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Hebrew Movies: New Releases, Best-Rated Films & Box Office

642 Hebrew-language films are on What’s After the Movie, 233 of them (36%) from the 2010s. Drama leads with 396, then comedy (184) and documentary (86). The best-rated is Waitress - The Musical: Cameri (2023) with an Echo Score of 87; the newest release is Come Closer, out Dec 5, 2025. 95 films have reported box office, $107M worldwide in all.

Hebrew films on the site
642
ranked by rating
66
worldwide gross of 95 films
$107M
busiest decade (233 films)
2010s
Best-rated

What Are the Best Hebrew Movies?

With an Echo Score of 87, Waitress - The Musical: Cameri (2023) ranks first of the 66 ranked Hebrew films, ahead of Waltz with Bashir (2008) and Almost Famous (2000). 4 of the top 10 are from the 2020s. Ranked by Echo Score; 5 of these 10 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.

All 66 ranked
  1. Waitress - The Musical: Cameri (2023) movie poster
    1. Waitress - The Musical: Cameri 87 Echo (Echo Score 87 out of 100)

    2023 · Music, Comedy · 2h 30m

    Dir. Ido Rosenberg

  2. Waltz with Bashir (2008) movie poster
    2. Waltz with Bashir 91 Metascore (Metascore 91 out of 100 (33 critic reviews))

    2008 · Biography, Drama · 1h 30m

    No Echo Score: ranked 85/100 on critics & audiences

  3. Almost Famous (2000) movie poster
    3. Almost Famous 90 Metascore (Metascore 90 out of 100 (38 critic reviews))

    2000 · Drama, Music · 2h 2m

    No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences

  4. Cinema Sabaya (2023) movie poster
    4. Cinema Sabaya 82 Echo (Echo Score 82 out of 100)

    2023 · Drama · 1h 32m

    Dir. Orit Fouks Rotem

  5. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2015) movie poster
    5. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem 90 Metascore (Metascore 90 out of 100 (20 critic reviews))

    2015 · Drama · 1h 55m

    Dir. Ronit Elkabetz No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences

  6. Working Woman (2019) movie poster
    6. Working Woman 80 Echo (Echo Score 80 out of 100)

    2019 · Drama · 1h 33m

    Dir. Michal Aviad

  7. Advocate (2020) movie poster
    6. Advocate 80 Echo (Echo Score 80 out of 100)

    2020 · Documentary · 1h 54m

    Dir. Philippe Bellaiche

  8. Asia (2021) movie poster
    6. Asia 80 Echo (Echo Score 80 out of 100)

    2021 · Drama · 1h 25m

    Dir. Ruthy Pribar

  9. The Flat (2012) movie poster
    9. The Flat 83 Metascore (Metascore 83 out of 100 (14 critic reviews))

    2012 · Documentary · 1h 37m

    Dir. Arnon Goldfinger No Echo Score: ranked 79/100 on critics & audiences

  10. The Gatekeepers (2013) movie poster
    9. The Gatekeepers 91 Metascore (Metascore 91 out of 100 (27 critic reviews))

    2013 · Documentary · 1h 41m

    Dir. Dror Moreh No Echo Score: ranked 79/100 on critics & audiences

Genres

What Kinds of Hebrew Movies Are There?

Drama is part of 62% of Hebrew films (396); comedy (184) and documentary (86) follow. Compared with the whole catalogue, Hebrew films lean most towards drama: 62% of them, against 41% of all films. Films can have several genres. Each bar opens the full list filtered to that genre, with its best-rated film underneath.

  • Drama 396 · 62%
    Best-rated: Almost Famous (2000)
  • Comedy 184 · 29%
    Best-rated: One Week and a Day (2017)
  • Documentary 86 · 13%
    Best-rated: Advocate (2020)
  • Romance 73 · 11%
    Best-rated: Yossi (2013)
  • Family 32 · 5%
    Best-rated: Six Million and One (2012)
  • Crime 31 · 5%
    Best-rated: Like Me (2018)
  • Thriller 31 · 5%
    Best-rated: The Vanishing (2019)
  • Music 29 · 5%
    Best-rated: Waitress - The Musical: Cameri (2023)
  • Adventure 21 · 3%
  • War 18 · 3%
    Best-rated: Lebanon (2010)

Smaller genres: Fantasy (17), History (14), Action (13), Animation (13), Horror (11), Sci-Fi (11), Mystery (7), Biography (2), Sport (1).

Decade by decade

Hebrew Cinema, Decade by Decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade with 233 films (36%); the earliest Hebrew film on the site is from 1955. The best-rated of the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s: Waltz with Bashir (2008), Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2015) and Waitress - The Musical: Cameri (2023). No Hebrew film from before the 1990s is ranked.

