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1. Fauda (2015–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Stars: Lior Raz, Itzik Cohen, Neta Garty, Rona-Lee Shimon
Votes: 38,014
2. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ori Sivan
Votes: 60,441 | Gross: $2.28M
3. Jeruzalem (2015)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When a couple of American young adults fly to Israel to visit the city of Jerusalem, a biblical nightmare falls upon them.
Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: Yael Grobglas, Yon Tumarkin, Danielle Jadelyn, Tom Graziani
Votes: 10,956
4. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Approved | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Senta Berger
Votes: 3,833
5. 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: 7,619
6. Blush (2015)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Trying to escape her tumultuous home life, Naama, 17, indulges in alcohol and drugs, but everything changes when she meets a sexy, free-spirited new girl at school and the two become more than fast friends.
Director: Michal Vinik | Stars: Sivan Noam Shimon, Hadas Jade Sakori, Dvir Benedek, Irit Pashtan
Votes: 903
7. 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: 5,676 | Gross: $0.16M
8. Lebanon (2009)
R | 93 min | Drama, War
During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.
Director: Samuel Maoz | Stars: Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 11,968 | Gross: $0.37M
9. 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: 4,525 | Gross: $0.10M
10. The Lesson (2022– )
40 min | Drama
It follows Amir, a 43-year-old teacher, and Lian, a 17-year-old student, who engage in an emotional conflict in a fight for justice.
Stars: Doron Ben-David, Maya Landsman, Alma Zack, Dvir Benedek
Votes: 434
11. Dismissed (2021– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Noa, an officer lacking interpersonal abilities, commands orientation training for the first time and has to deal with particularly difficult soldiers, a staff that does not know what to make of her and an intolerant system.
Stars: Alona Sa'ar, Noa Astanjelove, Carmel Bin, Yoalah Brinson
Votes: 438
12. Nina's Tragedies (2003)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
Director: Savi Gabizon | Stars: Ayelet Zurer, Yoram Hattab, Alon Aboutboul, Aviv Elkabeth
Votes: 808 | Gross: $0.24M
13. 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
14. Commandments (2017–2018)
40 min | Drama
Kipat Barzel (Iron Yarmulke), about three ultra-Orthodox young men who have chosen to serve in the IDF - despite the communal taboos associated with it.
Stars: Roy Nik, Dolev Mesika, Yael Folman, Suzanna Papian
Votes: 120
15. IN OUR HANDS: Battle for Jerusalem (2017)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary
Produced by CBN Documentaries and Biblical Productions, "In Our Hands" tells the story of the Battle of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War through the eyes of the IDF's 55th Paratrooper Brigade, ... See full summary »
Director: Erin Zimmerman | Stars: Haim Almakis, Zion Ashkenazi, Assaf Ashtar, Idan Barkai
Votes: 190
16. Tironoot (1998–2001)
60 min | Drama
Basic training (in Hebrew: "tiroonot") in the Israeli Army's Giv'ati infantry brigade brings together all kinds of people, from a wide variety of backgrounds, as well as some problems.
Stars: Aki Avni, Golan Azulai, Shmil Ben Ari, Ishai Golan
Votes: 105
17. Sayeret Matkal (2023)
60 min | Documentary
The historical story of Sayeret Matkal, the special forces elite unit of the Israel Defense Forces, is being brought to the public near the end of its seventh decade.
Stars: Omri Assenheim, Ehud Barak, Moshe Yaalon, Shaul Mofaz
Votes: 13
18. 9/11 Missing Links (2008 Video)
126 min | Documentary, History
The first 9/11 Truth film to name names of the perpetrators. 9/11 Missing Links presents a credible, well-documented case that the 9/11 atrocities were a war provocation carried out by Israeli assets: Neocons and dual nationals.
Director: Mike Delaney | Stars: Christopher Bollyn, George W. Bush, Brit Hume, John Alan Martinson
Votes: 30
19. The Last Band in Lebanon (2016)
99 min | Comedy
A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.
