Cinema of Lebanon

12 films · 9 directors · 1986 to 2026

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Capernaum

2018 · Nadine Labaki

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.

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Defining films

Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
The Sand Castle
The Sand Castle
2024 · Matty Brown
Leila and the Wolves
Leila and the Wolves
1986 · Heiny Srour
A Sad and Beautiful World
A Sad and Beautiful World
2026 · Cyril Aris
Sirens
Sirens
2022 · Rita Baghdadi
C-section
C-section
2021 · David Oryan
Tadmor
Tadmor
2017 · Monika Borgmann
Wasp
Wasp
2015 · Philippe Audi-Dor

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