  1. 14 Hebrew films from the 1960s 1960s
    No ranked film
  2. 33 Hebrew films from the 1970s 1970s
    No ranked film
  3. 42 Hebrew films from the 1980s 1980s
    No ranked film
  4. 45 Hebrew films from the 1990s 1990s
    Fire Birds (1990) movie poster Fire Birds 31 Metascore
  5. 89 Hebrew films from the 2000s 2000s
    Waltz with Bashir (2008) movie poster Waltz with Bashir 91 Metascore
  6. 233 Hebrew films from the 2010s 2010s
  7. 177 Hebrew films from the 2020s 2020s
Box office

Which Hebrew Movies Earned the Most?

Almost Famous (2000) leads with $47.4M worldwide. The top 5 together took $79.1M, 74% of the $107M earned by the 95 Hebrew films with reported box office. Grosses that look like data errors, and films stored with the wrong language, are left out.

Hebrew box office charts
worldwide gross, all Hebrew films
$107M
films with reported box office
95
share of the top 5
74%
  1. Almost Famous (2000) movie poster
    1. Almost Famous $47.4M worldwide

    2000 · Drama

  2. Fire Birds (1990) movie poster
    2. Fire Birds $14.8M worldwide

    1990 · Action

  3. Waltz with Bashir (2008) movie poster
    3. Waltz with Bashir $11.2M worldwide

    2008 · Biography

  4. Fill the Void (2013) movie poster
    4. Fill the Void $3.2M worldwide

    2013 · Drama

  5. The Gatekeepers (2013) movie poster
    5. The Gatekeepers $2.6M worldwide

    2013 · Documentary

People

Who Are the Top Hebrew Directors and Actors?

Joseph Cedar, Amos Gitai and Nadav Lapid share the lead with 4 notable Hebrew films each, ahead of Eytan Fox (3) and Avi Nesher (3). Dana Ivgy leads the cast lists with 8 Hebrew films, ahead of Lior Ashkenazi (6) and Tzahi Grad (5). Counted over notable features: films with ratings, box office, awards or a plot summary on the site.

Directors with the most Hebrew films

  1. Joseph Cedar, director
    Best-rated: Footnote (2012)
  2. Amos Gitai, director
    Amos Gitai 4 films
    Best-rated: Kippur (2000)
  3. Nadav Lapid, director
    Best-rated: Policeman (2014)
  4. Eytan Fox, director
    Eytan Fox 3 films
    Best-rated: Yossi (2013)
  5. Avi Nesher, director
    Avi Nesher 3 films
    Best-rated: The Other Story (2019)
  6. Rama Burshtein, director
    Best-rated: Fill the Void (2013)

Most-cast actors in Hebrew films

  1. Dana Ivgy 8 films
    Best-rated: Cinema Sabaya (2023)
  2. Lior Ashkenazi, actor
    Best-rated: Foxtrot (2017)
  3. Tzahi Grad 5 films
    Best-rated: June Zero (2024)
  4. Sasson Gabai, actor
    Best-rated: The Other Story (2019)
  5. Best-rated: Yossi (2013)
  6. Liron Levo 4 films
    Best-rated: Kippur (2000)
Awards

Which Hebrew Films Have Won the Most Awards?

Almost Famous (2000) leads with 4 wins from 16 nominations, ahead of Waltz with Bashir (2008) with 3 wins from 8 nominations. 2 Hebrew films were nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature (Best Foreign Language Film until 2019); none has won. Counted like the awards pages: one film in one category is one nomination.

Awards & winners
Hebrew films with the most award wins and nominations
Film Wins Noms.Nominations Won at
Almost Famous (2000) movie poster Almost Famous 2000 · Drama 4 16 BAFTA Critics' Choice Oscars
Waltz with Bashir (2008) movie poster Waltz with Bashir 2008 · Biography 3 8 Critics' Choice DGA Awards Golden Globes
Footnote (2012) movie poster Footnote 2012 · Drama – 2 Nominated only
Fill the Void (2013) movie poster Fill the Void 2013 · Drama – 2 Nominated only
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2015) movie poster Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem 2015 · Drama – 1 Nominated only
The Gatekeepers (2013) movie poster The Gatekeepers 2013 · Documentary – 1 Nominated only
5 Broken Cameras (2012) movie poster 5 Broken Cameras 2012 · Documentary – 1 Nominated only

Hebrew Films Nominated for Best International Feature

2 nominations for Hebrew films (Best Foreign Language Film until 2019).

  1. 2012 Footnote Nominated
  2. 2009 Waltz with Bashir Nominated
Explained

Hebrew Movies Explained: Plot Summaries & Endings

89 Hebrew films have a full plot summary on the site and 1 has the ending explained. The newest are Tantura (2022) and The Swimmer (2022); Foxtrot (2017) and Lebanon (2010) are among the best-rated after the top 10.

