Israel movies
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1. 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: 1,964 | Gross: $0.74M
2. Bethlehem (I) (2013)
99 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Tells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the... See full summary »
Director: Yuval Adler | Stars: Tsahi Halevi, Shadi Mar'i, Hitham Omari, Michal Shtamler
Votes: 2,259
3. Carmel (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Biography, History
From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Eliran Eyal, Samuel Fuller
Votes: 107
4. Ajami (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
Votes: 6,528 | Gross: $0.62M
5. Tahara (2002)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama
A successful author, Liz, searches for her daughter, Rachel, in the Sinai Desert. There she meets a Bedouin storyteller who relays the unusual love story of a Western tourist and the son of a Bedouin Sheik named Najim. Their relationship is torn apart when the American is exposed to a tribal ritual.
Director: Doron Eran | Stars: Louise Asher, Meital Dohan, Ashraf Farah, Amnon Fisher
Votes: 180 | Gross: $0.05M
6. Big Bad Wolves (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After a little girl is brutally murdered, a suspect avoids arrest due to lack of evidence. Working separately, her father and a cop decide to do something about it.
Directors: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval'e Glickman
Votes: 17,551 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Jellyfish (2007)
Unrated | 78 min | Drama
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life... See full summary »
Directors: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret | Stars: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Raban
Votes: 2,744 | Gross: $0.34M
8. Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A suicide bomber becomes dependent on the kindness of strangers when his explosives won't detonate, giving him time to meet some of the people he's targeting.
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Shredi Jabarin, Hili Yalon, Shlomo Vishinsky, Khawlah Hag-Debsy
Votes: 692 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Disengagement (2007)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau, Barbara Hendricks
Votes: 826
10. 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: 645 | Gross: $0.05M
11. Fill the Void (2012)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.
Director: Rama Burshtein | Stars: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir
Votes: 3,993 | Gross: $1.77M
12. Footnote (2011)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack
Votes: 6,321 | Gross: $2.01M
13. Jaffa (2009)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.
Director: Keren Yedaya | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Moni Moshonov, Ronit Elkabetz, Mahmud Shalaby
Votes: 776
14. Broken Wings (2002)
R | 87 min | Drama
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Orly Silbersatz, Maya Maron, Nitai Gvirtz, Daniel Magon
Votes: 2,493 | Gross: $0.41M
15. 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: 6,310
16. My Father My Lord (2007)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A respected rabbi is forced to come to terms with the demands of his faith and the welfare of his own family.
Director: David Volach | Stars: Assi Dayan, Ilan Griff, Sharon Hacohen, Roni Aharon
Votes: 495 | Gross: $0.11M
17. Or (My Treasure) (2004)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel... See full summary »
Director: Keren Yedaya | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen, Katia Zinbris
Votes: 1,611 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Off-White Lies (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
A father and his daughter, during the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon.
Director: Maya Kenig | Stars: Gur Bentwich, Elya Inbar, Tzahi Grad, Arad Yeni
Votes: 211
19. The Attack (2012)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Palestinian surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amsallem, Evgenia Dodina, Dvir Benedek
Votes: 4,554 | Gross: $1.71M
20. Zaytoun (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Abdallah El Akal, Alice Taglioni, Loai Nofi
Votes: 1,726 | Gross: $0.04M
21. The Congress (2013)
Not Rated | 122 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 19,904 | Gross: $0.14M
22. The Human Resources Manager (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Mark Ivanir, Guri Alfi, Noah Silver, Rozina Cambos
Votes: 1,496 | Gross: $0.06M
23. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ori Sivan
Votes: 60,395 | Gross: $2.28M
24. Minotaur (1997)
91 min | Romance, Thriller
Alex Abramov is Mossad secret agent looking after some bad guys. He falls in love with young music student Thea, but can not reveal himself and sends her gifts secretly. Thea first thinks ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Tammuz | Stars: Mili Avital, Dan Turgeman, Georges Corraface, Christine Jones
Votes: 210
25. 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
26. Temptation (2002)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Daphne's life is peaceful. She has solid marriage with a successful lawyer, two charming children and a nice local bookshop. Recently her father passed away and left her a good deal of ... See full summary »
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Dafna Rechter, Orna Pitussi, Sharon Alexander, Guy Meroz
Votes: 72
27. Total Love (2000)
83 min | Adventure, Romance
Three friends concoct the ultimate love drug, TLV, and fall in love with the same woman, Renana. Years later, Renana's ex-lovers team up to rescue her from an Indian prison.
