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Middle East

by murmor • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 month ago
Movies and documentaries about the geopolitical landscape comprising Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan
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  • The Present (2020)

    1. The Present

    202024mShort
    7.7 (4.2K)
    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?
    DirectorFarah NabulsiStarsSaleh BakriMaryam KanjMariam Basha
  • Michael Aloni and Nicholas Jacob in Out in the Dark (2012)

    2. Out in the Dark

    20121h 36mNot Rated69Metascore
    7.5 (9.6K)
    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.
    DirectorMichael MayerStarsNicholas JacobMichael AloniJameel Khoury
  • Ben-Hur (1959)

    3. Ben-Hur

    19593h 32mG90Metascore
    8.1 (264K)
    A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen Boyd
  • Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin in Incendies (2010)

    4. Incendies

    20102h 11mR80Metascore
    8.3 (230K)
    Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
    DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim Gaudette
  • Capernaum (2018)

    5. Capernaum

    20182h 6mR75Metascore
    8.4 (117K)
    While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
    DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure Bankole
  • Sacha Baron Cohen in The Spy (2019)

    6. The Spy

    20196 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.9 (54K)
    Based on the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
    CreatorGideon RaffStarsSacha Baron CohenNoah EmmerichHadar Ratzon Rotem
  • Hisham Suliman and Lior Raz in Fauda (2015)

    7. Fauda

    2015– 53 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (41K)
    The human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
    CreatorsAvi IssacharoffLior RazStarsLior RazItzik CohenNetta Garti
  • Tehran (2020)

    8. Tehran

    2020– 24 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.6 (27K)
    A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.
    CreatorsDana EdenMaor KohnOmri ShenharStarsNiv SultanShaun ToubShila Ommi
  • Nora Rios in Caliphate (2020)

    9. Caliphate

    20208 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.2 (24K)
    Agent Fatima gets a tip that a terrorist act is planned in Sweden. At the same time, teenager Sulle has opened her eyes to her student assistant who opens the doors to a fascinating new world.
    CreatorWilhelm BehrmanStarsGizem ErdoganAmed BozanAliette Opheim
  • Oriented (2015)

    10. Oriented

    20151h 26mNot Rated
    6.7 (550)
    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.
    DirectorJake WitzenfeldStarsKhader Abu SeifFadi DaeemNaeem Jiryes
  • City of Borders (2009)

    11. City of Borders

    20091h 6m
    7.8 (86)
    Interviews with the owners and diverse patrons of a Jerusalem gay bar called "Shushan."
    DirectorYun SuhStarsBoodyRavit GevaSa'Ar Netanel
  • Manal Issa and Nathalie Issa in The Swimmers (2022)

    12. The Swimmers

    20222h 14mPG-1362Metascore
    7.4 (39K)
    From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.
    DirectorSally El HosainiStarsMatthias SchweighöferAli SulimanDritan Kastrati
  • Crows (1988)

    13. Crows

    198845m
    7.0 (25)
    The life of some homeless teenagers in Tel-Aviv, many of them homosexuals.
    DirectorAyelet MenahemiStarsGili Ben-OzilioItzik NiniBoaz Turgeman
  • 15 Years (2019)

    14. 15 Years

    20191h 29m
    6.6 (863)
    Yoav's demons start haunting him after his best friend becomes pregnant without telling him, and after his boyfriend of 15 years starts talking about children too. His life unravels, and self-destruction seems inevitable.
    DirectorYuval HadadiStarsOded LeopoldUdi PersiRuti Asarsai
  • Yehuda Nahari Halevi and Yoav Reuveni in Snails in the Rain (2013)

    15. Snails in the Rain

    20131h 22mUnrated
    6.3 (2.6K)
    Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written love letters that undermine his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
    DirectorYariv MozerStarsYoav ReuveniYehuda Nahari HaleviYariv Mozer
  • Paradise Now (2005)

    16. Paradise Now

    20051h 31mPG-1371Metascore
    7.4 (25K)
    Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
    DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsKais NashifAli SulimanLubna Azabal
  • "Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures

    17. Exodus

    19603h 28mApproved70Metascore
    6.7 (12K)
    The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsPaul NewmanEva Marie SaintRalph Richardson
  • Eric Bana in Munich (2005)

    18. Munich

    20052h 44mR74Metascore
    7.5 (248K)
    After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsEric BanaDaniel CraigMarie-Josée Croze
  • Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon, and Florence Pugh in The Little Drummer Girl (2018)

    19. The Little Drummer Girl

    20186 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.4 (16K)
    As a Palestinian assassin is targeting prominent Israelis, a young English actress is recruited by Mossad to infiltrate the assassin's terrorist cell, requiring all of her acting talents but also putting her at considerable risk.
    StarsSimona BrownGennady FleyscherClare Holman
  • Omar (2013)

    20. Omar

    20131h 38mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    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.
    DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsAdam BakriLeem LubanyEyad Hourani
  • Lemon Tree (2008)

    21. Lemon Tree

    20081h 46mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.3 (7K)
    The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
    DirectorEran RiklisStarsHiam AbbassRona Lipaz-MichaelAli Suliman
  • Farha (2021)

    22. Farha

    20211h 32mTV-14
    8.1 (90K)
    A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
    DirectorDarin J. SallamStarsKaram TaherAshraf BarhomAli Suliman
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Honorable Woman (2014)

    23. The Honorable Woman

    20148 epsTV Mini Series
    7.9 (12K)
    Centers on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in an international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
    StarsMaggie GyllenhaalStephen ReaLubna Azabal
  • 5 Broken Cameras (2011)

    24. 5 Broken Cameras

    20111h 34mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.9 (7K)
    A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
    DirectorsEmad BurnatGuy DavidiStarsEmad BurnatSoraya BurnatMohammed Burnat
  • The Bubble (2006)

    25. The Bubble

    20061h 57mUnrated61Metascore
    7.2 (5.8K)
    "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.
    DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYousef 'Joe' SweidDaniella Wircer

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