syria movies

Sirocco (1951)
6 / 10

Action, Adventure, Drama

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

HyperNormalisation (2016)
7.448 / 10

Documentary

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

For Sama (2019)
8.3 / 10

Documentary, War

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo,...

A Private War (2018)
6.791 / 10

Drama, War

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of...

Spider in the Web (2019)
5 / 10

Thriller

A young operative is sent on a mission to follow an older agent who's behavior has come into question.

Held for Ransom (2019)
7 / 10

Drama

HELD FOR RANSOM tells the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organization ISIS...

Gold (2018)
9 / 10

Drama

Amal lives in a bomb shelter with her sisters in a wartime Syria. Food and water is scarce. One day when Amal is out playing, she finds a piece of...

My War (2018)
9 / 10

Documentary, War

Hundreds of Western volunteers have joined Kurdish armies in Syria and Iraq in their efforts to fight the Islamic State. What drives some Canadians...

Little Gandhi (2016)
6 / 10

Documentary

The story of iconic Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar whose brutal torture and death at the age of 26 outraged the international community and...

The White Helmets (2016)
7.4 / 10

Documentary, War

As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.

Heval (2021)
7 / 10

Documentary

When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to fight ISIS in Syria, many see him as a selfless hero...

The Volunteers (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary, War

Filmmaker River Hagg travels to war-torn Syria, in hopes of documenting the war between the YPG and ISIS. He eventually finds himself in a volunteer...

The Matchmaker (2022)
8 / 10

Documentary

A unique interview with Tooba Gondal, the woman who groomed and lured scores of Western women to join ISIS. Using social media, she became a deadly...

Cries from Syria (2017)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

An attempt to re-contextualize the European migrant crisis and ongoing hostilities in Syria, through eyewitness and participant testimony. Children...

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War (2020)
8.3 / 10

Documentary, History

A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions...

Killing Hope (1969)
0 / 10

Drama

Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
7 / 10

Documentary

Winner of the Grand Jury Documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad’s breathtaking work — a searing example...

Road to Istanbul (2016)
6.2 / 10

Drama

Elisabeth lives a quiet live in the Belgian countryside with her young adult daughter Elodie. After the divorce from her husband Elisabeth took care...

Born in Syria (2016)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

This intimate documentary follows a group of Syrian children refugees who narrowly escape a life of torment and integrate into a foreign land.

Girls' War (2016)
8.8 / 10

Documentary

As the forces of ISIS and Assad tear through villages and society in Syria and Northern Iraq, a group of brave and idealistic women are taking up...