Israeli Oscar Submissions
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1. Sallah (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: 932
2. The Glass Cage (1965)
85 min | Drama
Directors: Philippe Arthuys, Jean-Louis Levi-Alvarès | Stars: Georges Rivière, Jean Négroni, Françoise Prévost, Maurice Poli
3. The Flying Matchmaker (1966)
G | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Reb Kalman, the matchmaker comes home on Shabbat to find out that Reb Pinchas has been there. He learns that RebPinchas wants him to find a husband from a good family for his daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Israel Becker | Stars: Mike Burstyn, Raphael Klatchkin, Germaine Unikovsky, Shmuel Rodensky
Votes: 43
4. Every Bastard a King (1968)
GP | 100 min | Drama, War
During the Six-Day War, an Israeli pilot, hoping to bring peace to his country, fly his plane towards Egypt to hopefully commiserate with Abdel Nasser. Shot down en route, he finds himself halfway between the Egyptian and Israeli armies.
Director: Uri Zohar | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Oded Kotler, Pier Angeli, William Berger
Votes: 46
5. Siege (1969)
100 min | Drama
Story of a war-widow pressured by her friends to behave in the role of the heroic widow, and the journey she takes in a country of people under siege.
Director: Gilberto Tofano | Stars: Eran Agmon, Gila Almagor, Yael Aviv, Dahn Ben Amotz
Votes: 80
6. The Policeman (1971)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Azulai is a policeman in Jaffa, whose incompetence is only matched by his soft-heartedness. His superiors want to send him to early retirement, but he would like to stay on the force, and ... See full summary »
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Shaike Ophir, Zaharira Harifai, Avner Hizkiyahu, Itzko Rachamimov
Votes: 666
7. I Love You Rosa (1972)
77 min | Drama
The love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa, in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Under a (very old) Jewish religious law, Nissim has the duty to marry his childless sister-in-law on the death of his brother.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Michal Bat-Adam, Gabi Otterman, Moshe Tal, Levana Finkelstein
Votes: 178
8. The House on Chelouche Street (1973)
PG | 110 min | Drama
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Gila Almagor, Shaike Ophir, Yosef Shiloach, Michal Bat-Adam
Votes: 203
9. My Michael (1974)
95 min | Drama
Based on a novel by Amos Oz. A couple in Jerusalem before the six day war in 1967, fall in love, get married, have a child and drift apart. With Michael away at war, his wife starts ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Wolman | Stars: Irit Alter, Ruth Farhi, Oded Kotler, Efrat Lavie
Votes: 36
10. 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: 828
11. Lemon Popsicle (1978)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three friends live their lives in the 1950's each searching for someone to love.
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Yftach Katzur, Anat Atzmon, Jonathan Sagall, Zachi Noy
Votes: 3,035
12. Moments (1979)
92 min | Drama
Anne, a Parisian, visits her friend Yola in Tel Aviv, where Yola lives with her husband Avi and their son. There's tension in the air and the attraction between the two women is palpable. ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Bat-Adam | Stars: Michal Bat-Adam, Brigitte Catillon, Assi Dayan, Avi Pnini
Votes: 60
13. A Thin Line (1980)
90 min | Drama
Explores the relationship between an eleven-year-old girl and her ailing mother, who is losing a grasp of reality in the surrounding environment of insensitivity and cruelty.
Director: Michal Bat-Adam | Stars: Gila Almagor, Alexander Peleg, Liat Pansky, Aya Veirov
Votes: 22
14. A Thousand Little Kisses (1981)
110 min | Drama
In contemporary Tel Aviv, a mother and daughter confront each other after the death of the father/husband and the discovery of the dead man's secret affair. The daughter is drawn ... See full summary »
Director: Mira Recanati | Stars: Dina Doron, Rivka Neuman, Gad Roll, Rina Otchital
Votes: 7
15. Eastern Wind (1982)
88 min | Drama
Named after the hot desert wind that periodically blows through the Middle East sending temperatures and tempers soaring to potentially explosive heights. Set in an old farming village in ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Wachsmann | Stars: Shlomo Tarshish, Yasein Shawaf, Ruth Geller, Hemda Levi
Votes: 41
16. A Married Couple (1983)
90 min | Drama
Director: Isaac Zepel Yeshurun | Stars: Zivit Abramson, Amnon Dankner, Miri Fabian, Ruth Harlap
Votes: 7
17. 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, Assi Dayan, Rami Danon
Votes: 301
18. Into the Night (1985)
97 min | Drama
A common crisis changes the complicated relationship between a father and his middle-aged son, both trapped in unhappy marriages.
