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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: 1,287
2. Exodus (1960)
Approved | 208 min | Action, Drama, War
The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford
Votes: 11,438 | Gross: $18.97M
3. 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: 3,842
4. 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: 3,809 | Gross: $12.20M
5. 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: 2,130
6. 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: 6,660 | Gross: $0.11M
7. 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: 318
8. A Woman Called Golda (1982 TV Movie)
191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Franklin Cover, Judy Davis
Votes: 1,058
9. The Jews Are Coming (2014– )
24 min | Comedy, History
A satirical Israeli television series of sketches about the history of the Jewish people, from biblical times to present day.
Stars: Moni Moshonov, Yael Sharoni, Yaniv Biton, Ido Mosseri
Votes: 405
10. 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: 1,167
11. 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: 6,319
12. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
300 min | Documentary, History, War
Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, violence and peace efforts from 1948 to 1998.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, King Hussein, Shimon Peres, Abba Eban
Votes: 302
13. The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama, History
An English family fights to establish truth, justice, and accountability from the Israeli army after their son - Tom, a young photo-journalism student - is shot in the head in Gaza by an Israeli army sniper in April 2003.
Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Zidane Awad, Stephen Dillane, Kerry Fox, Mark Bazeley
Votes: 210
14. 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: 580
15. Kedma (2002)
100 min | Drama, History, War
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Andrei Kashker, Helena Yaralova, Moni Moshonov, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Votes: 791 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Blue Box (2021)
82 min | Documentary
The JNF's Blue Boxes were part of a successful fund raising campaign to support the purchase of land in Palestine. Joseph Weitz was the man who orchestrated the acquisition and expropriation of Palestinian lands.
Director: Michal Weits | Stars: Ren Burttet, Dror Keren, R.H. Thomson, Michal Weits
Votes: 105
17. Defamation (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"
Director: Yoav Shamir | Stars: Yoav Shamir, Abraham Foxman, Bob Wolfson, Notav
Votes: 1,869 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Rising (2020– )
24 min | Drama
An adventure series set in 1946, two pivotal years before the State of Israel was founded. A seemingly innocent training farm secretly functions as a Strike Forces (Palmach) training base ... See full summary »
Stars: David Levinski, Meir Tamam, Gil Weiss, Matan Ksaidar
Votes: 32
19. Advocate (2019)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years.
Directors: Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones | Stars: Lea Tsemel, Yasser Joubeh, Suheila Dweik, Ossama Amro
Votes: 382
20. Al-lail (1992)
116 min | Drama, History, War
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan, a key battlefield in the 1967 war between Syria and Israel. We are led to the grave of the filmmakers' father, an ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Malas | Stars: Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou, Hazar Awad
Votes: 170
21. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak
Votes: 449 | Gross: $0.03M
22. Pillar of Fire (1981)
50 min | Documentary, History
Documentary mini series about the History of Zionism.
Stars: Yossi Banai, Ian McKellen
Votes: 79
23. Censored Voices (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
CENSORED VOICES combines raw original recordings of Israeli soldiers recounting their fears and doubts following Israel's 1967 Six-Day War, using archival newsreel footage as a stark reminder of how far the region remains from peace.
Director: Mor Loushy | Star: Amos Oz
Votes: 321 | Gross: $0.03M
24. Colliding Dreams (2015)
134 min | Documentary, History
COLLIDING DREAMS recounts the dramatic history of one of the most controversial, and urgently relevant political ideologies of the modern era.
Directors: Joseph Dorman, Oren Rudavsky | Star: Alan Rosenberg
Votes: 119 | Gross: $0.08M
25. Four Blood Moons (2015)
PG | 84 min | Drama, History
It is rare that science, history and scripture align with each other, yet the last three series of Four Blood Moons have done exactly that. Are these the "signs" that God refers to in the ... See full summary »
Director: Kieth Merrill | Stars: Cameron Amari, Jane Bailey, Darryl Baldwin, Perry Ball
Votes: 187
26. 1948 (1998)
54 min | Documentary
The documentary records the memories of a group of Palestinian elders, mainly veterans from the 1948 expulsions. Their stories of refugee struggles are interspersed with poems of Mahmoud Darwish.
Director: Mohammad Bakri | Stars: Taha Muhammad Ali, Liana Badar, Mohammad Bakri, Oum Salah
Votes: 13
27. Objector (2019)
75 min | Documentary
Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage... See full summary »
Director: Molly Stuart | Star: Atalya Ben-Abba
Votes: 111
28. Where Should the Birds Fly (2013)
Documentary
Made by Palestinians living the reality it is the story of Israel's years long siege of Gaza and its 2008-2009 attack, told through the eyes of two young women,Mona Samouni, now 10 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta.
Director: Fida Qishta
Votes: 33
29. Occupied Palestine (1981)
87 min | Documentary
Long before the first Intifada drew international media to focus on Palestinian life under Israeli rule, David Koff produced this in-depth portrait of the daily conflict being waged in ... See full summary »
Director: David Koff
Votes: 7
30. Once We Were Dreamers (1987)
PG | 120 min | Drama
A commune of young Jews from Europe establish a settlement in the Sinai Desert after World War I.
