2. Best Israeli Films
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1. Tomorrow's a Wonderful Day (1947)
50 min | Documentary, Drama
Director: Helmar Lerski | Stars: Sam Balter, Benjamin Hildesheimer, Jimmie Lipton
Votes: 34
2. 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: 635
3. They Were Ten (1961)
105 min | Drama
The recreation of the establishment of a nineteenth century settlement in Eretz Yisrael by ten Russian Jews. They had to build the land and also contend with the Arab resentment and the Turkish military.
Director: Baruch Dienar | Stars: Ninet Dinar, Oded Teomi, Leo Filler, Yoseph Safra
Votes: 42
4. The True Story of Palestine (1962)
80 min | Documentary, Comedy
Directors: Nathan Axelrod, Joel Silberg, Uri Zohar | Stars: Ori Levy, Topol
Votes: 15
5. The Cellar (1963)
76 min | Drama
Director: Natan Gross | Stars: Zaharira Harifai, Hannah Kahane, David Smadar, Shimon Yisraeli
Votes: 8
6. Hole in the Moon (1964)
90 min | Comedy
A new immigrant, Tzelnik, arrives at the port of Jaffa. He goes to live in the Negev desert where he opens a kiosk in the middle of nowhere. Mizrachi comes along and opens a competing ... See full summary »
Director: Uri Zohar | Stars: Uri Zohar, Avraham Heffner, Arik Lavie, Shmulik Kraus
Votes: 174
7. Ervinka (1967)
95 min | Comedy
A good-natured but incorrigible layabout becomes embroiled in a plot to rob the Israeli lottery, all the while indulging in his boundless zeal for mischief and romance.
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Topol, Gila Almagor, Avner Hizkiyahu, Yossi Banai
Votes: 135
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. The Dress (1969)
85 min | Drama
Three short stories of life in Tel Aviv; A girl meets a boy in a library and has to decide what to do next; A young husband comes home to meet his wife's boyfriend; A young clerk opens a ... See full summary »
Director: Judd Ne'eman | Stars: Assi Dayan, Liora Rivlin, Motti Barkan, Amir Orion
Votes: 26
12. A Woman's Case (1969)
82 min | Drama
A story of the influence of modern life on a woman, who meets a man in a sculptor's studio, has an affair, and is found dead.
Director: Jacques Katmor | Stars: Aharon Almog, Tirzeh Arbel, Adar Eshet, Hillit Katmor
Votes: 95
13. The Customer of the Off Season (1970)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
An ex-SS officer and his gorgeous wife find a refuge living in Eilat. A mysterious stranger appears from their past.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Claude Rich, Hénia Suchar, Hans Christian Blech, Amos Kenan
Votes: 23
14. 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
15. The Pill (1972)
93 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: David Perlov | Stars: Idit Astruck, Nissim Azikri, Yossi Banai, Mordechai Ben-Ze'ev
Votes: 22
16. Floch (1972)
90 min | Drama
Floch, a seventy year old man loses his son, daughter in-law and grandson, who are all killed in a car accident. He goes into deep depression and feels that he can't leave this world ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Wolman | Stars: Avraham Chalfi, Lula Yackobovitz, Ofra Doron, Yisrael Segal
Votes: 31
17. Ben Gurion Remembers (1972)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Simon Hesera | Stars: Issor Arrel, Ehud Avriel, David Ben-Gurion, Winston Churchill
Votes: 16
18. The 81st Blow (1974)
92 min | Documentary
Historical documentary made up of footage and stills shot by the Nazis. A compilation of testimony from witnesses who appeared at the Eichmann trial provides a telling narrative.
Directors: David Bergman, Jacques Ehrlich, Haim Gouri
Votes: 54
19. 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
20. Paratroopers (1977)
90 min | Drama
Not everyone is born to be a soldier. Not even in Israel, where universal conscription is the tradition. This movie is about a Sad Sack in the Israeli army, incompetent to complete training and yet incompetent to extricate himself.
