List of Syrian civil war films
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Syrian civil war. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1]
2010s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
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2013 | Egypt | Bab sharki | باب شرقي | Ahmed Atef | Drama. |
2013 | Qatar Lebanon Syria | Ladder to Damascus | سلم إلى دمشق | Mohammad Malas | Drama, History, War. |
2014 | United States | Code Name: Caesar | Abdullah Alrachid | Biography, Drama. | |
2015 | Syria | The Mother | الأم | Basil Al-Khatib | Drama. |
2015 | Syria | The Father | الأب | Basil Al-Khatib | Drama. Islamic State |
2015 | India | Phantom | Kabir Khan | Action, Drama, Thriller. | |
2016 | Italy Morocco United States | Watch Them Fall | Kristoph Tassin | Drama, Thriller. | |
2016 | Syria | It is mortal and dissipates | فانية وتتبدد | Najdat Anzour | War. Islamic State |
2016 | Syria | Ward Off Fate | رد القضاء | Najdat Anzour | War. Operation Canopus Star |
2016 | Syria | The Syrians | سوريون | Basil Al-Khatib | Thriller. |
2016 | France Belgium Algeria | Road to Istanbul | La Route d'Istanbul | Rachid Bouchareb | Drama, Thriller. |
2016 | Tunisia | The Flower of Aleppo | زهرة حلب La Fleur d'Alep | Ridha Behi | Action, Drama, War. |
2017 | Turkey | Bordo Bereliler Suriye | Erhan Baytimur | Action, Drama, Thriller, War. Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War | |
2017 | Belgium France Lebanon | Insyriated | Philippe Van Leeuw | Drama, War. | |
2018 | Turkey | Bordo Bereliler 2: Afrin | Erhan Baytimur | Action, Thriller, War. Operation Olive Branch | |
2018 | Syria | Damascus...Aleppo | دمشق - حلب | Basil Al-Khatib | |
2018 | France Belgium Georgia Switzerland | Girls of the Sun | Les filles du soleil | Eva Husson | Drama, War. Women's Protection Units |
2018 | Iran | Damascus Time | به وقت شام | Ebrahim Hatamikia | Action, Drama, Thriller, War. Islamic State |
2018 | United Kingdom United States | A Private War | Matthew Heineman | Biography, Drama, War. Based on the article Marie Colvin’s Private War. Marie Colvin | |
2019 | Tunisia Morocco Luxembourg France | The Scarecrows | عرايس الخوف Les Épouvantails | Nouri Bouzid | Drama. |
2019 | Syria Spain Iraq | The End Will Be Spectacular | Ji bo azadiyê | Ersin Çelik | War. |
2019 | Syria | Blood of the Palm Trees | دم النخل | Najdat Anzour | War, Drama. Khaled al-Asaad |
2019 | Syria | The Confession | الاعتراف | Basil Al-Khatib | Drama. |
2019 | Denmark Norway Sweden Finland | Daniel | Ser du månen, Daniel | Niels Arden Oplev | Biography, Drama, War. Based on the book Ser du månen, Daniel. Daniel Rye |
2020s
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
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2020 | India | Baaghi 3 | Ahmed Khan | Action, Adventure, Thriller. | |
2020 | Turkey | Flasbellek | Dervis Zaim | Adventure, Drama, War. | |
2020 | Russia | Palmira | Пальмира | Ivan Bolotnikov | Drama. |
2021 | Russia | Sky | Небо | Igor Kopylov | Action, Biography, Drama, War. Oleg Peshkov, 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown |
2021 | Russia | Mama, I'm Home | Мама, я дома | Vladimir Bitokov | Drama. Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war |
2022 | Syria United Kingdom France Qatar | Nezouh | نزوح | Soudade Kaadan | Drama, War. |
2022 | Russia | Palmira | Пальмира | Andrei Kravchuk | Drama, War. Palmyra offensive (March 2016) |
2022 | Russia | Infiltration | Своя война. Шторм в пустыне | Aleksey Chadov | Drama, History, Thriller, War. |
2022 | Syria | Kobanê | Özlem Yasar | War. Siege of Kobanî, Women's Protection Units | |
2023 | India | Akelli | Pranay Meshram | Drama, Thriller. | |
2023 | Syria | The wise | الحكيم | Basil Al-Khatib | |
2024 | Syria | Two days | يومين | Basil Al-Khatib |
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative titles) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Battles, campaigns, events depicted |
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2013 | Italy | Border | Alessio Cremonini | Drama. | |
2014 | Bulgaria Germany Croatia | The Judgment | Съдилището | Stephan Komandarev | Drama. |
2015 | Germany | Kafkanistan | Daniel Carsenty | Drama, Thriller, War. | |
2016 | Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Serbia | The Final Barrier | Jasmin Duraković | Drama. | |
2017 | Turkey | The Guest Aleppo to Istanbul | Andaç Haznedaroglu | Drama. | |
2017 | Finland Germany | The Other Side of Hope | Toivon tuolla puolen | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy, Drama. |
2022 | Turkey | Aylan Baby | Omer Sarikaya | Action, Crime, Drama. Death of Alan Kurdi | |
2022 | United Kingdom United States | The Swimmers | Sally El Hosaini | Biography, Drama, Sport. Yusra Mardini, Sarah Mardini | |
2023 | Canada Lebanon | Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr | Drama. |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative titles) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Battles, campaigns, events depicted |
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2017 | Hungary Germany France | Jupiter's Moon | Jupiter holdja | Kornél Mundruczó | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Refugees of the Syrian civil war |
Television films
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
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2022 | Russia | Syrian Sonata | Сирийская соната | Oleg Pogodin | Drama, Romance, War. Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war |
TV Series
[edit]Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
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2015 | Syria | Woman of Ashes | امرأة من رماد | Najdat Anzour | Drama. |
2016/20 | Israel | Charlie Golf One | תאג"ד | Zion Rubin | Drama. Israel's role in the Syrian civil war |
2017 | Syria | Desire | شوق | Rasha Shurbatji | Drama, Romance. |
2018 | Turkey | Wolf | Börü | Can Emre Cem Özüduru | Action, Thriller, War. |
2020 | Kazakhstan | Confrontation | Противостояние | Madina Alimkhan | |
2020 | Sweden | Caliphate | Kalifat | Goran Kapetanović | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Islamic State |
2023 | United Kingdom France | Liaison | Stephen Hopkins | Drama, Thriller. | |
2023 | Russia | Save the Only Son | Спасти единственного сына | Nikolay Khomeriki | Drama, Thriller. |
References
[edit]- ^ "syrian-civil-war". IMDb.