The Best Israel Movies

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

A unit of female Israeli soldiers at a remote desert base bide their time as they count down the minutes until they can return to civilian life.

At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.

La storia della nascita dello stato di Israele nel 1948, e della guerra con i confinanti stati Arabi.

A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.

Sergio 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.

La storia di un gruppo di soldati israeliani di stanza in un avamposto prima del ritiro delle forze del 2000.

Ajami è la comunità religiosa mista di musulmani e cristiani di Tel Aviv. Un viaggio nella vita quotidiana ad Ajami attraverso queste cinque storie.

Ben-Hur, principe giudeo durante l'impero di Tiberio, è tradito dal suo amico d'infanzia Messala, console romano, e viene condannato al remo sulle galere. Ma riesce a liberarsi e a tornare in Palestina, in tempo per regolare i conti con Messala.

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

Basato su una storia vera all'indomani del Settembre Nero, è la storia dei cinque uomini scelti per eliminare i responsabili di quel terribile giorno.

Un regista israeliano intervista altri veterani dell'invasione del Libano del 1982 per ricostruire i suoi ricordi del suo mandato in quel conflitto.

An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.

Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front is a coming of age story that highlights five young Israeli high school graduates, who are drafted into the army to defend their country. At the age of 18, away from their houses, family, and friends these young individuals undergo a demanding journey, revealing the core of who they are and who they want to be. From the creators of the PBS-featured documentary film Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, the film Beneath the Helmet illustrates how these young men and women are protecting not only their homes, but the shared values of peace, equality, opportunity, democracy, religious tolerance and women's rights. The lessons they learn along the way, are lessons that can be adapted, understood and appreciated by everyone.

When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.

Mosè, un principe egiziano, viene a conoscenza della sua vera eredità di ebreo e della sua missione divina come liberatore del suo popolo.

This 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.

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 apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.

Un soldato delle forze speciali israeliano fa credere di essere morto per poter iniziare una nuova vita a New York come parrucchiere.

Nato a Nazareth durante la notte di Natale nella stalla di fianco a quella di Gesù, Brian passa la vita a venire scambiato per il messia.

Il principe egiziano Moses (Val Kilmer) apprende della sua identità di ebreo e del suo destino per diventare il prescelto liberatore del suo popolo.

Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.

A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.

Restaurateurs, musicians, politicians-everyone loves hummus. A story of faith, community, and growth is told through the lens of a dietary staple and superfood, hummus! This documentary shows how food can bring people together.