Director: Judd Ne'eman | Stars: Gidi Gov, Moni Moshonov, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Doval'e Glickman
Votes: 92
21. 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: 1,027
22. Fantasy on a Romantic Theme (1977)
90 min | Drama
Director: Vitek Tracz | Stars: Nissim Azikri, Yehuda Fuchs, Yardena Gurevitz, Raphael Klatchkin
Votes: 22
23. Rockinghorse (1978)
90 min | Drama
Ami Sus'etz, an Israeli artist, abandons his wife and daughter in New York, and comes back to his home land after years of absence. Sus'etz wishes to decipher his constant feeling of ... See full summary »
Director: Yaky Yosha | Stars: Miriam Bernstein-Cohen, Gedalia Besser, Levana Finkelstein, Miriam Gavrieli
Votes: 34
24. The Band (1978)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Comedic musical about an army singing group.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Gidi Gov, Liron Nirgad, Sassi Keshet, Doval'e Glickman
Votes: 453
25. The Wooden Gun (1979)
95 min | Drama
The Wooden Gun takes place in Tel Aviv in the early 1950s. In a clear-eyed fashion that would have been impossible in a film made by "outsiders", the plot details the conflict between ... See full summary »
Director: Ilan Moshenson | Stars: Nadav Brenner, Nissim Eliaz, Michael Kafir, Arik Rosen
Votes: 76
26. Dizengoff 99 (1979)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the easy-going, sexually-liberated 1970's Tel Aviv, three young friends, struggling filmmaker Nati, his impressionable girlfriend Ossi and his geeky friend Mushon, move in together in a ... See full summary »
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Gidi Gov, Gali Atari, Anat Atzmon, Meir Suissa
Votes: 255
27. Hide and Seek (1980)
90 min | Drama
Twelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a suspected spy when he observes him meeting with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
Director: Dan Wolman | Stars: Gila Almagor, Benyamin Armon, Chaim Hadaya, Efrat Lavie
Votes: 46
28. Big Shots (1982)
95 min | Drama
Four men whose combined intellect does not reach into the triple digits decide to steal a safe full of foreign currency - not from a local bank, but from the police station. Based on a ... See full summary »
Director: Jacob Goldwasser | Stars: Uri Gavriel, Moshe Ivgy, Makram Khoury, Zadok Zarum
Votes: 165
29. 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: 53
30. Diary 1973-1983 (1983)
330 min | Documentary
Shot over a ten-year period, Diary is not only the political, professional, and personal diary of a man, but is a testimony on the turbulent reality of a war-torn country, Israel. In six ... See full summary »
Director: David Perlov | Stars: David Perlov, Mira Perlov, Yael Perlov, Neomi Perlov
Votes: 188
31. Fellow Travellers (1983)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Judd Ne'eman | Stars: Gidi Gov, Yossi Pollak, Shmulik Kraus, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Votes: 17
32. 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
33. Rage and Glory (1984)
118 min | Drama, History
An avowed anarchist and Stern Gang hitman is sent to Jerusalem to assassinate a senior British officer creating much tension within the already troubled cell and almost brings its collapse,... See full summary »
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Juliano Mer-Khamis, Roni Pinkovitch, Hanna Azoulay Hasfari, Tuvia Gelber
Votes: 110
34. Bar 51 (1986)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
After the mother's death, the siblings leave the family home and go to Tel Aviv. They both intend to start a new life. They meet the transgender Apolonia, the owner of Bar 51, who offers them help and work.
Director: Amos Guttman | Stars: Smadar Kilchinsky, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Ada Valerie-Tal, Rahel Shor
Votes: 82
35. Alex Holeh Ahavah (1986)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This romantic comedy takes place in Israel during the Austerity period of the 1950s as 13-year-old Alex is about to attend his Bar Mitzvah. Alex has a typical Polish mother and father who ... See full summary »
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Eitan Sneh, Hana Rot, Avraham Mor, Hinna Rozovska
Votes: 829
36. 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 Daw, Suhel Haddad, Tuvia Gelber, Danny Segev
Votes: 430
37. 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
38. Streets of Yesterday (1989)
92 min | Drama
This is a story of a relationship between three men: Amin, a Palestinian nationalist; Joseph, an Israeli peacenik; and Colonel Shalit, a right-wing Israeli intelligence officer.
Director: Judd Ne'eman | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Steven Berkoff, Jon Finch, Hans Peter Hallwachs
Votes: 23
39. 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: 121
40. 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: 128
41. Cup Final (1991)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, War
An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the... See full summary »
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Mohammad Bakri, Salim Daw, Bassam Zo'amat
Votes: 204
42. Tel Aviv Stories (1992)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages; one turns Tel Aviv upside down in order to save a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
Directors: Ayelet Menahemi, Nirit Yaron | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Sharon Alexander, Doron Avrahami, Modi Bar-On
Votes: 105
43. 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
44. Eddie King (1992)
92 min | Thriller
Eddie, an unemployed actor gets in troubles with a group of criminals.
Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Eitan Blum, Shuli Rand, Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomo Bassan
Votes: 24
45. The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein (1993)
83 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Itzik, a keychains importer living with his mother, is convinced by a Ghost Monk to take revenge on those who are responsible for his pathetic situation. Surprisingly, the collaboration with the monk improves Itzik's life.
