Israeli palestinian conflict movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant israeli palestinian conflict movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, tense, bleak and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with israeli palestinian conflict, terrorism, politics, palestinian-israeli conflict, conflict, israeli, society, state affairs, arab and danger plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres shot in USA, Israel, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as israeli palestinian conflict: Bethlehem (2013), The Promise (2011), Fauda (2015), The Attack (2012), Language of the Enemy (2008), Policeman (2011), Inch'Allah (2012), The Honourable Woman (2014), Omar (2013), The Engineer (2023).

List of israeli palestinian conflict movies

 7.1
 2K
Bethlehem (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a ...
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, sad ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, spy, terrorism, danger, undercover, moral dilemma, double agent, special agent, society, informant, israeli ...
Time: year 2013, year 2005, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestinian authority, venice
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 8.4
 2K
The Promise (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: A young British girl travels to Israel/Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.
Style: disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, occupation, soldier, diary, military, wartime life, military life, society, life is a bitch, youth, political unrest, loss of family member ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, palestinian authority
Is relevant?
 8.3
 42K
Fauda (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style: serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, espionage, war on terror, terrorist, mossad, covert operation, israeli, assassination, terror, murder, danger, government agency ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east, belgium
Is relevant?
 7.1
 5K
The Attack (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium, Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: suicide bomber, israeli palestinian conflict, uncover truth, occupation, terrorism, danger, investigation, radical, society, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, civil war ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, lebanon, maghreb ...
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Language of the Enemy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Style: realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, terrorism, couples, politics, danger, unfulfillment, undercover, society, femme fatale, life turned upside down, intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
Is relevant?
 6.3
 1K
Policeman (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, biting, bleak ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, rebellion, danger, state affairs, terrorism, social decay, swat, rebelliousness, society, social differences, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
Is relevant?
 6.8
 3K
Inch'Allah (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
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The Honourable Woman (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, mistrust, political unrest, powerful corporation, family relations, state affairs, undercover, secret service, cia, who to trust, maid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, england, israel, jerusalem ...
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 7.5
 16K
Omar (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Palestine
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Palestinian cinema industry.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful, mind blowing, controversial ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, power of love, friendship, moral dilemma, resistance, confession, gain trust, family relations, danger, love affair, terrorism, love and romance ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, palestinian authority, maghreb, israel
Is relevant?
 4.3
 2K
The Engineer (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: As Israel is rocked by a series of terrorist bombings, a US senator's daughter is killed in one bloody explosion. Now, ex-Mossad agent Etan must lead an elite, covert team of agents and mercenaries to find the man responsible—the elusive ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: military, occupation, mossad, manhunt, terrorism, suicide bomber, wartime life, war zone, soldier, israeli palestinian conflict, palestinian-israeli conflict, wartime ...
Time: 90s
Place: israel, middle east, palestine
Is relevant?
Valley of Tears (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: israeli army, israeli palestinian conflict, military, war, military life, power struggle, battles, fight for supremacy, military base, struggle for survival, fight, protector ...
Time: year 1973, 70s
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, syria, egypt
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 7.9
 56K
The Spy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
Style: factual, serious, realistic, historical drama, exciting ...
Plot: mossad, espionage, spy, israeli palestinian conflict, politics, secret mission, arab, national security, arab israeli conflict, secrets, mafia, death ...
Time: 2010s, 60s
Place: middle east, syria, israel
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 6.7
 6K
Oslo (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace ...
Style: thought provoking, suspense, captivating, historical drama, tension ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, culture clash, political unrest, political intrigue, political conflict, negotiation, diplomacy, political activism, conflict of interest, historical figure, conflict, empathy ...
Time: 90s
Is relevant?
 6.8
 418
Crescendo (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, multicultural ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, train conductor, orchestra conductor, orchestra, musician, problem, social problems, music, classical music, social commentary, mentor, identity ...
Place: israel, palestine, germany
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 6.5
 27K
Beirut (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A former U. S. diplomat returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut.
Style: political, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, hostage, mossad, spy, arab, israeli palestinian conflict, espionage, heroes, fight, covert operation, secret service ...
