My Movies : must-see Israélien/Hebrew films
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1. The Attack (2012)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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: 4,557 | Gross: $1.71M
2. Salt of This Sea (2008)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
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
3. The Enemy Within (2013)
TV-14 | 107 min | Crime, Drama
When a brutal gang invades his home, a grizzled father of two finds himself confronted with a destructive dilemma. But when guns have the final say, everyone is the enemy.
Director: Yorgos Tsemberopoulos | Stars: Manolis Mavromatakis, Maria Zorba, Giorgos Gallos, Antonis Karistinos
Votes: 780
4. Prisoners of War (2009–2012)
50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After 17 years in captivity, Israeli soldiers Nimrode Klein, Uri Zach and Amiel Ben Horin return to the country that made them national icons. They work to overcome the trauma of torture and captivity.
Stars: Ishai Golan, Yoram Toledano, Yaël Abecassis, Mili Avital
Votes: 2,686
5. The Hunter (2010)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the ... See full summary »
Director: Rafi Pitts | Stars: Rafi Pitts, Javad Nazari, Mitra Hajjar, Malek Jahan Khazai
Votes: 1,597
6. The Other Son (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
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: 3,778 | Gross: $1.16M
7. Omar (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani, Samer Bisharat
Votes: 15,497 | Gross: $0.36M
8. Alila (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Slice-of-life look at the lives of twelve people who live or work in the same apartment complex in Tel Aviv.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laslo, Uri Klauzner, Liron Levo
Votes: 648 | Gross: $0.05M
9. Next to Her (2014)
89 min | Drama
Cheli, 27, is raising her mentally challenged 24yo sister, Gaby, alone. When the social worker finds out that Cheli leaves Gaby alone in the house while Cheli is at work, Cheli is compelled... See full summary »
Director: Asaf Korman | Stars: Liron Ben-Shlush, Dana Ivgy, Yaakov Zada-Daniel, Sophia Ostrisky
Votes: 574
10. The Human Resources Manager (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Mark Ivanir, Guri Alfi, Noah Silver, Rozina Cambos
Votes: 1,497 | Gross: $0.06M
11. The Farewell Party (2014)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Residents of a retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend, though they are faced with a series of dilemmas when rumors of the machine begin to spread.
Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon | Stars: Ze'ev Revach, Levana Finkelstein, Aliza Rosen, Ilan Dar
Votes: 2,240 | Gross: $0.17M
12. The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Hamuchtar
Votes: 1,401
13. Five Hours from Paris (2009)
87 min | Drama, Romance
He's a native Israeli. She's a Russian immigrant. He's a taxi driver. She's a music teacher. He has no aspirations. She gave up hers long ago. He is afraid of flying and she is about to fly away. What are the odds they'll end up together?
Director: Leon Prudovsky | Stars: Dror Keren, Helena Yaralova, Vladimir Friedman, Yoram Toledano
Votes: 190
14. Gett (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gabi Amrani, Dalia Beger
Votes: 6,891 | Gross: $0.99M
15. 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
16. Jellyfish (2007)
Unrated | 78 min | Drama
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life... See full summary »
Directors: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret | Stars: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Raban
Votes: 2,746 | Gross: $0.34M
17. The Wedding Plan (2016)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
When her fiancé bows out on the eve of her wedding, Michal refuses to cancel the wedding arrangements. An Orthodox Jew, she insists that God will supply her a husband. As the clock ticks down.
Director: Rama Burshtein | Stars: Noa Koler, Amos Tamam, Oz Zehavi, Irit Sheleg
Votes: 1,531 | Gross: $1.40M
18. Atlit (2014)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In October 1995 three French sisters gather in Atlit, Israel to sell the family home. Tensions arise between elders Darel and Cali when Darel proves unwilling to sell. That's when the sisters start seeing apparitions of their dead parents.
Director: Shirel Amitay | Stars: Géraldine Nakache, Judith Chemla, Yaël Abecassis, Arsinée Khanjian
Votes: 116
19. 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
20. Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
99 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kitty, the imaginary girl who Anne Frank wrote to in her 1940s diary during WWII, seeks out the deceased diarist while also inspiring a wave of modern social justice for refugees.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Sebastian Croft, Ruby Stokes, Emily Carey, Michael Maloney
Votes: 1,709
21. Shake Your Cares Away (2021)
98 min | Drama
A young Israeli woman from a wealthy family volunteers at a soup kitchen in Tel Aviv.
Director: Tom Shoval | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Zeev Tene, Avraham Shalom Levi, Hila Cohen
Votes: 103
22. The Secrets (2007)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler, Adir Miller
Votes: 2,250 | Gross: $0.12M
23. Huda's Salon (2021)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ali Suliman, Manal Awad, Jalal Masarwa
Votes: 1,175
24. Malkot (2018– )
42 min | Crime, Drama
Queens tells the story of women survivors of a crime family's multiple murder. They struggle to reclaim their lives and status, fighting against other mafia families bent on destroying them and taking their business and wealth.
