Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "desert", "israel"

1. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

R | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Martin Hancock

Votes: 315,649 | Gross: $47.40M

2. World War Z (2013)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale

Votes: 719,998 | Gross: $202.36M

3. Ben-Hur (1959)

G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet

Votes: 253,834 | Gross: $74.70M

4. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

Votes: 124,948 | Gross: $66.66M

5. Left Behind: The Movie (2000)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The Biblical prophecy of Armegeddon begins when the Rapture instantly takes all believers in Christ from the Earth. A reporter left behind learns that the Anti-Christ will soon take power.

Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Votes: 10,527 | Gross: $4.22M

6. Samsara (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika

Votes: 38,070 | Gross: $2.67M

7. The Delta Force (1986)

R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop

Votes: 21,936 | Gross: $17.77M

8. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)

Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante

Votes: 13,738

9. Appointment with Death (1988)

PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud

Votes: 6,059 | Gross: $0.96M

10. Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History, Romance

After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan

Votes: 3,797 | Gross: $12.20M

11. 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: 3,831

12. The Nativity Story (2006)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass

Votes: 12,363 | Gross: $37.63M

13. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)

Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Émile Vallée

Votes: 34,136

14. David and Bathsheba (1951)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, Family, History

After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore

Votes: 2,656

15. A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.

Director: Natalie Portman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler, Moni Moshonov

Votes: 4,354 | Gross: $0.57M

16. The Soldier (1982)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Ken Wahl, Alberta Watson, Jeremiah Sullivan, William Prince

Votes: 1,525 | Gross: $6.33M

17. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Megiddo is a supernatural ride into a world teetering on the edge of the Apocalypse. It follows the rise of a Machiavellian leader bent on amassing the armies of the world for the battle of... See full summary »

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Michael York, Michael Biehn, Joseph Makkar, Guy Siner

Votes: 2,966 | Gross: $6.05M

18. 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: 5,675 | Gross: $0.16M

19. Wholly Moses! (1980)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy

An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.

Director: Gary Weis | Stars: Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand

Votes: 2,237 | Gross: $14.16M

20. 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: 14,153 | Gross: $3.05M

21. 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: 4,522 | Gross: $0.10M

22. Yossi (2012)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance

This sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds Dr. Yossi Gutmann reminiscing about his love ten years after his death. When he encounters a group of young soldiers, one of them, Tom, reignites his romantic feelings.

Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Shlomo Sadan, Oz Zehavi, Lior Ashkenazi

Votes: 3,262 | Gross: $0.12M

23. Hellbound (1994)

R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Two Chicago cops (Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels) investigate a murder until they encounter an ancient demon.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels, Christopher Neame, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 3,869

24. David and Goliath (1960)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Family

King Saul of the Israelites is visited in Jerusalem by the Prophet Samuel who foretells him that a war with The Philistines is inevitable and the shepherd David will become king.

Directors: Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Pottier, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Ivica Pajer, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Massimo Serato

Votes: 839

25. The Long Shadow (1992)

80 min | Drama

The story of a young man, Romándy, a famous stage actor, who is notified of the death of his father, Raphael an archaeologist whom he has never seen. In Israel where his father is buried, ... See full summary »

Director: Vilmos Zsigmond | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Oded Teomi, Zoltán Gera

Votes: 95

26. Francis of Assisi (1961)

Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway

Votes: 1,126

27. Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)

110 min | Drama, Romance

As a family from India moves in to a desert neighborhood in Southern Israel in the 1960's, the family's eldest, beautiful daughter discovers friendship and romance with the lovely local ... See full summary »

Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Neta Garty, Liraz Charhi, Aure Atika, Jean Benguigui

Votes: 1,235

28. Live and Become (2005)

Unrated | 140 min | Drama

A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.

Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe

Votes: 6,312

29. The Hunt for the Hidden Relic (2002 TV Movie)

R | 182 min | Action, Thriller, Mystery

A German archaeological excavation in Israel finds a 2,000-year-old skeleton holding instructions for a video camera - results of an apparent time traveler who recorded footage of Jesus Christ.

Director: Sebastian Niemann | Stars: Matthias Koeberlin, Naike Rivelli, Manou Lubowski, Hans Diehl

Votes: 2,219

30. The Point Men (2001)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Kerry Fox, Vincent Regan, Cal MacAninch

Votes: 1,249

31. Damascus Under Fire (2018)

113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti

Votes: 2,753

32. 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: 1,165

33. Ushpizin (2004)

PG | 90 min | Drama

An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.

Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani

Votes: 2,131 | Gross: $1.40M

34. The Fourth Wise Man (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 72 min | Adventure, Drama

The story of Artaban, the fourth Magi, who spends his life looking for Jesus his King.

Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Martin Sheen, Alan Arkin, Eileen Brennan, Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 645

35. Warhead (1977)

PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, War

Palestinian guerrillas, Israeli commandos and an American colonel fight to keep a nuclear warhead mistakenly dropped in the Jordanian desert by a U.S. Air Force nuclear bomber.

Director: John O'Connor | Stars: David Janssen, Karin Dor, Christopher Stone, Art Metrano

Votes: 277

36. Charlton Heston Presents the Bible (1992 Video)

Not Rated | 206 min | Documentary

In the first of Heston's acclaimed four-part series, the renowned actor serves as storyteller. An ancient Roman amphitheater and other locales in Israel provide the settings for the Oscar ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Westman | Star: Charlton Heston

Votes: 182

37. Third Side of the Coin (1960)

60 min | Documentary

A documentary about the then only twelve year old country of Israel, caught amidst the tensions of the Middle East and the ongoing Cold War.

Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Ali, Père Gauthier, Monsieur Klein, Yaakov Malkin

Votes: 232

38. Countdown: Jerusalem (2009 Video)

Not Rated | 93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A journalist searches for her daughter as a series of catastrophic disasters push a destabilized society toward the brink of global war.

Director: Adam Silver | Stars: Kim Little, Clint Browning, Russell Reynolds, Mark Hengst

Votes: 641

39. Yellow Asphalt (2000)

87 min | Drama, Romance

Three stories set among the Bedouin of Jahalin in the hills of the Judean desert. On an almost deserted highway, two Israeli truckers strike a Bedouin lad accidentally. Before they can flee... See full summary »

Director: Dan Verete | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Motti Katz, Raida Adon, Tatjana Blacher

Votes: 158 | Gross: $0.01M

40. Hello Goodbye (I) (2008)

TV-14 | 99 min | Comedy

When they move to Israel to explore their Jewish heritage and revive their flagging marriage, fiftysomething French emigres Alain and Gisele Gaash arrive in Tel Aviv to find their luggage ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Guit | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Benguigui, Lior Ashkenazi

Votes: 473

41. Made in Israel (2013)

Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary

A look at Israeli innovation in a variety of areas, including agriculture, water conservation, medicine, technology and clean/greentech.

Director: Erin Zimmerman | Stars: Gordon Robertson, Shai Bar-Shira, Naty Barak, Lior Carmon

Votes: 13

42. SHIVTA (2018 Video)

11 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery

SHIVTA is a short dance film telling a cinematic and kinetic exploration of two lost desert wanderers. In a form of Fata-Morgana, a doubtful portal appears in the distance. Curiosity takes ... See full summary »

Director: Or Schraiber | Stars: Bobbi Jene Smith, Ori Ofri, Or Schraiber

43. Under Western Eyes (1996)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

The winner of the 1995 Jerusalem Film Festival, this political thriller centers on a young hero who returns to Israel from Berlin to ostensibly attend the funeral of his father, a convicted... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Pitchhadze | Stars: Giora Asaulov, Fitcho Ben-Zur, Carmel Betto, Pavel Citronal

Votes: 49

44. Zan Nadir (2018)

15 min | Documentary

Zan Nadir (Rare species) is a nature program that provides a fascinating view of Israel's nature and animal world in all its glory, focusing on animals, reptiles, carnivores, song birds and more.

Star: Yigal Mosko

45. 4 Kilometers (2008)

22 min | Short, Drama

In a small Bedouin community, just 4 kilometers off the highway, 15-year-old Hulud has a dream: to break through the barrier.

Director: Miri Shapiro | Stars: Estabrak Aqel, Abdallah El Akal, Sirat Fakhory, Ameen Hmood

46. Nekudat Lahatz (2006)

10 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Onn Nir | Stars: Danny Geva, Ziv Klaier, Hila Ben Avraham, Natalie Bernshtein

47. That the World May Know Set 9: Fire on the Mountain (2009)

170 min | Documentary

Discover how God teaches the Israelites what it means to be part of a community that loves him, learning how to live together, and the lessons we can begin to live out in our lives today.

Director: John Grooters | Star: Ray VanderLaan

48. That the World May Know Set 10: With All Your Heart (2010)

175 min | Documentary

God warned Israel to remember him when they left the dry desert and reached the fertile fields of the Promised Land, discover how quickly the Israelites forgot God and began to rely on themselves.

Director: John Grooters | Star: Ray VanderLaan

49. Catherine the Great (2011)

5 min | Animation, Short

Catherine the Great is a story, one of thousands each year, of women trafficking for prostitution in Israel.

Director: Anna Kuntsman | Stars: Alena Yiv, Herzl Tobey

Votes: 15

50. Naked Planet (1999–2000)
Episode: Dead Sea (1999)

55 min | Documentary, History

The history and geology of the Dead Sea, one of the world's most unusual bodies of water, and its influence upon the many civilizations that lived near its shores.

Director: Daniel Percival | Stars: Peter Thomas, Udi Izack

Votes: 21