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1. The Wanted 18 (2014)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Animation

59 Metascore

A small Palestinian village bought 18 cows and stopped buying Israeli milk.

Directors: Paul Cowan, Amer Shomali | Stars: Alison Darcy, Walaa Eltiti, Yazeed Faruja, Heidi Foss

Votes: 411

2. Ibrahim: A Fate to Define (2019)

75 min | Documentary, Biography

Ibrahim, my father, left the house one day in 1987, and never came back. I was 6 years old. Ibrahim Al Abed was a secret agent for the "Revolutionary Council" (popularly know as the "Abu ... See full summary »

Director: Lina Al Abed

Votes: 38

3. Like Twenty Impossibles (2003)

17 min | Drama, Short

Occupied Palestine: A serene landscape now pockmarked by military checkpoints. When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political ... See full summary »

Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Tarek Abu Assab, Ashraf Abu Moch, Reem Abu-Sbaih, Ismael Dabbag

Votes: 221

4. Al-mor wa al rumman (2008)

95 min | Drama

A free spirited Palestinian dancer becomes the wife of a prisoner.

Director: Najwa Najjar | Stars: Ashraf Farah, Ali Suliman, Hiam Abbass, Samia Kuzmoz

Votes: 302

5. Paradise Now (2005)

PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

71 Metascore

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash

Votes: 24,078 | Gross: $1.45M

6. Mars at Sunrise (2014)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama

49 Metascore

Mars At Sunrise is the story of a war waged on imagination.

Director: Jessica Habie | Stars: Ali Suliman, Guy Elhanan, Haale Gafori, Maisam Masri

Votes: 50

7. 200 Meters (2020)

96 min | Adventure, Drama

A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.

Director: Ameen Nayfeh | Stars: Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Mahmoud Abu Eita

Votes: 2,102

8. Between Heaven and Earth (2019)

92 min | Drama

Two married young couple are going through steps to get divorced when the husband finds out secrets about his past

Director: Najwa Najjar | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Firas Nassar, Lamis Ammar, Sari Bisharat

Votes: 227

9. Maradona's Legs (2019)

20 min | Short, Drama, Sport

During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for "Maradona's legs": the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari.

Director: Firas Khoury | Stars: Faris Abbas, Walaa Eltiti, Yazeed Faruja, Ayoub Abu Hamad

Votes: 441

10. Bonboné (2017)

15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

Director: Rakan Mayasi | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin, Nadira Omran, Ziad Bakri

Votes: 354

11. Giraffada (2013)

85 min | Drama

A male giraffe dies after a nocturnal air raid in a Palestinian zoo. The female giraffe stops eating. A boy and his father, the veterinarian of the zoo, look for a solution.

Director: Rani Massalha | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ahmad Bayatra, Mohammad Bakri

Votes: 287

12. The Present (2020)

24 min | Short, Drama

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Director: Farah Nabulsi | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Maryam Kanj, Mariam Basha, Ameer Khlawe

Votes: 3,965

13. Wajib (2017)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You).

Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty, Monera Shehadeh

Votes: 1,907

14. Salt of This Sea (2008)

Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

43 Metascore

A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.

Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Dana Drigov

Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.01M

15. When I Saw You (2012)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

72 Metascore

1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of ... See full summary »

Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Anas Algaralleh

Votes: 871

16. Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)

88 min | Drama

A Palestinian expatriate filmmaker (Elia Suleiman) documents the loss of national identity in Israel's Arab population.

Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman, Ali Suliman

Votes: 852

17. It Must Be Heaven (2019)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

68 Metascore

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty, Kareem Ghneim, George Khleifi

Votes: 5,562

18. Divine Intervention (2002)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War

74 Metascore

Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.

Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher

Votes: 3,945 | Gross: $0.39M

19. The Time That Remains (2009)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, History

74 Metascore

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.

Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Menashe Noy, Elia Suleiman, Baher Agbariya, Zidane Awad

Votes: 2,740 | Gross: $0.02M

20. A Man Returned (2016)

30 min | Documentary, Short, Crime

Love in the midst of chaos.

Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Star: Reda Al-Saleh

Votes: 108

21. 3 Logical Exits (2020)

15 min | Documentary, Short

A sociological meditation on the different exits that young Palestinians choose, in order to cope with life in the refugee camps.

Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Stars: Reda Al-Saleh, Marie Kortam, Mahdi Fleifel

Votes: 93

22. Mo (2022– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Mo Najjar who straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and "a ton of bullshit." The fictional Mo is a Palestinian refugee living one step away from asylum on the path to U.S. citizenship.