Directors: Ben Bachar, Itzik Kricheli | Stars: Ofer Hayoun, Ori Laizerouvich, Ofer Shechter, Ami Anidjar
Votes: 301
20. Cannon Fodder (2013)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Horror
Doron, a security operative, who takes on one last mission: to capture, number 3 in the terrorist organization of Hezbollah, in Lebanon. With an elite force, Doron enters Lebanon to ... See full summary »
Director: Eitan Gafny | Stars: Liron Levo, Yafit Shalev, Roi Miller, Emos Ayeno
Votes: 258
21. Close to Home (2005)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can't stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to ... See full summary »
Directors: Vardit Bilu, Dalia Hager | Stars: Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva, Katia Zinbris
Votes: 950 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Mixed Unit - Lions of Jordan (2018)
50 min | Documentary
A ten-episode series that accompanies the Lions of Jordan battalion, which for the first time in history has female combat soldiers training and fighting alongside men. With its activities ... See full summary »
Star: Ofir Kalev
Votes: 15
23. Gaza Strip (2002)
74 min | Documentary
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
24. Tsahal (1994)
316 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Israel Defense Forces.
Director: Claude Lanzmann | Stars: Claude Lanzmann, Ehud Barak, Avigdor Feldman, Shlomo Gazit
Votes: 112
25. Foreign Letters (2012)
G | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
From different worlds, Ellie and Thuy form a powerful bond that helps Ellie cope with the hardships of adjusting to her new life in the states.
Director: Ela Thier | Stars: Noa Rotstein, Dalena Le, Guy Sagee, Ela Thier
Votes: 274 | Gross: $0.08M
26. A Call to Arms (2009)
85 min | Documentary, History, War
The eyewitness story of the illegal U.S. and U.K. military anthrax vaccination programs, which is recommended by Montel Williams as the Must-See Documentary of the Year. Because of the ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Linda Hamilton, Scott Miller, Melissa Mosich Miller
Votes: 60
27. Disappeared (I) (2018)
46 min | Documentary
The Disappeared is an experimental documentary unraveling the story of an action-drama feature film produced by the Israeli Army in the year 2000 and censored just a few weeks before its release.
Directors: Gilad Baram, Adam Kaplan | Stars: Noa Aharoni, Lior Ashkenazi, Roy Assaf, Nataly Attiya
Votes: 13
28. M.K. 22 (2004)
22 min | Animation, Comedy
The bizarre adventures of "jobniks", office workers, serving their mandatory Israeli Defence Forces' service in a desert nuclear base.
Stars: Menashe Noy, Daniel Syrkin, Albert Iluz, Adib Jahschan
Votes: 175
29. 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
30. Ricochets (1986)
91 min | Drama, War
The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.
Director: Eli Cohen | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Shaul Mizrahi, Roni Pinkovitch, Dudu Ben-Zeev
Votes: 117
31. Queens Up (2007 TV Movie)
31 min | Drama
"Zugaim Dama" ["Queens Up"] is a story about an unequal match in a tough male environment. Somewhere around the northern boundaries of Israel, in an adjutancy office of a quite sleepy ... See full summary »
Director: Nitzan Gilady | Stars: Roy Assaf, Oren Balanga, Ofir Nahari
Votes: 9
32. Anthrax (2017)
77 min | Action, Drama
A conspiracy thriller, based (mostly) on a true story. The story of reserve soldiers, who volunteered to take part in an anthrax vaccine experiment during their military service. 7 years ... See full summary »
Director: Shai Scherf | Stars: Udi Persi, Dana Meinrath, Ziv Peleg, Lior Hasson
Votes: 18
33. Poison (II) (2013)
30 min | Short, Drama, War
The location: An army base in southern Israel where wild goats (ibexes) roam freely and where female soldiers stand at attention, switch off any individualized thinking, and follow rules ... See full summary »
Director: Roni Rainhartz | Stars: Tom Armony, Sivan Cohen-Sabag, Netally Gelerman, Roy Gurai
34. The Unit (2014–2018)
Reality-TV
10 celebrities are drafted in order to found an army band and entertain IDF soldiers.
Stars: Moshe Kepten, Ehud Banai, Ilanit Levy, Meir Suissa
Votes: 16
35. Watchman (2013)
5 min | Short, Music
An IDF Soldier, A Holocaust Survivor and Two Rappers battle for the Peace of Jerusalem.