Director: Enrique Rottenberg | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Esteban Gottfried, Dvora Kedar, Alexander H. Cohen
Votes: 46
46. Driks' Brother (1994)
50 min | Drama
Directors: Ori Inbar, Doron Tsabari | Stars: Tal Friedman, Danny Steg, Yigal Adika, Amnon Dankner
Votes: 49
47. Love Sick (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: 228
48. As Tears Go By (1996)
85 min | Drama
Yaakov Tcherniak and his son Yitzhak have a small company that organizes parties and events. They travel to weddings, bar mitzvas and birthdays, and supply the sound equipment and a female ... See full summary »
Director: Eitan Green | Stars: Avi Grainik, Yael Almog, Shir Ben Yunes, Ornit Eliazarov
Votes: 57
49. Dogs Are Color Blind (1996)
92 min | Comedy
Directors: Orna Raviv, Yohanan Raviv | Stars: Yigal Adika, Shmil Ben Ari, Hanan Goldblatt, Rami Heuberger
Votes: 65
50. Vulcan Junction (1999)
102 min | Drama, Music
October 1973, a week before the Yom Kippur War. Five young men and one woman are on the verge of change, of facing new challenges, of beginning a new life. Vulcan Junction is a nostalgic ... See full summary »
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Oren Shabo, Sami Huri, Yael Hadar, Danny Steg
Votes: 137
51. Besame Mucho (2000)
114 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
This is a film about the lifes of a few people, living in south Tel-Aviv, and slightly connected to the life of crime. Each of'em has his dreams his complections, his.. beauty. So they form... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pitchhadze | Stars: Ryan Early, Carmel Betto, Eli Danker, Ayala Verete
Votes: 60
52. Mars Turkey (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A police captain needs to balance between protecting the last remaining witness in a trial, and his rapidly disintegrating love life.
Director: Oded Davidoff | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Yael Hadar, Gal Zaid, Dalit Kahan
Votes: 219
53. Made in Israel (2001)
113 min | Drama
Two pairs of assassins are sent by a Holocaust survivor's son to bring the last Nazi for a show trial in Israel.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Menashe Noy, Evgenia Dodina, Jürgen Holtz, Sasson Gabay
Votes: 197
54. A Five Minute Walk (2001)
93 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Itai Lev | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Sharon Alexander, Dvir Benedek, Rinan Haim
Votes: 25
55. Yossi & Jagger (2002)
R | 65 min | Drama, History, Romance
Romance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.
Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yehuda Levi, Assi Cohen, Aya Steinovitz
Votes: 7,615
56. Wisdom of the Pretzel (2002)
101 min | Comedy
Director: Ilan Heitner | Stars: Benny Avni, Marina Gordon, Nir Levy, Guy Loel
Votes: 219
57. Gift from Above (2003)
108 min | Drama
A group of people live like a closed tribe on the same block. The most exciting happening there is the operation they're plotting, step by step, for stealing cargoes of diamonds from the airplanes.
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Yuval Segal, Rami Heuberger, Moni Moshonov, Lior Ashkenazi
Votes: 595
58. 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: 7,047 | Gross: $2.71M
59. 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
60. Metallic Blues (2004)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two Israeli car dealers, Shmuel and Siso, invest five thousand American dollars into a vintage 1985 Lincoln Continental Limousine that they plan to sell in Germany for fifty grand. But when... See full summary »
Director: Dan Verete | Stars: Avi Kushnir, Moshe Ivgy, Rita Shukrun, Tsofit Shpan
Votes: 316
61. 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
62. The Shakshuka System (2008)
93 min | Documentary, News
Director: Ilan Abudi | Stars: Mickey Rosenthal, Ilan Abudi, Ronel Fisher, Rafi Ginat
Votes: 35
63. The Loners (2009)
92 min | Drama
This human drama centers around two loner Russian soldiers who are caught smuggling arms and consequently arrested. The two characters do not want to lose their honor as soldiers even ... See full summary »
Director: Renen Schorr | Stars: Sasha Agronov, Anton 'Klin' Ostrovsky, Rotem Zissman-Cohen, Tzahi Grad
Votes: 121
64. And on the Third Day (2010)
113 min | Drama
This film describes Israel as a country already far beyond identity crises in which anarchy is everywhere, violence is the norm and life is ruled by the world view of "the stupid, the evil and the corrupt".
Director: Moshe Ivgy | Stars: Hila Feldman, Sharon Alexander, Efrat Ben-Zur, Icho Avital
Votes: 42
65. Land of Genesis (2010)
89 min | Documentary
Land of Genesis follows three mammals in their respective geographic habitats, as the seasons change.The wolves of the Golan Heights, the swamp cats of the Sea Of Galilee and the ibexes of the desert are shown in the most beautiful way.