Director: Gur Bentwich | Stars: Gur Bentwich, Herman Brood, Maor Cohen, Ineke de Vos
Votes: 225
28. Someone to Run With (2006)
118 min | Adventure, Drama
Through the streets of Jerusalem two teenagers' stories will unite to tell the summer adventure of their lives. Tamar is an amazingly talented but very quiet and insecure girl, who leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Oded Davidoff | Stars: Bar Belfer, Yonatan Bar-Or, Yuval Mendelson, Rinat Matatov
Votes: 717
29. Wisdom of the Pretzel (2002)
101 min | Comedy
Director: Ilan Heitner | Stars: Benny Avni, Marina Gordon, Nir Levy, Guy Loel
Votes: 219
30. Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)
110 min | Drama, Romance
As a family from India moves in to a desert neighborhood in Southern Israel in the 1960's, the family's eldest, beautiful daughter discovers friendship and romance with the lovely local ... See full summary »
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Neta Garty, Liraz Charhi, Aure Atika, Jean Benguigui
Votes: 1,235
31. The Bubble (2006)
Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.
Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniella Wircer, Alon Friedman
Votes: 5,672 | Gross: $0.16M
32. Eli & Ben (2008)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Family
The life of the Yassif family becomes almost impossible when the father who is the city architect, is charged with taking bribes.
Director: Ori Ravid | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Shevach, Yael Hadar, Nissan Nativ
Votes: 137
33. Things Behind the Sun (2006)
111 min | Drama
Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved ... See full summary »
Director: Yuval Shafferman | Stars: Assi Dayan, Sandra Sade, Tess Hashiloni, Zohar Strauss
Votes: 98
34. Yamim Kfuim (2005)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A lonely young woman survives a suicide bombing and assumes the identity of one of its victims. As she moves into his apartment her grip on reality starts to crack.
Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Anat Klausner, Sandra Sade, Uli Sternberg, Pini Tavger
Votes: 426
35. 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: 806 | Gross: $0.24M
36. Summer Story (2004)
76 min | Drama
Summer 1982. With the war raging in Lebanon, 13 year-old Gal works as a postman in a village emptied of men because almost all the male inhabitants have been conscripted to fight at the ... See full summary »
Director: Shmuel Haimovich | Stars: Aya Steinovitz, Kosta Kaplan, Itamar Cohen, Sara von Schwarze
Votes: 62
37. The Summer of Aviya (1988)
95 min | Biography, Drama
A ten year old girl spends her summer with her overly protective mother, a mentally scarred holocaust survivor, while hopefully trying to find her real father in the newly established state of Israel.
Director: Eli Cohen | Stars: Gila Almagor, Kaipu Cohen, Eli Cohen, Marina Rossetti
Votes: 431
38. 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 Amsallem
Votes: 132
39. Operation Grandma (1999 TV Movie)
54 min | Comedy
Mivtza Savta ("Operation Grandma") is a satirical Israeli comedy about three very different brothers trying to get around many obstacles to bury their grandmother on her kibbutz. The story ... See full summary »
Director: Dror Shaul | Stars: Rami Heuberger, Ami Smolartchik, Tsach Shpitsen, Einat Weitzman
Votes: 1,136
40. Schwartz Dynasty (2005)
99 min | Comedy
The Schwartz Dinasty belong to a long tradition of Jewish rabbis. The grandfathers took their faith and turned it into deeds coming to the Land of Israel to start a new life and build a country.
