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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: 2,686
2. Manayek (2020– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused of being corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.
Stars: Shalom Assayag, Amos Tamam, Liraz Chamami, Doron Ben-David
Votes: 1,166
3. Prison Heat (1993)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials.
Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Rebecca Chambers, Lori Jo Hendrix, Kena Land, Toni Naples
Votes: 1,004
4. Kfulim (2015–2022)
40 min | Drama, Thriller
Five ordinary people wake up one morning to discover that they are implicated in a ruthless kidnapping operation following the disappearance of the Iranian Defence Minister while on a secret visit to Moscow.
Stars: Miki Leon, Angel Bonanni, Moris Cohen, Sergey Bukhman
Votes: 1,662
5. Dig (2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Peter, an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a young female archaeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making.
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Anne Heche, Ori Pfeffer, Alison Sudol
Votes: 5,898
6. Our Boys (2019)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama
Based on the true events which led to the outbreak of war in Gaza 2014.
Stars: Shlomi Elkabetz, Johnny Arbid, Adam Gabay, Ruba Blal
Votes: 4,490
7. Bnei Aruba (2013–2016)
44 min | Drama, Thriller
The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
Stars: Jonah Lotan, Tomer Capone, Nevo Kimchi, Shmil Ben Ari
Votes: 1,828
8. The Ambassador (1984)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Fabio Testi
Votes: 942
9. Dumb (2016– )
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A frustrated actress with a strong character, Shiri is 30 but seems much younger as everyone seems to be constantly reminding her in both her personal and professional lives.
Stars: Bat-Chen Sabag, Shani Klein, Moshe Ashkenazi, Ruti Asarsai
Votes: 225
10. Miral (2010)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Willem Dafoe, Asma Al Shiukhy
Votes: 3,586 | Gross: $0.37M
11. Gett (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gabi Amrani, Dalia Beger
Votes: 6,890 | Gross: $0.99M
12. Nina's Tragedies (2003)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
Director: Savi Gabizon | Stars: Ayelet Zurer, Yoram Hattab, Alon Aboutboul, Aviv Elkabeth
Votes: 808 | Gross: $0.24M
13. 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: 6,313
14. Chazarot (2020– )
33 min | Comedy, Romance
Two theater writers are forced to work together just when they're going through a breakup in their relationship. They are joined by two egotistical TV stars.
Stars: Noa Koler, Erez Drigues, Agam Rudberg, Itay Turgeman
Votes: 653
15. Split (2009–2012)
25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Follows Ella Rosen who discovers her identity, as a half-vampire, half-human, when she starts at Green High whose principal is secretly the head of 'The Order of the Blood' an order which is devoted to cleansing the world of vampires.
Stars: Amit Farkash, Yon Tumarkin, Yedidya Vital, Yoalah Brinson
Votes: 176
16. Urban Feel (1999)
103 min | Drama
An estranged couple receives an unexpected visitor who throws everything in their family off balance.
Director: Jonathan Sagall | Stars: Dafna Rechter, Sharon Alexander, Jonathan Sagall, Assi Levy
Votes: 190
17. Malkot (2018– )
42 min | Crime, Drama
Queens tells the story of women survivors of a crime family's multiple murder. They struggle to reclaim their lives and status, fighting against other mafia families bent on destroying them and taking their business and wealth.
Stars: Rita, Dana Ivgy, Mali Levi, Lihi Kornowski
Votes: 151
18. Shemesh (1997–2004)
25 min | Comedy
Israel's second successful sitcom, Shemesh centers around the title character and his restaurant "The Empire of the Sun", as well as his friends and workers.
Stars: Galit Giat, Zvika Hadar, Zevulun Mosheashvili, Gadi Rabinowitz
Votes: 417
19. Sabri Maranan (2011– )
30 min | Comedy
The series follows Shay and Shani to Friday-night family dinners. Shani's family is Mizrahi and Shay's is Ashkenazi; in some episodes they visit Shay's family, the Rosens, and in others ... See full summary »
Stars: Dvir Benedek, Rotem Abuhab, Sandra Sade, Tuvia Tzafir
Votes: 224
20. Life According to Agfa (1992)
100 min | Drama
The film takes place in Tel Aviv, much of it in a fictitious local pub called Barbie, a satirical nickname for a famous Israeli mental health institution. The pub's name hints at the ... See full summary »
Director: Assi Dayan | Stars: Gila Almagor, Akram Tillawi, Smadar Kilchinsky, Tsipor Aizen
Votes: 654
21. Tironoot (1998–2001)
60 min | Drama
Basic training (in Hebrew: "tiroonot") in the Israeli Army's Giv'ati infantry brigade brings together all kinds of people, from a wide variety of backgrounds, as well as some problems.
