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1. The Swimmers (2022)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.
Director: Sally El Hosaini | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, James Krishna Floyd, Manal Issa
Votes: 36,389
2. Liaison (2023)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Thriller
A high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future.
Stars: Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin
Votes: 5,796
3. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,410
4. For Sama (2019)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra
Votes: 12,879 | Gross: $0.04M
5. The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tuomari Nurmio
Votes: 13,710 | Gross: $0.18M
6. Held for Ransom (2019)
138 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.
Directors: Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen | Stars: Esben Smed, Sofie Torp, Anders W. Berthelsen, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 4,747
7. Nezouh (2022)
104 min | Drama, War
Even as bombs fall on Damascus, Mutaz refuses to flee to the uncertain life of a refugee. His wife, Hala, and daughter, Zeina, must make the choice whether to stay or leave.
Director: Soudade Kaadan | Stars: Hala Zein, Kinda Alloush, Samer al Masri, Nizar Alani
Votes: 219
8. Once in the Desert (2022)
121 min | Drama, War
The ancient Syrian city Palmyra has recently been liberated from ISIS.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Sergey Borodinov, Pavel Chinaryov, Igor Gordin, Pyotr Kharchenko
Votes: 465
9. City of Ghosts (2017)
R | 92 min | Documentary, War
A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Abdelaziz Alhamza, Mohamad Almusari, Hamoud Almousa, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Votes: 4,137 | Gross: $0.13M
10. Putin vs the West (2023–2024)
60 min | Documentary
From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.
Stars: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Andrey Kelin, Jens Stoltenberg, Caroline Catz
Votes: 474
11. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
PG | 98 min | Documentary
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | Stars: Al Gore, Cory Booker, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 8,365 | Gross: $3.50M
12. Charlie Golf One (2016–2020)
25 min | Drama
A series taking place in an army medical center located in a remote military base and following the bizarre characters and occurrences in the center.
Stars: Shira Naor, Or Edri, Yaniv Zanava, Oren Papismadov
Votes: 387
13. The Day I Lost My Shadow (2018)
94 min | Drama
In Syria in 2012 a mother ventures into a war zone to find a gas cylinder so she can prepare a meal for her son. She discovers that in the besieged area the people there have lost their shadows.
Director: Soudade Kaadan | Stars: Sawsan Arshid, Reham Alkassar, Samer Ismail, Oweiss Mkhallalati
Votes: 326
14. In Syria (2017)
85 min | Drama, War
A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Director: Philippe Van Leeuw | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas
Votes: 2,983
15. Of Fathers and Sons (2017)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, War
Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.
Director: Talal Derki | Stars: Tia Alkerdi, Yara Ibrahim, Abu Osama, Ayman Osama
Votes: 2,750 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Girls of the Sun (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Sinama Alievi
Votes: 2,835 | Gross: $0.02M
17. The Cave (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, War
Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.
Director: Feras Fayyad | Stars: Amani Ballour, Alaa, Samaher, Salim Namour
Votes: 2,955
18. The White Helmets (2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Documentary, Short, War
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel | Stars: Dana Abed, Tia Alkerdi, Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah
Votes: 8,215
19. Damascus Under Fire (2018)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti
Votes: 2,758
20. Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, War
Khaled, Mahmoud and Subhi volunteer with the White Helmets trying to save lives of hundreds of victims in the besieged city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.
Directors: Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen | Stars: Khaled Umar Harah, Batul, Mahmoud, Abu Umar
Votes: 3,001 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Fredløs (2021)
142 min | Crime, Drama
The future looks bright for Mohammed. A good job and girlfriend, but at a pleasant party with the in-laws their lives are turned upside-down.
Stars: Besir Zeciri, Maria Cordsen, Afshin Firouzi, Charlotte Fich
Votes: 152
22. Flash Drive (2020)
125 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Ahmet, as a soldier in the regular Syrian army, witnesses the cover-up of massacres and torture conducted to repress the civil unrest. He and his wife Leila try to flee through the war zone to bring testimony to the world.
