitriGabrielle Bou RachedCaroline AzzamEverything bad that can happen on the way to a party happens to young Tou on this nighttime trip through Beirut.
- DirectorBahij HojeijStarsNida WakimHassan FarhatBernadette HodeibRing of fire keeps a sense of menace to the end, the atmosphere is tense. There is no safe haven, and Beirut of yesterday becomes a chilling image of our world at war today .Zennar el nar