Stars: Mohammed Amer, Omar Elba, Farah Bsieso, Tobe Nwigwe

Votes: 9,205

23. Farha (2021)

TV-14 | 92 min | Drama

A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.

Director: Darin J. Sallam | Stars: Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh

Votes: 88,797

24. Amreeka (2009)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama

73 Metascore

A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.

Director: Cherien Dabis | Stars: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat

Votes: 3,686 | Gross: $0.62M

25. 3000 Nights (2015)

103 min | Drama

A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Raida Adon

Votes: 1,091

26. 5 Broken Cameras (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War

78 Metascore

A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.

Directors: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi | Stars: Emad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin Burnat

Votes: 6,647 | Gross: $0.11M

27. Lemon Tree (2008)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War

74 Metascore

The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Ali Suliman, Doron Tavory

Votes: 6,883 | Gross: $0.57M

28. Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

Salam is a consultant on a popular Palestinian TV series filmed in Ramallah who rather stupidly runs afoul of an Israeli checkpoint commander who uses his military influence to begin to manipulate Salam and the writing of the show.

Director: Sameh Zoabi | Stars: Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Nadim Sawalha

Votes: 2,583 | Gross: $0.45M

29. Al qods fee yom akhar (2002)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Comedy

71 Metascore

About a Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Rana wakes up one morning to an ultimatum delivered by her father: she must either choose a husband ... See full summary »

Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Clara Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Ismael Dabbag, Walid Abed Elsalam

Votes: 511

30. The Insult (2017)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

72 Metascore

After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Abou Abboud

Votes: 18,099 | Gross: $1.00M

31. In Between (2016)

R | 103 min | Drama

78 Metascore

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

32. The Other Son (2012)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

63 Metascore

Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.

Director: Lorraine Lévy | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi

Votes: 3,777 | Gross: $1.16M

33. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

58 Metascore

Tal is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. ... See full summary »

Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Agathe Bonitzer, Mahmud Shalaby, Hiam Abbass, Riff Cohen

Votes: 1,133 | Gross: $0.00M

34. Inch'Allah (2012)

R | 102 min | Drama

47 Metascore

A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.

Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Stars: Omri Ilan, Lionel Calniquer, Gil Desiano, Evelyne Brochu

Votes: 2,694 | Gross: $0.01M

35. The Attack (2012)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

74 Metascore

An Palestinian surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.

Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amsallem, Evgenia Dodina, Dvir Benedek

Votes: 4,556 | Gross: $1.71M

36. Private (2004)

90 min | Drama, War

61 Metascore

A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.

Director: Saverio Costanzo | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Lior Miller, Hend Ayoub, Tomer Russo

Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.01M

37. Jenin, Jenin (2003)

54 min | Documentary

Documentary about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

Director: Mohammad Bakri

Votes: 571

38. Laila's Birthday (2008)

Unrated | 71 min | Drama

Abu Laila used to be a judge, but because the government doesn't have the means to renew his assignment he is forced to be a taxi driver. On the day his daughter Laila becomes seven years ... See full summary »

Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Areen Omari, Nour Zoubi, Housam Abu Aishe

Votes: 515 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Arna's Children (2004)

84 min | Documentary

73 Metascore

Juliano Mer Khamis' documentary on his mother, Arna, an activist against the Israeli occupation who founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children.

Directors: Danniel Danniel, Juliano Mer-Khamis | Stars: Arna Mer Khamis, Juliano Mer-Khamis

Votes: 263

40. To Shoot an Elephant (2009)

112 min | Documentary

Medics risk their lives to rescue and treat the wounded in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Directors: Alberto Arce, Mohammad Rujailah | Stars: Ewa Jasiewicz, Marwan Hamuda, Alberto Arce, Haya Hamdan

Votes: 100

41. Lays lahum wujud (1974)

25 min | Documentary, Short

Shooting under extraordinary conditions, the director, who worked with Godard on his Ici et Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere) - this film was shot on the same 16mm camera - and founded the ... See full summary »

Director: Mustafa Abu Ali

Votes: 125

42. Budrus (2009)

Unrated | 70 min | Documentary, Action, Biography

Follows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.

Director: Julia Bacha

Votes: 405 | Gross: $0.07M

43. A World Not Ours (2012)

93 min | Documentary, Biography, History

65 Metascore

An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives,... See full summary »

Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Star: Mahdi Fleifel

Votes: 528

44. 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: 403

45. Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel (2003)

270 min | Documentary

Summer 2002, the Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi and the Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan set off on a cinematographic journey in their country, Palestine-Israel.