Directors: Amir Hasfari, Shmuel Hasfari | Stars: Miryam Zohar, Tal Friedman, Yehuda Levi, Assaf Ashtar
Votes: 151
41. The Band's Visit (2007)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour
Votes: 14,148 | Gross: $3.05M
42. Ha-Mangalistim (2003)
102 min | Drama
A family of Iraqi-Israelis, each with his or her own weaknesses and determination, gathers for an Independence Day picnic. Their background stories are presented, reaching back as little as... See full summary »
Directors: Yossi Madmoni, David Ofek | Stars: Ali Suliman, Raymonde Abecassis, Yigal Adika, Ya'acov Agasi
Votes: 107
43. Walk on Water (2004)
R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer
Votes: 7,046 | Gross: $2.71M
44. Kedma (2002)
100 min | Drama, History, War
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Andrei Kashker, Helena Yaralova, Moni Moshonov, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Votes: 788 | Gross: $0.01M
45. Kippur (2000)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, War
When the Yom Kippur War breaks out, two Israeli soldiers find themselves unable to locate their unit. Eager to take part in the war effort, they join an airborne medical evacuation unit.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Liron Levo, Tomer Russo, Uri Klauzner, Yoram Hattab
Votes: 1,894 | Gross: $0.11M
46. The Wonders (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Mystery
The complex relationship between a Jerusalem street artist and a mysterious, modern-day prophet being held prisoner in an abandoned apartment across the alleyway.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Adir Miller, Ori Hizkiah, Yehuda Levi, Yuval Scharf
Votes: 353
47. Rock the Casbah (2012)
93 min | Action, Drama, History
The year is 1989. In an era of Palestinian demands for independence, the State of Israel sends young soldiers to oversee the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories. After one of... See full summary »
Director: Yariv Horowitz | Stars: Yon Tumarkin, Roy Nik, Henry David, Lavi Zitner
Votes: 378
48. Policeman (2011)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Yiftach Klein, Yaara Pelzig, Michael Moshonov, Menashe Noy
Votes: 1,109 | Gross: $0.01M
49. Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
PG | 124 min | Action, Drama, History
In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to ... See full summary »
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,026
50. Naomi (2010)
90 min | Drama
Ilan Ben-Natan is a man on his sixties and a well-known professor of astrophysics at the University of Haifa. He is married with Naomi, a 28 years old, attractive book illustrator. Inclined... See full summary »
Director: Eitan Zur | Stars: Nahman Ashkenazi, Abraham Celektar, Ruth Geller, Suhel Haddad
Votes: 165
51. Adam Resurrected (2008)
R | 106 min | Drama, War
In the aftermath of World War II, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Cristian Motiu, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 4,448
52. Restoration (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
A drama about a family's effort to save their antique restoration business.
Director: Yossi Madmoni | Stars: Henry David, Nevo Kimchi, Ruti Bornstein, Rami Danon
Votes: 245
53. Cats on a Pedal Boat (2011)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two teenagers and a cat try to enjoy a quiet afternoon by a peaceful looking lake in Tel Aviv.
Directors: Yuval Mendelson, Nadav Hollander | Stars: Nitay Dagan, Dana Frider, Gidi Gov, Michael Hanegbi
Votes: 88
54. Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976)
92 min | Comedy
Swindler Sergio Konstanza owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky Army reserve unit whose Sergeant has his eye on one of Mr. Hasson's daughters, although ... See full summary »
Director: Assi Dayan | Stars: Yisrael Poliakov, Gavri Banai, Shaike Levi, Nitza Shaul
Votes: 1,527
55. Kidon (2013)
97 min | Action, Comedy
A surprising and twisted spy comedy about the Mossad's attempts to find out who killed Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh.
Director: Emmanuel Naccache | Stars: Tomer Sisley, Lionel Abelanski, Kev Adams, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 336
56. Late Summer Blues (1987)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A group of close friends celebrate the bittersweet changes coming to their lives during the summer of their high-school graduation: adult responsibilities, adult romance -- and the ... See full summary »
Director: Renen Schorr | Stars: Dor Zweigenboim, Yoav Tzafir, Shahar Segal, Omri Dolev
Votes: 303
57. Intimate Grammar (2010)
110 min | Drama
A young boy with growth disorders lives through his daily life's tragedies and comedies, while struggling to come to terms with his own personal problems.
Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Orly Silbersatz, Yehuda Almagor, Roee Elsberg, Rivka Gur
Votes: 229
58. Muralim (2011)
43 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Danny is left alone in an army base that is full of elite zombie soldiers on Passover night.
Director: Didi Lubetzky | Stars: David Shaul, Orna Shifris, Artur Perry, Rudi Saada
Votes: 60
59. Seven Minutes in Heaven (2008)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
One morning Galia and her boyfriend board a local Jerusalem bus. It is packed with passengers, among them a suicide bomber. The bus explodes, leaving Galia with severe burns and memory loss... See full summary »
Director: Omri Givon | Stars: Reymonde Amsallem, Gilles Ben-David, Edna Blilious, Gilad Cohen
Votes: 236
60. God's Neighbors (2012)
102 min | Drama
Rules must be followed. For the "supervisors" of the Bat Yam neighbourhood in Israel, this means ensuring that women are dressed appropriately, that people respect Shabbat, or that Arabs ... See full summary »
Director: Meni Yaish | Stars: Roy Assaf, Gal Friedman, Itzik Golan, Rotem Zissman-Cohen
Votes: 476
61. The Matchmaker (2010)
112 min | Drama
During the summer of 1968 a teenage boy goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust - both their lives are forever altered.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Adir Miller, Maya Dagan, Dror Keren, Tuval Shafir
Votes: 865
62. Hahithalfut (2011)
94 min | Drama
A family man becomes obsessed with looking at his own life out of context.