Director: Dervis Zaim | Stars: Ali Suliman, Husam Ali, Saleh Bakri, Husam Chadat
Votes: 162
23. The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss their philosophies on music and culture.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Yo-Yo Ma, Kinan Azmeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Cristina Pato
Votes: 746 | Gross: $1.16M
24. Bordo Bereliler Suriye (2017)
97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The story of Captain Mehmet (Cenk Ertan) and a team under his command to destroy Ebu Salim (Tayfun Sav), nicknamed Desert Imam, who is at the head of a terrorist organization that threatens... See full summary »
Director: Erhan Baytimur | Stars: Cenk Ertan, Sedat Mert, Arda Esen, Oguz Yagci
Votes: 186
25. I Want to Live (2015)
106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stories of Kurdish Refugees from Syria who are living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. The film was shot on location and takes place during the Syrian civil war and the ISIS attacks on ... See full summary »
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Shndar Noradin Ali, Ahmed Noradin Ali, Noradin Khalaf Ali, Nariman Abdullah
Votes: 3,079
26. Simple as Water (2021)
97 min | Documentary
A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war.
Director: Megan Mylan
Votes: 284
27. Aylan Baby (2022)
Action, Crime, Drama
Alan Kurdi (Kurdish: Alan Kurdî ), initially reported as Aylan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian - The bodies of Kurdi and another child were discovered by two locals at around 6:30 am. The two men moved the bodies from the water,
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Wilma Elles, Ali Sabri Belaid, Preity Üpala, Mike Mitchell
Votes: 8
28. Timelife (2019)
113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A poet chooses to give birth alone at home surrounded by characters pregnant with their dreams. The narrative takes root in each moment of reality. The truth extracted from context is fictionalized. A way of staging life.
Director: Hamid Benamra | Stars: Stephanie Benamra, Mohamed Malas, Marie-Christine Darah, Sébastien Benoist
Votes: 11
29. Syria: The Country Devastated by Assad (2023)
52 min | Documentary
While Bashar Al-Assad remains the undisputed leader of Syria, he is the master of a ruined country and a shattered people. The country is off-limits to all journalists, but our team managed... See full summary »
Director: Gaby Leygues
30. Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, War
A look at first-hand video accounts of violence in modern-day Syria as filmed by activists in the besieged city of Homs.
Directors: Wiam Bedirxan, Ossama Mohammed | Stars: Tia Alkerdi, Yara Ibrahim
Votes: 333
31. Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World (2018)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary, News
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat.
Director: Hans Pool | Stars: Eliot Higgins, Jay Rosen, Claire Wardle, Veli-Pekka Kivimäki
Votes: 768
32. Bordo Bereliler 2: Afrin (2018)
110 min | Action, Thriller, War
Director: Erhan Baytimur | Stars: Çigdem Batur, Emel Dede, Mehmet Dindar, Balamir Emren
Votes: 171
33. The Scarecrows (2019)
98 min | Drama
January 2014. Zina and Joe, around 20, return to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina has been separated from her two-month-old child, and Joe, being ... See full summary »
Director: Nouri Bouzid | Stars: Nour Hajri, Joumene Limam, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Sondos Belhassen
Votes: 81
34. Between Two Deaths (2015)
21 min | Short, Drama
Short film deals with the relationship of a peasant couple from Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights, through their journey towards their cherry-trees orchard adjacent to the ... See full summary »
Director: Ameer Fakher Eldin | Stars: Elham Araf, Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 7
35. Our New President (2018)
77 min | Documentary
The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda, including Youtube videos by common Russians and Russia Today, the most popular and unashamedly manipulative TV news network.
Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin | Stars: Emin Agalarov, Dmitry Butuzov, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
Votes: 494 | Gross: $0.04M
36. Commander Arian, a Story of Women, War and Freedom (2018)
85 min | Documentary
Hit by 5 bullets, commander Arian experiences the cost of war in the flesh as she is forced to redefine her role in the struggle for women's freedom.