Director: Eitan Green | Stars: Assi Dayan, Yosef Millo, Orna Porat, Dani Roth
Votes: 16
19. Avanti popolo (1986)
84 min | Drama, War
June 11th 1967, the Six-Day War is over and the cease fire has just begun. We follow the journey of Gassan and Haled, two Egyptian soldiers whose only wish is to make their way through the ... See full summary »
Director: Rafi Bukai | Stars: Salim Dau, Suhel Haddad, Tuvia Gelber, Danny Segev
Votes: 349
20. I Don't Give a Damn (1987)
R | 102 min | Drama
Director: Shmuel Imberman | Stars: Ika Zohar, Anat Waxman, Shmuel Vilozni, Shlomo Tarshish
Votes: 58
21. 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: 370
22. One of Us (1989)
110 min | Drama
A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being... See full summary »
Director: Uri Barbash | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Sharon Alexander, Yoel Ben-Simhon, Oded Kimhi
Votes: 103
23. Shuroo (1990)
85 min | Comedy
Comedy about life among Tel Aviv's 30-something bourgeoisie is nothing if not proof that self-absorbed, would-be hipsters are the same the world over. The central character is Asher, an ... See full summary »
Director: Savi Gabizon | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Sharon Hacohen, Sinai Peter, Keren Mor
Votes: 110
24. Over the Ocean (1991)
91 min | Drama
Director: Jacob Goldwasser | Stars: Uri Alter, Aryeh Moskona, Dafna Rechter, Moti Giladi
Votes: 48
25. 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: 540
26. The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein (1993)
83 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Enrique Rottenberg | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Esteban Gottfried, Dvora Kedar, Alexander H. Cohen
Votes: 34
27. Sh'Chur (1994)
100 min | Drama
A Westernized teenager struggles to come to terms with the white magic practiced by members of her family.
Director: Shmuel Hasfari | Stars: Gila Almagor, Ronit Elkabetz, Eti Adar, Louise Asher
Votes: 120
28. Lovesick on Nana Street (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: 200
29. Saint Clara (1996)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The year is 1999 and the storyline is actually a number of sub-plots all revolving around the 13-year old Clara, a girl that can predict the future and has telekinetic powers. The sub-plots... See full summary »
Directors: Ari Folman, Ori Sivan | Stars: Lucy Dubinchik, Halil Elohev, Johnny Peterson, Maya Maron
Votes: 652
30. Afula Express (1997)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
David is a garage electrician, who dreamt all of his life of becoming a magician, but had no luck in it. His girlfriend Batya wants an ordinary life, but David is still looking for his ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Shles | Stars: Zvika Hadar, Esti Zakheim, Aryeh Moskona, Orli Perl
Votes: 183
31. Circus Palestina (1998)
83 min | Drama
When a small, run-down circus comes to a Palestinian town, it changes the lives of the West Bank villagers.
Director: Eyal Halfon | Stars: Evgenia Dodina, Yoram Hattab, Amos Lavi, Bassam Zo'amat
Votes: 81
32. 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: 527 | Gross: $0.06M
33. 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: 532 | Gross: $0.14M
34. 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: 3,165 | Gross: $1.55M
35. 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: 2,362 | Gross: $0.41M
36. 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: 733 | Gross: $0.24M
37. Campfire Tales (1997)
R | 88 min | Horror
A group of teens entertain themselves by telling an anthology of famous urban legends with a modern twist; including make-out-point, monsters, psychopaths, and ghosts.
Directors: Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, David Semel | Stars: James Marsden, Amy Smart, Frederick Lawrence, Christopher Masterson
Votes: 3,721
38. What a Wonderful Place (2005)
104 min | Drama
Sergey works for Franko and is responsible for the girls, Franko pays him to watch the girls. Sergey does not treat them very well.
Director: Eyal Halfon | Stars: Uri Gavriel, Evelyn Kaplun, Avi Oriah, Yossi Graber
Votes: 136
39. 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: 708
40. 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: Alon Aboutboul, Adi Adouan, Ya'akov Ahimeir, Guy Apriat
Votes: 4,508 | Gross: $0.10M
41. 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: 55,195 | Gross: $2.28M
42. 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: 5,971 | Gross: $0.62M
43. 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: 1,333 | Gross: $0.06M
44. 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: 5,718 | Gross: $2.01M
45. 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, Chayim Sharir
Votes: 3,682 | Gross: $1.77M
46. Bethlehem (I) (2013)
99 min | Drama, Thriller, War