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1. 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
2. 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: 14,149 | Gross: $3.05M
3. 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
4. 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: 250
5. Madame Rosa (1977)
PG | 105 min | Drama
Madame Rosa, an ex-prostitute of Jewish origin, lives in a dilapidated old building in Belleville. Tired and worn out by life, she looks after young children, placed in her care by the social welfare people.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Simone Signoret, Michal Bat-Adam, Samy Ben-Youb, Gabriel Jabbour
Votes: 1,726
6. 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
7. 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: 6,322 | Gross: $2.01M
8. 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: 423
9. 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: 157
10. 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: 6,887 | Gross: $0.99M
11. 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
12. 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: 278
13. The Policeman (1971)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
One of Israel's most beloved films, this film centers around the policeman Azulai, who is as kind as he as inept.
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Shaike Ophir, Zaharira Harifai, Avner Hizkiyahu, Itzko Rachamimov
Votes: 810
14. Snooker (1975)
95 min | Comedy
The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a ... See full summary »
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Yehuda Barkan, Yosef Shiloach, Ze'ev Revach, Arieh Elias
Votes: 755
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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: 2,684
18. Shtisel (2013–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama
A Haredi family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem reckons with love, loss and the doldrums of daily life.
Stars: Doval'e Glickman, Michael Aloni, Neta Riskin, Shira Haas
Votes: 8,148
19. Valley of Tears (2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, War
On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.
Stars: Avraham Aviv Alush, Lior Ashkenazi, Shahar Tavoch, Imri Biton
Votes: 5,555
20. The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (2021– )
TV-MA | 28 min | Drama
A family living through the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel's War of Independence. The multi-generational historical melodrama will shoot across the country in Hebrew, English, Ladino and Arabic.
Stars: Swell Ariel Or, Michael Aloni, Hila Saada, Irit Kaplan
Votes: 1,718
21. Unorthodox (2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Story of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life abroad.
Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 92,400
22. Zero Motivation (2014)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A unit of female Israeli soldiers at a remote desert base bide their time as they count down the minutes until they can return to civilian life.
Director: Talya Lavie | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein, Heli Twito
Votes: 4,519 | Gross: $0.10M
23. When Heroes Fly (2018)
45 min | Action, Drama
Four friends, 11 years after a major falling out, reunite on a final mission: to find Yaeli, the former lover of one man and sister of another.
Stars: Tomer Capone, Ninet Tayeb, Michael Aloni, Nadav Netz
Votes: 3,836
24. 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: 4,486
25. 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: 1,827
26. Autonomies (2018– )
60 min | Drama
A dystopian drama starring some of Israel's top acting talent, Autonomies is a globally-relevant tale centering on the burning issues of identity, religion, politics and personal freedom. ... See full summary »
Stars: Assi Cohen, Daniella Kertesz, Shuli Rand, Nir Di-Nur
Votes: 122
27. Hashoter Hatov (2015–2019)
30 min | Comedy
An Israeli police comedy. Danny Konfino is a police officer serving in a suburban police station. Although his quick temper often gets him into trouble, he is as honest as one can get and a... See full summary »
Stars: Yuval Semo, Liora Rivlin, Yigal Adika, Guy Loel
Votes: 468
28. 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
29. 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: 1,456
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