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1. World War Z (2013)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale

Votes: 719,424 | Gross: $202.36M

2. Out in the Dark (2012)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.

Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khoury, Alon Pdut

Votes: 9,235

3. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Approved | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Senta Berger

Votes: 3,823

4. Paradise Now (2005)

PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash

Votes: 24,073 | Gross: $1.45M

5. Yossi & Jagger (2002)

R | 65 min | Drama, History, Romance

Romance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.

Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yehuda Levi, Assi Cohen, Aya Steinovitz

Votes: 7,615

6. The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama

A kindergarten 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.

Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Hamuchtar

Votes: 1,401

7. A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.

Director: Natalie Portman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler, Moni Moshonov

Votes: 4,352 | Gross: $0.57M

8. 5 Broken Cameras (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War

A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.

Directors: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi | Stars: Emad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin Burnat

Votes: 6,639 | Gross: $0.11M

9. Synonyms (2019)

Unrated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama

A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.

Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte, Uria Hayik

Votes: 6,291

10. Lebanon (2009)

R | 93 min | Drama, War

During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.

Director: Samuel Maoz | Stars: Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov

Votes: 11,964 | Gross: $0.37M

11. Foxtrot (II) (2017)

R | 113 min | Drama

A troubled family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post.

Director: Samuel Maoz | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonatan Shiray, Itay Exlroad

Votes: 8,058 | Gross: $0.62M

12. Broken Mirrors (2018)

104 min | Drama

Shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline, seventeen year old Ariella commits a grave error that her father isn't willing to punish her for.

Directors: Aviad Givon, Imri Matalon | Stars: Shira Haas, Yiftach Klein, Renana Raz, Yoav Rotman

Votes: 257

13. Eichmann (2007)

TV-MA | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli police officer, of his past as the architect of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Avner W. Less, Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente

Votes: 3,532

14. Amreeka (2009)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama

A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.

Director: Cherien Dabis | Stars: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat

Votes: 3,685 | Gross: $0.62M

15. The Stronghold (2023)

113 min | Drama, War

After sustaining a surprise Egyptian attack during the Yom Kippur War, a desolate Israeli outpost falls under siege. While the surviving soldiers prepare for a final, hopeless battle, the ... See full summary »

Director: Lior Chefetz | Stars: Michael Aloni, Daniel Gad, Amir Tessler, Daniel Moreshet

Votes: 88

16. The Bubble (2006)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.

Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniella Wircer, Alon Friedman

Votes: 5,672 | Gross: $0.16M

17. Private (2004)

90 min | Drama, War

A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.

Director: Saverio Costanzo | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Lior Miller, Hend Ayoub, Tomer Russo

Votes: 929 | Gross: $0.01M

18. Or (My Treasure) (2004)

Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel... See full summary »

Director: Keren Yedaya | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen, Katia Zinbris

Votes: 1,611 | Gross: $0.03M

19. Syrian Bride (2004)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the... See full summary »

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 3,479 | Gross: $0.38M

20. When Pigs Have Wings (2011)

98 min | Comedy

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... See full summary »

Director: Sylvain Estibal | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Gassan Abbas

Votes: 3,516

21. Beaufort (2007)

Unrated | 131 min | Action, Drama, War

The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces of 2000.

Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller

Votes: 4,839 | Gross: $0.10M

22. Oriented (2015)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary

A feature documentary that follows the lives of three gay Palestinian friends exploring their national and sexual identity in Tel-Aviv during the Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014.

Director: Jake Witzenfeld | Stars: Khader Abu Seif, Fadi Daeem, Naeem Jiryes, David Pearl

Votes: 537

23. Avanti Popolo (1986)

84 min | Drama, War

June 11th 1967, the Six-Day War is over and the cease fire has just begun. We follow the journey of Gassan and Haled, two Egyptian soldiers whose only wish is to make their way through the ... See full summary »

Director: Rafi Bukai | Stars: Salim Daw, Suhel Haddad, Tuvia Gelber, Danny Segev

Votes: 430

24. Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976)

92 min | Comedy

Swindler Sergio Konstanza owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky Army reserve unit whose Sergeant has his eye on one of Mr. Hasson's daughters, although ... See full summary »

Director: Assi Dayan | Stars: Yisrael Poliakov, Gavri Banai, Shaike Levi, Nitza Shaul

Votes: 1,527

25. Four Blood Moons (2015)

PG | 84 min | Drama, History

It is rare that science, history and scripture align with each other, yet the last three series of Four Blood Moons have done exactly that. Are these the "signs" that God refers to in the ... See full summary »

Director: Kieth Merrill | Stars: Cameron Amari, Jane Bailey, Darryl Baldwin, Perry Ball

Votes: 187

26. Warhead (1977)

PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, War

Palestinian guerrillas, Israeli commandos and an American colonel fight to keep a nuclear warhead mistakenly dropped in the Jordanian desert by a U.S. Air Force nuclear bomber.

Director: John O'Connor | Stars: David Janssen, Karin Dor, Christopher Stone, Art Metrano

Votes: 278

27. Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land (2012)

Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary

When many people think of Israel, it is often in terms of modern war or ancient religion. But there is much more to the Jewish state than missiles and prayers. In his debut as a documentary... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Lucas, Yariv Mozer | Stars: Mickey Gitzen, Nitzan Horowitz, Tzipi Livni, Ilan Gilon

Votes: 86

28. Campfire (2004)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.

Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Michaela Eshet, Hani Furstenberg, Moshe Ivgy, Maya Maron

Votes: 686

29. Israel: Birth of a Nation (1996 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Documentary, History, War

Sir Martin Gilbert, author of over sixty books and the host of A&E's JERUSALEM, hosts this gripping account of Israel's difficult first years. Filled with rare footage, photographs, and ... See full summary »

Director: Herb Krosney | Stars: Martin Gilbert, David Ben-Gurion

Votes: 119

30. The Last Band in Lebanon (2016)

99 min | Comedy

A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.

