Movies & TV Shows from Lebanon

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.

Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate.

In Differdange, in the South of Luxembourg, six unemployed men decide to create the "Dole Club", whose rules forbid its members to work, even in the very unlikely event that they are offered a job. Geronimo, Théid, Frunnes, Sonny Boy, Abbes and Petz all agree to abide by the strict regulations of the club. In accordance with them, they manage to survive. But they can do it only on petty theft and other swindles, which is bound to end badly...

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.

Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters—mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?

Agent Jon contemplates leaving the force until he learns his brother is working as a mercenary for a former colleague who betrayed their team.

In 1958, while revolution is rumbling in Beirut, three sisters spend their holidays in an isolated village of Lebanese mountains: rebellious Nada, romantic Eva, and the eldest Layla, a good woman, beloved by everyone. But the war threatens and the sudden entrance of two French summer vacationers leads Layla to revolt against patriarchal society.

On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins. In the midst of the chaos, a troubled film crew face an overwhelming decision: to continue the production of their movie or abandon it? As they face the aftermath of the catastrophe, they are torn between their firm belief in the transformative power of cinema and a deep sense of cynicism about its ability to effect change in a nation plagued by economic turmoil and societal collapse. Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano chronicles their struggles and highlights the crew's resilience as they strive to find meaning and purpose in their work amidst the devastation.

In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.

In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.

Boys dive, cats moan, an old lady smokes, a guardian of the dead sighs, young people dance. They are the people of a ghost town: Beirut, which exists only in dreams.

At the end of the 1940s, Lebanon is sliding towards a devastating conflict. Catholic siblings Emilie and Emir decide to leave for Brazil. Aboard the ship to their new home, Emilie falls in love with Omar, a Muslim merchant. For an enraged and jealous Emir, the relationship is intolerable. As the story unfolds against the backdrop of the majestic rainforest, Emir’s actions and the choice that Emilie subsequently makes lead to disastrous consequences.

A famed Hollywood actress from Lebanon walks viewers through the pivotal steps she took to achieve international success in her career, until she is forcefully disrupted by the unexpected.

Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land.

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 his entire life, is fake. Now he must travel across Lebanon in search of his identity.

When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.

Four darkly funny tales about Lebanon: Activists planning a protest descend into internal strife. Three sisters and their mother argue while an incompetent plumber destroys their flat. Depressed life coach Malek wants to die and seeks help from a «death coach». A stand-up comedian who jokes about a meteor strike that could put Lebanon out of its misery, is blamed when it appears to come true.

Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.

A young widow, determined to give her children a better life, must confront her haunting past and transform pain into strength as she searches for healing—and a second chance at love.

As a last resort to afford her son’s cancer treatment, a widowed mother asks her manager for money, but the latter poses one condition: she must spend the night with him.

The story is in the 18th century in an English coastal area. Jim Hawkins is a thirteen-year-old boy with a pet cat named Benbow, Jim and his mother have been running Admiral Benbow's hostel since his father died in a shipwreck. But their quiet life is disturbed when a drunken sailor who calls himself the captain decides to reside there. A series of horrific events leads to the death of the captain, leaving Jim with a map leading to Captain Flint's legendary treasure. With the help of Dr. Livzy and Mr. Triloni, he prepares a sailing ship and a crew to go in search of treasure. In the nearby city of Bristol, they include one-legged chef John Silver, Captain Smoldt and others. But as the journey begins, Jim realizes that things are not what they seem

Fed up with his wife’s distancing from him, Hadi goes on a business trip to Turkey where he meets a special woman, an encounter that changes his life forever.

Fifteen chefs from different Arab countries compete in fiery culinary challenges under the supervision of prominent Arab chefs and international guests.

When a corpse drops from the top floor during a grand party, officer Rami questions all witnesses to find the murderer but uncovers a past filled with betrayal.

Thuraya a simple girl living a modest life with her aunt, her life changes forever when she meets Faress a young and ambitious young man.

“Marhaba Dawle”… a weekly sitcom produced by “Mad Films” and written and directed by Mohamad Dayekh. It addresses, through the diaries of a group of security personnel in an imagined police station, the ambiguous relationship between the citizen and the state in a social and comedic form.

An entertainment program that presents the best talents in the Arab world in various fields and activities, with one of them crowned at the end of the program with the title of Arab's Got Talent

Betrayed by his friends and the woman he loved, Majd is imprisoned but not broken. After escaping with a new face and name — Aser — he’s back with one goal: revenge.

After finding out that her sister’s killer is planning to flee the country, Dania decides to take matters into her own hands and bring her brother-in-law to justice.

When Sama's brother falls into debt, she is forced to make an unusual deal: she must fall in love with and marry wealthy shoe designer Malek to save her family.

Following years of trying to conceive, Tala decides to seek one last, unconventional method to protect her devoted marriage to Zayd and put an end to his family’s rebukes, so she hires a surrogate mother.

It tells the story of the power and control exercised by women in marital relationships, and, in turn, the weakness of the husband’s personality, through the daily lives of Karen and her husband.

The story revolves around the marginalized who are neglected by life, but are saved by love, through the story of Samra, the attractive gypsy, who was able to translate the poverty and despair, into a dance wandering the streets. Then she meets a doctor who falls in love with her.

The couple Adam a pianist and Yassmine a cellist, decide to start a project which collapses suddenly, then comes Taimour with an offer to save it.

When a famous fashion designer and her gardener’s daughter fall for the same man, the struggle between them soon turns into an all-out war where only one can prevail.

Farah’s life is upended when she is tasked with working on her ex’s wedding, the man who five years ago got the cold feet and never showed up to their own.

Seeking revenge, a woman goes to the village where her brother was killed, but her ride becomes bumpy when she finds herself falling in love.

A counterfeit artist, also a single father, is forced to work with his ex-lover to craft the perfect $100 bill — all to save his dying daughter.