Stars: Rita, Dana Ivgy, Mali Levi, Lihi Kornowski
Votes: 150
25. The Forgotten Ones (2021)
93 min | Documentary
Israeli society is marked by a taboo. That of the systematic discrimination against Jews from Arab countries on arriving in the Promised Land, a wound that has not healed to this day. In ... See full summary »
Director: Michale Boganim | Stars: Reuven Abergel, Erez Biton, Maayane Elfassy Boganim
Votes: 47
26. Antarctica (2008)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
In two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn't found himself. But then Omer is hardly looking. Instead he chooses to loose himself among the stacks ... See full summary »
Director: Yair Hochner | Stars: Ofer Regirer, Guy Zoaretz, Yuval Raz, Yiftach Mizrahi
Votes: 850 | Gross: $0.02M
27. 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
28. Beyond the Mountains and Hills (2016)
92 min | Drama
Returning to civilian life after twenty-seven years in the army isn't as easy as David had hoped. It's hard to re-establish daily contact with his family, with the dimension of his home and... See full summary »
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Alon Pdut, Shiree Nadav-Naor, Mili Eshet, Noam Imber
Votes: 343
29. Paradise Now (2005)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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: 24,080 | Gross: $1.45M
30. Lemon Tree (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War
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: 6,882 | Gross: $0.57M
31. Divine Intervention (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
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
32. The Time That Remains (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, History
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
33. 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
34. Possessions (2020)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The evening of her wedding, in Israel, young Frenchwoman Natalie is accused of killing her husband. The state sends a diplomat, Karim, to help her.
Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Reda Kateb, Dominique Valadié, Ariane Ascaride
Votes: 494
35. 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: 1,258
36. Shtisel (2013–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama
A Haredi family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem reckons with love, loss and the doldrums of daily life.
Stars: Doval'e Glickman, Michael Aloni, Neta Riskin, Shira Haas
Votes: 8,159
37. Shiva (2008)
103 min | Drama, Romance
When one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the death one of their family). A large ... See full summary »
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Moshe Ivgy, Yaël Abecassis, Albert Iluz
Votes: 578
38. 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
39. Lullaby to My Father (2012)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Theo Ballmer, Ran Khalil Danker, Amos Gitai
Votes: 46
40. Carmel (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Biography, History
From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Eliran Eyal, Samuel Fuller
Votes: 107
41. Plan A (2021)
109 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1945, a group of Jewish holocaust survivors planned to poison the water system in Germany. The film tells the dangerous and bold secret-operation which was called - Plan A.
Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni, Nikolai Kinski
Votes: 1,711
42. Promised Land (2004)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Parillaud
Votes: 598
43. Bloody Murray (2022– )
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Murray, a film lecturer specializing in romantic comedies, and Dana, a gynecologist, are 30-something roommates. They're both successful, bright, and still single. Their strong friendship ... See full summary »
Stars: Naomi Levov, Rotem Sela, Shlomi Tapiaro, Omer Etzion
Votes: 105
44. Virginity (2022)
125 min | Drama
"Boy" is growing up, questioning what becoming a man is all about. On the one hand, he can't wait to leave his traumatic childhood behind, and on the other hand, he is growing up in a far off village with no real friends his age.
Director: Maor Zaguri | Stars: Maor Levi, Chen Amsalem Zaguri, Or Adi, Liana Ayoun
Votes: 93
45. On the Spectrum (2018)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Three young people on the autism spectrum share a flat together.
Stars: Niv Majar, Naomi Levov, Ben Yosipovich, Avi Dangur
Votes: 396
46. Broken Ties (2022– )
40 min | Drama, Mystery
A homeless pregnant woman is recruited against her will by a police inspector to serve as an undercover agent in an international criminal investigation focused on the kidnapping and trafficking of newborns via the Darknet.
Stars: Dalit Kahan, Yiftach Klein, Nausicaa Bonnín, Alon Hamawi
Votes: 69
47. Fire Dance (2022– )
50 min | Drama
A troubled young woman, Faigie falls in love with a married man, Nathan son of the leader of an ultra-orthodox community.
Stars: Mia Ivrin, Yehuda Levi, Noa Koler, Irit Sheleg
Votes: 89
48. Yona (2014)
100 min | Biography
The life story of legendary Israeli poet Yona Wallach.
Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Naomi Levov, Shalom Michaelshwilli, Itamar Rotschild, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 145
49. The Stronghold (2023)
Drama, War
When a desolate Israeli outpost comes under siege after a surprise Egyptian attack, the surviving soldiers must choose between a hopeless battle, or follow the Doctor's plan that may save them, but comes with a great price.
Stars: Michael Aloni, Daniel Gad, Amir Tessler, Daniel Moreshet
50. Kiss Me Kosher (2020)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?
Director: Shirel Peleg | Stars: Moran Rosenblatt, Luise Wolfram, Rivka Michaeli, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 688
51. Aya (I) (2012)
TV-14 | 40 min | Short, Drama, Music
Two strangers unexpectedly meet at an airport. He mistakenly assumes her to be his assigned driver. She, enchanted by the random encounter, does not hurry to prove him wrong.
Directors: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis | Stars: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen
Votes: 940
52. Shiva Baby (2020)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama
At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Polly Draper
Votes: 33,307
53. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2000–2007)
25 min | Comedy, Game-Show
Stars: Shlomo Bar-Aba, Dror Keren, Roi Levi, Alon Neuman
Votes: 25
54. 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
55. Valley of Tears (2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, War
On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.
Stars: Avraham Aviv Alush, Lior Ashkenazi, Shahar Tavoch, Imri Biton
Votes: 5,559
56. Motek Bool BaEmtza (2021– )
30 min | Comedy
A satirical comedy about the Knesset.
Stars: Avi Kushnir, Gily Itskovitch, Ofira Rahamim, Yakir Shukrun
Votes: 86
57. Shabas (2019–2020)
24 min | Comedy
A sketch program that takes place in Grape Prison and brings the experiences of the guards, prisoners, and visitors.
Stars: Naomi Levov, Yaniv Swissa, Shmuel Levy, Kobi Farag
Votes: 81
58. The Slut (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Tamar, a beautiful young woman, lives alone with her two daughters. She can't restrain her sexual appetite and gives herself to several men of the village.
Director: Hagar Ben-Asher | Stars: Hagar Ben-Asher, Ishai Golan, Stav Yanai, Daria Forman
Votes: 936
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