Time: year 1982, year 1972, 80s, 70s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, palestine
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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, friends, danger, terrorism, politics, society, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
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 7.3
 7K
Lemon Tree (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, politics, injustice, widow, occupation, reconciliation, rules and policies, hopes, life is a bitch, society, legal ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on ...
Style: adult animation, rough, experimental, psychological, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: politics, military, mass murder, memory loss, soldier, haunted by the past, guilt, male pubic hair, catastrophe, memory, mission, army ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: lebanon, israel, middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon
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Salt of This Sea (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. She soon ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, politics, state affairs, social differences, love affair, love and romance, life is a bitch, injustice, discrimination, political unrest, israeli, woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem, persia, new york ...
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Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as ...
Style: epic, retro, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: arab, arab israeli conflict, military, fortress, israeli army, war, conflict, israeli palestinian conflict, struggle, husband wife relationship, desert, adultery ...
Time: 1940s, year 1966, 20th century, year 1948, year 1947
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem, tel aviv israel
Is relevant?
 7.6
 15K
Carlos (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
Style: suspenseful, political, atmospheric, captivating, epic ...
Plot: terrorism, revolutionary, murderer, terrorist, mossad, politics, gunfight, mission, biopic, character study, danger, radical ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2010, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: south america, lebanon, berlin germany, palestine, israel ...
Is relevant?
 6.6
 765
Junction 48 (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Israel, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
Style: thrilling, beautiful
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, israeli, music, musician's life, musician, relationships, love interest, husband wife relationship, problem, social problems, male female relationship, lifestyle ...
Place: israel
Is relevant?
 6.6
 94
Dawn (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, Germany, Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story is set in Palestine in 1947, during the British mandate period. The Zionists are fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state, and four comrades in arms pressure the young Elisha to overcome his moral qualms and fully commit to the ...
Style: historical drama, tense, political thriller, period piece, ambiguous ending
Plot: moral dilemma, israeli palestinian conflict, sacrifice, political intrigue, assassination, holocaust survivor, resistance movement, hostage situation, occupation, mature, brotherhood, claustrophobia ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947
Place: middle east, palestine, israel
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The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An adaptation from the controversial John Adams opera about the true life incident that took place in the mid 80s. The liner "Achille Lauro" is on a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean. While the ship is docked in Alexandria, a maid ...
Style: controversial, historical drama, art house, intense, political drama
Plot: opera, terrorism, hostage, israeli palestinian conflict, controversy, adaptation, moral ambiguity, kidnapping, tragedy, confrontation, ship, mediterranean ...
Time: 80s
Is relevant?
 7.4
 25K
Paradise Now (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Paradise Now is filmed from the perspective of two Palestinian men who are preparing to perform a suicide attack in Israel. This is the first film to deal with the subject of suicide bombers.
Style: disturbing, controversial, depressing, political, rough ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, friendship, islam, suicide, destiny, muslim, conflict, israeli, manipulation ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, israel, jerusalem, maghreb ...
Is relevant?
 8.7
 72
The Invasion (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Jordan
TV show
Story: A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, thrilling ...
Plot: palestinian-israeli conflict, occupation, social problems, political intrigue, military officer, military life, soldier, israeli palestinian conflict, military, political unrest, life is a bitch, family drama ...
Is relevant?
 7.5
 252K
Munich (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style: political, intense, brutal, political thriller, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, espionage, assassination, mossad, vengeance, judaism, politics, terrorist, vigilante, revenge, spy, murder ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, germany, europe ...
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Circus Palestina (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Israel's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998
Style: dark comedy, independent film
Audience: family friendly
Plot: circus, lion, social commentary, small town life, friendship, everyday life, bittersweet, humanity, resilience, israeli palestinian conflict, satire, absurdism ...
Place: palestine, middle east
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A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Style: contemplative, sincere, emotional, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot: biopic, israeli palestinian conflict, conflict, female leader, judaism, intrigue, politics, jew persecution, historical figure, terminal illness, leadership, state affairs ...
Time: 70s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, usa, milwaukee wisconsin ...
Is relevant?
 6.9
 138K
Syriana (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style: political thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place: middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
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