All plot summaries
Full list

Browse All 642 Hebrew Movies

Filter all 642 Hebrew films by genre, decade or year and sort them by rating, box office, release date or title. The list starts with the 66 ranked Hebrew films, best-rated first.

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66 ranked Hebrew films

Hebrew movies, best first. Page 1 of 2.

  1. Advocate (2020) movie poster Rank#6

    Advocate

    2020 · 1h 54m

    80 Echo

    • Documentary
  2. Asia (2021) movie poster Rank#6

    Asia

    2021 · 1h 25m

    80 Echo

    • Drama
  3. The Flat (2012) movie poster Rank#9

    The Flat

    2012 · 1h 37m

    83 Metascore

    • Documentary
  4. Foxtrot (2017) movie poster Rank#12

    Foxtrot

    2017 · 1h 48m

    78 Echo

    • Drama
  5. Lebanon (2010) movie poster Rank#12

    Lebanon

    2010 · 1h 33m

    85 Metascore

    • Drama
    • War
  6. Alam (2024) movie poster Rank#12

    Alam

    2024 · 1h 49m

    78 Echo

    • Drama
  7. Kippur (2000) movie poster Rank#18

    Kippur

    2000 · 2h 4m

    75 Metascore

    • Drama
    • War
  8. Tantura (2022) movie poster Rank#18

    Tantura

    2022 · 1h 25m

    75 Echo

    • Documentary
  9. June Zero (2024) movie poster Rank#18

    June Zero

    2024 · 1h 45m

    75 Echo

    • Drama
    • History
  10. Footnote (2012) movie poster Rank#22

    Footnote

    2012 · 1h 43m

    83 Metascore

    • Drama
  11. Policeman (2014) movie poster Rank#23

    Policeman

    2014 · 1h 45m

    79 Metascore

    • Drama
  12. Past Life (2017) movie poster Rank#27

    Past Life

    2017 · 1h 49m

    72 Echo

    • Drama
  13. Tikkun (2016) movie poster Rank#31

    Tikkun

    2016 · 2h

    71 Metascore

    • Drama
    • Mystery
  14. The Vanishing (2019) movie poster Rank#35

    The Vanishing

    2019 · 1h 47m

    69 Echo

    • Drama
    • Mystery
    • Thriller
  15. Yossi (2013) movie poster Rank#35

    Yossi

    2013 · 1h 24m

    66 Metascore

    • Drama
    • Romance
  16. Like Me (2018) movie poster Rank#35

    Like Me

    2018 · 1h 20m

    69 Echo

    • Drama
    • Crime
  17. Incitement (2020) movie poster Rank#40

    Incitement

    2020 · 2h 3m

    66 Echo

    • Thriller
  18. Big Bad Wolves (2014) movie poster Rank#42

    Big Bad Wolves

    2014 · 1h 50m

    64 Metascore

    • Thriller
    • Comedy
    • Crime
  19. Yes (2025) movie poster Rank#43

    Yes

    2025 · 2h 29m

    65 Echo

    • Drama
  20. The Future (2011) movie poster Rank#46

    The Future

    2011 · 1h 32m

    67 Metascore

    • Drama
Related languages

Middle East & North Africa has 6 languages on the site. Besides Hebrew, the biggest are Arabic (3,085 films), Turkish (2,721 films) and Persian (1,507 films); the largest languages elsewhere follow.

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FAQ

Hebrew Movies: Questions & Answers

Answers from the 642 Hebrew films on the site: their ranking, box office and directors.

How many Hebrew movies are there?

642 Hebrew-language films are on What’s After the Movie, released from 1955 to 2025. 66 are ranked by rating and 95 have reported box office.

Browse all Hebrew movies

What is the best Hebrew movie?

Waitress - The Musical: Cameri (2023) ranks highest (Echo Score 87), followed by Waltz with Bashir (2008) and Almost Famous (2000). Ranked by Echo Score; 2 of these 3 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.

About Waitress - The Musical: Cameri

What is the highest-grossing Hebrew movie?

Almost Famous (2000), with $47.4M worldwide, ahead of Fire Birds (1990) at $14.8M.

Hebrew box office charts

Which decade had the most Hebrew films?

The 2010s, with 233 films (36% of all Hebrew films on the site). Its best-rated film is Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2015).

Who has directed the most Hebrew films?

Joseph Cedar, Amos Gitai and Nadav Lapid share the lead with 4 notable Hebrew films each, ahead of Eytan Fox (3) and Avi Nesher (3). Joseph Cedar's best-rated is Footnote (2012).

Joseph Cedar's films

What are the newest Hebrew movies?

Come Closer (released Dec 5, 2025), Yes (released May 22, 2025) and Ada: My Mother the Architect (released May 9, 2025).

New Hebrew releases