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Rotem Keinan, Sharon Tal, Dov Navon, Shirili Deshe
Votes: 328
63. The Slut (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Tamar, a beautiful young woman, lives alone with her two daughters. She can't restrain her sexual appetite and gives herself to several men of the village.
Director: Hagar Ben-Asher | Stars: Hagar Ben-Asher, Ishai Golan, Stav Yanai, Daria Forman
Votes: 933
64. Urban Tale (2012)
90 min | Drama
A boy and a girl wake up in bed one morning, naked. The children's mother died a few weeks earlier. Before she died she asked her children to find their birth father who left them when they... See full summary »
Director: Eliav Lilti | Stars: Barak Friedman, Noa Fridman, Esti Yerushalmi, Natalie Berman
Votes: 207
65. This Is Sodom (2010)
90 min | Comedy, History
When ancient Sodom is doomed to destruction due to its people's corrupt ways, Lot is the only righteous man destined to be spared.
Directors: Adam Sanderson, Muli Segev, Dror Shohet, Asaf Shalmon | Stars: Orna Banai, Assi Cohen, Maor Cohen, Shani Cohen
Votes: 1,075
66. Spring 1941 (2007)
R | 120 min | Drama, War
Successful doctor Artur Planck, his wife Clara and their two daughters are seeking shelter from the Nazis storming Poland. A violent love triangle ensues between Arthur, Clara and Emelia, the woman they are taking shelter with.
Director: Uri Barbash | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Clare Higgins, Neve McIntosh, Kelly Harrison
Votes: 798
67. Free Zone (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Natalie Portman, Hana Laslo, Hiam Abbass, Carmen Maura
Votes: 3,007 | Gross: $0.03M
68. Close to Home (2005)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can't stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to ... See full summary »
Directors: Vardit Bilu, Dalia Hager | Stars: Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva, Katia Zinbris
Votes: 949 | Gross: $0.02M
69. Sallah Shabati (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history (until that time) is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their... See full summary »
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Topol, Geula Nuni, Gila Almagor, Albert Cohen
Votes: 1,164
70. Three Days and a Child (1967)
90 min | Drama
Based on a short story by Abraham B. Jehoshua, the movie follows Eli (Oded Kotler) taking care of an old girlfriend's child for three days. He wants him to get hurt, he worries about him. Will the child survive the three days? Will Eli?
Director: Uri Zohar | Stars: Oded Kotler, Shai Oshorov, Judith Solé, Misha Asherov
Votes: 174
71. Sweet Mud (2006)
90 min | Drama
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Director: Dror Shaul | Stars: Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi, Pini Tavger
Votes: 765
72. Lebanon (2009)
R | 93 min | Drama, War
During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.
Director: Samuel Maoz | Stars: Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 11,961 | Gross: $0.37M
73. Campfire (2004)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.
Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Michaela Eshet, Hani Furstenberg, Moshe Ivgy, Maya Maron
Votes: 686
74. Beyond the Walls (1984)
R | 103 min | Drama
In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed ... See full summary »
Director: Uri Barbash | Stars: Arnon Zadok, Mohammad Bakri, Hillel Ne'eman, Assi Dayan
Votes: 369
75. Time of Favor (2000)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Is today's fanaticism tomorrow's policy? In a West Bank settlement, Rabbi Meltzer has a grand design: he's building a movement "to pray at the Temple Mount." His yeshiva has scholars, and ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Aki Avni, Tinkerbell, Idan Alterman, Assi Dayan
Votes: 573 | Gross: $0.14M
76. Beaufort (2007)
Unrated | 131 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces of 2000.
Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller
Votes: 4,839 | Gross: $0.10M
77. Lemon Tree (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War
The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Ali Suliman, Doron Tavory
Votes: 6,878 | Gross: $0.57M
78. Late Marriage (2001)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be ... See full summary »
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov, Lili Koshashvili
Votes: 3,546 | Gross: $1.55M
79. The Big Dig (1969)
95 min | Comedy
A slapstick comedy lampooning bureaucracy and the madness of everyday life in Israel centers on an escaped lunatic who digs up the streets of Tel-Aviv with a drill.
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Bomba Tzur, Nissim Azikri, Shraga Friedman, Avner Hizkiyahu
Votes: 688
80. Joe + Belle (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dark comedy about two girls who fall in love with their country and with each other en route from Tel Aviv to Sderot (the ongoing target of Qassam rocket attacks).
