Cast: Shmil Ben Ari

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Shmil Ben Ari. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem

2014 · Movie · 115 min. · Israel

Direction Ronit Elkabetz · Shlomi Elkabetz

Cast Ronit Elkabetz · Simon Abkarian · Menashe Noy · Gabi Amrani

Synopsis This final piece of the trilogy by Israeli siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz explores the unfolding of a marriage under the jurisdiction of a rabbinical court. Under this law, Jewish marriage may only end if the husband presents a “gett”,...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Manayek (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 45 min. · Israel

Direction Roy Iddan · Alon Zingman

Cast Shalom Assayag · Liraz Chamami · Mouna Hawa · Amos Tamam

Synopsis TV Series (2020-). Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused of being corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.

6.7

29 votes

6.7

29 votes

Bnei Aruba (Hostages) (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 52 min. · Israel

Direction Omri Givon · Rotem Shamir

Cast Jonah Lotan · Ayelet Zurer · Alona Tal · Itay Tiran

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2016). 2 Seasons. 22 Episodes. The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of...

6.4

108 votes

6.4

108 votes

Nina's Tragedies

2003 · Movie · 110 min. · Israel

Direction Savi Gabizon

Cast Ayelet Zurer · Alon Aboutboul · Aviv Elkabets · Yoram Hattab

Synopsis Birth. Death. Life. Love. Marriage. Divorce. Infatuation. Passion. Joy. Heartbreak. And dancing Hassids! Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of "Nina's Tragedies," writer/director Savi Gabizon's serio-comic look at an Israeli teenager's coming-of-age and his attraction to his beautiful but emotionally fragile...

6.2

211 votes

6.2

211 votes

Dig (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Gideon Raff · Tim Kring · Millicent Shelton · Allan Arkush

Cast Jason Isaacs · Anne Heche · Angela Bettis · Omar Metwally

Synopsis TV Series (2015). 10 Episodes. Peter, an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a young female archaeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making.

5.5

251 votes

5.5

251 votes

Prison Heat

1993 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Joel Silberg

Cast Rebecca Chambers · Lori Jo Hendrix · Kena Land · Toni Naples

Synopsis Four American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials and that's where the fun begins. A basic soft-porn, babes-in-bondage, chained-and-caged, women-in-prison flick.

3.5

23 votes

3.5

23 votes

Shemesh

1997 · Series · 25 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Tzafir · Ruby Duenyas · Shirley Stern · Ofer Weitzman

Cast Galit Giat · Zvika Hadar · Zevulun Mosheashvili · Gadi Rabinowitz

Synopsis Israel's second successful sitcom, Shemesh centers around the title character and his restaurant "The Empire of the Sun", as well as his friends and workers.

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The Flood

2011 · Movie · 100 min. · Israel

Direction Guy Nattiv

Cast Shmil Ben Ari · Yakov Cohen · Ronit Elkabetz · Lana Ettinger

Synopsis Everything is complicated in Yoni's life. He's almost 13, real gifted, but physically undeveloped and struggles daily to grow up before his threatening up-coming Bar Mitzva; He sells homework in order to secretly buy a body building wonder powder, which...

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Primal Justice

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · Israel

Direction Arnon Zadok

Cast Arnon Zadok · Gabi Amrani · Yona Atari · Saar Badishi

Synopsis A homicide detective, in what started out as a routine murder case, uncovers more than he bargained for and finds himself on a journey of self-discovery, challenging the very foundation of his identity.

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Urban Feel

1999 · Movie · 103 min. · Israel

Direction Jonathan Sagall

Cast Dafna Rechter · Jonathan Sagall · Shmil Ben Ari · Tchia Danon

Synopsis Robby is an accountant and a hypochondriac, Eva works in a shop specializing in erotic toys for women. They have an eight-year-old son named Jonah and a rocky relationship. The routine of daily life is disrupted by the sudden appearance...

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Lovesick on Nana Street

1995 · Movie · 94 min. · Israel

Direction Savi Gabizon

Cast Moshe Ivgy · Avigail Ariely · Asher Atlas · Hana Azoulay-Hasfari

Synopsis The story of Victor, who lives with his mother in the really bad part of town and runs an illegal TV cable station. One day he sees the beautiful Michaela and falls madly in love with her. So desperate to...

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Direction Assi Dayan

Cast Gila Almagor · Akram Tillawi · Smadar Kilchinsky · Sharon Alexander

Synopsis The film takes place in Tel Aviv, much of it in a fictitious local pub called Barbie, a satirical nickname for a famous Israeli mental health institution. The pub's name hints at the characters and the events which occur in...

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Direction Roger Young

Cast Gila Almagor · Na'ama Amrani · G.W. Bailey · Mohammed Bakri

Synopsis Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.

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Dumb (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 30 min. · Israel

Direction Bat-Chen Sabag · Shai Kapon

Cast Bat-Chen Sabag · Shani Klein · Moshe Ashkenazi · Ruti Asarsai

Synopsis A frustrated actress with a strong character, Shiri is 30 but seems much younger as everyone seems to be constantly reminding her in both her personal and professional lives.

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Colombian Love

2004 · Movie · 96 min. · Israel

Direction Shay Kanot

Cast Yael Appleboum · Mili Avital · Yael Badash · Lirit Balaban

Synopsis Tali and Ori are a young Israeli couple. After attending their best friends' wedding, which ended in disaster, they have a big fight, which leads to Ori proposing. But there is trouble in paradise when Ori's conservative father meets Tali,...

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Yana's Friends

1999 · Movie · 90 min. · Israel

Direction Arik Kaplun

Cast Nir Levy · Evelyn Kaplun · Shmil Ben Ari · Mosko Alkalai

Synopsis Three parallel stories of immigrants in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War and about coming together while sealed in a room during the Scud attacks.

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Lost Islands

2008 · Movie · 103 min. · Israel

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The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein

1993 · Movie · 83 min. · Israel

Direction Enrique Rottenberg

Cast Moshe Ivgy · Esteban Gottfried · Dvora Kedar · Alexander H. Cohen

Synopsis Itzik, a keychains importer living with his mother, is convinced by a Ghost Monk to take revenge on those who are responsible for his pathetic situation. Surprisingly, the collaboration with the monk improves Itzik's life.

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Longing

2017 · Movie · 100 min. · Israel

Direction Savi Gabizon

Cast Shai Avivi · Neta Riskin · Assi Levy · Ella Armony

Synopsis A well off, childless man, meets his college girlfriend. He discovers that when they broke up, twenty years ago she was pregnant and went on to have a lovely boy. The second thing he discovers in their meeting will change...

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