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1. The Lighthorsemen (1987)
PG | 131 min | Drama, History, War
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Peter Phelps, Nick Waters, John Larking, Jack Heywood
Votes: 2,025
2. Praying for Armageddon (2023)
97 min | Documentary, Thriller
An influential movement of Christian fundamentalists in the US, who with millions of dollars in backing and threads into the government are fighting for the end of the world.
Directors: Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Rowley | Stars: Arik Ascherman, Gary Burd, Ralph Drollinger, Mohammed el Kurd
Votes: 297
3. 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
4. Gaza mon amour (2020)
87 min | Drama
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in ... See full summary »
Directors: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser | Stars: Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, George Iskandar
Votes: 989
5. Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin (2011)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Polat Alemdar and his crew is in Palestine and fight against Israel special agents.
Director: Zübeyr Sasmaz | Stars: Necati Sasmaz, Gürkan Uygun, Kenan Çoban, Nur Fettahoglu
Votes: 9,664
6. The Occupation of the American Mind (2016 Video)
82 min | Documentary
Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp | Stars: Phyllis Bennis, Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein
Votes: 260
7. The Idol (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Qais Attaallah, Hiba Attalah, Ahmad Qasem
Votes: 1,994
8. Disengagement (2007)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau, Barbara Hendricks
Votes: 827
9. Habibi Rasak Kharban (2011)
85 min | Drama, Romance, War
'Habibi Rasak Kharban' (Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head) is a dramatic feature that tells the story of a forbidden love in Gaza. The film is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable 'Majnun Layla'.
Director: Susan Youssef | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Kais Nashif, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Amer Khalil
Votes: 172
10. Death in Gaza (2004)
TV-14 | 80 min | Documentary
The harrowing documentary that portrays the horror of the Israeli conflict and the resulting death of its director, James Miller.
Director: James Miller | Stars: James Miller, Saira Shah
Votes: 1,267
11. The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama, History
An English family fights to establish truth, justice, and accountability from the Israeli army after their son - Tom, a young photo-journalism student - is shot in the head in Gaza by an Israeli army sniper in April 2003.
Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Zidane Awad, Stephen Dillane, Kerry Fox, Mark Bazeley
Votes: 210
12. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Tal is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. ... See full summary »
Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Agathe Bonitzer, Mahmud Shalaby, Hiam Abbass, Riff Cohen
Votes: 1,133 | Gross: $0.00M
13. Tears of Gaza (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, War
In a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a... See full summary »
Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg
Votes: 573
14. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
PG | 125 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Lillian Carter, Elizabeth Hayes
Votes: 956 | Gross: $0.11M
15. Degrade (2015)
85 min | Drama
In Gaza, two hairdressers and ten customers of various ages and backgrounds spend the day trapped in a beauty salon while Hamas police fight a gang in the street.
Directors: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Victoria Balitska, Manal Awad, Mirna Sakhla
Votes: 357
16. 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
17. Gaza Surf Club (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
In a country locked between Egypt and Israel, Gaza's youth are drawn to their beaches. Weary of the daily 'state of emergency' they seek meaning and perspective to their lives through surfing.
Directors: Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine | Stars: Ibrahim N. Arafat, Mohammed Abu Jayab, Sabah Abu Ghanem, Matthew Olsen
Votes: 259
18. 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
19. Gaza Is Our Home (2024)
Documentary
This film uncovers first-hand the true scale of suffering endured by the film-maker's own family trapped within the Gaza Strip. It is more than just a film, it is a behind-the-headlines look into the lives of those currently suffering.
Director: Monear Shaer | Star: Monear Shaer
Votes: 6
20. Unsettled (2007)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
When the Israeli government announces that it will withdraw from the Gaza Strip, it means lifeguards Lior, 21, and Meir, 27, will be forced to leave their home - Gaza's Palm Beach - forever... See full summary »
Director: Adam Hootnick
Votes: 49
21. 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
22. Ouroboros (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
An experimental film about the destruction of Gaza. Ouroboros (the serpent eating itself) is the meaning of the cyclical nature of time.
