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by PatrickECooley | created - 06 May 2020 | updated - 09 Jul 2020 | PublicList in progress.
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1. Al-Taghriba Al-Filistinia (2004)
Drama, History
Abu Ahmad and his family are forced to leave the city of Haifa to find a safe shelter during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. However, they face tragic conditions and struggle with displacement.
Stars: Taim Hasan, Juliette Awwad, Basel Khayyat, Qays Sheikh Najib
Votes: 1,383
2. Love Letters from the War (2014)
60 min | Drama, History, War
The film tells the story of the year before the Battle of the Kfar Etzion in 1948 and the story of the battle and the slaughter of the Jews was carried out by the Jordanian Legion and Arab rioters.
Director: Boaz Armoni | Stars: Ido Bartal, Shlomi Bertonov, Noa Biron, Eyal Heyne Galli
Votes: 8
3. Krav BaDerech LeYerushalayim (2003)
45 min | Drama, War
Stars: Tomer Russo, Roy Segev, Ohad Miller, Tomer Shay
4. Islands on the Shore (2003)
93 min | Drama
Director: Yeud Levanon | Stars: Raida Adon, Alon Blumenshtein, Rony Bucksbaum, Roni Bukerbaum
5. Khirbet Hiza'a (1978)
48 min | Drama, War
Based on the novel "The Story of Hirbet Hizah" by S. Izhar (S.Yizhar).
Director: Ram Loevy | Stars: Gidi Gov, Marlene Bajali, Zvi Borodo, Rolf Brin
Votes: 19
6. Bab el shams (2004)
278 min | Romance, Drama, War
In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began, known as Abou Salem, known as the Man, said to be the father of Ibrahim, fighting the English from the age of ... See full synopsis »
Director: Yousry Nasrallah | Stars: Rim Turki, Orwa Nyrabia, Basel Khayyat, Hala Omran
Votes: 402
7. The Massacre of Kafr Kassem (1975)
108 min | Drama
Drama about a massacre of Palestinians at the hands of the Israelis in the years 1947-51.
Director: Borhane Alaouié | Stars: Abdallah Abbassi, Ahmad Ayub, Salim Sabri, Shafiq Manfaluti
Votes: 68
8. The Faithful City (1952)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, History, War
Produced in Israel in English with an international cast, "The Faithful City" depicts some of the courage, patience, bravery and understanding that attended the birth of Israel as a free ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Jamie Smith, Ben Josef, John Slater, Rahel Marcus
9. Farewell Baghdad (2010)
97 min | Drama, War
The Polish-American boxer Daniel Dalca (Mazdak Mirabedini) escapes his problems by enlisting in the army. After four years when his mission is over, he is sent back home where he would have... See full summary »
Director: Mehdi Naderi | Stars: Mazdak Mirabedini, Pantea Bahram, Mostafa Zamani, Reza Mohammady
Votes: 145
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: 3,583 | Gross: $0.37M
11. Garima fil hay el hady (1967)
105 min | Crime, Thriller
The film tells the story of the assassination of Lord Moyne, the British colonial minister, by a gang in Egypt for his political opinions.
Director: Houssam El-Din Mustafa | Stars: Nadia Lutfi, Rushdi Abazah, Zouzou Nabil, Soheir El-Morshidy
Votes: 37
12. The Juggler (1953)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, History, War
In 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he can't adjust to peacetime life.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Joseph Walsh
Votes: 720
13. Judith (1966)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, War
A beautiful woman who survived a concentration camp goes to Israel in 1948 to track down her Nazi husband who had betrayed her.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Sophia Loren, Peter Finch, Jack Hawkins, Hans Verner
Votes: 458
14. The Fifth Heaven (2011)
103 min | Drama, History
Maya, a beautiful, 13, arrives to an orphanage towards the end of World War II. She discovers who her true father is and has a forbidden relationships with an orphanage worker.
Director: Dina Zvi-Riklis | Stars: Amit Moshkovitz, Yehezkel Lazarov, Alena Yiv, Aki Avni
Votes: 37
15. An Israeli Love Story (2017)
93 min | Drama, History
A love story based on actual events set during the turbulent period of pre-state Israel 1947-48.
Director: Dan Wolman | Stars: Adi Bielski, Avraham Aviv Alush, Alex Ansky, Idan Barkai
Votes: 125
16. Exodus (1960)
Approved | 208 min | Action, Drama, War
The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford
Votes: 11,368 | Gross: $18.97M
17. Once Upon a Time in Palestine
Drama, History, Thriller | Announced
A genre-bending thriller with elements of spaghetti westerns, war movies, romantic comedies and silent movies set in British-ruled Palestine in 1946.
Directors: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
18. Forgiveness (I) (2006)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to ... See full summary »
Director: Udi Aloni | Stars: Itay Tiran, Clara Khoury, Moni Moshonov, Makram Khoury
Votes: 106
19. Himmo, King of Jerusalem (1987)
84 min | Drama
Adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's best-selling novel, this heart-rending love story unfolds during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. A young and beautiful volunteer nurse is drawn to the enigmatic ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Guttman | Stars: Icho Avital, Shay Capon, Amiram Gabriel, Avi Gilor
Votes: 45
20. Tubianski (2014)
82 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Riki Shelach Nissimoff | Stars: Micha Celektar, Shira Kedem-Katzenelenbogen, Michael Leon, Eitan Londner
Votes: 30
21. 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
22. 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
23. Eden (I) (2001)
91 min | Drama, Romance, War
Is the story of Samantha and Dov Ernst, American Zionists who emigrated to Palestine. Kalkofsky, a German Jew and bookseller, left behind his family in Europe. He accommodates Silvia, a young revolutionary against British rule.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Samantha Morton, Thomas Jane, Luke Holland, Daphna Kastner
Votes: 295
24. In the Negev Wilderness (2013)
33 min | Short, Drama, History
During Israel's War of independence the 'Negba' Kibbutz is surrounded by the Egyptian army, and Avraham, The military commander of the place sends his only son, Dan, to a dangerous mission ... See full summary »
Director: Omer Nahary | Stars: Yoram Yosephberg, Eliana Shechter, Ben Ravid, Yiftach Kaminer
25. Ismail (2012)
28 min | Short, Biography, Drama
A young Palestinian living in a refugee camp in 1949 struggles to escape the imminent death when him and his little brother heedlessly enter a minefield.
Director: Nora Alsharif | Stars: Ibrahim Abbas, Khaled al Ghwairi, Mohammed Ibrahimi, Nizar Idrees
Votes: 34
26. Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1948, four Israeli soldiers recount the events that led them to take up arms while preparing for a final mission in the hours leading up to a truce.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Edward Mulhare, Haya Harareet, Michael Shillo, Michael Wager
Votes: 636
27. The Milky Way (1997)
105 min | Drama
1964, a village in Galilee. The Mukhtar collaborates with Israeli military rule. Someone is forging work permits, and the Mukhtar's son and a steady metalsmith, Mahmud, want to marry the ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Nassar | Stars: Gassan Abbas, Mahmoud Abu Jazi, Ahmad Abu Sal'oum, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Votes: 42 | Gross: $0.00M
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