Here we've displayed a list of the best Jerusalem films : Another Road Home(2004), Ben-Hur(1959), Sorcerer(1977), Religulous(2008), My Architect(2003), Jesus Christ Superstar(1973), Ford Transit(2003), The Cakemaker(2017), Footnote(2011), Hannah Arendt(2012), King of Kings(1961), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves(1991) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2004
77 Minutes
author parent caretaker daughter muslim jew emotional fascinating powerful jerusalem patterson, n.j. new york city jordan italy religious differences cultural differences reunion family homecoming israeli-palestinian conflict
The Personal Story Of An Israeli's Quest To Find Her Palestinian Caregiver
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1959
203 Minutes
Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins Stephen Boyd Haya Harareet Hugh Griffith Martha Scott Sam Jaffe Cathy O'Donnell
friend slave sister prince jesus emotional touching desert jerusalem judea revenge betrayal showdown freedom assassination escape revenge rise sacrifice 1st century
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1977
121 Minutes
Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal Amidou Ramon Bieri Peter Capell Karl John Friedrich Ledebur Chico Martinez Joe Spinell Rosario Almontes
assassin terrorist bank robber banker guerrilla fighter truck driver bleak suspenseful intense dark south america forest bridge oil field new york city jerusalem big business oil dangerous assignment explosion
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Documentary
USA
2008
101 Minutes
comedian senator preacher brash engaging hilarious jerusalem vatican salt lake city london theme park religion christianity islam judaism mormonism scientology quest 2000s
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Documentary
USA
2003
116 Minutes
Louis Kahn Priscilla Pattison Edwina Pattison Daniels
father son colleague daughter mother frank gehry somber fascinating profound philadelphia bangladesh library office jerusalem louis kahn architecture art infidelity career vs. family estrangement
Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.
Musical
USA
1973
107 Minutes
Ted Neeley Carl Anderson Yvonne Elliman Barry Dennen Bob Bingham Larry T. Marshall Josh Mostel Kurt Yaghjian Philip Toubus
messiah judas iscariot mary magdalene pontius pilate king herod apostle emotional engaging israel jerusalem desert temple jesus christ christianity faith betrayal crucifixion sacrifice rise fall
Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.
Documentary
Palestine|Israel
2003
84 Minutes
taxi driver palestinian military officer political candidate passenger saeed rajai chilling somber engaging taxi road jerusalem palestine roadblock political repression political unrest foreign relations arab-israeli conflict military discovery
The movie follows Rajai, a Ford Transit driver which is the most popular transportation in the Palestinian occupied territories (occupied by Israel). While taking a ride with Rajai, we ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Comedy, Drama
Israel
2011
106 Minutes
Shlomo Bar-Aba Lior Ashkenazi Aliza Rosen Alma Zack Daniel Markovich Micah Lewesohn Yuval Scharf Nevo Kimchi
professor son wife scholar amusing profound passionate jerusalem hebrew university family home father/son relationship academia judaism misunderstanding ambition rivalry transformation 2010s
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
Drama
Germany|Luxembourg|France|Israel
2012
113 Minutes
Barbara Sukowa Axel Milberg Janet McTeer Julia Jentsch Ulrich Noethen Michael Degen Megan Gay Nicholas Woodeson
adolf eichmann philosopher new yorker fascinating jerusalem courtroom trial magazine war crimes discovery
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Other, Drama, History
USA
1961
160 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Siobhan McKenna Robert Ryan Hurd Hatfield Viveca Lindfors Rita Gam Rip Torn Carmen Sevilla
jesus virgin baptists judas iscariot pontius pilate ruler brutal emotional tense spirited jerusalem egypt desert prison small town stable spiritual journey god miracles betrayal
The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.
Drama, Adventure, Action
USA|UK
1991
138 Minutes
Kevin Costner Morgan Freeman Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Christian Slater Alan Rickman Geraldine McEwan Michael McShane Brian Blessed Michael Wincott Nick Brimble Soo Drouet
robin hood little john foreigner friend father sheriff of nottingham spectacular confident emotional thrilling england jerusalem castle forest hideout village honor friendship corruption rebellion
When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.
Drama, History
USA
1953
135 Minutes
Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger
jesus roman slave father disciple christian inspiring powerful rome judea galilee jerusalem crucifixion guilt religious conversion religious persecution faith transformation sacrifice quest
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
Comedy
France|USA
1993
102 Minutes
Cary Elwes Richard Lewis Roger Rees Amy Yasbeck Dave Chappelle Mark Blankfield Tracey Ullman Eric Allan Kramer Megan Cavanagh Mel Brooks Dom DeLuise
robin hood servant king richard i love interest prince friend madcap hilarious thrilling winsome england jerusalem prison castle village forest feudalism royal life outreach rebellion
A spoof of Robin Hood in general, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.