Stars: Aki Avni, Golan Azulai, Shmil Ben Ari, Ishai Golan
Votes: 105
22. The Flood (2010)
100 min | Drama
Everything is complicated in Yoni's life. He's almost 13, real gifted, but physically undeveloped and struggles daily to grow up before his threatening up-coming Bar Mitzva.
Director: Guy Nattiv | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Tzahi Grad, Michael Moshonov, Yoav Rotman
Votes: 255
23. Johnny and the Knights of Galilee (2015)
Comedy, Drama
Reunion of childhood friends leads to a succeeding gigilo business in the north of Israel.
Stars: Oz Zehavi, Oshri Cohen, Joy Rieger, Yoav Levi
Votes: 41
24. Longing (2017)
100 min | Drama
A middle-aged Israeli bachelor is forced to evaluate his life choices when he discovers an ex-girlfriend had given birth to his son 20 years before, in this affecting drama from writer director Savi Gabizon.
Director: Savi Gabizon | Stars: Ella Armony, Shai Avivi, Shmil Ben Ari, Salim Daw
Votes: 424
25. Florentine (1997–2000)
30 min | Drama, Comedy
A brilliant series about the lives of a young group of people, who are best friends since their childhood in Jerusalem. They all moved together to live in the southern tel-avivian ... See full summary »
Stars: Karin Ophir, Uri Banai, Sami Huri, Ayelet Zurer
Votes: 93
26. The Dune (2013)
87 min | Drama
An israeli man, who recently broke up with his girlfriend, gets to Paris and starts to follow a soon-to-be retired detective for a mysterious reason.
Director: Yossi Aviram | Stars: Niels Arestrup, Lior Ashkenazi, Guy Marchand, Emma de Caunes
Votes: 274
27. Colombian Love (2004)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tali and Ori are a young Israeli couple. After attending their best friends' wedding, which ended in disaster, they have a big fight, which leads to Ori proposing. But there is trouble in ... See full summary »
Director: Shay Kanot | Stars: Mili Avital, Assi Cohen, Yael Appleboum, Yael Badash
Votes: 432
28. Lost Islands (2008)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A family in the 80s with five kids get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Reshef Levi | Stars: Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov, Shmil Ben Ari, Orly Silbersatz
Votes: 669
29. Alifim (2011– )
30 min | Drama
The series follows the agricultural school "Gnoth" and the layer of the "Alifim" and the traditional conflict with the layer of the "Dalidim" The series is based on the book with the same ... See full summary »
Stars: Yotam Kushnir, Omer Dror, Asaf Hertz, Alon Sandler
Votes: 40
30. Inyan Shel Zman (1992–1996)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Moshe Ben-Basat, Dana Berger, Shay Capon, Esti Yerushalmi
Votes: 58
31. A Tale of a Wolf (2013)
78 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
The life story of Ogg, a male wolf living in the northern mountains of Israel. From his innocent childhood through his maturing to adulthood, struggling to survive in a delicate habitat sabotaged by mankind.
Director: Moshe Alpert | Star: Shmil Ben Ari
Votes: 22
32. Revivre (2009)
45 min | Drama, History
The story of the illegal immigrant Yehuda Halevi ship that brought immigrants to Israel from Morocco in 1947. On her way to Israel stopped in France to collect holocaust survivors.
Stars: Bernard Campan, Marie-France Pisier, Jocelyn Quivrin, Marc Ruchmann
Votes: 33
33. Three Mothers (2006)
106 min | Drama
Rose, Flora and Yasmin were born as a triplet sixty something years ago in Alexandria, Egypt. Their well-off parents gave them names of flowers, and King Farouk of Egypt gave them his ... See full summary »
Director: Dina Zvi-Riklis | Stars: Miri Mesika, Gila Almagor, Rivka Raz, Reymonde Amsellem
Votes: 132
34. Honor (2010)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two Maroccon organized crime families suffer the tragedies of their respective lives.
