Best Syrian comedy movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch comedy films from Syria, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for The Borders

    The Borders 1984

    A traveler between two countries metaphorically named "Easternstan" and "Westernstan" loses his passport and identity papers. Stuck between the two countries he can neither cross the frontiers nor get back to where he came from. He's forced to camp in the neutral area between the two countries, facing a lot of funny situations while there. The movie satirizes the ideology of Arab unity and cooperation at the state level.

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  • Poster for The Extras

    The Extras 1993

    Salem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.

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  • Poster for Tishreen Village

    Tishreen Village 1974

    A Syrian political comedy play that takes place before and after the October 1973 war in Syria and reflects the victory on the Syrian person

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  • Poster for Forced marriage

    Forced marriage 1972

    Mona and her friend Suheir travel to Syria to meet her fiancé. Mona's father requests the son of his friend Kamal residing in Syria to take care of his daughter Mona there, so he goes to her to meet and care for her so he gets to know Suhair and admire her. On the other side, events escalate as Salwa (to his heart), a client of a foreign country, tries to win over Dr. Khairat, the nuclear energy scientist, and tries to persuade him to go abroad again so that his country does not benefit from his knowledge.

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  • Poster for The Vagabonds

    The Vagabonds 1968

    Two sworn friends, who commit fraud against women and compete in hunting victims of wealthy women, decide to cooperate after one of them threatens the other to expose his plays, and they stay in a luxury hotel, in order to cast nets on a beautiful millionaire girl.

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