Director: Uri Barbash | Stars: Kelly McGillis, John Shea, Arnon Zadok, Christine Boisson
Votes: 87
31. 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
32. Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace (2005– )
Documentary, History, War
World leaders comment on the unraveling peace process and continued violence between Israelis and Palestinians from 1999 to 2005.
Stars: Saeb Erekat, Ariel Sharon, Yasser Arafat, Juliet Stevenson
Votes: 53
33. Mur (2004)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A meditation on the separation fence in Israel-Palestine that imprisons one people while enclosing the other.
Director: Simone Bitton
Votes: 285
34. Revivre (2009)
45 min | Drama, History
The story of the illegal immigrant Yehuda Halevi ship that brought immigrants to Israel from Morocco in 1947. On her way to Israel stopped in France to collect holocaust survivors.
Stars: Bernard Campan, Marie-France Pisier, Jocelyn Quivrin, Marc Ruchmann
Votes: 33
35. Une terre deux fois promise: Israël-Palestine (2018– )
Documentary, History, War
Two-part documentary to understand the genesis of an endless war in the Middle East.
Stars: Dina Porat, Elie Barnavi, Anita Shapira, Gadi Taub
Votes: 125
36. Berlin-Jerusalem (1989)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama
Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine: Mania Vilbouchevich Shohat (1880-1961), called Tania, a Russian Jew and revolutionary, goes from Minsk to... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Lisa Kreuzer, Rivka Neuman, Markus Stockhausen, Benjamin Levi
Votes: 97
37. Operation Sunflower (2014)
105 min | Drama, History
Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Director: Avraham Kushnir | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz, Tzufit Grant
Votes: 53
38. Gaza: Still Alive (2019)
53 min | Documentary
Revealing the mental health catastrophe among Palestinians in the impoverished Gaza Strip, after a decade of isolation from the world and amid ongoing war trauma.
Director: Harry Fear | Stars: Harry Fear, Hasan Zeyada
39. Nekam Achat Mishtey Eynay (2005)
100 min | Documentary
A documentary on the treatment of Palestianians by members of the Israeli army.
Director: Avi Mograbi | Star: Shredi Jabarin
Votes: 228
40. T'Kuma (1998)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of Israel's first fifty years of statehood, TKUMA brings to the screen the tragedies and joyful milestones of Israel's first half century.
Stars: Igal Naor, Joanne Lara, Michael Greenspan
Votes: 35
41. Jaffa la mienne (1998)
53 min | Documentary
The history of Palestinian "Nakba" and exile through the eyes and memories of wealthy Palestinian families of the Gargours and the Araktingis from the town of Jaffa.
Director: Roviros Manthoulis
42. To Gaza with Love (2009)
71 min | Documentary, Drama
A rag-tag team of international peace activists aboard two fishing boats, who decided to take on the might of the Israeli military. They break the siege of Gaza. Refusing to be intimidated,... See full summary »
Director: Aki Nawaz | Stars: Aki Nawaz, Yvonne Ridley
43. The Unimportant (2021– )
30 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
The series focuses on major events and figures in history but is told through the unusual and funny perspective of events forgotten from history.
Star: Dror Keren
Votes: 5
44. The Assassination (2018)
84 min | Documentary
On Friday, June 16, 1933, while walking with his wife Sima on the beach in Tel Aviv, Chaim Arlosoroff - a promising leader and a rising star in the Zionist movement - was shot dead at the ... See full summary »
Director: Avi Weissblei
Votes: 6
45. Ma'abarot (2019)
50 min | Documentary
A four episodes documentary series that unveils one of the most controversial topics in the history of the Israeli state. Rare archival materials and testimonials of former residents tell ... See full summary »
Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Yossi Alfi, Sammy Smooha, Sami Shalom Chetrit
Votes: 9
46. Who Do You Think You Are? (II) (2009–2010)
50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Each episode focuses on one public figure and follows the protagonists' journeys towards their families' pasts, a journey that takes place between countries, people and historic periods in ... See full summary »
Stars: Tal Friedman, Gabi Gazit, Shifra Horn, Ohad Knoller
47. Tel Aviv-Jaffa (2009)
60 min | Documentary
Mini series focusing on the history of Tel Aviv-Jaffa.
Stars: Modi Bar-On, Alma Zack
48. Altalena (1994)
53 min | Documentary
This documentary examines the 1948 episode of the Altalena, a ship whose fate nearly incited civil war in the newly-established State of Israel. Immediately after Israel attained statehood,... See full summary »
Director: Ilana Tsur | Star: Itzik Weingarten
49. Rabin in His Own Words (2015)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
20 years after his assassination, Yitzhak Rabin himself tells his dramatic life story.
Director: Erez Laufer | Star: Yitzhak Rabin
Votes: 39
50. Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment (2010)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History
Inventing Our Life examines the 100 year history of Israel's kibbutz movement, one of the world's longest running and most successful experiments in pure communism. Recreating its glorious ... See full summary »
Director: Toby Perl Freilich
Votes: 25 | Gross: $0.01M