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.
Titles found: 19
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
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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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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Ha-Chayim Al-Pi Agfa (Life According to Agfa)
1993 · Movie · 100 min. · Israel
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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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (TV)
1991 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
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
Direction Reshef Levy
Cast Oshri Cohen · Michael Moshonov · Shmil Ben Ari · Orly Silbersatz Banai
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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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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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