Director: Alba Sotorra
Votes: 92
37. Filles du feu (2017)
80 min | Documentary
They are barely 20 years old and fighting the Islamic State in Syrian Kurdistan. In this part of the world where men walk in front and women behind, the fact that they have taken up arms ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Breton
Votes: 19
38. No Free Steps to Heaven: The Frontline Against ISIS (2014)
47 min | Documentary, War
A rare Israeli account inside Syria and Iraq about the fight against ISIS. Itai Anghel has spent one month on the front line to bring that account: In this piece from the documentary: The ... See full summary »
Director: Gilad Tocatly | Star: Itai Angel
Votes: 10
39. Salam Neighbor (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Two filmmakers fully embed themselves in a Syrian refugee camp, providing an intimate look at the world's most dire humanitarian crisis.
Directors: Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple | Stars: Yara Ibrahim, Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple
Votes: 586
40. I Am the Revolution (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Director: Benedetta Argentieri | Stars: Rojda Felat, Selay Ghaffar, Yanar Mohammed
Votes: 28
41. The Pianist of Yarmouk (2017)
13 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The real-life story of Aeham Ahmad: a classically-trained musician attempting to escape the war in Syria.
Director: Vikram Ahluwalia | Star: Aeham Ahmad
42. Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse (2022 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
In February 2007, at the Munich Conference for World Security, Vladimir Putin denounced the unilateralism of the United States and announced the end of a unipolar world. Although virulent, ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Tonolli | Stars: Saskia Weber, Cornelia Schönwald, Christian Le Peutrec, Jean-Yves Huchet
Votes: 57
43. New Life (II) (2017)
48 min | Documentary, Drama, War | Completed
Nû Jîn New Life, with the slogan ' Woman is life. Life is resistance and resistance is Kobanê', depicts the daily life of women guerillas, Elif Kobanê (18), Vîyan Peyman and Arjîn, joining ... See full summary »
Director: Veysi Altay | Stars: Sivan Ezadi, Sedat Topcu, Dilxaz Leylax, Golestan Tali
Votes: 8
44. The Syrian Patient (2017)
55 min | Documentary
Reality surpasses the imagination in this documentary that allows a look at the Syrian wounded and the Israeli doctors at a hospital in Israel, where enemies become connected, A ray of optimistic light in a harsh reality.
Director: Racheli Schwartz
Votes: 20
45. Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (2013)
15 min | Documentary, Short, News
The story of the Syrian revolution as told through the experiences of two young Syrians, a male rebel fighter and a female journalist, as they fight an oppressive regime for the freedom of their people.
Director: Matthew Vandyke | Stars: Omar Hattab, Nour Kelze
Votes: 71
46. Dying to Be Heard: Reporting Syria's War (2016)
11 min | Documentary, Short
For the past five years, Hadi Abdullah, 29, has been reporting on the war in Syria and its devastating effects in rebel-held areas. This work has put him and his colleagues in the line of fire.
Director: Neil Collier
47. Refugee Lullaby (2019)
72 min | Documentary
"Refugee Lullaby" is a story about human compassion, about Hans Breuer, who cannot sleep at night knowing there are refugees who need help, two hours' drive away from his bed.
Director: Ronit Kertsner | Star: Hans Breuer
Votes: 6
48. The Road to Raqqa (2017)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary featuring stories from the three last stops on the road to the besieged ISIS capital of Raqqa: the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) compound, the medical point and the foreign volunteers base.
Director: Anastasia Trofimova
Votes: 10
49. Silent Death on a Syrian Journey (2017)
15 min | Documentary, Short
With no other way to survive, Abu Ahmed resorted to sell one of his kidneys. So did Abdullah in exchange for a free passage to Europe. But things didn't go as planned as they have been duped by remorseless and unscrupulous organ brokers.
Director: Mouhssine Ennaimi | Stars: Abbas, Abdallah, Abdulghalib, Abu Ahmad
50. Frenemies: Putin and Trump (2019 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary
Director: Claire Walding | Stars: Aras Agalarov, Bashar al-Assad, Evgeniya Albats, Hillary Clinton
Votes: 29