Directors: Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan | Stars: Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan

Votes: 142

46. Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021)

89 min | Documentary

After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad's regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people's courage.

Director: Abdallah Al-Khatib | Star: Abdallah Al-Khatib

Votes: 260

47. Wedding in Galilee (1987)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for... See full summary »

Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda

Votes: 524

48. Zindeeq (2009)

85 min | Drama

Acclaimed director Michel Khleifi's story of a Palestinian film-maker 'M' living in Europe, who returns home to Ramallah to film witness accounts of the 1948 Nakba - not only explores the ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mira Awad, Mohammad Bakri

Votes: 34

49. Nekam Achat Mishtey Eynay (2005)

100 min | Documentary

A documentary on the treatment of Palestianians by members of the Israeli army.

Director: Avi Mograbi | Star: Shredi Jabarin

Votes: 228

50. 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

51. Gaza Strip (2002)

74 min | Documentary

63 Metascore

Focuses on 13-year-old Mohammed Hejazi, a second-grade dropout the filmmaker encountered at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian children often gather to throw stones.

Director: James Longley | Star: Mohammed Hejazi

Votes: 312

52. Location Hunting in Palestine (1965)

54 min | Documentary

While scouting locations for his classic "The Gospel According to St. Matthew", director Pier Paolo Pasolini noticed that filming in the actual site of the story, in Palestine, wouldn't be ... See full summary »

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: don Andrea Carraro, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Votes: 325

53. Falastine Stereo (2013)

90 min | Drama

Two Palestinian brothers plan on immigrating to Canada after the Israeli air force bombs their family home. Milad (Stereo) used to be a wedding singer but because his wife dies in the ... See full summary »

Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Mahmoud Abu Jazi, Salah Hanoun, Ramzi Maqdisi

Votes: 160

54. Infiltrators (2012)

PG-13 | 70 min | Documentary

A visceral Road Movie that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers.

Director: Khaled Jarrar

Votes: 34

55. My Land (2011)

80 min | Documentary

"My land" gives voice to old Palestinian refugees who fled in 1948 without ever returning to their land, and who have been living in camps in Lebanon for more than 60 years.

Director: Nabil Ayouch

Votes: 27

56. Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine (2014)

93 min | Documentary, Drama, Music

An African American gospel choir is the Greek chorus for a Palestinian play on Martin Luther King, Jr. which tours the West Bank, preaching nonviolence. The devoutly Christian choir grew up... See full summary »

Directors: Kamel El Basha, Connie Field | Stars: Ramzi Maqdisi, Georgina Asfour, Mohammed Al-Basha, Mahmoud Awad

Votes: 10

57. Mur (2004)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

61 Metascore

A meditation on the separation fence in Israel-Palestine that imprisons one people while enclosing the other.

Director: Simone Bitton

Votes: 285

58. The Idol (2015)

Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."

Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Qais Attaallah, Hiba Attalah, Ahmad Qasem

Votes: 1,994

59. Fertile Memory (1981)

Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary

The first full length film to be shot within the occupied Palestinian West Bank "Green Line," FERTILE MEMORY is the feature debut of Michel Khleifi, acclaimed director of the Cannes Film ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Farah Hatoum, Sahar Khalifeh

Votes: 71

60. My Love Awaits Me by the Sea (2013)

80 min | Documentary, Biography, Fantasy

A woman takes a first time journey back to her Palestine. Accompanied by Hasan, her imaginary lover, she searches for his fantasy world and finds the remnants of hope in a land exhausted by endless year

Director: Mais Darwazah | Stars: Muhannad Halawani, Maryam Kanj, Nael Kanj, Leila Muammar

Votes: 56

61. El color de los olivos (2006)

97 min | Documentary

Like many Palestinian families, the Amers live surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locks and a constant swarm of armed ... See full summary »

Director: Carolina Rivas | Stars: Asia Amer, Hani Amer, Hisham Amer, Ishak Amer

Votes: 84 | Gross: $0.00M

62. Love, Theft and Other Entanglements (2015)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

A Palestinian car thief gets into the trouble of his life when he steals the wrong car. What he thought was an Israeli car and an easy way to make money in his impoverished refugee camp ... See full summary »

Director: Muayad Alayan | Stars: Sami Metwasi, Ramzi Maqdisi, Kamel El Basha, Maya Abu Alhayyat

Votes: 104

63. Al-manam (1988)

45 min | Documentary

A collection of interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon during the civil war, interviewed by Malas about what dreams they saw when they went to sleep.

