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1. Prisoners of War (2009–2012)
50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After 17 years in captivity, Israeli soldiers Nimrode Klein, Uri Zach and Amiel Ben Horin return to the country that made them national icons. They work to overcome the trauma of torture and captivity.
Stars: Ishai Golan, Yoram Toledano, Yaël Abecassis, Mili Avital
Votes: 2,696
2. Legend of Destruction (2021)
93 min | Animation
The film "Legend of destruction" tells the story of the Jewish revolt against Rome which ended with the destruction of the Temple in the year 70.
Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly, Elliott Gould, Billy Zane
Votes: 252
3. Kadosh (1999)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Two sisters become victims of the patriarchal, ultra-orthodox society.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Meital Berdah, Uri Klauzner
Votes: 1,969 | Gross: $0.74M
4. Alila (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Slice-of-life look at the lives of twelve people who live or work in the same apartment complex in Tel Aviv.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laslo, Uri Klauzner, Liron Levo
Votes: 650 | Gross: $0.05M
5. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak
Votes: 453 | Gross: $0.03M
6. Live and Become (2005)
Unrated | 140 min | Drama
A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe
Votes: 6,321
7. That Lovely Girl (2014)
95 min | Drama
Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live together in a cruel and violent relationship, from which Tami seems unable to set herself free. Tami and Moshe are father and daughter.
Director: Keren Yedaya | Stars: Maayan Turjeman, Tzahi Grad, Yaël Abecassis, Tal Ben-Bina
Votes: 218
8. Shikun (2024)
84 min | Drama
Follows the lives of 20 characters who live in a massive social housing project in the Negev desert.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Irène Jacob, Hana Laslo, Yaël Abecassis, Menashe Noy
Votes: 35
9. Inside (2018–2019)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman about to leave a psychiatric clinic is found dead. Ana's heart has been torn out. Angèle, 29 years old, investigates alone for her first case. The inquiry shakes Angèle's grip on reality, driving her to the brink of madness.
Stars: Noémie Schmidt, Hippolyte Girardot, Judith El Zein, Samuel Theis
Votes: 165
10. Words with Gods (2014)
133 min | Drama
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words ... See full summary »
Directors: Guillermo Arriaga, Hector Babenco, Álex de la Iglesia, Bahman Ghobadi, Amos Gitai, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Warwick Thornton | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Demián Bichir, Richa Chadha, Inma Cuesta
Votes: 480
11. Hunting Elephants (2013)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In Jerusalem, a bullied teen befriends his grandfather and long lost uncle and soon they decide to solve their financial problems by robbing a bank.
Director: Reshef Levi | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Moni Moshonov, Patrick Stewart, Gil Blank
Votes: 1,176
12. A Wonderful Country (2003– )
49 min | Comedy, News
Israels' most famoust satire comedy show about politics & other stuff.
Stars: Eli Finish, Eyal Kitzis, Mariano Idelman, Alma Zack
Votes: 723
13. Surviving with Wolves (2007)
118 min | Drama
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her ... See full summary »
Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 1,165
14. Rani (2011)
52 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A young noblewoman in 18th century France is falsely convicted for treason and exiled to India. Using her whit and her body, she avoids going under despite numerous threats.
Stars: Mylène Jampanoï, Pascal Demolon, Rémi Bichet, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 130
15. A Borrowed Identity (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Razi Gabareen, Yaël Abecassis, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 1,884 | Gross: $0.28M
16. For Sasha (1991)
114 min | Drama, Romance, War
Israel, 1967. Sacha and Laura have been living in a kibbutz near the Syrian border for two years. They are visited by Simon, Michel and Paul, three friends from Paris who have come to celebrate Laura's twentieth birthday. Simon is obsessed by the death of the girl he loved and during the birthday evening, attempts to find someone to blame amongst his friends. Laura alone knows that the young girl... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Richard Berry, Fabien Orcier, Niels Dubost
Votes: 563
17. Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004–2017)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Denisot, Ariane Massenet, Jean-Michel Aphatie, Yann Barthès
Votes: 302
18. Vivement dimanche prochain (1998– )
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Jean-Pierre Coffe, Philippe Geluck, Claude Sérillon
Votes: 73
19. Shiva (2008)
103 min | Drama, Romance
When one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the death one of their family). A large ... See full summary »
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Moshe Ivgy, Yaël Abecassis, Albert Iluz
Votes: 580
20. Ballo a tre passi (2003)
107 min | Drama
Four separate-but-interconnected stories - one for each season - about life in Sardinia.
