Best award winning movies with an interesting take from Israel

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an interesting take from Israel! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an interesting take from Israel, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Lost Daughter (2021)

A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

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2021-12-15 | Drama

Cast

Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.543
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    unloved character
  2. Ranked #4 for
    rowdy character
  3. Ranked #4 for
    sabbatical

Trailer

The Lost Daughter trailer
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2 The Operative (2019)

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

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2019-07-24 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman

Rating

rating icon 5.855
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pat ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    inconclusive ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with tense moments

Trailer

The Operative trailer
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3 Synonyms (2019)

A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.

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2019-02-28 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire

Rating

rating icon 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #145 for
    confusing
  2. Ranked #226 for
    feeling sea sickness
  3. Ranked #268 for
    spoon-feeding

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Synonyms trailer
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4 Longing (2018)

Ariel, a well-off, childless man, gets a phone call from his college girlfriend. She needs to tell him a couple of very surprising things: first, when they broke up twenty years ago, she was pregnant and went on to have a lovely boy. The second thing will make Ariel explore the hidden aspects of parenthood and change his life forever.

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2018-03-15 |

Cast

Shai Avivi, Assi Levy

Rating

rating icon 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #285 for
    prosaic
  2. Ranked #286 for
    interconnected story
  3. Ranked #546 for
    afterschool special

Trailer

Longing trailer
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5 Big Bad Wolves (2013)

Tel Aviv, Israel. The twisted paths of three very different men brutally collide due to a chain of unspeakable murders: a grieving father who has been doomed to seek vengeance and a police detective who boldly crosses the narrow boundary between law and crime meet a religion teacher suspected of being the murderer.

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2013-04-21 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Lior Ashkenazi, Tzahi Grad

Rating

rating icon 6.636
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #91 for
    Black Comedy
  2. Ranked #101 for
    like The Hateful Eight
  3. Ranked #108 for
    bludgeoned to death

Trailer

Big Bad Wolves trailer
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6 Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)

The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.

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2014-06-25 | Drama

Cast

Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian

Rating

rating icon 7.572
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #25 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #65 for
    antiquated
  3. Ranked #69 for
    Courtroom Drama

Trailer

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem trailer
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7 Foxtrot (2017)

A troubled family must face facts when tragedy strikes their son's desolate military post.

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2017-09-02 | Drama

Cast

Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler

Rating

rating icon 6.851
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #34 for
    vertiginous
  2. Ranked #60 for
    nifty
  3. Ranked #73 for
    pin-up girl

Trailer

Foxtrot trailer
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8 The Cakemaker (2017)

Thomas, a young German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who has frequent business visits in Berlin. When Oren dies in a car crash in Israel, Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking for answers regarding his death. Under a fabricated identity, Thomas infiltrates the life of Anat, his lover’s newly widowed wife, who owns a small Café in downtown Jerusalem. Thomas starts to work for her, creating German cakes and cookies that bring her Café to life. Thomas finds himself involved in Anat’s life in a way far beyond his anticipation. To protect the truth he will stretch his lie to a point of no return.

Info

2017-12-28 | Drama

Cast

Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #88 for
    consoling
  2. Ranked #101 for
    with epiphany moments
  3. Ranked #151 for
    like The Last Picture Show

Trailer

The Cakemaker trailer
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9 Asia (2021)

Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.

Info

2021-04-01 | Drama

Cast

Alena Yiv, Shira Haas

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sensitive directing
  2. Ranked #4 for
    free-wheeling character
  3. Ranked #5 for
    caught off -guard

Trailer

Asia trailer
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10 Live and Become (2005)

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

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2005-03-30 | Drama

Cast

Moshe Abebe, Moshe Agazai

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #94 for
    crowd-pleaser
  2. Ranked #121 for
    Oscar bait
  3. Ranked #121 for
    proof positive

Trailer

Live and Become trailer
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