Director: Mohamed Malas

Votes: 47

64. The Olive Harvest (2003)

89 min | Drama

Upon his release from an Israeli prison, Mazen (Saade) begins to fall in love with Raeda (Adun), his friend since childhood who is already engaged to Taher (Najeeb), Mazen's younger brother.

Director: Hanna Elias | Stars: Raida Adon, Mohammad Bakri, Samiah Kazmouz, Taher Najeeb

Votes: 29

65. The Invisible Men (2012)

Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, Drama

An untold side of the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict: gay Palestinians - Louie, Abdu and Fares - are hiding in Tel Aviv, and until they escape, they must remain 'the invisible men'.

Director: Yariv Mozer

Votes: 233

66. The Cup Reader (2013)

TV-G | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Warde, shamed as a young girl yet renowned in Palestine for her mystical seeing and matchmaking lives with her sister Jaleleh and reads the fortunes of her clients. Each woman has made or ... See full summary »

Director: Suha Araj | Stars: Manal Awad, Yasmine Elias, Faten Khoury, Samia Kuzmoz

Votes: 11

67. Degrade (2015)

85 min | Drama

In Gaza, two hairdressers and ten customers of various ages and backgrounds spend the day trapped in a beauty salon while Hamas police fight a gang in the street.

Directors: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Victoria Balitska, Manal Awad, Mirna Sakhla

Votes: 357

68. Habibi Rasak Kharban (2011)

85 min | Drama, Romance, War

'Habibi Rasak Kharban' (Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head) is a dramatic feature that tells the story of a forbidden love in Gaza. The film is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable 'Majnun Layla'.

Director: Susan Youssef | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Kais Nashif, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Amer Khalil

Votes: 172

69. 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

70. Curfew (1994)

74 min | Drama

24 hours of family drama during a curfew announced by the Israeli army in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Gaza Strip in 1993.

Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Salim Daw, Na'ila Zayaad, Mahmoud Qadah, Younis Younis

Votes: 101

71. Ouroboros (II) (2017)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary

An experimental film about the destruction of Gaza. Ouroboros (the serpent eating itself) is the meaning of the cyclical nature of time.

Director: Basma Alsharif | Stars: Jessica Bellinger, Coleman Collins, Claire De Pimodan, Bo Gallerito

Votes: 82

72. Letters to Palestine (2010)

38 min | Short

Letters to Palestine is a documentary project that gathers the voices of Arab people to read their letters-never-sent to the Palestinian people living under occupation. Young and old, these... See full summary »

Director: Rashid Al-Marri | Star: Ebrahim Ustadi

73. Forbidden to Wander (2004)

35 min | Documentary, Short

Forbidden to Wander chronicles the experiences of a 25-year-old Arab American woman traveling on her own in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the summer of ... See full summary »

Director: Susan Youssef

74. Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza) (2010)

86 min | Documentary, Family

Through encounters in these otherwise ordinary places (but places that, here, take on another meaning), the film portrays a different Gaza. Poetic, surreal at times. "Aisheen" is a tribute to life.

Director: Nicolas Wadimoff

Votes: 65

76. Jaffa, the Orange's Clockwork (2009)

89 min | Documentary

A journey from the harbor town of Jaffa to the Jaffa orange, a fruit through which the Israeli filmmaker examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Director: Eyal Sivan

Votes: 80

77. Miral (2010)

R | 112 min | Drama, History

45 Metascore

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: 3,586 | Gross: $0.37M

78. Precious Life (2010)

86 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

With the help of a prominent Israeli journalist, Precious Life chronicles the struggle of an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother to get treatment for her baby, who suffers from an... See full summary »

Director: Shlomi Eldar

Votes: 191

79. Tantura (2022)

94 min | Documentary, History

81 Metascore

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: 1,258

80. Bethlehem (I) (2013)

99 min | Drama, Thriller, War

68 Metascore

Tells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the... See full summary »

Director: Yuval Adler | Stars: Tsahi Halevi, Shadi Mar'i, Hitham Omari, Michal Shtamler

Votes: 2,259

81. To See If I'm Smiling (2007)

59 min | Documentary

Six Israeli soldiers recount their military service in Gaza and the West Bank, revealing incidents of negligence, casualness, immaturity and abuse of power while on duty in occupied territories.