Director: Basma Alsharif | Stars: Jessica Bellinger, Coleman Collins, Claire De Pimodan, Bo Gallerito
Votes: 82
23. Yallah Gaza (2023)
101 min | Documentary
A well researched documentary about the history and resilience of the Palestinian people.
Director: Roland Nurier | Stars: Iyad Alasttal, Ronnie Barkan, Sylvain Cypel, Gilles Devers
Votes: 14
24. Censored Voices (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
CENSORED VOICES combines raw original recordings of Israeli soldiers recounting their fears and doubts following Israel's 1967 Six-Day War, using archival newsreel footage as a stark reminder of how far the region remains from peace.
Director: Mor Loushy | Star: Amos Oz
Votes: 321 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Children of the Gaza War (2015 TV Movie)
Documentary
The BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, shows unique access to the devastation of young lives on both sides of the Gaza conflict.
Director: James Jones | Star: Lucy Doucet
Votes: 11
26. Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza) (2010)
86 min | Documentary, Family
Through encounters in these otherwise ordinary places (but places that, here, take on another meaning), the film portrays a different Gaza. Poetic, surreal at times. "Aisheen" is a tribute to life.
Director: Nicolas Wadimoff
Votes: 65
27. Gaza: Health Under Siege (2018)
45 min | Documentary
After three wars in eight years and an ongoing eleven-year blockade, how are the people of Gaza coping? This is a story about extraordinary citizens trying to keep others alive and healthy,... See full summary »
Director: Amy Miller | Star: Rouba Beydoun
Votes: 5
28. Gaza Strip (2002)
74 min | Documentary
Focuses on 13-year-old Mohammed Hejazi, a second-grade dropout the filmmaker encountered at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian children often gather to throw stones.
Director: James Longley | Star: Mohammed Hejazi
Votes: 312
29. Yalla Parkour
Documentary | Post-production
In her relentless pursuit of a memory that reinforces her sense of belonging, Areeb crosses paths with Ahmad, a Parkour athlete in Gaza. Nostalgia meets with ambition, and the weight of a confined past meets with an unpredictable future.
Director: Areeb Zuaiter | Stars: Areeb Zuaiter, Ahmad Matar
30. One Day In Gaza (2019 TV Movie)
Documentary
The film "One Day in Gaza," about last year's Gaza border protests against the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, how mass protests on the Israel-Gaza border led to one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Olly Lambert | Star: Shaun Dooley
Votes: 63
31. Chosen and Excluded: The Hate on Jews in Europe (2017)
90 min | Documentary
The docu explains us about anti semitism in modern times until today
Directors: Sophie Hafner, Joachim Schroeder | Stars: Rafi Eitan, Sammy Ghozlan, Moishe Postone, Monika Schwarz-Friesel
Votes: 43
32. To Shoot an Elephant (2009)
112 min | Documentary
Medics risk their lives to rescue and treat the wounded in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
Directors: Alberto Arce, Mohammad Rujailah | Stars: Ewa Jasiewicz, Marwan Hamuda, Alberto Arce, Haya Hamdan
Votes: 100
33. Defying My Disability (2016)
46 min | Documentary
Defying My Disability follows the lives of young Palestinians navigating the path towards their dreams whilst coping with the everyday challenges of having a disability.
Director: Ramzi Maqdisi | Stars: Haneen Abu Ayash, Mohamed Sadah, Idriss Awaad, Zyad Deeb
Votes: 9
34. Gaza: A Reporter under Fire (2023)
Documentary, Short
A news photographer, was at work when he learned that Israel struck his neighborhood in Gaza. With reports coming in of dead children arriving at a nearby hospital, he learned the tragic news that four of his children were killed.