Director: Moshe Alpert | Star: Yaron London
Votes: 38
66. Infiltration (2010)
120 min | Drama
The 1956, a few years after the War of Independence and the establishment of the State of Israel. Immigration is at its peak, transit camps are scattered throughout the country. This is the... See full summary »
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Guy Adler, Oz Zehavi, Michael Aloni, Liel Danir
Votes: 191
67. 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: 6,323 | Gross: $2.01M
68. The Law in These Parts (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
Can justice truly be served in the occupied territories given the current system of law administered by Israel for Palestinians?
Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Votes: 400
69. 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: 5,888 | Gross: $2.42M
70. 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: 4,521 | Gross: $0.10M
71. A Borrowed Identity (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Razi Gabareen, Yaël Abecassis, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 1,881 | Gross: $0.28M
72. Tubianski (2014)
82 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Riki Shelach Nissimoff | Stars: Micha Celektar, Shira Kedem-Katzenelenbogen, Michael Leon, Eitan Londner
Votes: 30
73. Censored Voices (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
CENSORED VOICES combines raw original recordings of Israeli soldiers recounting their fears and doubts following Israel's 1967 Six-Day War, using archival newsreel footage as a stark reminder of how far the region remains from peace.
Director: Mor Loushy | Star: Amos Oz
Votes: 321 | Gross: $0.03M
74. Atomic Falafel (2015)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two girls from nuclear towns in Israel and Iran spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to prevent a nuclear crisis.
Director: Dror Shaul | Stars: Michelle Treves, Shai Avivi, Mali Levi, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 552
75. Rabin in His Own Words (2015)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
20 years after his assassination, Yitzhak Rabin himself tells his dramatic life story.
Director: Erez Laufer | Star: Yitzhak Rabin
Votes: 38
76. Afterthought (2015)
105 min | Drama
A story of two men in the old part of Haifa. Both are walking up and down the mountain in opposing directions. This setting provides a philosophical panorama on the condition of the ... See full summary »
Director: Elad Keidan | Stars: Itay Tiran, Uri Klauzner, Michaela Eshet, Ohad Shahar
Votes: 323
77. Junction 48 (2016)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
Director: Udi Aloni | Stars: Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara, Said Dasuki
Votes: 738 | Gross: $0.01M
78. The Settlers (2016)
107 min | Documentary
An intimate look at life inside the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Director: Shimon Dotan
Votes: 265
79. Ben-Gurion, Epilogue (2016)
61 min | Documentary, History
Based on archive material, the film reveals the final years of Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion. Excluded from leadership, he allowed himself a hindsight perspective on the Zionist enterprise.
Director: Yariv Mozer | Star: David Ben-Gurion
Votes: 119
80. In Between (2016)
R | 103 min | Drama
Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
Director: Maysaloun Hamoud | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura, Mahmud Shalaby
Votes: 3,097 | Gross: $0.11M
81. Antenna (I) (2016)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
80-year-old Holocaust survivor Joshua discovers, one morning, that a cellular antenna has been installed on his roof. It turns out that his neighbor rented his part of their rooftop to a ... See full summary »
Director: Arik Rothstein | Stars: Gila Almagor, Michael Aloni, Alex Ansky, Hila Feldman
Votes: 53
82. The Ancestral Sin (2017)
109 min | Documentary, History
The story of Israel's "development towns" in a chilling documentary, as never told before: Testimonials and previously sealed transcripts reveal a method, an ideology and a cruel practice ... See full summary »
Director: David Deri | Stars: Elisha Efrat, Erez Tzfadia
Votes: 33
83. 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
84. Madam Yankelova's Fine Literature Club (2017)
88 min | Drama
What is going on behind the closed doors of the women-only secret club? The first rule is that love is prohibited. When Sophie falls in love with a mysterious man, she must choose between ... See full summary »
Director: Guilhad Emilio Schenker | Stars: Alex Ansky, Ania Bukstein, Razia Israeli, Yiftach Klein
Votes: 120
85. The Testament (2017)
88 min | Drama
Yoel, a meticulous historian leading a significant debate against holocaust deniers, discovers that his mother carries a false identity. A mystery about a man who is willing to risk everything to discover the truth.
Director: Amichai Greenberg | Stars: Ori Pfeffer, Rivka Gur, Hagit Dasberg, Orna Rotenberg
Votes: 518
86. Azimuth (2017)
75 min | Action, Drama, War
At the end of The Six Day War of 1967, two soldiers, an Egyptian and an Israeli, encounter each other in the Sinai desert. Two soldiers - one goal: Survival.
