Ajami

Ajami

Directed by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani

Produced by Inosan, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion

2009120 min7.1 / 10

A gritty, multi-threaded portrait of survival and moral compromise in a fractured community where ethnic and economic tensions collide.

Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: Hadir. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to find his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians.

Questions people ask

  • Is Ajami scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Ajami sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Ajami violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Ajami easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Ajami end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

54/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise81

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Ajami

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Ajami

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Ajami, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Ajami, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Ajami, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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