Directors: Ben Bachar, Itzik Kricheli | Stars: Ofer Hayoun, Ori Laizerouvich, Ofer Shechter, Ami Anidjar

Votes: 300

31. Ricochets (1986)

91 min | Drama, War

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.

Director: Eli Cohen | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Shaul Mizrahi, Roni Pinkovitch, Dudu Ben-Zeev

Votes: 117

32. To See If I'm Smiling (2007)

59 min | Documentary

Six Israeli soldiers recount their military service in Gaza and the West Bank, revealing incidents of negligence, casualness, immaturity and abuse of power while on duty in occupied territories.

Director: Tamar Yarom | Star: Dennis Cruzado

Votes: 155

33. Censored Voices (2015)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History

CENSORED VOICES combines raw original recordings of Israeli soldiers recounting their fears and doubts following Israel's 1967 Six-Day War, using archival newsreel footage as a stark reminder of how far the region remains from peace.

Director: Mor Loushy | Star: Amos Oz

Votes: 321 | Gross: $0.03M

34. Freak Out (2015)

84 min | Comedy, Horror

A soldier sets off for a week of patrolling with his unit. It is not long before strange and frightening things begin to happen to all the soldiers, and they start question whether they will come out of this experience alive.

Director: Boaz Armoni | Stars: Itay Zvolon, Kye Korabelnikov, Assaf Ben-Shimon, Eran Peretz

Votes: 314

35. When the Smoke Clears (2017)

81 min | Documentary

When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope, shows how a group of wounded soldiers discover renewed purpose and healing by giving to others.

Director: Rebecca Shore

Votes: 13

36. Curfew (1994)

74 min | Drama

24 hours of family drama during a curfew announced by the Israeli army in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Gaza Strip in 1993.

Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Salim Daw, Na'ila Zayaad, Mahmoud Qadah, Younis Younis

Votes: 101

37. My First War (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

In the summer of 2006, at the age of 28, I was suddenly drafted as a reserves soldier in the Second Lebanese War. Instinctively, I grabbed my video camera and thread a shoelace, securing it... See full summary »

Director: Yariv Mozer

Votes: 52

38. Shell Shock (1988)

R | 96 min | Drama

Two shell-shocked veterans struggle to overcome their pain.

Director: Yoel Sharon | Stars: Anat Atzmon, Gili Ben-Ozilio, Amnon Berenson, Stanislav Chaplin

Votes: 13 | Gross: $0.00M

39. Missing Father (2009)

95 min | Documentary

30 years after the death of Lieutenant General David Elazar (Dado), his son, Yair, takes a journey in his footsteps. His aim is to penetrate the web of myths shrouding his father's memory; ... See full summary »

Director: Yair Elazar | Star: David Elazar

40. One Battle Too Many (2013 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

Movie about the Yom Kippur War's traumatic, final battle, for the town of Suez.

Director: Yoel Sharon

41. Made Like a Gun (2016)

54 min | Documentary

Eight Israeli men, war and combat veterans dealing with PTSD, embark on a motorcycle journey across the Himalayas in hope of facing the complexity of manhood and trauma in Israel while, in Gaza, strikes another round of combat.

Directors: Eldad Prives, Eitan Zur | Stars: Nahi Alon, Tal Aroeti, Dan Lavie Ben-Porado, Gedeon Magen

42. And I Was There (2020)

65 min | Documentary

A random trance party in a living room is fairly common when it comes to young people. But what happens when the young people are Israeli soldiers, when the living room is owned by a ... See full summary »

Director: Eran Paz

Votes: 14

43. Valley of Dreams (2003 TV Movie)

53 min | Drama, War

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Director: Omri Givon | Stars: Reymonde Amsallem, Bar-Natan Aviram, Gilad Cohen, Shimi Cohen

44. The Glow of Heavens (2012)

91 min | Drama

The story of a young soldier in the Israeli army who forced to evicting his own people from their homes and land and fighting for his deepest beliefs while risking to lose it all.

Director: Eliyahu Binyamin | Stars: Liraz Assaf, Elhanan Even Hen, Evyatar Lazar, Benny Liss

45. Jenin Yoman Miluim (2002)

62 min | Documentary, War

The documentary Jenin Yoman Miluim (Jenin Diary) chronicles what happens to a group of Israeli soldiers after a Palestinian attack that results in the death of 13 servicemen. The director, ... See full summary »

Director: Gil Mezuman

Votes: 21

46. Company Jasmine (2001)

55 min | Documentary

A groundbreaking documentary about Israeli women ready to take command in the Israeli army.

Director: Yael Katzir | Stars: Efrat, Noa, Rotem, Sivan

Votes: 74

47. Discharged (2008)

25 min | Short, Drama

Two brothers which never got over their disputes in the past.

Director: Micha Kinsbruner | Stars: Michael Moshonov, Dan Kastoriano, Shimrit Lustig, Yoav Levi

48. Gabi Ben Yakar (1982)

90 min | Drama

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Director: Uri Barbash | Stars: Rafi Adar, Eli Danker, Rami Danon, Albert Eiloz

49. Happy You're Alive (2012)

Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Drama, Music

'Happy You're Alive' documents both the tragedy of battle in the West Bank and the lasting effects of war on society as they play out in the lives of two men struggling after their ... See full summary »

Director: Hilla Medalia

50. Sane Insane (1997)

70 min | Documentary

The story of seven army (IDF) veterans from different mental institutions that now living in the Shalev House, a rehabilitation center in Tel Aviv.

Directors: Tami Gross, Aryeh Shalev