Director: Salvatore Mereu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Domenico Arba, Pietro Arba, Karo Ardenti
Votes: 271
21. Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me (2015)
94 min | Drama
Muhammad, a rejected boy from the fringe of society, floats through the streets of a filthy city, exposed and desolated, until he meets Gurevich; a lone rover who rides his motorcycle into ... See full summary »
Director: Hadar Morag | Stars: Muhammad Daas, Yuval Gurevich, Hila Alpert, Odel Hayon
Votes: 70
22. Maria, figlia del suo figlio (2000 TV Movie)
176 min | Drama
Very human story of a village woman called to a transcendental task: to be the mother of God.
Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Nancho Novo, Caterina Vertova, Nicholas Rogers
Votes: 64
23. Tel Aviv Stories (1992)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages; one turns Tel Aviv upside down in order to save a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
Directors: Ayelet Menahemi, Nirit Yaron | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Sharon Alexander, Doron Avrahami, Modi Bar-On
Votes: 105
24. Aya (I) (2012)
TV-14 | 40 min | Short, Drama, Music
Two strangers unexpectedly meet at an airport. He mistakenly assumes her to be his assigned driver. She, enchanted by the random encounter, does not hurry to prove him wrong.
Directors: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis | Stars: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen
Votes: 942
25. A Tramway in Jerusalem (2018)
94 min | Drama
On a tramway that connects several of Jerusalem's neighborhoods from East to West, a mosaic of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds are brought together.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Achinoam Nini, Mathieu Amalric, Lamis Ammar, Liron Levo
Votes: 121
26. Shabatot VeHagim (2000–2004)
47 min | Drama
Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Romi Aboulafia, Yaël Abecassis, Dror Keren
Votes: 60
27. Driver (2017)
87 min | Drama
A 'Driver' in the oltra orthodox community takes his daughter on his nightly journey, exposing her to the more questionable members of this pious society in the dark alleys of Bnei Barak ... See full summary »
Director: Yehonatan Indursky | Stars: Moshe Folkenflick, Manuel Elkaslassy, Yaël Abecassis, Avi Dangur
Votes: 62
28. Bella ciao (2001)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Nella and Orfeo, communists, flee Tuscany with their children to escape fascism. Wanting to start their life over in the New World, they embark on a boat for America. They will in fact dock in Marseille, far from the land of their dreams
Director: Stéphane Giusti | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Yaël Abecassis, Jalil Lespert, Alvise Sinivia
Votes: 105
29. Raymonde El Bidaoia (2020)
77 min | Documentary, Music
Raymonde - diva, queen, enigma, inspiration, survivor, widow, woman, and mother. Armed with a camera, Yael Abecassis followed her mother and stepped into a world where she had always been a... See full summary »
Director: Yaël Abecassis | Star: Raymonde Abecassis
Votes: 7
30. Tomorrow, When the Apricots Bloom (2019)
73 min | Documentary
Shortly after the death of his special uncles, Didier Frenkel descends into the basement of their shared home and finds a treasure: an ancient archive of animated films from Egypt starring ... See full summary »
Director: Tal Michael | Stars: Didier Frenkel, Marcelle Frenkel, Jean-Baptiste Garnero, Jane Frenkel
Votes: 11
31. Papa (II) (2005)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Louis and his Daddy are driving back home. Daddy is a past master at clowning, which does not necessarily make Louis laugh. At times Daddy gets awfully mad, picking on people who don't ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Barthélémy | Stars: Alain Chabat, Martin Combes, Yaël Abecassis, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 649
32. Miss Entebbe (2003)
80 min | Drama
Director: Omri Levy | Stars: Merav Avrahami, Yaël Abecassis, Itamar Glucksmann, Meirav Gruber
Votes: 54
33. Sans moi (2007)
90 min | Drama
Anna, a divorced single mother, employs a mysterious young woman called Lise to care for her children.
Director: Olivier Panchot | Stars: Clémence Poésy, Yaël Abecassis, Eric Ruf, Yannick Soulier
Votes: 89
34. Echo (2018)
92 min | Drama
Avner suspects his wife Ella of having an affair. Secretly recording her telephone conversations, he turns into a spy in his own home. But while searching for one thing, he discovers another - the woman he listens to is a stranger to him.
