Best Israeli Movies – page 5
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Children's musical based on Grimm's fairy tale of The Frog-King. A young girl learns how to be a good friend and princess with the help of a "tall frog."
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, mysterious, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
youth, broadway, magical, mermaid, princess, friends, teaching the ways of the world, legends and myths, friendship, love and romance, friend, girl ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to be committed were Holocaust survivors. A legend says that to ...
Style:
uplifting, psychological, emotional, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
mental institution, haunted by the past, uncover truth, human spirit, culture clash, memory loss, life is a bitch, hopes, mentally unstable, conflict, israeli, israeli palestinian conflict ...
Place:
israel, palestine, usa, middle east
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Comic drama that tells the story of the Geva family - a bourgeois family from Jerusalem. When the mother of the family, Ora, goes into a coma after a car accident, the family members try to bring her back in every way possible.
Style:
tragicomedy, semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, parents and children, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, siblings relations, family in crisis, bittersweet, family drama, coma, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, jerusalem
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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: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, cerebral, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, moral dilemma, flying a kite, female protagonist, hallucination, actor's life, lifestyle, child illness, parallel world, escape from reality, one last job, society ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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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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: 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: Israel, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
wedding, beach, israeli, honeymoon, family relations, estrangement, friendship, maid, couples, hopes, lifestyle, orphan ...
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, mediterranean sea, asia ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While receiving a routine check-up, a beautiful woman is stalked by a maniac out to avenge a childhood Valentine's Day humiliation.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, rough ...
Plot:
hospital, serial killer, murder, psychopath, valentine's day, child murders a child, physical exam, stalking, female nudity, decapitation, masked killer, blood ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1980, year 1961, 20th century
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162
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tom, a high school senior who is required by his father to find a new residence within 2 weeks, finds himself in a demanding relationship with a fashion photographer who is older than him, while secretly being in love with his close friend Gilad.
Style:
lgbt cinema
Plot:
gay, gay anal sex, gay interest, gay sex, gay crush, photographer, nude photography, father son relationship, fashion photographer, lgbt, gay subtext, lgbt teen ...
Place:
tel aviv israel
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a Soviet space station crashes into a New York City subway tunnel, a species of venomous spiders is discovered, and soon they mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the city. Starring Patrick Muldoon, Christa Campbell, directed by ...
Style:
scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Plot:
giant spider, spider, deadly creature, dangerous animal, creature feature, killer animal, creature, mutant animal, danger, animal attack, arachnophobia, giant monster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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74
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
optimism, parents and children, family relations, family life, misfit, family problems, dysfunctional family, physical appearance, fictional reality show, family drama, forgiveness, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young officer returns to his base after a daring mission. The cook's assistant, a religious Holocaust survivor, is envious of him. He believes that there is a place in heaven reserved for the brave officer who endangers his life for the sake ...
Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
military, family relations, parents and children, ambition, family problems, estrangement, soldier, society, introspection, unfulfillment, battles, religions or cults ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
Style:
fairy tale, mysterious, heartfelt, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
pre-teens, date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
beauty, beauty and the beast, spell, forest, castle, imaginary, escapades, unlikely couple, danger, dangerous animal, master and servant, love and romance ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Israel, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
Style:
psychological, exciting, suspense, powerful
Plot:
mossad, female spy, spy, female nudity, female secret agent, terrorist, secret agent, deception, twists and turns, state affairs, couple relations, secret service ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
iran, palestine, tehran iran, tehran
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173
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. When she strikes up a hesitant friendship with a young girl, she is inexorably forced to confront a painful past and to answer a burning question: Is ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
motherhood, domestic drama, character study, identity, female protagonist, gender roles, intimate, realism, family secret, trauma, friendship, intimacy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Eli is a 32 year old man who has problems with relationships with women. Hagar is a surrogate, an alternative partner for practical, sexual therapy. They meet once a week and practice a relationship and intimacy in laboratory conditions. The ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
israeli, therapy, male female relationship, childhood trauma, laboratory, sex crime, trauma, male nudity, female nudity, male pubic hair, nudity, female pubic hair ...
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Israel, Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, grim, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vacation, motherhood, flashback, beach, greek island, girl, caught masturbating, adultery, doll, sex, female nudity, infidelity ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Part funny part sad movie about a family Passover dinner.
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
israeli, twins, family relations, eating disorder, dealing with death, single parent, nanny, family problems, couples, siblings relations, death in the family, family gatherings ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel
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214
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
soccer, football, israeli, military, life is a bitch, war, confined, soldier, wartime life, infantrymen, hapless soldier, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, palestine
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An accidental murder brings two girls together in a series of wild crimes and romance over the course of an evening.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
gender, lgbtq, murder, fall in love, partner, drug dealing, lovers on the run, fugitives, disorder, dark humor, life turned upside down, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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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
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Israel
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of a little town, Givat Zurim, and its lowest-ranked soccer team. The lot for the quarterfinal of the national championship set Beitar Givat Zurim to host no less than Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the best teams around. Those ten days until ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, feel good, lighthearted
Plot:
soccer, small town, underdog, community, football, provincial life, fan, coach, intimate, identity, nostalgia, celebration ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An estranged couple receives an unexpected visitor who throws everything in their family off balance.
Style:
sexy
Plot:
cuckolded husband, orgy, sex club, sex with friend's wife, adultery, unfaithful wife, marital crisis, mature woman, obsession, routine, sexual relations, childhood sweetheart ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. As they fight for their lives they realize that they are beginning a struggle for a new Jewish nation. This film ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough
Plot:
bedouin, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, society, rivalry, hopes, starting over, survival, danger, religions or cults, against the odds, culture clash ...
Time:
1920s, year 1919
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
All the worldwide children of less than nine years fall in coma at the same time. Ten years later, Tom Russel is released from prison after killing a man in a fight, and returns to his home town, more specifically to his older brother home, who has ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, zombie, plague, children, prison, survival, on the run, danger, violence spree, experiment gone awry, parents and children, supernatural ability ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An intelligent social issues drama, Manpower sketches a portrait of four men in crisis. Moving between scathing realism and subtle irony, the film raises questions of belonging and uprooting, exile and emigration, home and family. Meir Cohen is a ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy, biting ...
Plot:
social decay, moral dilemma, introspection, immigrant, realism, life is a bitch, discrimination, society, interracial relations, hopes, crumbling marriage, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sister Mary (Leslie Caron) is a nun who enlists the help of Madron (Richard Boone) after she is the only survivor of an Apache massacre. A trio of lecherous bandits try to force themselves on the nun, and Madron shoots two of them to death. The ...
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film
Plot:
apache, israeli, nun, horse, bare chested male, apache tribe, torture, native american, desert, mercy killing, thirst, outlaw ...
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