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Tanya Maalouf

17 Lebanese Movies You’ll Find on Netflix

Looking for something new to watch? Here’s your updated 2025 guide to Lebanese movies you can watch right now on Netflix.

1. Who Is Like Abu Riad? (2007)

Director: Nasser Fakih

Description: What starts off as a trip to attend a funeral in Egypt turns into a full-blown treasure hunt for war veteran Abu Riad and his novice, Abbas.

2. Sleepless Nights (2012)

Director: Eliane Raheb
Description:
This film follows a former militia intelligence officer and the mother of a missing fighter navigating life, pain and loss after the Lebanon Civil War.

3. The Road (2015)

Director: Rana Salem
Description:
Tired of Beirut’s constant transformation, a young married couple takes a nostalgic road trip to Lebanon’s untouched mountains and deserted villages.

4. All This Victory (2019)

Director: Ahmad Ghossein

Description: A man trying to escape war in Lebanon, first travels south to his village in search of his father, only to end up stranded with four other people.

5. Under the Concrete (2020)

Director: Roy Arida
Description:
As the Lebanese capital endures a series of car bombings, a sales representative yearning for an escape decides to break the world scuba diving record.

6. State of Agitation (2021)

Director: Elie Khalifé
Description:
In search of tranquility, an eccentric filmmaker leaves Beirut to attend a screening of his own short films but only finds more chaos along the war.

7. Memory Box (2021)

Director: Khalil Joreige & Joana Hadjithomas
Description: When she uncovers a box of photos from the past, a teenager living in Canada vividly imagines her mother’s romantic and tumultuous youth in 1980s Beirut.

8. The Sea Ahead (2021)

Director: Ely Dagher
Description:
This drama paints a mournful portrait of Beirut through the eyes of a young woman who returns to her port of origin but remains unmoored in her own life.

9. The River (2021)

Director: Ghassan Salhab
Description:
After “The Mountain” and “The Valley”, Lebanese director presents the final film of a trilogy exploring his country’s psyche.

10. Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)

Director: Mounia Akl
Description: A family leaves the overwhelming pollution in Beirut for an isolated homestead in the mountains, only for a landfill to begin construction next door.

11. Beirut Holdem (2022)

Director: Michel Kammoun
Description: Returning to a fractured family and a departed fiancée, a man recently released from prison hopes for a fresh start in a broken city.

12. Warsha (2022)

Director: Dania Bdeir
Description:
Replacing a deceased colleague, a Syrian crane operate accepts a job under rough conditions, only to find a new sense of self above the city of Beirut.

13. Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous (2022)

Director: Wissam Charaf
Description:
An Ethiopian immigrant and a Syrian refugee find solace in each other while facing shared hardships and prejudice as outcasts in Beirut.

14. C-Section (2022)

Director: David Oryan
Description:
Two couples from different socioeconomic backgrounds have their fates intertwined in the delivery wing of a maternity hospital.

15. All Roads Lead to Rome (2022)

Director: Lara Saba
Description:
En route to a rural retreat, a famous actor who’s up for a big role bumps into a group of starstruck nuns who insist on hosting him in their cloister.

16. Perfect Strangers (2022)

Director: Wissam Smayra

Description: At this intimate dinner party for seven, the courses and conversation flow easily, but the shocking revelations can be hard to swallow.

17. Elektra (2023)

Director: Hisham Bizri
Description: Set in the ruins of Beirut’s Piccadilly Theater, this post civil war drama recounts the lives of five artists entangled in a web of deceit and revenge.

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