20 best movies like Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)

List of the best movies like Tel Aviv on Fire (2018): Free Zone, The Syrian Bride, Suite Française, Belle du Seigneur, The Names of Love, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Artist, Another Woman's Life, Late Marriage, Bye Bye Germany.

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Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIsrael, Belgium, France, Spain

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large of sum of money.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance, Germany, Israel

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration01:47

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
Duration01:37

English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the protestant wife of one of his employees.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:40

Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:09

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:36

    Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Luxembourg, Belgium
    Duration01:37

    When the fun loving Marie sets her eyes on brooding comic book artist Paul, it sets off the kind of romantic sparks that quickly culminate in the bedroom. But the next morning brings its share of surprises as Marie crawls out of bed to discover her life flash-forwarded fifteen years down the road: Not only has she been married to Paul all this time, but she’s now the mother of a little boy the head of a powerful multinational investment firm and the proprietor of a fabulous apartment overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Quickly Marie discovers that all her achievements have not brought happiness.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIsrael, France

    Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, military
    CountryGermany, Luxembourg, Belgium, France
    Duration02:18

    David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, France
    Duration02:21

    During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and Francesca Knight) who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, military
    CountrySerbia, United Kingdom, USA, Argentina, Mexico
    Duration02:16

    A man, shaken by fate after his wife's death, chooses to be a monk.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military
    CountryFrance, Canada
    Duration01:46

    In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryIsrael, USA, France
    Duration01:27

    A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Italy
    Duration02:40

    It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, music, history
    CountryFrance, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania
    Duration01:51

    In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the conflict peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage with a fleeting brotherhood.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, history
    CountryRussia, France, Italy, Czech Republic
    Duration02:59

    Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, military
    CountryIsrael, Germany, France

    Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, military
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel, Romania

    In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:38

      When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySpain, Portugal, France
      Duration01:49

      In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:12

      Detective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi, a local hero in a town on the French Riviera. When she learns he was in fact a crooked cop, she tries to right his wrongs. Crossing paths with Antoine, a victim of Santi, sets off a series of wild events.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
      Duration01:36

      Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryTaiwan

      When Sanlian's ex-husband passes away, she discovers he has altered his insurance policy, cutting out their son in favor of a stranger named Jay.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Serbia
      Duration01:53

      A story set in the former Yugoslavia and centered on a guy who returns to Herzegovina from Germany with plenty of cash and hopes for a good new life.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:48

      A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryIndia

      John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanthara) are forced into wedlock against their wishes. Both undergo a rough patch initially in their marriage as they are not able to get over their past romances. Prior to their marriage, Regina was in love with Surya (Jai), while John romanced Keerthana (Nazriya). What leads to the Arya-Nayanthara wedding? How they forget their romantic past and finally come together forms the rest of the story.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      One man does all he can to veil his Asian heritage; the other takes great pains to hide his sexual orientation. Both of these things begin to change when Ryan is hired to prepare film star Ning for a fashion shoot, and the men develop a bond.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom

      A successful film composer falls in love when he travels to India to work on a Bollywood retelling of Romeo and Juliet.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryGermany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
      Duration01:53

      HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work instantly provokes a furious scandal, and Arendt stands strong as she is attacked by friends and foes alike. But as the German-Jewish émigré also struggles to suppress her own painful associations with the past, the film exposes her beguiling blend of arrogance and vulnerability — revealing a soul defined and derailed by exile.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryDenmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany
      Duration01:51

      Romantic comedy from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:33

      They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Four black students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African-American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post-racial' America while weaving a story about forging one's unique path in the world.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Thailand
      Duration02:12

      The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
      Duration01:38

      After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

      Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      The relationship between two mismatched people who try to move past their baggage to make their love work.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, France

      Alice, a perfect wife and mother who lives happily with her husband and child until the day she discovers her husband is living a double life that has ruined her financially and left her a single mother. Alice fights back and dives into a world beyond anything she has ever known.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:26

      How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, USA
      Duration01:40

      This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryIsrael

      Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess. It all changes when a new girl appears at school. She's introduced to a world of drugs, lesbians and sex. She's thrilled. Her life, at last, becomes exciting. Is it going to last? "Barash" is a coming of age story, planted in the heart of Israeli society, about a young woman who struggles to find her self-identity in an environment that has different ideas about sex, drugs and love.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, short
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France

      Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:25

      A modern fairy tale with scientists, partisans, cosmonauts, officials, and the Motherland. The scientist and his assistant are collecting the ingredients for an elixir that can resurrect dead people to life. At the same time, officials are looking for the carpenter who has a power to transmute water into oil.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryIsrael, Germany

      A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:38

      Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.




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