Director: Ahmed Deeb
35. From Under the Rubble (2017)
85 min | Documentary
In December 2008 and January 2009, Operation Cast Lead saw Israel's military forces clash with Palestinians in Gaza. In the ensuing raids, which sparked a wider humanitarian crisis and the ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Tsoulis
Votes: 7
36. Strawberry Fields (2006)
60 min | Documentary
The only product the Gaza strip exported - as of 2006 - were strawberries. This film shows the daily struggle of Gazan strawberry farmers who try to grow, export and sell their product against all odds.
Director: Ayelet Heller | Star: Ayelet Heller
38. Gaza (2017)
18 min | Short
Through various characters we learn of the violation of human rights suffered daily by the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the situation of blockade for which it tries to survive.
Directors: Carles Bover, Julio Pérez del Campo
Votes: 38
39. Checkpoint (2011)
19 min | Short, Action, Drama
Suleiman, an eleven year old Palestinian boy, lives in a small village in the Gaza strip. Every month, he goes with his father to the ruins of a destroyed village. Though he doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Ruben Amar | Stars: Abdallah El Akal, Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Zaki Hinnawi, Vitali Friedland
Votes: 52
40. Gaza Sderot: Life in Spite of Everything (2009)
52 min | Documentary
This project reported on life as experienced by men, women and children in Gaza (Palestine) and Sderot (Israel): their lives and their survival on a daily basis. Under difficult living ... See full summary »
Directors: Khalil Al-Muzayyen, Robby Elmaliah, Era Lapid, Nadav Lapid
Votes: 11
41. On the Spot: Gaza - Chronicles of a Conflict (2013)
27 min | Documentary, Short, News
A Qassam-fighter is collecting the remaining parts of Ahmed Jabari's body from his wreck after an Israeli airstrike that killed the head of al-Qassam Brigade. A Palestinian journalist who ... See full summary »
Directors: Eszter Cseke, András S. Takács
Votes: 11
42. The Seventh War (2010)
50 min | Documentary, War
5 Documentary films talking about the last war on Gaza in 2009. Each documentary tackles different dimension of the war; politics, military, war-crimes, media, and people movement. These ... See full summary »
Director: Tamer Ashry
43. Gaza/Israel Lifesavers & Paramedics (2023)
Documentary
The Hamas attack against Israel and Israel's attacks against Palestinians has taxed the medical communities on both sides of the conflict. Ambulance drivers and paramedics are on the front lines of the war. Broadcast on PBS, ARTE and ZDF.
Director: Martin Himel | Star: Martin Himel
45. Team Gaza (2016)
85 min | Documentary
Team Gaza records the lives of four young football players daring to dream in Gaza, a land strip sealed off from the outside world. Stuck between walls these four Gazans try to build their lives.
Director: Laurens Samsom
Votes: 16
46. Eyewitness Gaza (2011)
50 min | Documentary, History, News
During 5 trips to Gaza, Schiel has gained first-hand experience of Palestinian life, assessed trauma, shared struggles, and portrays what he experienced.
Director: Tom Jackson
47. God Went Surfing with the Devil (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, War
A breathtaking look at the Israel-Gaza conflict through the lens of surfing.
Director: Alexander Klein | Stars: Ibrahim N. Arafat, Matthew Olsen, Arthur Rashkovan, Gil Keren
Votes: 29
48. GAZA - Settlement to Hell (2008)
Documentary, Short
GAZA - SETTLEMENT TO HELL - DOCUMENTARY Barely hours after the targeted bombing on Thursday by the Israeli army at the Baquba village near Gaza, a boy was found playing near a crater left ... See full summary »
Director: Nair Vinod Raman | Star: Peter Miroschnikoff
49. Hate Preachers (2006)
4 min | Animation, Short
Hate preachers for too long have been fostering hate crimes. This animated short takes a look at their destructive rhetoric and encourages all of us to speak out to offset these ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Puls
50. Cultural Intifada (Resistance) in the USA (2009 Video)
73 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An energetic, informative and powerful film on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the film presents the amazing art and activism of three Palestinian American and two Jewish American artists whose work focus on Palestine.
Stars: Saria Idana, Remi Kanazi, Ragtop, David Rovics