Directors: Amikam Kovner, Assaf Snir | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Guri Alfi, Ilanit Ben-Yaakov, Samuel Calderon
Votes: 40
35. Father's Footsteps (2007)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Arriving in France from Israel in 1968, the Maimons join scores of other Algerian and Tunisian Jewish families in Paris' burgeoning Belleville district. Good-hearted Felix (Gad Elmaleh) ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Carmel | Stars: Richard Berry, Yaël Abecassis, Gad Elmaleh, Jules-Angelo Bigarnet
Votes: 135
36. Shotetut (2001– )
24 min | Comedy
Asaf Rotem is an aspiring producer, waiting for his breakthrough. For his meeting with Moshe, a local TV station manager, he prepared notes about a great show with pretentious concepts. But... See full summary »
Stars: Assaf Harel, Erez Ben Harush, Uri Gottlieb, Benny Carmeli
Votes: 20
37. The Impure (2017)
69 min | Documentary, History
"The Impure" is a documentary film which brings to live a dark story who took place in Argentina in the early 20th century. The "Impures" was how the Argentinian Jewish pimps were called by... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Najenson | Stars: Daniel Najenson, Sonia Sánchez
Votes: 12
38. Black Notebooks: Viviane (2021)
100 min | Documentary
In a Parisian taxi, a man learns from a Moroccan fortune-teller that his sister is about to die. In an attempt to alter the prediction, the brother embarks on a fictional journey between ... See full summary »
Director: Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Miriam Elkabetz, Eli Elkabetz
Votes: 20
39. A Letter from the Past (2012)
52 min | Drama, Mystery
It took the letter 28 years to arrive from Berlin, East Germany to Tel-Aviv, Israel. But what troubles Menachem is the content of the letter. He's afraid to find out what the brother he ... See full summary »
Director: Ofer Zingerman | Stars: Sarah Adler, Gedalia Besser, Yossi Graber, Daniel Markovich
Votes: 14
40. Black Notebooks: Ronit (2021)
108 min | Documentary, Drama
Shlomi Elkabetz shares a love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz.
Director: Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Miriam Elkabetz, Eli Elkabetz
Votes: 96
41. Passeur d'enfants (1995–2000)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Pierre Arditi, Marie Rousseau, Cathy Bodet, Hervé Arthur Ratto
42. The Heritage (1993)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Two extraordinary love stories unfold 500 years apart. As modern lovers struggle against those who seek to separate them, a Christian soldier pursues a perilous romance with a young Jewish girl in the shadows of the Spanish Inquisition.
Director: Amnon Rubinstein | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Alon Aboutboul, Koby Azarly, Avi Toledano
Votes: 14
43. Hakita Hameofefet (1993–2014)
120 min | Family
Stars: Shai Avivi, Yaël Abecassis, Michal Yannai, Adi Ezroni
Votes: 7
44. Atlit (2014)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In October 1995 three French sisters gather in Atlit, Israel to sell the family home. Tensions arise between elders Darel and Cali when Darel proves unwilling to sell. That's when the sisters start seeing apparitions of their dead parents.
Director: Shirel Amitay | Stars: Géraldine Nakache, Judith Chemla, Yaël Abecassis, Arsinée Khanjian
Votes: 116
45. Ma'abarot (2019)
50 min | Documentary
A four episodes documentary series that unveils one of the most controversial topics in the history of the Israeli state. Rare archival materials and testimonials of former residents tell ... See full summary »
Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Yossi Alfi, Sammy Smooha, Sami Shalom Chetrit
Votes: 9
46. Adama (2011– )
45 min | Drama
Story of three generations, one farm in an Israeli moshav.
Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Mohammad Bakri, Yaël Abecassis, Menashe Noy
47. Underwater (2014)
34 min | Short, Drama
The coming of age tale of Amalia, a precocious 11 year old girl, on the brink of puberty, back-dropped by early 90s day to day life in a small village in Israel. Through Her eyes, we ... See full summary »
Director: Yasmin Harel | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Ran Khalil Danker, Yahav Friedman, Rotem Moore
Votes: 6
48. Life Is Life (2003)
90 min | Drama
Macky is a fifty years old writer and university profesor. Married with children, he's having an affair with a 30 years-old mother Ayala. He spends his days and nights haunted by his ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Bat-Adam | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Rivka Gur, Moshe Ivgy, Miki Leon
Votes: 19
49. Cost of Living (2016)
10 min | Short, Comedy
A politician borrows a friend's yacht for his fishing vacation suddenly a prostitute emerges from the bottom of the boat and ruins all his plans.
Directors: Eli Haviv, Daniel Najenson | Stars: Timor Cohen, Zvika Hadar
50. Strangers in the Night (1993)
72 min | Drama
Director: Serge Ankri | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Anthony Delon, Amos Lavi, Elisheva Michaeli