Israeli army movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant israeli army movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspense and sincere films and TV shows about / with israeli army, israeli, soldier, military, israeli palestinian conflict, hebrew, military life, family relations, occupation and israeli soldier plots mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres shot in Israel, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as israeli army: Valley of Tears (2020), Charlie Golf One (2016), Zero Motivation (2014), Two Fingers from Sidon (1986), Kippur (2000), Torn Apart (1990), A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), Paratroopers (1977), Foxtrot (2017), Fauda (2015).

List of israeli army movies

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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Charlie Golf One (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A series taking place in an army medical center located in a remote military base and following the bizarre characters and occurrences in the center.
Style: sincere, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: israeli army, female soldier, military, lesbian, army life, physician, wartime, army, soldier, military base, medicine, pow ...
Place: middle east, israel
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Zero Motivation (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their ...
Style: funny, witty, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: office, kick-butt women, satire, military, virginity, female soldier, military base, soldier, friendship, female pubic hair, israeli army, israeli ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, russia, tokyo
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Two Fingers from Sidon (1986)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.
Style: suspenseful, tense, reflective, bleak, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: moral dilemma, realism, israeli army, combat, moral ambiguity, guerilla warfare, soldier, political conflict, platoon, occupation, fear, loss ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
Is relevant?
 6.3
 2K
Kippur (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style: tense, disturbing, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, israeli, conflict, sex scene, israeli army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, syria, iraq ...
Is relevant?
 5.7
 219
Torn Apart (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Jew and an Arab in Israel become romantically involved, much to their family's dismay.
Style: romantic drama, independent film, political drama
Plot: incestuous relationship, israeli army, star crossed lovers, tragedy, forbidden love, interfaith relationship, middle east conflict, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic romance, social commentary, intolerance, cultural difference ...
Place: israel, middle east
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A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A story about the childhood of Oz in Jerusalem and his youth in the Kibbutz during the British Mandate and the first days of the state of Israel. The plot describes the relationship between young Oz to his mother and his first steps as a writer.
Style: costume drama, sad, sincere, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: insomnia, depression, israeli palestinian conflict, writers, propaganda, biopic, family relations, anti semitism, school, husband wife relationship, judaism, childhood memory ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, year 1945, year 1947
Place: palestine, israel, europe, tel aviv israel, india ...
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 7.0
 103
Paratroopers (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Not everyone is born to be a soldier. Not even in Israel, where universal conscription is the tradition. This movie is about a Sad Sack in the Israeli army, incompetent to complete training and yet incompetent to extricate himself.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: israeli, basic training, power relations, soldier, misfit, army investigation, military, hapless soldier, military life, officers and cadets, boot camp, nudity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: israel
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Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (2011)
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
Is relevant?
 7.2
 8K
Foxtrot (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A personal movie inspired by Maoz’s experience as a soldier, through a tragic yet universal story of grief.
Style: social, surreal, political, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: israeli army, bare breasts, camel, israeli, israeli soldier, dementia, grief, loss of son, marijuana, accidental death, judaism, dialogue ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: israel, palestine, middle east, switzerland
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
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The Battle of Sinai (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the Six Day War between Egypt and Israel a crack team of soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission and end up getting stranded in the desert, where they are forced to fight off numerous attacks by the enemy.
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, period piece, grim ...
Audience: adult
Plot: combat, soldier, mission, military, israeli army, survival, sacrifice, stranded, isolation, ambush, camaraderie, heroism ...
Place: israel
Is relevant?
 5.8
 873
Disengagement (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
Style: emotional, contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, society, eviction, culture clash, unfulfillment, politics, sibling relationship, siblings, estrangement, funeral, forgery, last will and testament ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, germany, palestine, france
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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
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When Heroes Fly (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Eleven years after falling out, four friends, war veterans of a Special Forces unit, reunite for one final mission: to find Yaeli, a former lover of one of them and sister of another. Their journey will take them deep into the Colombian jungle but, ...
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, tense, suspense
Plot: israeli, disappearance, israeli army, jungle, soldier, girlfriend, friendship, investigation, danger, rivalry, ptsd, person thought dead is alive ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: colombia, israel
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Tel Aviv On Fire (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Luxembourg, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how ...
Style: realistic, inspirational, intense, thought provoking, comedy drama
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, imperialism, injustice, life philosophy, love and romance, military, society, politics, culture clash, soldier, satire, israeli army ...
Time: 2010s
Place: palestine, israel, middle east
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I Don't Give a Damn (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Like many, another young Israeli, Rafi never gave much thought to the fact that when he reached a certain age, he would be expected to serve in the Israeli Army and that he would experience active duty in combat. It certainly never occurred to him ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot: disability, introspection, soldier, military, hopes, life is a bitch, youth, love and romance, down on your luck, life turned upside down, nudity, hospital ...
Time: 80s
Place: israel, tel aviv israel
Is relevant?
 6.1
 350
I Want to See (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lebanon
Duration: 75 min.
Story: July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the ...
Style: reflective, art house, independent film, non-linear, semi documentary ...
Plot: road trip, destruction, ruins, trauma, post war, memory, investigation, experimental narrative, intimate, humanitarian, war trauma, testimony ...
Time: 2000s
Place: lebanon, middle east, beirut lebanon
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 6.3
 320
Giraffada (2013)
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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Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sergio Konstanza, a Swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Seargent is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.
Style: cult classic, not serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: israeli, conservative, israeli culture, soldier, desert, satire, silly humor, disorder, nothing goes right, daring rescue, chases and races, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: israel, middle east, egypt, palestine, asia
Is relevant?
 6.2
 142
The Day We Met (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous
Plot: occupation, israeli, law enforcement, soldier, danger, military, army investigation, woman in danger, military base, military life, israeli army, mental patient ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: israel
Is relevant?
 8.5
 196
M.K. 22 (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: M.K. 22 is an Israeli animated sitcom, revolving around the adventures of soldiers in a fictional IDF military base hosting the so-called "Israeli doomsday weapon". The show was created for the cable channel Bip and debuted in March 2004, ...
Style: cynical, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot: satire, soldier, army, military life, military, friends, military base, corrupt officer, buddies, superior officer, desert, sergeant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
Is relevant?
 7.2
 6K
The Bubble (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. ...
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay sex, sex, male nudity, gay love, gay, lgbtq, forbidden love, israeli, gay interest, lgbt, gay soldier ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, palestine, idaho ...
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 7.2
 7K
Ajami (2009)
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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Eyes of a Thief (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter.
Style: emotional, realistic, political, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot: secrets, redemption, guilt, loss, grief, identity, occupation, honor, betrayal, revenge, claustrophobia, israeli army ...
Time: 2010s
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, jerusalem
Is relevant?
 6.3
 7K
Synonyms (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, humorous ...
Plot: gay, naked man, erection, male nudity, male model, male male relationship, young man, lgbt, israeli, fleeing, gay interest, society ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: israel, france, paris france, palestine
Is relevant?
 6.6
 2K
Zaytoun (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter pilot form a tentative bond in their attempt to make their way across war-torn Lebanon back to their home.
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot: boy, friendship, refugee, battle zone, danger, military, military life, soldier, israeli, on the road, man boy relationship, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place: middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon, lebanon
Is relevant?
 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?
 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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The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, clever, exciting ...
Plot: boy, kindergarten, israeli, female teacher, obsession, dedicated educator, teaching the ways of the world, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, prodigy, single parent, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, madrid, tel aviv israel, jerusalem ...
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