Hello to Palestinian and Israeli movies!

Emotional and educative movies and documentaries about Gaza, Yarmouk, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, occupied Nazareth and the State of Israel.

We can gain some understanding of a region by succumbing to its filmmakers. Art often speaks truth about conflict, in a way that everyone can understand. That’s proven by a history of artists killed or tortured by the hands of oppressive regimes.

I’m recommending those series, movies and documentaries that educated me the most about Palestine and Israel. I do so in the hope that you’ll treat them as a source beyond mainstream news coverage.

They’re ranked according to my opinion, and you’ll view the trailers when clicking the links.

SERIES

DOCUMENTARIES

Note that ‘Mayor’ and ‘Gaza Fights for Freedom’ are streaming for free.

1. 5 Broken Cameras (West Bank, Palestine 2012)

2. The War Around Us (Gaza, Palestine 2014)

3. Mayor (Ramallah, Palestine 2021)

4. Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege (Yarmouk, Syria 2021)

5. Gaza Fights for Freedom (Gaza, Palestine 2019)

DOCUSERIES

MOVIES

1. Omar (Palestine 2013)

2. The Women's Balcony (Israel 2016)

3. Gett - The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Israel 2014)

4. The Time That Remains (Palestine set Nazareth 2009)

5. Paradise Now (Palestine 2005)

6. Wajib (Palestine 2017)

7. It Must Be Heaven (Palestine 2019)

8. A Tale of Love and Darkness (Natalie Portman’s dir. debut 2015)

9. The Syrian Bride (Israel 2004)

10. The Attack (Lebanon dir. set Israel 2012)

11. Tel Aviv on Fire (Israel 2018)

12. 200 Meters (Palestine drama 2020 - Dir Ameen Nayfeh)

13. Lemon Tree (Israel-Palestine 2008)

14. Incitement (Israel 2019)

15. When I Saw You (Palestine-Jordan 2012)

16. Sand Storm (Israel 2016)

17. The Present (Palestine short movie 2020)

18. In Between (Hungary dir. set Israel 2016)

19. Zaytoun (Israel Palestine Lebanon child drama 2012_

20. The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (Israel-Palestine 2018)

I still want to watch ‘Foxtrot’, ‘Ahed's Knee’, and ‘Waltz With Bashir’.