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Dror Moreh Director

Ami Ayalon as Himself

Avi Dichter as Himself

Yuval Diskin as Himself

Carmi Gillon as Himself

In an unprecedented and candid series of interviews, six former heads of the Shin Bet — Israel's intelligence and security agency — speak about their role in Israel's decades-long counterterrorism campaign, discussing their controversial methods and whether the ends ultimately justify the means.

Tokyo Sonata

2008

Japanese

7.5

♡ 25

94%

middle class

piano lessons

tokyo, japan

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director

Kai Inowaki as Kenji Sasaki

Kazuya Kojima as Kobayashi-san

Kanji Tsuda as Kurosu

Tao Tsuchiya as Mika

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.

Objector

2019

7.9

♡ 1

conscientious objector

Documentary

Molly Stuart Director

Atalya Ben-Abba as Self

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family's political disagreements and personal concerns, she refuses military duty and is imprisoned for her dissent. Her courage moves those around her to reconsider their own moral positions and personal power. OBJECTOR follows Atalya to prison and beyond, offering a unique window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of a young woman who seeks truth and takes a stand for justice.

Kiss Me Kosher

2020

5.9

♡ 7

86%

lgbt

Romance

romantic comedy

romcom

Shirel Peleg Director

Dafi Shoshana Alpern as Maya

Irit Kaplan as Ora Shalev

John Carroll Lynch as Ron Shalev

Moran Rosenblatt as Shira Shalev

When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit but do belong together?

Exodus

1960

6.7

♡ 13

65%

jewry

Otto Preminger Director

Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan

Lee J. Cobb as Barak Ben Canaan

Jill Haworth as Karen

Paul Stevens as Reuben

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Rosebud

1975

5.2

♡ 1

44%

mediterranean

Otto Preminger Director

Richard Attenborough as Edward Sloat

Raf Vallone as George Nikolaos

Kim Cattrall as Joyce Donnovan

Peter O'Toole as Larry Martin

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.

The Human Factor

2019

7.5

♡ 2

98%

usa history

Dror Moreh Director

Dennis Ross as Self

Daniel Kurtzer as Self

Gamal Helal as Self

Martin Indyk as Self

How US politicians and diplomats, over the past 25 years, have come close to achieving something almost impossible: securing peace between the State of Israel and its Arab and like-minded neighbors, mired in a struggle both dialectical and violent since the early 20th century, due to historical and religious reasons, entrenched offenses and prejudices, and the invisible and tyrannical hand of third countries' geopolitical interests in the area.

Paradise Now

2005

7.4

♡ 14

89%

palestine

Thriller

Hany Abu-Assad Director

Ashraf Barhom as Abu-Karem

Ali Suliman as Khaled

Hiam Abbass as Said's Mother

Lubna Azabal as Suha

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

The Oslo Diaries

2018

7.3

♡ 8

82%

58%

Documentary

politics

woman director

Mor Loushy Director

Gil Frank as Self

Yussuf Abu-Warda as Self

Omer Barnea as Self

Ahmed Qurei as Self

A group of Israelis and Palestinians come together in Oslo for unsanctioned peace talks during the 1990s in order to bring peace to the Middle East.

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

6.3

♡ 14

51%

Melville Shavelson Director

Angie Dickinson as Emma Marcus

Luther Adler as Jacob Zion

Gordon Jackson as James MacAfee

Michael Douglas as Jeep Driver

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

A Private War

2018

6.7

♡ 54

87%

journalist

syria

war correspondent

Matthew Heineman Director

Amanda Drew as Amy Bentham

Rosamund Pike as Marie Colvin

Tom Hollander as Sean Ryan

Stanley Tucci as Tony Shaw

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Control Room

2004

Arabic

7.6

♡ 5

95%

87%

Documentary

journalism

television

translation

u.s. military

Jehane Noujaim Director

George W. Bush as Self

Donald Rumsfeld as Self

Tom Mintier as Self

Samir Khader as Self

A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.

Inch'Allah

2012

French

6.8

♡ 11

56%

62%

Drama

jerusalem

jerusalem, israel

palestine

woman director

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Director

Evelyne Brochu as Chloé

Yousef 'Joe' Sweid as Faysal

Carlo Brandt as Michaël

Sabrina Ouazani as Rand

A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.

Beirut

2018

6.5

♡ 86

81%

lebanon

middle east

Mystery

terrorist

Thriller

Brad Anderson Director

Dean Norris as Donald Gaines

Jon Hamm as Mason Skiles

Alon Aboutboul as Roni Niv

Rosamund Pike as Sandy Crowder

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.

September 11

2002

French

6.8

♡ 6

Drama

media

skyscraper

unsociability

war on terror

Alejandro González Iñárritu Director

Mitsuko Baishô as Kayo Furuhashi

Liron Levo as Le démineur

Henry Kissinger as Self

George W. Bush as Self

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

5.6

♡ 105

37%

middle east

mossad

new york city

Dennis Dugan Director

Kevin James as Hacky Sack Tournament Celebrity Judge

Kevin Nealon as Kevin

Jackie Sandler as Mom in line for Goat Ride

Adam Sandler as Zohan

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.

Spy Game

2001

7.1

♡ 93

64%

75%

central intelligence agency (cia)

cia

Crime

terrorist

Thriller

vietnam war

Tony Scott Director

Matthew Marsh as Dr. William Byars

Catherine McCormack as Elizabeth Hadley

Brad Pitt as Tom Bishop

Benedict Wong as Tran

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

Waltz with Bashir

2008

Hebrew

8.0

♡ 22

97%