13 Films Banned In Lebanon Over the Past Decade and The Reasons Behind Them

If there’s one thing the Lebanese state is effective at, it’s bringing the ban hammer down on movies trying to screen the country. We’ve compiled 13 films Lebanese authorities have banned, and the rightful and wrongful decisions behind them.

1. Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

Reason: same-sex kiss/depiction of an evil nun

2. Lightyear (2022)

Reason: same-sex kiss

3. Too Much Love Will Kill You (2013)

Reason: blasphemous and provocative

4. Stranger by the Lake (L’Inconnu du Lac) (2013)

Reason: same-sex relationship

5. The Attack (2013)

Reason: filming in Israel and including Israeli actors

6. Personal Affairs (2016)

Reason: produced by an Israeli company

7. I Offered You Pleasure (2013)

Reason: provocative

8. Death on the Nile (2022)

Reason: Gal Gadot

9. Wonder Woman (2017)

Reason: Gal Gadot

10. Justice League (2017)

Reason: Gal Gadot

11: The Jungle (2018)

Reason: Israeli main character

12. The Nun 2 (2022)

Reason: offensive to Christianity

13. Panoptic (2017)

Reason: offensive to Lebanon