Israeli movies I have seen and liked
by Amatteroflifeanddeath | created - 05 Dec 2011 | updated - 12 Jan 2014 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Footnote (2011)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Joseph Cedar | Stars: Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack
Votes: 6,325 | Gross: $2.01M
2. 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: 11,968 | Gross: $0.37M
3. The Band's Visit (2007)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour
Votes: 14,152 | Gross: $3.05M
4. Five Hours from Paris (2009)
87 min | Drama, Romance
He's a native Israeli. She's a Russian immigrant. He's a taxi driver. She's a music teacher. He has no aspirations. She gave up hers long ago. He is afraid of flying and she is about to fly away. What are the odds they'll end up together?
Director: Leon Prudovsky | Stars: Dror Keren, Helena Yaralova, Vladimir Friedman, Yoram Toledano
Votes: 190
5. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ori Sivan
Votes: 60,419 | Gross: $2.28M
6. Ushpizin (2004)
PG | 90 min | Drama
An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.
Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani
Votes: 2,131 | Gross: $1.40M
7. Fill the Void (2012)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Rama Burshtein | Stars: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir
Votes: 3,994 | Gross: $1.77M
8. My Father My Lord (2007)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A respected rabbi is forced to come to terms with the demands of his faith and the welfare of his own family.
Director: David Volach | Stars: Assi Dayan, Ilan Griff, Sharon Hacohen, Roni Aharon
Votes: 495 | Gross: $0.11M
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