Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Makram Khoury

1. The West Wing (1999–2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.

Stars: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer

Votes: 85,581

2. Homeland (2011–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.

Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend

Votes: 360,985

3. Munich (2005)

R | 164 min | Action, Drama, History

After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 238,307 | Gross: $47.40M

4. Messiah (2020)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When a C.I.A. officer investigates a man and his followers who attract international attention through acts of public disruption, she embarks on a global high-stakes mission to uncover whether he is a divine entity or a con artist.

Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Mehdi Dehbi, John Ortiz, Tomer Sisley

Votes: 46,919

5. The Physician (2013)

R | 155 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby

Votes: 41,950

6. Unlocked (I) (2017)

R | 98 min | Action, Thriller

A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich

Votes: 38,680

7. The Master and Margarita (2023)

157 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A writer's novel is banned and play canceled. He then conceives a satirical novel where a devil-like character metaphorically revenges those responsible. Knowing it cannot be published, his muse Margarita pushes him to write it anyway.

Director: Michael Lockshin | Stars: August Diehl, Yulia Snigir, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Claes Bang

Votes: 2,413

8. The Way of the Wind

Drama, History | Post-production

A retelling of several episodes in the life of Jesus.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Martin McCann, Ben Kingsley, John Rhys-Davies

9. A House in Jerusalem (2023)

103 min | Drama

Rebecca and her father move from the UK to Jerusalem and their ancestral home, where she befriends Rasha, a Palestinian girl only she can see. Is Rasha a figment of Rebecca's imagination, or is she connected to the home's troubled history?

Director: Muayad Alayan | Stars: Johnny Harris, Miley Locke, Sheherazade Farrell, Jiana Awwad

Votes: 117

10. 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

11. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)

Unrated | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.

Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury

Votes: 7,276

12. Los Farad (2023)

50 min | Action, Thriller

It follows Oskar, who dreams of setting up a gym. He ends up entering the world of the Costa del Sol, all due to the Farads, a family that offers him a future, but with the most unexpected of trades: arms trafficking.

Stars: Miguel Herrán, Susana Abaitua, Pedro Casablanc, Adam Jezierski

Votes: 893

13. House of Saddam (2008)

TV-MA | 232 min | Biography, Drama, History

A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisors.

Stars: Igal Naor, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Makram Khoury, Philip Arditti

Votes: 5,158

14. The Body (2001)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A crucified body dated back to the first century A.D is uncovered at an ancient cave in Jerusalem. Trouble ensues as word spreads.

Director: Jonas McCord | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 9,498 | Gross: $0.03M

15. Manayek (2020– )

45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused of being corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.

Stars: Shalom Assayag, Amos Tamam, Liraz Chamami, Doron Ben-David

Votes: 1,162

16. The Cut (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra

Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $0.03M

17. 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: 4,352 | Gross: $0.57M

18. Spider in the Web (2019)

113 min | Thriller

A young operative is sent on a mission to follow an older agent, whose behavior has come into question.

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci, Itay Tiran, Itzik Cohen

Votes: 2,096

19. 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: 6,881 | Gross: $0.57M

20. Miral (2010)

R | 112 min | Drama, History

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: 3,585 | Gross: $0.37M

21. No Name Restaurant (2022)

120 min | Comedy

Alexandria, Egypt. To save the once largest Jewish community in the world from being shut down, Ben, an ultra orthodox Brooklyn Jew, is sent out to be the desperately needed tenth man for ... See full summary »

Directors: Stefan Sarazin, Peter Keller | Stars: Luzer Twersky, Hitham Omari, Makram Khoury, Riyad Sliman

Votes: 165

22. The Patriots (1994)

TV-MA | 138 min | Drama, Thriller

At 18, Ariel Brenner leaves Paris and his family to live in Israel. He secretly joins the Mossad, the Isreali secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal... See full summary »

Director: Eric Rochant | Stars: Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield, Yossi Banai

Votes: 1,563

23. 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: 1,906

24. Jerusalem (2021– )

50 min | Drama

Amir is a police officer in the cosmopolite district of the old town of Jerusalem, handling day-to-day conflicts between the different confessions to maintain a semblance of status quo. But... See full summary »

Stars: Doron Ben-David, Rotem Sela, Zvika Hadar, Makram Khoury

Votes: 79

25. Free Zone (2005)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).

Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Natalie Portman, Hana Laslo, Hiam Abbass, Carmen Maura

Votes: 3,007 | Gross: $0.03M

26. Desert Dancer (2014)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amid his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing.

Director: Richard Raymond | Stars: Freida Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen, Marama Corlett

Votes: 2,026 | Gross: $0.14M

27. The Tower (I) (2018)

PG | 74 min | Animation, Drama

A young girl living in a Palestinian refugee camp learns about her family's history through stories told by three previous generations of refugees.