Director: Mike Burstyn | Stars: Yiftach Klein, Sammy Sheik, Alon Dahan, Naama Preis
Votes: 61
87. The Cousin (II) (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy about a family man and his foreign worker who is facing unbased accusations.
Director: Tzahi Grad | Stars: Tzahi Grad, Ala Dakka, Osnat Fishman, Eli Ben-David
Votes: 113
88. The Oslo Diaries (2018)
TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary
A group of Israelis and Palestinians come together in Oslo for an unsanctioned peace talks during the 1990s in order to bring peace to the Middle East.
Directors: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan | Stars: Yussuf Abu-Warda, Yasser Arafat, Hanan Ashrawi, Omer Barnea
Votes: 485
89. The Unorthodox (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired from being pushed around. It seems that he was born on the wrong side, with the wrong family name and in... See full summary »
Director: Eliran Malka | Stars: Shuli Rand, Yaacov Cohen, Yoav Levi, Golan Azulai
Votes: 266
90. The Other Story (2018)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
Two rebellious young women - one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Joy Rieger, Yuval Segal, Maya Dagan
Votes: 417 | Gross: $0.13M
91. A Tramway in Jerusalem (2018)
94 min | Drama
On a tramway that connects several of Jerusalem's neighborhoods from East to West, a mosaic of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds are brought together.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Achinoam Nini, Mathieu Amalric, Lamis Ammar, Liron Levo
Votes: 119
92. Fractures (2018)
83 min | Drama
Oded, a renowned professor and scientific researcher, is on his way to receiveing a prestigious award, accompanied by his wife Merav. A call comes in from the police, asking him to stop by ... See full summary »
Director: Arik Lubetzki | Stars: Liat Ekta, Tzufit Grant, Shlomi Koriat, Matanya Bar Shalom
Votes: 29
93. Golda (2019)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The eventful story of Golda Meir's term as Prime Minister of Israel - from her surprising rise to power and iconic international stature as "queen of the Jewish people", to her tragic and lonely demise.
Directors: Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani Rozanes | Stars: Uri Avneri, Yossi Beilin, Meron Medzini, Golda Meir
Votes: 133
94. The Prophet (I) (2019)
68 min | Documentary
Rabbi Meir Kahane began his career in the USA, where he founded the Jewish Defense League. As the league's violent activities turned into terrorism, he was forced to leave America. In ... See full summary »
Director: Ilan Rubin Fields | Stars: Meir Kahane, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Ran Cohen, Dan Meridor
Votes: 15
95. Tel Aviv (2021)
81 min | Drama
Michael and Dana are a married couple, who live an inert life, typical for young people in the big city. An unexpected crisis shakes their world and forces them to make a reckoning of their relationship and life choices.
Director: Marat Parkhomovsky | Stars: Yotam Gotal, Meital Ner, Gal Amitai, Naama Preis
Votes: 24
96. Our Beds Are Burning (2021)
62 min | Documentary
The film presents fascist ideologies since the beginning of the 20th Century. The actor/presenter of Maurice Barrés argues against foreign labor on the Tel Aviv beach. Mussolini in a gym. ... See full summary »
Director: Yigal Bursztyn
97. Perfect Strangers (2021)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
7 Childhood friends meet up for dinner on the night of an eclipse. During which they play a game where whatever call, text and message they get on their phone must be shared with everyone and soon discover, no one is who they say they are.
Director: Lior Ashkenazi | Stars: Hanan Savyon, Rotem Abuhab, Yossi Marshek, Moran Atias
Votes: 155
98. Tantura (2022)
94 min | Documentary, History
In the war of 1948 hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it 'The War of Independence. Palestinians call it 'Nakba"'. The film examines one village- Tantura and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society.
Director: Alon Schwarz | Stars: Avigdor Feldman, Yoav Gelber, Teddy Katz, Ilan Pappe
Votes: 1,254
99. H2: The Occupation Lab (2022)
90 min | Documentary, History
H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron, the only Palestinian urban area which remains under full Israeli military control, due to the presence of several hundred settlers. Here,... See full summary »
Directors: Idit Avrahami, Noam Sheizaf
Votes: 56
100. Two Kids A Day (2022)
70 min | Documentary
On average, two Palestinian kids are arrested every night by the Israeli army. They are interrogated, tried, and sent to prison. TWO KIDS A DAY describes the use of minors' arrests to control and repress Palestinian society.
Director: David Wachsmann
Votes: 39
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