Ophir Awards - the 2020 decade
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1. Asia (2020)
85 min | Drama
Despite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs
Director: Ruthy Pribar | Stars: Alena Yiv, Shira Haas, Tamir Mula, Gera Sandler
Votes: 717
2. The Dead of Jaffa (2019)
96 min | Drama
Three children from the West Bank are smuggled into Israel, arriving at the doorstep of George and Rita's house in Jaffa. Their mother is dead, and their father has been sentenced for life.... See full summary »
Director: Ram Loevy | Stars: Yussuf Abu-Warda, Bilal Babai, Jihad Babai, Yaniv Basford
Votes: 30
3. Greener Pastures (2022)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Dov (75) a widower, lives in a nursing home where he feels like he's in jail. He dreams of buying back his old house and returning live there, but he has has no money since losing his his ... See full summary »
Directors: Assaf Abiri, Matan Guggenheim | Stars: Shlomo Bar-Aba, Joy Rieger, Doval'e Glickman, Gadi Yagil
Votes: 47
4. Here We Are (2020)
94 min | Drama
Aharon raises autistic son Uri in isolation. Facing possibility of Uri living in specialized home, Aharon runs away with Uri on road trip, unwilling for separation from his son.
Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Shai Avivi, Noam Imber, Smadi Wolfman, Efrat Ben-Zur
Votes: 549
5. Africa (2019)
82 min | Drama
Struggling with post-retirement life, 68-year-old Meir goes out on a personal journey to reconstruct his shaken sense of meaning and vitality, in this cinematic experience of an aging parent crafted by the hands of his loving son.
Director: Oren Gerner | Stars: Maya Gerner, Meir Gerner, Oren Gerner, Tom Kroszynski
Votes: 92
6. Paris Boutique (2022)
81 min | Comedy
Louise, a Jewish lawyer, arrives from Paris to finalize an important real estate deal, using Neta, a chance driver, the cunning hero from Mahane Yehuda, who immediately finds the economic ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Carmel | Stars: Nelly Tagar, Joséphine Draï, Moris Cohen, Batel Moseri
Votes: 21
7. April 7, 1980 (2020)
85 min | Action, Drama
On the eve of the second Passover holiday, a squad of five commandos from the PFLP cuts the northern border fence and penetrates into Kibbutz Misgav-Am. Their mission is to take hostage the... See full summary »
Director: Nadav Schirman | Stars: Efrat Boimold, Adam Haloon, Shira Kedem-Katzenelenbogen, Zohar Liba
Votes: 26
8. Sublet (2020)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam
Votes: 2,966
9. Honeymood (2020)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Following a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem.
Director: Talya Lavie | Stars: Avigail Harari, Ran Khalil Danker, Dan Amroussi, Tom Antopolsky
Votes: 361
10. God of the Piano (2019)
80 min | Drama
For Anat, music is everything. Having never been able to reach her father's musical standards, she rests her hopes on the child she's about to have. When the baby is born deaf, Anat succumbs to extreme measures to keep the dream alive.
Director: Itay Tal | Stars: Naama Preis, Andy Levi, Ze'ev Shimshoni, Ron Bitterman
Votes: 421
11. That's the Way You Love (2019)
96 min | Drama
Tamara, a successful career woman, lives in a world of high expectations and perfect performances. When she gives birth to her first daughter, the change shakes her world, altering the ... See full summary »
Director: Limor Shmila | Stars: Hilla Vidor, Yakir Portal, Tom Avni, Florence Bloch
Votes: 15
12. Halav (2021)
93 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
'Milk' is a psychological thriller telling the story of Rafi - a scientist working in a pharmaceutical company, called one day to take his spouse Adi back home from hospital, after she was ... See full summary »
Director: David Yakin | Stars: Boaz Konforty, Dana Yadlin, Shalom Korem, Efrat Vachtel
13. Kiss Me Kosher (2020)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?
Director: Shirel Peleg | Stars: Moran Rosenblatt, Luise Wolfram, Rivka Michaeli, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 687
14. Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
99 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kitty, the imaginary girl who Anne Frank wrote to in her 1940s diary during WWII, seeks out the deceased diarist while also inspiring a wave of modern social justice for refugees.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Emily Carey, Ruby Stokes, Sebastian Croft, Michael Maloney
Votes: 1,704
15. 35 Downhill (2022)
105 min | Drama
The hanged body of an old man in the middle of a small kibbutz in the north of Israel leads Albert, a war veteran, to make a drunken bet. Along with Ben, his grumpy unemployed son, the ... See full summary »
Director: Yona Rozenkier | Stars: Shmuel Vilozni, Yoel Rozenkier, Aviva Nagosa, Dover Koshashvili
Votes: 63
16. Karaoke (2022)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A long-married couple becomes obsessed with their new, charismatic neighbor and his karaoke parties. Stars Sasson Gabay (The Band's Visit, Shtisel).
Director: Moshe Rosenthal | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Sasson Gabay, Gabriel Omri Loukas, Rita Shukrun
Votes: 957
17. Valeria Mithatenet (2022)
76 min | Drama
Two Ukrainian sisters, Valeria and Christina decide to marry Israeli men through online-arranged marriages. One already did it and is now living in Israel and the another is considering moving to Israel too and doing the same thing.
