Fares Fares

Fares Fares

Birthday:Apr 29, 1973
Place of birth:Beirut, Lebanon

Filmography

2026
Once in the Archipelago

Once in the Archipelago

Drama Comedy
Upcoming

2026

Director: Alex Schulman

Three fathers join their daughters on a school trip to a quiet island. Stranded with a chaotic group of teenagers, they’re forced to confront past traumas as the line between play and power games slowly dissolves.

2022
Cairo Conspiracy

Cairo Conspiracy

Thriller Political Thriller
6.9

20222h 1min

Denmark, Finland

Director: Tarik Saleh

A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.

2018
The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

Crime Thriller Mystery Drama Detective Mystery Crime
7.4

20181h 58min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Christoffer Boe

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

2017
The Nile Hilton Incident

The Nile Hilton Incident

Thriller Drama Crime Political Thriller Police Procedural
6.8

20171h 51min

Denmark, France

Director: Tarik Saleh

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

2016
A Conspiracy of Faith

A Conspiracy of Faith

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Detective Mystery Crime
7.0

20161h 48min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Hans Petter Moland

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.

2015
Child 44

Child 44

Crime Thriller Serial Killer Crime Political Thriller
6.4

20152h 17min

United States

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

2014
The Absent One

The Absent One

Thriller Investigation Suspense
7.1

20141h 56min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Mikkel Nørgaard

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

2013
The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Thriller Mystery Crime Investigation Suspense Investigation Mystery
7.2

20131h 33min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Mikkel Nørgaard

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

2003
Kopps

Kopps

Action Comedy Parody
6.7

20031h 30min

Sweden

Director: Josef Fares

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

2000
The Best Man's Wedding

The Best Man's Wedding

Comedy Drama Buddy Comedy Relationship Drama
6.8

20001h 28min

Sweden

Director: Josef Fares

Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend but is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to Lebanon. Meanwhile, Roro's best friend, Måns, has serious problems getting an erection.