Other, Drama, History
USA
1965
195 Minutes
Max von Sydow Charlton Heston Carroll Baker Dorothy McGuire Robert Loggia Claude Rains Jose Ferrer Marian Seldes John Abbott Rodolfo Acosta Michael Ansara
prophet traitor god king mary magdalene disciple inspiring profound jerusalem bethlehem israel jesus christ betrayal god christianity resurrection sacrifice 1st century
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Drama
Israel
2003
80 Minutes
Yael Abecassis Odelia Segal Adnan Trabshi Alon Oleartchik Itamar Glucksmann Merav Avrahami Adi Otman
girl neighbor friend father gardener hostage uplifting touching tender jerusalem israel closet family home israeli-palestinian conflict prejudice life lessons kidnapping terrorism discovery growing up
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Drama
Israel
2018
112 Minutes
Maayan Bloom Maya Dagan Sasson Gabay Nathan Goshen Orna Pitussi Adam Emanuel Propp Joy Rieger Yuval Segal Esti Zakheim Avigail Harari Sean Mongoza
rebel young woman psychologist fiancée brooding intense confident passionate jerusalem street nightclub party hedonism crisis of faith oppression religious persecution sexual awakening spiritual journey discovery forbidden love
Two rebellious young women - one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences.
Drama, History
USA
1935
96 Minutes
Preston Foster Alan Hale Basil Rathbone John Wood Louis Calhern David Holt Dorothy Wilson Wyrley Birch Gloria Shea Frank Conroy William V. Mong
slave trader blacksmith son fortuneteller gladiator pontius pilate touching intense inspiring spectacular volcano jerusalem africa italy redemption city regret corruption painful memories crucifixion
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Drama
Israel
1972
77 Minutes
Michal Bat-Adam Gabi Oterman Joseph Shiloach Levana Finkelstein Avner Hizkiyahu Moshe Tal Zivi Avramson Naomi Bachar Yehuda Efroni Esther Grotes Elisheva Michaeli
young boy brother sister-in-law grandmother rabbi love interest mellow charming powerful emotional jerusalem family home temple israel love triangle religious beliefs marriage innocence may-december romance family
The love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa, in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Under a (very old) Jewish religious law, Nissim has the duty to marry his childless sister-in-law on the death of his brother.
Comedy
Israel|USA
2013
107 Minutes
Sasson Gabay Moni Moshonov Patrick Stewart Gil Blank Yael Abecassis Moshe Ivgy Zvika Hadar Rotem Zussman
child teenager best friend engaging amusing bank jerusalem robbery transformation
In Jerusalem, a bullied teen befriends his grandfather and long lost uncle and soon they decide to solve their financial problems by robbing a bank.
War
USA
1966
142 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Senta Berger Angie Dickinson John Wayne Frank Sinatra Yul Brynner James Donald Luther Adler Topol
colonel soldier wife major ambassador love interest rousing tense jerusalem military base united states arab-israeli conflict faith training new romance independence underdog rivalry transformation 1940s
In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Palestinian states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Other
USA
2017
86 Minutes
donkey friend camel animal charming engaging passionate touching jerusalem birth of jesus pilgrimage adventure discovery love quest 1st century b.c.
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.
Drama, History
USA
2016
108 Minutes
Joseph Fiennes Tom Felton Peter Firth Cliff Curtis María Botto Luis Callejo Antonio Gil Martí nez Richard Atwill Stewart Scudamore Andy Gathergood Stephen Hagan
roman military official aide jesus senator wife brooding emotional intense golgotha town jerusalem tomb field camp crucifixion resurrection search doubt anger
In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead.
Drama, History
France|Israel|Italy|India|USA
2010
106 Minutes
Hiam Abbass Freida Pinto Yasmine Al Massri Ruba Blal Alexander Siddig Omar Metwally Willem Dafoe Vanessa Redgrave Stella Schnabel
orphan young girl teacher older woman brother refugee disheartening engaging israel jerusalem refugee camp israeli-palestinian conflict terrorism orphans teaching peace death discovery growing up love
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Australia
2020
101 Minutes
Essie Davis Miriam Margolyes Ashleigh Cummings Rupert Penry-Jones Jacqueline McKenzie Daniel Lapaine Nathan Page Hugo Johnstone-Burt John Waters Ian Bliss Anthony J. Sharpe
detective bedouin aristocrat tribesman confident engaging gripping gutsy sultry jerusalem desert tomb london israel mystery archaeology jewelry curse disappearance adventure
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
Biography, Drama, History
Israel|USA
2015
98 Minutes
Natalie Portman Gilad Kahana Amir Tessler Ohad Knoller Makram J. Khoury Neta Riskin Alexander Peleg Rotem Keinan Tomer Kapon Vladimir Friedman Henry David
child mother father writer son friend tender sultry striking somber moving brooding jerusalem israel palestine family home city community depression childhood
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
Romance
Israel|USA
1986
97 Minutes
Tom Hanks Cristina Marsillach Benedict Taylor Anat Atzmon Gila Almagor Moni Moshonov Daphne Armony Orit Weisman
airman young woman pilot tender sultry spirited powerful emotional israel jerusalem religious differences cultural differences love world war ii forbidden love 1940s
A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.
Drama, History
USA
2014
138 Minutes
Diogo Morgado Crispin Reece Greg Hicks Adrian Schiller Darwin Shaw Sebastian Knapp Joe Wredden Simon Kunz Paul Marc Davis Matthew Gravelle
roman jew jesus pontius pilate caiaphas soldier confident cool fascinating jerusalem holy land stable house field cave jesus christ inspiration christianity oppression anxiety
The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.
Drama, History
USA
1954
114 Minutes
Rex Harrison Virginia Mayo Laurence Harvey George Sanders Robert Douglas
king knight lighthearted jerusalem royalty loyalty medieval times swordplay assassination adventure 12th century
While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart (George Sanders) battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin (Sir Rex Harrison).