Movies and TV shows set in tel aviv israel
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in tel aviv israel ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, serious and emotional films and TV shows about / with israeli, urban, hebrew, friendship, relationships, bittersweet, identity, slice of life, obsession and lgbt plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Israel, UK, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tel aviv israel: Yossi (2012), Good Boys (2005), People That Are Not Me (2016), Mouna (2019), The Other War (2008), Tel Aviv Stories (1992), PMTA (2018), Diamonds (1975), Goodbye, New York (1985), Beauty and the Baker (2013).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay soldier, gay porn, sadness, loneliness, male nudity, sexual attraction, haunted by the past, bereavement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east, palestine
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413
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Movie follows two young gay hustlers through interwoven stories during a night in Tel Aviv.
Style:
independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
gay father, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay hustler, underworld, male nudity, talking about love, hustler, gay sex, homoeroticism, male prostitution ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Joy can't let go of her ex, but doesn't seem to be able to fall for the new guy. In the meantime she keeps having casual sex with strangers.
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, art house, psychological, sensual ...
Plot:
loneliness, urban, character study, intimacy, israeli, self discovery, alienation, obsession, casual sex, young adult, love hate relationship, street life ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, palestine
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mouna is a Palestinian photographer living in Tel Aviv, moments before her big professional break. When a military operation in Gaza goes out of hand, she is faced with the realities of both worlds she lives in, and with the close relationships with ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense, political drama
Plot:
female photographer, relationships, domestic violence, national identity, family drama, cultural conflict, identity crisis, female protagonist, problem, woman, male female relationship, family problems ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, paris france, palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
In a middle of a war, three women fight for a normal life, but can never seem to agree on the actual meaning of normal. "The other war" tells the tale of Tel-Aviv during the second Lebanon war. It's a film about Israel, Militarism and ...
Style:
tense, melancholic
Plot:
militarism, urban, lesbian, anxiety, social commentary, mature, female friendship, love story, moral ambiguity, social realism, anti war, fiancee ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tel aviv israel, lebanon, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages; one turns Tel Aviv upside down in order to save a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
Style:
anthology, lighthearted, romantic comedy, offbeat, feel good ...
Plot:
relationships, city life, dating, slice of life, divorce, street life, female empowerment, social satire, friendship, jewish culture, hostage situation, police ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel, middle east
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162
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Marcel Ben David is a former police officer that joins PMTA (initials in Hebrew for: Tel Aviv District Attorney), and herself in the middle of an entangled corruption story. A suspenseful legal drama with Chen Amsalem, Shlomo Bar-Aba and Oshri Cohen.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, captivating, clever, serious ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, district attorney, israeli, judiciary, attorney general, police interrogation, lawyer, judge, court, legal, cover up ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, jerusalem
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392
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, Israel, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Richard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!
Style:
suspense, period piece, twisted, retro, stylized ...
Plot:
heist, diamonds, twins, deception, wealth, mastermind, aristocrat, treasure, glamour, cat and mouse, luxury, british aristocracy ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east, london, jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young New York woman, devastated to find out that her husband has been cheating on her, decides to hop a plane to Paris to get away. However, she falls asleep on the plane, misses her connection, and winds up in Israel, with no money, no luggage ...
Style:
comedy drama, romantic comedy, lighthearted, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, infidelity, fish out of water, culture clash, female empowerment, slice of life, money, hotel, hotel room, airport, airplane, camel ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Amos, a 28-year-old baker, still lives with his parents and works in the family business. Noa is the most famous woman in the country and the beautiful daughter of a hotel magnate. Noa and Amos will meet by mistake, but it's a meeting neither ...
Style:
romantic comedy, rom com, feel good, lighthearted, emotional
Plot:
love story, relationships, impossible love, rich woman poor man, meet cute, israeli, celebrity, unrequited love, fame, love and romance, fashion model, love triangle ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel, middle east
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Naor's Friends is an Israeli television sitcom created by Naor Zion for the Israeli Channel 10. The series premiered on November 14, 2006 and series 3 started airing on April 5, 2011. The Israeli comedian Naor Zion completely wrote and directed ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
friends, israeli, friendship, looking for love, lifestyle, buddies, couples, wooing, singleness, silly humor, looking for sex, city life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A ten-year-old Israeli boy whose father died years earlier during the Six-Day-War is determined to find out more about his father's death. He skips school and, with the help of a friendly cab driver, heads to Jerusalem to find the men who ...
Style:
emotional, historical drama, reflective, period piece, educational ...
Plot:
coming of age, father son relationship, war trauma, national identity, boyhood, grief, road trip, memory, post war, humanism, investigation, mourning ...
Place:
jerusalem, tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Meir (Sasson Gabay of The Band’s Visit and Shtisel) and Tova (Rita Shukrun) are a long-married couple living in an upscale high-rise in Tel Aviv. Itzik (Lior Ashkenazi) is their new neighbor, a worldly modeling agent and bachelor. The couple ...
