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1. Habibi (2021)
Short, Drama
A bus stops and an Arab couple gets on board. He addresses her loudly, nervous. Passengers watch the increasingly heated discussion with distrust and concern until one of the passengers decides to intervene.
Director: Guillermo Cabot | Stars: Ángel Acero, Pau Blanch Mestre, Bouchra Bouafia, Elisa Crivillén
Votes: 15
2. 200 Meters (2020)
96 min | Adventure, Drama
A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.
Director: Ameen Nayfeh | Stars: Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Mahmoud Abu Eita
Votes: 2,102
3. Farha (2021)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
Director: Darin J. Sallam | Stars: Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh
Votes: 88,797
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: 24,077 | Gross: $1.45M
5. Born in Gaza (2014)
54 min | Documentary
Filmed shortly after the 2014 Gaza war, this documentary examines how violence has transformed the lives of 10 Palestinian children.
Director: Hernán Zin | Stars: Walaa Eltiti, Yazeed Faruja
Votes: 2,064
6. 3000 Nights (2015)
103 min | Drama
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Raida Adon
Votes: 1,091
7. Tantura (2022)
94 min | Documentary, History
In the war of 1948 hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it 'The War of Independence. Palestinians call it 'Nakba"'. The film examines one village- Tantura and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society.
Director: Alon Schwarz | Stars: Avigdor Feldman, Yoav Gelber, Teddy Katz, Ilan Pappe
Votes: 1,256
8. Gaza (2019)
92 min | Documentary
A beautiful portrait of everyday Gazan citizens, leading meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict.
Directors: Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell | Star: Dana Abed
Votes: 564
9. The Present (2020)
24 min | Short, Drama
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
Director: Farah Nabulsi | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Maryam Kanj, Mariam Basha, Ameer Khlawe
Votes: 3,965
10. A'id ila Hayfa (1982)
75 min | Drama
A Palestinian couple goes back to Haifa after the 1967 war to look for their baby, whom they were forced to leave behind in the war of 1948. They find him grown up as an Israeli adopted son, now soldier.
Director: Kassem Hawal | Stars: Hanan Al Haj Ali, Ali Fawzi, Munther Hilmi, Hussain Lubani
Votes: 13
11. The Time That Remains (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, History
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Menashe Noy, Elia Suleiman, Baher Agbariya, Zidane Awad
Votes: 2,740 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,460 | Gross: $6.86M
13. Night (2021)
16 min | Short, Animation
Night has to trick the mother of the missing child into sleeping to save her soul.
Director: Ahmad Saleh | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Rafia Al Hussain, Salma Saleh
Votes: 39
14. Jenin, Jenin (2003)
54 min | Documentary
Documentary about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Director: Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 571
15. Wag the Dog (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 88,485 | Gross: $43.02M
16. 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: 60,417 | Gross: $2.28M
17. 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
18. Ajami (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
Votes: 6,532 | Gross: $0.62M
19. Omar (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani, Samer Bisharat
Votes: 15,495 | Gross: $0.36M
20. Huda's Salon (2021)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ali Suliman, Manal Awad, Jalal Masarwa
Votes: 1,175
21. Salt of This Sea (2008)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.
Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Dana Drigov
Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.01M
22. Divine Intervention (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher
Votes: 3,945 | Gross: $0.39M
23. The Other Son (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
Director: Lorraine Lévy | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi
Votes: 3,776 | Gross: $1.16M
24. Arna's Children (2004)
84 min | Documentary
Juliano Mer Khamis' documentary on his mother, Arna, an activist against the Israeli occupation who founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children.
Directors: Danniel Danniel, Juliano Mer-Khamis | Stars: Arna Mer Khamis, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Votes: 263
25. Amira (2021)
98 min | Drama
A Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.
Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, Tara Abboud, Waleed Zuaiter
Votes: 8,032
26. 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: 6,647 | Gross: $0.11M
27.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Gaza Fights for Freedom
(2019)
84 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.
Director: Abby Martin
Votes: 914
28. Al-Nakba (2008– )
192 min | Documentary, History
The ethnic cleansing that occurred during the creation of the State of Israel is known to Palestinians as Nakba, which means "catastrophe."
Stars: Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Rawan Damen, Eugene Rogan
Votes: 310
29. Occupation 101 (2006)
90 min | Documentary
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. political involvement.
Directors: Abdallah Omeish, Sufyan Omeish | Stars: James Akins, Arik Ascherman, Bishop Barltlett Jr., Phyllis Bennis
Votes: 1,908
30. A World Not Ours (2012)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives,... See full summary »
Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Star: Mahdi Fleifel
Votes: 528
31. 1948: Creation & Catastrophe (2017)
85 min | Documentary
Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation and Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict in the world.
Directors: Andy Trimlett, Ahlam Muhtaseb
Votes: 180
32. Killing Gaza (2018)
97 min | Documentary, War
In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel's 2014 war on Gaza. Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors.
Director: Max Blumenthal | Stars: John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Obaida
Votes: 229
33. Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021)
89 min | Documentary
After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad's regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people's courage.
Director: Abdallah Al-Khatib | Star: Abdallah Al-Khatib
Votes: 260
34. Palestine Is Still the Issue (2002 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has lasted for more than 50 years. Contains some interviews with the children in this conflict.
Director: Tony Stark | Stars: John Pilger, Fatima Abed-Rabo, Amjad Abu Laban, Mustafa Barghouthi
Votes: 453
35. Israelism (2023)
84 min | Documentary
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. Their stories reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.
Directors: Erin Axelman, Sam Eilertsen | Stars: Peter Beinart, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Noam Chomsky, Abraham Foxman
Votes: 3,871
36. Avant il n'y avait rien (2024)
71 min | Documentary
A Swiss filmmaker of Palestinian origin travels to the West Bank to make sense of the break-up with a childhood friend who became a Jewish settler. While trying to understand why their ... See full summary »
Director: Yvann Yagchi
37. Gaza Ghetto (1985)
85 min | Documentary
In the first documentary feature film made in Gaza, Gaza Ghetto highlights the historical precedents of war, dispossession and military control that influence a family's daily life in ... See full summary »
Directors: Pierre Björklund, Per-Åke Holmquist, Joan Mandell | Stars: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Yitzhak Rabin, Reuven Rozenblat, Ariel Sharon
Votes: 17
38. No Other Land (2024)
95 min | Documentary
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Directors: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Votes: 268
39. Erasmus in Gaza (2022)
88 min | Documentary
Riccardo, a final-year medical student from Italy, is going to Gaza on an Erasmus exchange to fulfill his dream: becoming a war surgeon. As war rages between Israelis and Palestinians, Riccardo wages a personal war with his own anxiety.
Directors: Chiara Avesani, Matteo Delbò
Votes: 40
40. I Shall Not Hate (2024)
95 min | Documentary
From Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, to the University of Toronto and the Supreme Court of Israel, I Shall Not Hate follows the uncharted path of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the first Palestinian... See full summary »
Director: Tal Barda | Star: Izzeldin Abuelaish
Votes: 6
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