The Volunteers

2017

English

8.4

♡ 3

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 unit, the only medics on the battlefield.

Heval

2021

English

6.5

♡ 1

86%

Adam R. Wood Director

William Denjoy as Self

Jason Fritz as Self

Nuri Mahmoud as Self

Keith Caraway as Self

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 battling America's most insidious enemy. But others think he's a hot-tempered narcissist, staging a publicity stunt to further his career - and when his service ends, neither the UK nor the US welcome him back. Through incisive interviews with the actor, his supporters, his detractors, and top-tier experts - and featuring the actor's own jaw-dropping helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters - Heval gives viewers unprecedented access into a war against evil and one man's controversial role in it.

Sirocco

1951

English

6.2

♡ 7

25%

Curtis Bernhardt Director

Lee J. Cobb as Col. Feroud

Everett Sloane as Gen. LaSalle

Nick Dennis as Nasir Aboud

Peter Brocco as The Barber

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

Last Men in Aleppo

2017

Danish

7.4

♡ 2

97%

Feras Fayyad Director

Abu Sabih as Self

Subhi Alhussen as Self - volunteer rescue worker

Shabab Badawi as Self - White Helmet worker

Fawzi Barghot as Self - White Helmet worker

A searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives. Incorporating moments of both heart-pounding suspense and improbable beauty, the documentary draws us into the lives of three of its founders — Khaled, Subhi, and Mahmoud — as they grapple with the chaos around them and struggle with an ever-present dilemma: do they flee or stay and fight for their country?

For Sama

2019

English

8.5

♡ 12

98%

Waad Al-Kateab Director Naya

Naya as Self Wisam

Wisam as Self Zain

Zain as Self Salim

Salim as Self

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, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

My War

2018

English

5.0

♡ 1

Julien Fréchette Director

Hanna Bohman as Self Rebaz

Rebaz as Self

William Savage as Self Thierry

Thierry as Self

A disturbing portrait of four Western volunteers who risk their lives to fight ISIS alongside Kurdish forces. The feature documentary 'My War' probes the complex motives behind the need to take up arms on someone else’s behalf.

The Taste of Apples Is Red

2022

Arabic

5.6

♡ 4

Ehab Tarabieh Director

Shaden Kanboura as Leila

Tarik Kopty as Mustafa

Ruba Blal as Salma

Makram Khoury as Sheikh Kamel

In the Druze mountain villages between Syria and Israel, Kamel, a respected sheik, must make an impossible decision between family and duty when his estranged brother returns to the Golan Heights after 47 years in exile.

A Private War

2018

English

6.7

♡ 54

87%

israeli–palestinian conflict

journalist

palestinian-israeli conflict

syria

War

war correspondent

Matthew Heineman Director

Amanda Drew as Amy Bentham

Rosamund Pike as Marie Colvin

Tom Hollander as Sean Ryan

Stanley Tucci as Tony Shaw

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Spider in the Web

2019

English

4.5

♡ 65

63%

43%

Action

based on true story

inspired by a true story

inspired by true story

Eran Riklis Director

Ben Kingsley as Adereth

Monica Bellucci as Angela

Marcel Hensema as Ruud van der Veen

Itzik Cohen as Samuel

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

Cries from Syria

2017

English

8.3

♡ 5

100%

Evgeny Afineevsky Director

Helen Mirren as Narrator

Cissy Jones as Narrator

Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb as Self

Abdul Basset Saroot as Self

An attempt to re-contextualize the European migrant crisis and ongoing hostilities in Syria, through eyewitness and participant testimony. Children and parents recount the revolution, civil war, air strikes, atrocities and ongoing humanitarian aid crises, in a portrait of recent history and the consequences of violence.

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