Director: Jeremiah Kaufman | Stars: Jeremiah Kaufman, Ryeon McClenton, Shosh Navon, Kayra Niebur
36. Hallelujah (2003 TV Movie)
52 min | Comedy
When Israel is hosting the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest soldier Shuki knows it is his chance to ask his girlfriend's father for her hand. His commander, major Magen David, will do his best to prevent this from happening.
Director: Daniel Syrkin | Stars: Efrat Aviv, Tzion Baruch, Sofie Cappelen, Yehuda Cohen
Votes: 31
37. God Went Surfing with the Devil (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, War
A breathtaking look at the Israel-Gaza conflict through the lens of surfing.
Director: Alexander Klein | Stars: Ibrahim N. Arafat, Matthew Olsen, Arthur Rashkovan, Gil Keren
Votes: 29
38. Castor (2014)
14 min | Short, Drama
After fleeing his base, a rebellious IDF Dog Handler sets off into the desert, accompanied by his attack dog. Along the way he meets a young and talkative backpacker who teaches him an important lesson about life.
Director: Alon Juwal | Stars: Noam Cohen, Yair Grimberg, Alon Juwal, Dan Kovetz
39. If You Pull North (2010)
67 min | Documentary, Biography, History
During the 1967 Israeli-Syrian battle on the Golan Heights, Major Rafi Mokady's dedication goes above and beyond in his continuous efforts to lead the Israeli troops in the planned ... See full summary »
Directors: Orna Mokady Shavitt, Yael Shavitt
40. Lookout (2014)
18 min | Short, Drama
Timmy is a look-out in the military. As a diversion from her tiring frame work, she creates an imaginative, childish world, which sets her apart in a mundane routine. When she has to deal ... See full summary »
Director: Noa Gusakov | Stars: Batel Dotan, Carmel Elboher, Aviv Elkabeth, Gilli Miller
Votes: 11
42. My First War (2008)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
In the summer of 2006, at the age of 28, I was suddenly drafted as a reserves soldier in the Second Lebanese War. Instinctively, I grabbed my video camera and thread a shoelace, securing it... See full summary »
Director: Yariv Mozer
Votes: 52
43. War with No Name (2020)
51 min | Documentary
After the first Lebanon War in 1982, Israel set up a security zone in south Lebanon and for a full generation of soldiers the IDF was there, with its best troops, fighting Hizbullah and ... See full summary »
Stars: Ehud Barak, Yossi Beilin, Shelly Yehimovich, Giora Inbar
44. Watchman: The Prophecy (2015)
5 min | Short, Music
Watchman goes to war in an epic sequel battling for the future of Jerusalem.
Director: Jeremiah Kaufman | Stars: Naomi Chetrit, Noa Galil, Jeremiah Kaufman, Shosh Navon
45. The End (2018)
48 min | Documentary
Shir Alony, a young Israeli musician, tries to free herself of a mystery that disturbs her life, evolving her brother Uri's death during his military service. Until that point, it's not ... See full summary »
46. Operation Entebbe: The Element of Surprise (2020)
Documentary, Short
This documentary by Henry Segal reviews the historic event that is most commonly known as Operation Entebbe.
Director: Henry Segal
47. Company Jasmine (2001)
55 min | Documentary
A groundbreaking documentary about Israeli women ready to take command in the Israeli army.
Director: Yael Katzir | Stars: Efrat, Noa, Rotem, Sivan
Votes: 74
49. Kavanot Tovot (2008)
60 min | Drama
A film producer, recovering from cancer (Noa) drags her ex-husband (Yoni) into an adventurous experience. They try to bring together, to a reality cooking show, two Woman Chefs - an Israeli... See full summary »
Stars: Orna Pitussi, Clara Khoury, Tzahi Grad, Amnon Wolf
50. The Invisible (2009 Video)
70 min | Documentary, History
The film tells the story of the 'invisible village' - Arab-El-Naim - in the Galilee. The Village people are Bedouins who live in the place over 200 years. The village people, who serve in ... See full summary »
Director: Gil Karni