Style:
emotional, art house, satirical, psychological, witty
Plot:
jealousy, marriage, obsession, relationships, character study, neighbor, midlife crisis, loneliness, intimate, social satire, competition, sexual tension ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In an alternate reality of present day Israel, a Haredi wheeler-dealer named Broide makes his living smuggling minor contraband between the secular “State of Israel” and the ultra-Orthodox “Haredi Autonomy” in Jerusalem. One day he receives ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
dystopia, kidnapping, alternate reality, child abduction, religious conflict, social problems, family problems, social issues, relationships, changing lives, life is a bitch, love interest ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Yehuda Levy, a famous actor and revered fear mature 35-year-old, suffers from panic attacks, binge eating and mood swings after a difficult separation. It meets the latest candidate to be a girl his wife and the two formed a special bond
Style:
realistic, clever, semi serious, witty, sincere ...
Plot:
actor, profanity, introspection, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, thirtysomething life, actor's life, unfulfillment, celebrity, mental health, character study, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A disfigured concentration-camp survivor, unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, noir, neo noir, social ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, world war two, nazi, hospital, brutality, holocaust, haunted by the past, genocide, surgery, survivor, violence against women, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1938, year 1944 ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, west germany, switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Three Israeli friends start selling Malabi dessert at their stall. They unknowingly use an ingredient that gets customers high, attracting people worldwide.
Style:
humorous, sexy, not serious, realistic, multicultural ...
Plot:
silly humor, twentysomething life, fall in love, love triangle, buddies, friends, love and romance, food, israeli, friendship, street vendor, media sensation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, tel aviv israel, latin america
Is relevant?
103
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Robi is a young Israeli who lives his grandparents and works at their store. He dreams of finding true love and becoming a movie director, both of which seem increasingly difficult. His film career stalls, until he can get financial backing and his ...
Style:
independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, art house, period piece
Plot:
israeli, gay, grandmother, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, sexuality, lgbtq, lgbt, character study, coming of age, identity, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
TV show
Story:
After serving 17 years in prison for a murder conviction, Asa Katz receives an early release on the condition that he continues to cooperate with the police as their jailhouse informant. Asa returns to his old neighborhood and to his older brother, ...
Style:
psychological, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
revenge, criminal underworld, moral ambiguity, anti hero, informant, double life, killing, police officer, brother brother relationship, ex convict, family problems, murderer ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Four partners at a law firm called "Heder" gain notoriety by helping victims of sex crimes and speaking out against patriarchy.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
feminism, teamwork, lawyer, attorney, rape victim, law, social commentary, social justice, patriarchy, female empowerment, righting the wronged, legal ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel, eastern europe
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159
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An Israeli sitcom focusing on a Jewish-Ethiopian-Israeli family whose son (Yossi Vasa) is married to a Jewish-Ashkenazi-Israeli woman (Meyrav Feldman). The mixed family navigates the prejudices and tensions involved in raising their five-year old ...
Style:
satirical, sitcom, intercultural, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
culture clash, jewish culture, parents and children, lifestyle, eccentric family, cultural difference, satire, identity, daughter, marriage, social commentary, prejudice ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
TV show
Story:
When showbiz and everyday life intertwine. an inside look at the life of one of Israel's most popular and prolific comedians, Adir Miller. Stand-up comedian, creator and star of the popular comedy, Traffic Light, Adir gives viewers a ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, ironic, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, showbiz, comedian, behind the scenes, stand up comedian, irony, humour, joke, character study, celebrity culture, fame, celebrity ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US ...
Style:
political, semi autobiographical, thrilling, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prime minister, female protagonist, political leader, occupation, politics, political activism, politician, historical figure, world politics, historical event, historical character, political intrigue ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel, cairo egypt, syria, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male written love letters, that undermine his sexual identity and interfere on his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay crush, homoeroticism, sexual attraction, bare chested male, masturbation, desire, love letter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, self discovery, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east, asia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Israeli TV sitcom about a divorced couple trying to live their lives together.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, couple relations, divorce, family relations, friends, communication, family conflict, parenting, slice of life, everyday life, second chance, families ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Egon Schultz, the last Nazi criminal, is extradited by Syria to Israel. Hoffman, A wealthy businessman and son of a holocaust survivor, puts out a 2 million dollar contract on his head and a group of people turned Nazi-Hunters make their way through ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, serious, dark ...
Plot:
israeli, holocaust, hitman, revenge, nazi hunter, survivor, assassin, justice, trauma, retribution, vigilante justice, war crime ...
Time:
2000s, near future
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, germany ...
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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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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A political thriller that unfolds during the British Mandate in 1930s Tel Aviv, following two British police officers, Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton, in their hunt for poet and Zionist activist Avraham Stern, who is plotting to evict British ...
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
love, impossible love, zionism, death, female protagonist, prison, police officer, torture, bomb, police, informant, death sentence ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
tel aviv israel, palestine
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, sincere, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, mossad, terrorist, male pubic hair, gay club, lgbt, hitman, homoeroticism, redemption, glbt, murder ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
israel, germany, berlin germany, argentina, lebanon ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, uplifting, sexual, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
israeli, lifeguard, nudity, beach, friendship, infidelity, rock, adolescence vs adulthood, voyeurism, womanizer, buddies, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, tel aviv israel
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