Director: Veronica Kedar | Stars: Sivan Levy, Veronica Kedar, Romi Aboulafia, Irit Gidron
Votes: 312
81. Kazablan (1973)
PG | 122 min | Musical
An embittered gang leader seeks the respect of his neighbors and the love of a young woman.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Efrat Lavie, Arieh Elias, Etti Grotes
Votes: 354
82. Promised Land (2004)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Parillaud
Votes: 597
83. Strangers (II) (2007)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Directors: Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor | Stars: Liron Levo, Lubna Azabal, Abdallah El Akal, Birol Ünel
Votes: 520
84. Aviva, My Love (2006)
107 min | Drama
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities ... See full summary »
Director: Shemi Zarhin | Stars: Assi Levy, Rotem Abuhab, Levana Finkelstein, Dror Keren
Votes: 500
85. The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field (1997)
93 min | Drama, Romance
From birth, Hanan and Lea were destined to be together, a promise made by their fathers and heard in Heaven. But Lea's father betrays this promise, kindling a conflict that will pit the ... See full summary »
Director: Yossi Somer | Stars: Yehezkel Lazarov, Ayelet Zurer, Igal Naor, Orna Porat
Votes: 102
86. 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
87. Delayed Reaction (2004)
94 min | Drama
Director: Samuel Calderon | Stars: Lior Miller, Guy Ayad, Maor Cohen, Liat Ekta
Votes: 20
88. O Jerusalem (2006)
R | 100 min | Drama, History
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the country of Israel is being created.
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: JJ Feild, Saïd Taghmaoui, Maria Papas, Patrick Bruel
Votes: 972 | Gross: $0.23M
89. The Debt (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1965, Rachel Brener is one of 3 young Mossad agents who caught "The Surgeon of Birkenau" - a Nazi monster who was never brought to trial in Israel and is presumed dead, when in reality ... See full summary »
Director: Assaf Bernstein | Stars: Gila Almagor, Neta Garty, Edgar Selge, Itay Tiran
Votes: 1,001
90. Iris (1968)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Journalist in midlife crisis is having an affair with a young girl.
Director: David Greenberg | Stars: Shmulik Kraus, Liora Ramon, Gideon Shemer, Tirzeh Arbel
Votes: 27
91. Phobidilia (2009)
87 min | Drama
After suffering an emotional breakdown in a public place, a young man vows never to leave his apartment. He quickly discovers that in today's world all his needs can be easily met: sex via ... See full summary »
Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: Ofer Shechter, Efrat Boimold, Shlomo Bar-Shavit, Efrat Dor
Votes: 260
92. Melting Away (2011)
86 min | Drama
Based on a song by Yaakov Gilad, film inspired by a 2009 murder at LGBT Bar in Tel Aviv. Song and film tell of Assaf whose father banishes him in the rain. Assaf transforms to Anna, a nurse. Intricate plot, bitter sweet.
Director: Doron Eran | Stars: Hen Yanni, Yonatan Barak, Limor Goldstein, Shosha Goren
Votes: 195
93. Comrade (2006)
90 min | Action, Drama
A young boy finds a stack of his sister's secret letters who's been missing since their mother's death. He sets off on the journey of a lifetime to reunite with her and he meets a man who calls himself the last true Communist.
Director: Eyal Shiray | Stars: Adam Hirsch, Tinkerbell, Assi Dayan, Shraga Harpaz
Votes: 134
94. Saint Clara (1996)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The year is 1999 and the storyline is actually a number of subplots all revolving around the 13-year old Clara, a girl who can predict the future and has telekinetic powers. The subplots ... See full summary »
Directors: Ari Folman, Ori Sivan | Stars: Lucy Dubinchik, Halil Elohev, Johnny Peterson, Maya Maron
Votes: 776
95. Ushpizin (2004)
PG | 90 min | Drama
An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.
Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani
Votes: 2,129 | Gross: $1.40M
96. The Gatekeepers (2012)
PG-13 | 101 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
Director: Dror Moreh | Stars: Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom, Avi Dichter, Yaakov Peri
Votes: 5,886 | Gross: $2.42M
97. Three and One (1974)
86 min | Drama
A man traumatized by war memories works as a tour guide on the sea. He starts a relationship with a young woman from the nearby hippie commune.
Director: Mikhail Kalik | Stars: Ori Levy, Yona Elian, Assi Dayan, Avishay Avivi
Votes: 19
98. Planet Blue (1995)
86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Mulli, an Israeli young man, looses his backpack en route to Cairo and instead heads off to a surreal quest around the streets of Tel Aviv and Israel.
Director: Gur Bentwich | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Rafi Dinnar, Zohar Dinnar, Ilan Fatchi
Votes: 142
99. He Walked Through the Fields (1967)
90 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Moshe Shamìr.
Director: Yosef Millo | Stars: Assi Dayan, Iris Yotvat, Shraga Friedman, Yosef Millo
Votes: 85
100. 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
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