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The best Israeli films of all time

The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Sallah Shabati (1964) · Givat Halfon Doesn't Answer (1976) · The Band's Visit (2007). (Updated Jun 15, 2022.)

From Sallah Shabati to Foxtrot: the great Israeli films, according to Cinemascope, EDB and Walla Culture.

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Top 10

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    Sallah Shabati (1964)

    A new immigrant in a transit camp, by Ephraim Kishon; Oscar-nominated.

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    Givat Halfon Doesn't Answer (1976)

    A reserve-duty comedy with HaGashash HaHiver.

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    The Band's Visit (2007)

    An Egyptian police band lost in a Negev town.

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    Waltz with Bashir (2008)

    An animated documentary about memories of the Lebanon War.

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    The Policeman (1971)

    A kind-hearted policeman in Jaffa, by Kishon.

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    Zero Motivation (2014)

    Office soldiers at a remote base.

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    Life According to Agfa (1992)

    One night in a Tel Aviv bar, by Assi Dayan.

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    Footnote (2011)

    A father and son, rival Talmud scholars.

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    Foxtrot (2017)

    Parents, a son in the army and a lonely checkpoint, by Samuel Maoz.

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    Beaufort (2007)

    Soldiers at the last outpost in Lebanon.

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    The Troupe (1978)

    An army entertainment troupe in the 1960s.

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    Lemon Popsicle (1978)

    Teenagers in 1950s Tel Aviv.

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    The Big Dig (1969)

    A madman digs a canal through Tel Aviv, by Kishon.

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