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- DirectorHaim BouzagloStarsBar RefaeliLiron LevoGillian BuickA psychological suspense drama-thriller where a psychologist becomes obsessed with one of his patients. The lines between dreams and reality blend.
- DirectorDan WolmanStarsYftach KatzurZachi NoyJonathan SagallBenny falls in love with his best friend's little sister. They hide it from her brother, who is trying to protect her.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsYftach KatzurJonathan SagallZachi NoyMomo and Yudale take turns mounting Bentzi's foreign buxom cousin, but Yudale and her get stuck together. Momo raises the bar even further by proving the rumors of an accepting older buxom piano tutor, Fritzi. Bentzi looks for love.
- DirectorDan WolmanStarsYftach KatzurZachi NoyRonen ShilonIt's hi-jinks on the high seas when Benji, Bobby and Huey set sail on the cruise of a lifetime. While his friends walk the plank of mischievous mayhem, it is Benji who goes overboard for the Captain's daughter.
- DirectorWalter BannertStarsZachi NoyYftach KatzurJonathan SagallJohnny, Bobbi and Benni are looking forward to a summer of hot girls and fast cars--especially when Johnny's parents leave him alone in the house.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsYftach KatzurYvonne MikloshZachi NoyTeenage romance, parties and sex in 1950s Tel Aviv. Music is at the core of the lives of these teenagers. This is a comedy about three friends.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsGabi AmraniLevana FinkelsteinChaim BanaiA story about two neighbours and their families during a weekend.
- DirectorTzvi ShisselStarsZachi NoyYosef ShiloachMoshe Ish-KassitA spin-off film that centers around Yudale/Huey's mandatory Israeli army service, post boot camp. This time he helps his sergeant Shemesh beat a rival base, while also beating him to score with the visiting Swiss Ambassador's wife.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsEitan SnehHana RotAvraham MorThis romantic comedy takes place in Israel during the Austerity period of the 1950s as 13-year-old Alex is about to attend his Bar Mitzvah. Alex has a typical Polish mother and father who suffer quietly in their apartment which because of the difficult economic situation they are compelled to share with a Persian tenant named Faruk who tries to fight his baldness with different creams. Alex falls in love with the new girl in his class, Mimi. Everything changes when his aunt Lola arrives in Israel from Poland to search for lost love. They were together when she lived in Poland but he vanished when Nazis conquered the country. Alex falls for his aunt and she gives him more than just maternal love. The film describes exactly the ambiance that dominated the country in 1950s Austerity Israel--the black markets, the radio broadcasts concentrating on the search for lost relatives, the music of the 1950s, the clothes and dresses and pastimes.
- DirectorEphraim KishonStarsTopolGeula NuniGila AlmagorThe sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history (until that time) is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months. A Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet" - a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was formed - is forced to move to a government settlement camp. The patriarch of the family, portrayed by Chaim Topol, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.
- DirectorEphraim KishonStarsBomba TzurNissim AzikriShraga FriedmanA slapstick comedy lampooning bureaucracy and the madness of everyday life in Israel centers on an escaped lunatic who digs up the streets of Tel-Aviv with a drill.
- DirectorEphraim KishonStarsShaike OphirSeffy RivlinZaharira HarifaiAmitz Dolniker, an Israeli politician who speaks way to much has a heart attack in the middle of his speech. In the ambulance on the way to the hospital the doctor orders him to "go someplace quite, rest, and don't make speeches". His young assistant immediately suggest they go to Switzerland, however Dolniker had taken a vow not to leave Israel unnecessarily, so he comes up with a different idea - going to a remote village where they have never heard of him, so he would not be asked to make any speeches. As they arrive, it turns out that not only the villagers have never heard of Dolniker, but they have also never heard of running water, electricity, phones, and most importantly: TV, Radio, and newspapers... so its only a matter of time before Dolniker or the villagers go bananas....
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsYehuda BarkanZe'ev RevachArieh EliasCharlie passes himself off as a rich businessman but gets by through fleecing suckers with 3-Card Monte. Miko is a street kid who spends his time with Charlie instead of going to school; his sister unsuccessfully tries to raise him on her own. The plot follows Charlie's attempts to conquer the heart of Gila, a rich girl whose parents are trying to get her married to an American millionaire, something she doesn't want.
- DirectorZe'ev RevachStarsZe'ev RevachJacques CohenShaike OphirA thief is released from prison and with the help of his friend he tries to avenge the policeman who caught him.
- DirectorZe'ev RevachStarsGabi AmraniAlik ArmaTikva AzizA classic situations comedy about two twin brothers - Victor and Michel who didn't see each other for twenty years.
- DirectorZe'ev RevachStarsTikva AzizArieh EliasRaphael Klatchkin
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsShaul MizrahiDafna DekelJuliano Mer-KhamisA biopic about Israel's most successful and famous Mizrahi artist, Zohar Argov, his rise to fame, drug addiction and eventual suicide.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsYehoram GaonGila AlmagorAssi DayanIn July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages. This movie is based on the true facts and follows the events since the flight's take-off and until the hostages' return to Israel.
- DirectorAssi DayanStarsGabi AmraniHanan GoldblattCaroline LangfordA hotel porter, who a long time ago divorced his wife and his daughter with her in America, is alarmed when a beautiful girl arrives at his hotel looking for her supposedly rich father. The porter had been sending back money and describing himself as a well-to-do businessman. With the help of his hotel friends, he becomes the guest of honor and takes her on a tour of Israel, all the time trying to avoid revealing his true work.
- DirectorAssi DayanStarsYisrael PoliakovGavri BanaiShaike LeviSergio Konstanza, in debt to Mr. Hasson, flees to join an Army reserve unit led by a Sergeant interested in one of Hasson's daughters. However, Hasson demands his older daughter marries first before allowing the younger one to wed.
- DirectorYehuda BarkanEzra Shem-TovStarsYehuda BarkanMushon AlboherGabi AmraniWhen Igor immigrates from Russia to Israel, he is recruited into the mandatory Israeli army reserve service. When his commanders learn the army food causes him to have very noisy farts, they order him to utilize this to defuse mines.
- DirectorJacob GoldwasserStarsYehuda BarkanAlona KimhiBen TzionRespectable single father and tour boat captain Chico fights tooth and nail to maintain custody of his dear son Ben while developing a romantic relationship with beautiful lawyer Galia.
- DirectorAvi CohenStarsYehuda BarkanAlona KimhiBen TzionChico takes his unconditional love for his son Ben to the next level in the second installment of Avi Cohen's adventure trilogy, which picks up on a positive note -- soon after Chico won a hard-fought custody battle for Ben. But everything crumbles when the government tries to take Ben away from him and his new girlfriend can't stay faithful. Good thing Ben has a plan.
- DirectorAyelet MenahemiStarsYehuda BarkanBen TzionIrit Shelegn the final installment of this family-friendly adventure trilogy, Ben is basking in the success of his efforts to make his father, Chico happy -- until an unexpected visit from the millionaire married to Chico's ex-wife threatens to rock the boat. The plot thickens when Chico realizes that the rich man's plans to build a shopping mall by the sea could ultimately harm his livelihood as a tour guide.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsYftach KatzurZachi NoyJonathan SagallThree young Israeli men join the army, and it soon turns out that they're more interested in chasing skirts than following orders.