Movies and TV shows set in palestinian authority
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in palestinian authority ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, emotional, bleak, captivating and gloomy films and TV shows about / with society, israeli palestinian conflict, israeli, conflict, state affairs, political unrest, life is a bitch, politics, family relations and terrorism plots mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres shot in France, Israel, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as palestinian authority: Ajami (2009), Omar (2013), The Honourable Woman (2014), Last Days in Jerusalem (2011), Self Made (2014), Villa Touma (2014), Inch'Allah (2012), The Promise (2011), Giraffada (2013), Language of the Enemy (2008).
List of movies set in palestinian authority
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: ...
Style:
sincere, serious, rough, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
missing person, israeli, forbidden love, society, family in danger, family feud, life turned upside down, police brutality, realism, family problems, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, jerusalem, nebraska ...
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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
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
About the emotional upheaval of a Palestinian couple's last moments before leaving voluntarily Jerusalem, their native city, to forge a brighter future in France.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hopes, couples, self discovery, society, introspection, leaving home, interracial relations, couple relations, crumbling marriage, emigration, relocation, nostalgia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
israel, jerusalem, middle east, palestinian authority
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
Style:
realistic, surreal, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
couples, self discovery, mistaken identity, love and romance, memory loss, introspection, disorder, society, impossible love, performer's life, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three unmarried aristocratic Christian sisters from Ramallah have shut themselves in their villa clinging desperately to their former glory, until their orphan niece, Badia, walks into their life and turns their world upside down.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, independent film
Plot:
family relations, wartime life, isolation, life is a bitch, teaching the ways of the world, bittersweet, family in crisis, orphan, sister sister relationship, women, fall in love, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestinian authority, palestine, israel
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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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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?
320
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Yacine is the veterinarian of the only zoo remaining in the Palestinian West Bank. He lives alone with his 10-year old son, Ziad. The kid has a special bond with the two giraffes in the zoo. He seems to be the only one to communicate with them. ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sentimental
Plot:
veterinarian, giraffe, zoo, obsessive quest, young heroes, father son relationship, parents and children, youth, escapades, bomb, coming of age, on the road ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, palestinian authority, israel, tel aviv israel
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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?
280
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two women reunite in London, where they go over the details of a life-changing event which occurred when they were teenagers in Jerusalem.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot:
lesbian interest, haunted by the past, introspection, friendship, hopes, starting over, society, youth, immigrant, political unrest, female pubic hair, lesbian ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
palestine, europe, london, england, palestinian authority ...
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966
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
muslim, human rights, soldier, military, dysfunctional family, society, politics, terrorism, rivalry, confined, family problems, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
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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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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the Freedom Flotilla attempts to bring humanitarian assistance to Gaza refuses to turn back, it is attacked by the Israeli military. In a dramatic battle scene, activists resist and are killed by the Israeli soldiers. A Turkish commando team ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
arab israeli conflict, uninhibited rivalry, military, politics, state affairs, violence spree, soldier, vengeance, political unrest, turk, murder, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, turkey, palestinian authority
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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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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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue in this striking debut feature from Israeli director Michael Mayer.
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, forbidden love, gay relationship, gay couple, gay love, gay student, gay sex, israeli, male homosexuality, love affair, gay romance ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, palestinian authority, asia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two men discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
switched at birth, teenage boy, family relations, family problems, life turned upside down, parents and children, disorder, society, introspection, occupation, adolescence vs adulthood, identity crisis ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, palestinian authority
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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 ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Israel, Italy, India, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Style:
realistic, stylized, emotional, sentimental, breathtaking ...
Plot:
politics, orphan, hopes, arab, refugee, injustice, rebellion, human spirit, society, fall in love, idealism, rebelliousness ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, persia, palestinian authority ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, philosophical, biting ...
Plot:
disorder, society, culture clash, suicide, israeli, moving, judaism, mission, bicycle, injustice, nothing goes right, misfit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric, avant garde ...
Plot:
politics, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, society, ship, social differences, parent child relationship, justice, filmmaking, family business, dictator ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, barcelona, palestinian authority, egypt, africa ...
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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 ...
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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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