Director: Mats Grorud | Stars: Bellamine Abdelmalek, Darina Al Joundi, Saïd Amadis, Mohammad Bakri

Votes: 615

28. Syrian Bride (2004)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the... See full summary »

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 3,478 | Gross: $0.38M

29. 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: 523

30. 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

31. Inheritance (I) (2012)

88 min | Drama

As a new conflict opposes Israel and Lebanon, Hajar, a young Palestinian student, returns to her native village in Galilee on the occasion of a wedding in the family. Just before the ... See full summary »

Director: Hiam Abbass | Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Ali Suliman

Votes: 150

32. Torn Apart (1990)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War

An epic love story set against the backdrop of Middle East turmoil.

Director: Jack Fisher | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Cecilia Peck, Tal Assif, Hanna Azoulay Hasfari

Votes: 201 | Gross: $0.21M

33. My Mother the General (1979)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

A mother comes to her son's base to keep him fed.

Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Gila Almagor, Gilat Ankori, Marlene Bajali, Eyal Geffen

Votes: 42

34. Double Edge (1992)

PG-13 | 81 min | Drama, Thriller

Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Amos Kollek, Shmuel Shiloh, Mohammad Bakri

Votes: 179

35. The Taste of Apples Is Red (2022)

83 min | Drama, War

It tells the story of Sheikh, whose brother disappeared during the Arab-Israeli war. Fifty years after the territory became part of Israel, the past catches up with the present when tension at the border rises again.

Director: Ehab Tarabieh | Stars: Ruba Blal, Suhel Haddad, Shaden Kanboura, Makram Khoury

Votes: 97

36. The Merchant of Venice (2015)

150 min | Comedy, Drama

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange ... See full summary »

Director: Bridget Caldwell | Stars: Jamie Ballard, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, James Corrigan, Owen Findlay

Votes: 66

37. Complicit (2013 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 99 min | Drama, Thriller

'Complicit' follows the trail of Edward (David Oyelowo), an MI5 officer desperate to foil what he believes is another 7/7-style atrocity planned by British terror suspect Waleed (Arsher Ali... See full summary »

Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: David Oyelowo, Arsher Ali, Rupert Procter, Wahab Sheikh

Votes: 791

38. Laila in Haifa (2020)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

Laila In Haifa is set over one fateful night in a club in the port town of Haifa and explores the interweaving stories of five women. The film aims to present a snapshot of contemporary ... See full summary »

Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Maria Zreik, Khawla Ibraheem, Bahira Ablassi, Naama Preis

Votes: 258

39. Forgiveness (I) (2006)

Unrated | 97 min | Drama

On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to ... See full summary »

Director: Udi Aloni | Stars: Itay Tiran, Clara Khoury, Moni Moshonov, Makram Khoury

Votes: 106

40. Magic Men (2014)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

An elderly Greek man and his Hassidic rapper son embark on a journey with absurd encounters, which ultimately leads them to a final confrontation of father and son.

Directors: Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor | Stars: Ariane Labed, Makram Khoury, Vangelis Mourikis, Zohar Strauss

Votes: 229

41. Abulele (2015)

TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A boy struggles at home and at school with bullies after his brother is killed. When he befriends and shelters a mythical creature, it helps him outsmart his tormenters and overcome his grief.

Director: Jonathan Geva | Stars: Yoav Sadian, Idan Barkai, Bar Miniely, Makram Khoury

Votes: 332

42. Write Down, I Am an Arab (2014)

73 min | Documentary, Biography, History

'Write Down, I Am an Arab' tells the story of the Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish.

Director: Ibtisam Mara'ana | Stars: Mahmoud Darwich, Makram Khoury

Votes: 30

43. 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

44. 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

45. The Dove Flyer (2013)

105 min | Drama

Between the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the world ceased to exist.

Director: Nissim Dayan | Stars: Daniel Gad, Yasmin Ayun, Tawfeek Barhom, Ahuva Keren

Votes: 164

46. Italians (2009)

116 min | Comedy

Fortunato is a trucker who specializes in the transport of luxury vehicles, especially Ferraris, in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. Tired of a life away from home and in the process ... See full summary »

Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Riccardo Scamarcio, Remo Girone, Makram Khoury

Votes: 1,215

47. The Smile of the Lamb (1986)

95 min | Drama

Based on a novel by David Grossman.

Director: Shimon Dotan | Stars: Tuncel Kurtiz, Rami Danon, Makram Khoury, Dan Muggia

Votes: 47

48. Michel Ezra Safra and Sons (1982)

60 min | Drama

TV mini series based on a novel by Amnon Shamosh, illustrates the fate of one Jewish family from Halleb (Aleppo) in Syria during the period 1936-76.

Stars: Makram Khoury, Lilith Nagar, David Menachem, Amos Lavi

Votes: 15

49. 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

50. Kasach (1984)

90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A divorced singer and father who's trying to make it in the musical world, falls in love with a high-society woman.

Director: Haim Gil | Stars: Hofni Cohen, Zohar Argov, Haim Moshe, Jacky Makayten

Votes: 15