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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ovadia Rachmim is the strongest and most violent doorman of Tel Aviv night clubs. He and his wife Rachel are trying to get pregnant for 5 years. A small time gangster named Shalom, offers Ovadia a job, to be a debts collector, offering him a lot of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating
Plot:
gangster, husband wife relationship, israeli, parenthood, fatherhood, family problems, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations, criminal, outlaw gang ...
Place:
palestine, tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In an old apartment building on the wrong side of the tracks, two women, unknown to each other, live across the hall on the second floor. Galia is an assassin involved against her will with the local sex-traffic mafia. All she wants is to reunite ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, russian mafia, assassin, female fighter, chase, woman in danger, on the run, rivalry, danger, friendship, disobey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ukraine, israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live together in a cruel and violent relationship, from which Tami seems unable to set herself free. Tami and Moshe are father and daughter...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
father daughter incest, incest, incestuous sex, sex with father, father daughter sex, sex with daughter, inbreeding, incestuous relationship, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the best-selling novel by the same name, "Asylum City" is set in the underworld of refugees and asylum seekers; those looking to help them and those who take advantage of their plight. A young social activist is found dead and the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
murder, homicide detective, police detective, female detective, female police detective, police officer, uncover truth, partners against crime, policewoman, fighting crime, crime solving, investigation ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Alon Shenhav, an outstanding detective officer who came from Nahariya and moved to Tel Aviv, is asked to return to his hometown and acts there as a detective officer for a year. When he returns, he discovers that Maor Ezra is a criminal organization ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot:
mafia, obsession, justice, fight for justice, changing lives, moral dilemma, character change, sacrifice, police detective, morals, fighting crime, ambition ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just ...
Style:
light, humorous, contemplative, captivating, surreal
Plot:
rabbi, matchmaking, family dinner, looking for love, self discovery, family relations, fall in love, couples, love and romance, society, friendship, interfaith relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, israel, tel aviv israel, zurich switzerland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Alexander Portnoy, a Jewish man employed as the assistant commissioner of human opportunity for New York City. During a session with his psychoanalyst, he explores his childhood, his relationship ...
Style:
sexual, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, family relations, power relations, religions or cults, couples, repression, coming of age, love and romance, youth, doctors and patients, rebelliousness, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1972, 1940s
Place:
middle east, new jersey, usa, new york, vermont ...
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194
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Through a mosaic of stories intertwined and created a current picture of the sad social and economic situation in Israel. Mother forced into prostitution to support her son; Blind man must survive after loosing his dog; Son is looking for his rocker ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak
Plot:
single mother, social realism, urban, unemployment, slice of life, moral ambiguity, blindness, poverty, disability, hit and run, unplanned pregnancy, prostitution ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tel aviv israel
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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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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Israel
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Lilly Perry Amitai, Blind Man's Bluff takes a bittersweet look at the life of a young Israeli woman. Trying to distance herself from her Holocaust survivor parents and ex-boyfriend, pianist Micki Stav moves out of her ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, art house, psychological, period drama
Plot:
coming of age, female protagonist, musician, holocaust survivor, pianist, self discovery, independence, identity, classical music, mature woman, resilience, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tel aviv israel
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692
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of friends in a Tel Aviv suburb get together to watch Universong, a Eurovision-like television song contest. They gather to watch and are depressed by the lifelessness of the Israeli entry, a parody of many recent offerings, a flashy, ...
Style:
parody, captivating, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
gay, gay couple, singing competition, friendship, group of friends, lgbt, competition, music, contests and competitions, lgbtq, music band, contest ...
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, paris france
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256
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Meir and his mother Miriam are living a hum drum life in rural Israel. The opening scene has them dusting in matching head scarfs, our first hint that this young boy might grow up to bat for the other team. My favorite quote from the film is spoken ...
Plot:
gay, search for mother, transsexual, drag queen, psychiatric hospital, lgbt, gay couple, gay subtext, singer, father son relationship, soldier, gay slur ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Israel, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1939, Kalman, an ambitious young businessman, leaves Europe to join his sister Samantha in Palestine. She lives with Dov, an idealistic architect obsessed with the Bauhaus style. With their friends, they form a group, which discusses the future ...
Plot:
conflict, israeli, israeli palestinian conflict, immigrant, utopia, family relations, zionism, sex, bookstore, husband wife relationship, world war two, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
palestine, israel, tel aviv israel
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990
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
L.A. shop owner Dana and Englishman Sean meet and fall in love at first sight, but Sean is married and Dana is to marry her business partner Alex.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, destiny, love, memory, storytelling, adultery, death, marital infidelity, lost love, stranger, infidelity, couples ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
paris france, middle east, montmartre paris, london, israel ...
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689
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The director of Sue continues his exploration of the theme of lonely women lost in the big city with Fiona, which goes one step further and exposes the wasted lives of whores and junkies in New York. The story of Fiona and her mother told in eight ...
Style:
erotic, independent film, neorealism, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
unsimulated sex, lesbian sex, sex crime, sexual content, oral sex, mother daughter incest, lesbian cunnilingus, striptease, society, prostitute, girl, stepfather stepdaughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tel aviv israel, israel, california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Dispatched to investigate a mysterious and ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, spy, terrorist plot, ambassador, reporter, conspiracy, covert operation, meme, buddy, secret agent, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel, middle east, los angeles, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
family relations, writer's life, family problems, working class, dysfunctional family, creative block, small town, small town life, unemployment, social decay, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- ...
Style:
funny, not serious, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
couples, follow your dream, hidden identity, farce, taxi, superhero, starting over, culture clash, superhuman, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, understanding ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, israel, middle east, usa, lebanon ...
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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: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now, to find his dad and recover a sacred scroll, he'll have to outwit officials and a ruthless ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, feel good, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, martial arts, terrorism, kidnapping, adventurer, missing person, artifact, religions or cults, obsessive quest, parents and children, one against many, father son relationship ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, jerusalem, ukraine
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
Style:
sincere, psychological, realistic, serious, road movie ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, hopes, politics, vietnam veteran, self discovery, introspection, redemption, haunted by the past, society, obsessive quest, on the road ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, salt lake city utah, africa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large of sum of money.
Style:
road movie, thought provoking, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
female protagonist, on the road, border crossing, border, taxi, breakup, society, friendship, political unrest, culture clash, storytelling, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
israel, jordan, jerusalem, palestine, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three parallel stories of immigrants in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War and about coming together while sealed in a room during the Scud attacks.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot:
israeli, gulf war, immigrant, society, opposites attract, couple relations, love and romance, couples, pregnancy, wartime life, fall in love, police ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
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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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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
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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: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The stories of 3 related families leaving in the same building at the address of Vitek St. #9. The series starts when Tiki, a tour guide, and Ilan, an insurance agent, move in with their daughter Galia to the 3rd floor. Tiki's brother Yoram, an ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, sentimental
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
israeli, couples, family relations, friends, couple relations, lifestyle, siblings relations, parents and children, friendship, family life, marriage, apartment building ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
rabbi, judaism, orthodox jew, women's rights, love and romance, family relations, matchmaking, moral dilemma, wedding planning, introspection, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, belgium, tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rabbi, culture clash, fish out of water, midlife crisis, religions or cults, society, nothing goes right, disorder, husband wife relationship, israeli, immigrant, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, france, paris france, europe, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A family man becomes obsessed with looking at his own life out of context.
Style:
contemplative, psychological, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, midlife crisis, family life, couple relations, introspection, obsession, hopes, surrealism, husband wife relationship, lie, routine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
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