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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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: 88,798
4. 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: 261
5. 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: 24,079 | Gross: $1.45M
6. A World Not Ours (2012)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
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
7. Boycott (2021)
73 min | Documentary
When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles.
Director: Julia Bacha
Votes: 74
8. Three Promises (2023)
61 min | Documentary
The story revolves around three critical moments when Suha negotiates her family's safety with God amid the abandonment of dear friends, her son's fleeting childhood, her daughter's mistrust, and directly facing her own mortality.
Director: Yusef Srouji
Votes: 43
9. Bye Bye Tiberias (2023)
82 min | Documentary, Biography
Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
Director: Lina Soualem | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Um Ali, Nemat Abbass, Said Abbas
Votes: 319
10. 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: 118
11. 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
12.
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
13. 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
14. Gaza Surf Club (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
In a country locked between Egypt and Israel, Gaza's youth are drawn to their beaches. Weary of the daily 'state of emergency' they seek meaning and perspective to their lives through surfing.
Directors: Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine | Stars: Ibrahim N. Arafat, Mohammed Abu Jayab, Sabah Abu Ghanem, Matthew Olsen
Votes: 259
15. Gaza (2019)
92 min | Documentary
A beautiful portrait of everyday Gazan citizens, leading meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict.
Directors: Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell | Star: Dana Abed
Votes: 564
16. 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
17. The Teacher (2023)
115 min | Drama
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker Lisa and his emotional support for one of his students Adam.
Director: Farah Nabulsi | Stars: Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Nabil Al Raee, Mahmood Bakri, Saleh Bakri
Votes: 217
18. Al-Taghriba Al-Filistinia (2004)
Drama, History
Abu Ahmad and his family are forced to leave the city of Haifa to find a safe shelter during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. However, they face tragic conditions and struggle with displacement.
Stars: Taim Hasan, Juliette Awwad, Basel Khayyat, Qays Sheikh Najib
Votes: 1,386
19. 5 Broken Cameras (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
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
20. 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
21. Notes on Displacement (2023)
80 min | Documentary
By following a family across the Balkan route, a Palestinian director plunges into the horror of exile in a desperate need to recover his lost memories.
Director: Khaled Jarrar
Votes: 9
22. Dreams Deferred: The Struggle for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine (2011)
69 min | Documentary, History, War
Dreams Deferred highlights the voices, opinions, and actions of Israelis and Palestinians who are struggling to nonviolently end the Israeli occupation and achieve a just resolution to the ... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Hitchcock
Votes: 7
23. My Neighbourhood (2012)
25 min | Documentary, Short, News
Mohammed El Kurd is a Palestinian teenager growing up in the heart of East Jerusalem. When Mohammed's family is forced to give up a part of their home to Israeli settlers, local residents ... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Bacha, Rebekah Wingert | Stars: Sara Benninga, Terry Benninga, Zvi Benninga, Mohammed el Kurd
Votes: 43
24. 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
25. Promises (2001)
106 min | Documentary
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
26. 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
27. 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
28. It Must Be Heaven (2019)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. Death in Gaza (2004)
TV-14 | 80 min | Documentary
The harrowing documentary that portrays the horror of the Israeli conflict and the resulting death of its director, James Miller.
Director: James Miller | Stars: James Miller, Saira Shah
Votes: 1,267
33. 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
34. 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
35. Stitching Palestine (2017)
Documentary
Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories, of their lives and of their identity. Their narratives are connected by the enduring ... See full summary »
Director: Carol Mansour
Votes: 22
36. Samouni Road (2018)
128 min | Documentary, Animation
In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It's going to be the first celebration since the latest war. ... See full summary »
Director: Stefano Savona | Stars: Amal Samouni, Fouad Samouni
Votes: 220
37. Children of Shatila (1998)
50 min | Documentary, History
Farah and Issa, two streetwise children living in Beirut's Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, use their imaginations and creativity to come to terms with the realities of growing up in a ... See full summary »
Director: Mai Masri
Votes: 166
38. Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001)
56 min | Documentary, History
Offering a rare glimpse into one side of the Middle East conflict, Frontiers of Dreams and Fears explores the lives of a group of Palestinian children growing up in refugee camps. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Manar Faraj, Mona Zaaroura
Votes: 99
39. Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land (2004 Video)
80 min | Documentary
This video shows how the foreign policy interests of American political elites-working in combination with Israeli public relations stratgies-influence US news reporting about the Middle ... See full summary »
Directors: Sut Jhally, Bathsheba Ratzkoff | Stars: Seth Ackerman, Stav Adivi, Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi
Votes: 567
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. Israelism (2023)
84 min | Documentary
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. Their stories reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.
Directors: Erin Axelman, Sam Eilertsen | Stars: Peter Beinart, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Noam Chomsky, Abraham Foxman
Votes: 3,871
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