Director: Michal Vinik | Stars: Lena Fraifeld, Yaakov Zada-Daniel, Dasha Tvoronovich, Avraham Shalom Levi
Votes: 230
18. Let It Be Morning (2021)
101 min | Drama
A gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel.
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Alex Bakri, Juna Suleiman, Salim Daw, Ehab Salami
Votes: 416
19. 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: 249
20. Ahed's Knee (2021)
109 min | Drama, Music
An Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom, the other against the death of a mother.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak, Oded Azulay, Michal Benkovitz Sasu
Votes: 1,455
21. The Death of Cinema and My Father Too (2020)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A father and son try to freeze time through cinema, but the father's illness threatens to cut their quest short.
Director: Dani Rosenberg | Stars: Marek Rozenbaum, Roni Kuban, Natan Rosenberg, Ina Rosenberg
Votes: 184
22. Image of Victory (2021)
128 min | Drama, History, War
In 1948, Hassanin joins a platoon going to Palestine to liberate farmers. While documenting their mission, Hassanin's values are tested and both sides re-evaluate what they understand about war.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Joy Rieger, Amir Khoury, Ala Dakka, Eliana Tidhar
Votes: 626
23. The House on Fin Street (2021)
116 min | Drama
The film follows Dina, a young Russian girl from south Israel, who cleans toilets in her town's central bus station. She falls in love with Yehuda, a Tel Avivian charmer, and moves with him... See full summary »
Director: Amir Manor | Stars: Reymonde Amsallem, Rami Heuberger, Imri Biton, Moris Cohen
Votes: 20
24. More Than I Deserve (2021)
82 min | Drama
After a boy's mother refuses to help him prepare for his bar mitzvah, he forms a bond with a religious neighbour who volunteers to help him.
Director: Pini Tavger | Stars: Yaakov Zada-Daniel, Micha Prudovsky, Ana Dubrovitzki, Noa Tasa
Votes: 48
25. Cinema Sabaya (2021)
91 min | Drama
Eight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.
Director: Orit Fouks Rotem | Stars: Liora Levi, Aseel Farhat, Orit Samuel, Marlene Bajali
Votes: 393
26. Home (V) (2023)
111 min | Crime, Drama
When you wage war on your community, you wage war on your family.
Director: Benny Fredman | Stars: Roy Nik, Yarden Toussia-Cohen, Dror Keren, Rami Baruch
Votes: 68
27. The Vanishing Soldier (2023)
105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Eighteen-year-old Israeli soldier flees back to his girlfriend in Tel Aviv only to discover that the military elite is convinced he was kidnapped in the fog of war.
Director: Dani Rosenberg | Stars: Ido Tako, Mika Reiss, Efrat Ben Tzur, Tikva Dayan
Votes: 102
28. The Other Widow (2022)
83 min | Drama
Ella, 34 a theatre dresser and mistress, experiences the sudden death of her lover. She begins to frequent his Shiva and observes the life that was forbidden to her. eventually she demands her legitimate right to mourn.
Director: Maayan Rypp | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Ania Bukstein, Itamar Rotschild, Yaniv Biton
Votes: 44
29. Running on sand (2023)
104 min | Drama
When a young Eritrean refugee deported from Israel is mistaken for the new foreign player of a struggling football team, his survival depends on the team's success
Director: Adar Shafran | Stars: Chancela Mongoza, Kim Or Azulay, Zvika Hadar, Micheal Kabya-Aharoni
Votes: 60
30. Seven Blessings (2023)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Marie travels from France to Israel, where her family now lives, to marry her one true love. "Seven Blessings"is a week of festive meals in honor of the bride. This week turns into a sad comedy about family crimes, forgiveness and loss.
Director: Ayelet Menahemi | Stars: Reymonde Amsallem, Tikva Dayan, Rivka Bahar, Eleanor Sela
Votes: 227
31. The Monkey House (2023)
121 min | Comedy, Drama
A once successful novelist tries to revive his fading career by launching a highly inventive scam. He recruits a reckless actress and trains her to assume the somber identity of a lit Masters student. Their lives will alter forever.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Adir Miller, Suzanna Papian, Shani Cohen, Ala Dakka
Votes: 117
32. A Room of His Own (2023)
81 min | Drama
Uri makes a mistake in his interview for the army - he tells the truth. He says he's been sharing a room with his mother, his father is about to leave them, and he doesn't think he'll fit ... See full summary »
Director: Matan Yair | Stars: Yarden Bar-Kochba, Gilad Lederman, Israel Bright, Dror Keren
Votes: 29
33. My Daughter My Love (2023)
93 min | Drama
Shimon, a 70-year-old widower, travels to Paris to visit a childhood friend. He stays with his daughter and discovers that her marriage is falling apart. He decides to help. In the process,... See full summary »
Director: Eitan Green | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Sivan Levy, Clément Aubert, Ido Bartal
Votes: 23
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