Director: Tamar Yarom | Star: Dennis Cruzado

Votes: 155

82. The Settlers (2016)

107 min | Documentary

75 Metascore

An intimate look at life inside the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Director: Shimon Dotan

Votes: 265

83. Ambulance (2016)

80 min | Documentary

During the summer of 2014, Mohamed Jabaly joins an ambulance crew attempting to save those injured during the war in Gaza.

Director: Mohamed Jabaly | Stars: Mohamed Jabaly, Abo Marzouq Khader Al-Helo, Abd-Razaq Al-Helo, Abo Nedal Ramadan Harazeen

Votes: 88

84. Promises (2001)

106 min | Documentary

80 Metascore

Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers ... See full summary »

Directors: B.Z. Goldberg, Justine Shapiro, Carlos Bolado | Stars: Moishe Bar Am, B.Z. Goldberg, Shlomo Green, Sanabel Hassan

Votes: 2,723 | Gross: $0.24M

85. Gaza mon amour (2020)

87 min | Drama

Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in ... See full summary »

Directors: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser | Stars: Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, George Iskandar

Votes: 989

86. Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (1995)

112 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds... See full summary »

Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohammed Nahnal, Hana' Nc'mch, Bushra Karaman, Raida Adon

Votes: 163

87. Born in Gaza (2014)

54 min | Documentary

Filmed shortly after the 2014 Gaza war, this documentary examines how violence has transformed the lives of 10 Palestinian children.

Director: Hernán Zin | Stars: Walaa Eltiti, Yazeed Faruja

Votes: 2,065

88. Ghost Hunting (2017)

94 min | Documentary

Some Palestinians who were held in an Israeli detention center are assembled to re-enact their experience in an effort to heal.

Director: Raed Andoni | Stars: Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammed Khattab, Wafa Mari, Atef Al-Akhras

Votes: 257

89. Eyes of a Thief (2014)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

A father with a dangerous secret searches for his daughter.

Director: Najwa Najjar | Stars: Kal Naga, Souad Massi, Suhail Haddad, Malak Ermileh

Votes: 507

90. The Oslo Diaries (2018)

TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary

70 Metascore

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

91. Killing Gaza (2018)

97 min | Documentary, War

In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel's 2014 war on Gaza. Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors.

Director: Max Blumenthal | Stars: John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Obaida

Votes: 229

92. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019)

84 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show

Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.

Director: Abby Martin

Votes: 914

93. Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos (1997)

66 min | Documentary

Anna Baltzer, the Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, provides a straightforward account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while chronicling the almost unbearable living conditions of Palestinians under the Occupation.

Director: Anna Baltzer | Star: Anna Baltzer

Votes: 34

94. Occupation 101 (2006)

90 min | Documentary

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. political involvement.

Directors: Abdallah Omeish, Sufyan Omeish | Stars: James Akins, Arik Ascherman, Bishop Barltlett Jr., Phyllis Bennis

Votes: 1,908

95. Tears of Gaza (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, War

69 Metascore

In a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a... See full summary »

Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg

Votes: 573

96. With God on our Side (2010)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

The minute ur pastor justifies apartheid, violence n invasion by wrongly quoting a holy book and causes u to become prejudiced against other people or group, u lose the heart of God.

Director: Porter Speakman Jr. | Stars: Evan Albertyn, Gary Burge, Ron Dart, Norman Finkelstein

Votes: 97

97. The Sons of Eilaboun (2007)

24 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary film that tells the story of the human toll that Plan Dalet claimed on a small Palestinian village in the 1948 war. The story of the massacre, expulsion and return of Eilaboun.

Director: Hisham Zreiq | Stars: Salem Zreiq, Ilan Pappe, Anise Zreiq, Melia Zreiq

Votes: 31

98. Stealing a Nation (2004 TV Movie)

56 min | Documentary, History

This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population ... See full summary »

Directors: John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Star: John Pilger

Votes: 408

99. Al-Nakba (2008– )

192 min | Documentary, History

The ethnic cleansing that occurred during the creation of the State of Israel is known to Palestinians as Nakba, which means "catastrophe."

Stars: Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Rawan Damen, Eugene Rogan

Votes: 310

100. 1948 Palestinian Exodus (1997)

60 min | Documentary

The film presents eyewitness accounts of Palestinian refugees and Zionist soldiers to tell the story of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians as a part of the creation of the state of Israel.

Directors: Benny Brunner, Alexandra Jansse | Star: Joseph Rochlitz

Votes: 84



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