Director: Haim Bouzaglo | Stars: Moran Atias, Nataly Attiya, Icho Avital, Axelle Azoulay
Votes: 38
35. Snowland (2020)
85 min | Drama
Set against the backdrop of another Israeli war, in Tel Aviv, Amir and Johnny's long time friendship is put to the test, right before their 40th birthday as they set out on a quest of self ... See full summary »
Director: Jonni Zicoltz | Stars: Shlomi Koriat, Ori Pfeffer, Tali Sharon, Nati Kluger
Votes: 30
36. 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
37. The Art of Waiting (2019)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Liran and Tali, a couple in their thirties who dream of having a child together, are one day told that they will have to undergo fertility treatments. What seems simple at first turns out to be very complex.
Director: Erez Tadmor | Stars: Nelly Tagar, Roy Assaf, Shmil Ben Ari, Evelin Hagoel
Votes: 98
38. The Last Suspect (2005)
82 min | Crime, Drama
Directors: Matti Harari, Arik Lubetzki | Stars: Johnny Arbid, Tzion Baruch, Shmil Ben Ari, Assi Hanegbi
Votes: 6
39. Kachol Amok (1997– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Saar Badishi, Yuval Segal, Tuvia Gelber, Gadi Rabinowitz
40. Jaffa Pictures (1995– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Uri Gavriel, Moti Ben Ishai, Gabi Dan, Danny Moses
Votes: 27
41. White Night (1995)
92 min | Drama
Charlie tries to clean himself off drugs, with the help of his prison cell mate Shlomo. Althou coming from different background they manage to build a true friendship.
Director: Arnon Zadok | Stars: Shalom Shmuelov, Sharon Alexander, Idan Alterman, Liora Rivlin
Votes: 27
42. Yana's Friends (1999)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three parallel strories of immigrants in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War and about coming together while sealed in a room during the Scud attacks.
Director: Arik Kaplun | Stars: Evelyn Kaplun, Nir Levy, Shmil Ben Ari, Mosko Alkalai
Votes: 600 | Gross: $0.06M
43. Primal Justice (1997)
90 min | Drama
A homicide detective, in what started out as a routine murder case, uncovers more than he bargained for and finds himself on a journey of self-discovery, challenging the very foundation of his identity.
Director: Arnon Zadok | Stars: Gabi Amrani, Yona Atari, Saar Badishi, Shmil Ben Ari
Votes: 24
44. Zinzana (1999–2005)
100 min | Crime, Drama
The challenges faced by a group of prisoners and prison guards in and outside the prison walls.
Stars: Raida Adon, Yona Elian, Sendi Bar, Shmil Ben Ari
Votes: 56
45. Meorav Yerushalmi (2003–2010)
50 min | Drama
Meorav Yerushalmi is a play on words. It literally means "Jerusalem mix", as it's a drama about an Orthodox Jerusalem family whose children branch out on their own in terms of religious ... See full summary »
Stars: Shmil Ben Ari, Sara von Schwarze, Nevo Kimchi, Yaron Motola
Votes: 22
46. Love Sick (1995)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
The touching story of Victor, who lives with his mother in the REALLY bad part of town and runs an illegal TV cable station. One day he sees the beautiful Michaela and falls madly in love ... See full summary »
Director: Savi Gabizon | Stars: Avigail Ariely, Asher Atlas, Hanna Azoulay Hasfari, Shmil Ben Ari
Votes: 228
47. Electric Blanket (1994)
90 min | Drama
The second chapter in Assi Dayan's trilogy centers on three marginal characters from "Life According to Agfa". Malka, a whore with a Romanian accent who dreams of becoming a singer, Levi, ... See full summary »
Director: Assi Dayan | Stars: Rivka Neuman, Shmil Ben Ari, Uri Klauzner, Gil Alon
Votes: 99
48. Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Gila Almagor, Na'ama Amrani, G.W. Bailey, Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 53 | Gross: $0.27M
49. Homeport (2016)
95 min | Drama
After years at sea, Aaron returns to the port of Ashdod in the hopes of winning back his family, but he soon realizes that life on land is more complicated than he thought.
Director: Erez Tadmor | Stars: Sharon Alexander, Dalia Beger, Shmil Ben Ari, Liron Ben-Shlush
Votes: 53
50. The Saturday Morning Murder (1991 TV Movie)
122 min | Crime, Drama
When a revered senior analyst is found dead at the Jerusalem Psychoanalytic Society headquarters, Chief Inspector Michael Ohayon penetrates the elite, mysterious world of the institute to find the killer.
Director: Nadav Levitan | Stars: Arnon Zadok, Gilat Ankori, Itzak Atzmon, Mili Avital