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Our Boys

★ 7.9 5K votes 2019–2019 1 season · 10 episodes Ended HBO
Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Shlomi ElkabetzJohnny ArbidAdam GabayRuba BlalYaacov CohenOr Ben-Melech
Written by
Tawfik Abu WaelJoseph CedarHagai Levi
Starring
Shlomi ElkabetzJohnny ArbidAdam GabayRuba BlalYaacov CohenOr Ben-Melech
Written by
Tawfik Abu WaelJoseph CedarHagai Levi
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A true crime that indicts everyone involved"

A dramatization of the real 2014 abduction and murder of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem, and the investigation that follows against a backdrop of rising violence before the Gaza war. Told from multiple perspectives, including Israeli security services and the victim's family, it is slow, somber, and unflinching, more interested in institutional failure and grief than procedural momentum. The pace is deliberate and the tone heavy throughout, but the performances and moral complexity make it a serious, thoughtful watch rather than an easy one.

Watch it for

the unflinching, multi-perspective look at a real tragedy and its political aftermath.

Maybe skip if

you want brisk pacing or a story with clear heroes and villains.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Limited Series2019
7.91K109h 32m
Set in the summer of 2014, the series is based on the true events which led to the outbreak of war in Gaza.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Chapter 1: Out of the Depth, I Cry to you7.4
23759 min
▶2Chapter 2: I Love Toto7.8
21058 min
▶3Chapter 3: Two Packs of Red Next7.8
18454 min
▶4Chapter 4: The Dawn Martyr7.8
15858 min
▶5Chapter 5: Shabbat Shalom8.0
13162 min
▶6Chapter 6: Acceptance of Silence8.0
12056 min
▶7Chapter 7: Judging by its End8.1
11658 min
▶8Chapter 8: Defendants 2 and 37.9
10052 min
▶9Chapter 9: The Perfumer and The Tanner8.2
9352 min
▶10Chapter 10: A Shaft into a Dark Tunnel8.6
9663 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Shlomi Elkabetz Simon
Johnny Arbid Hussein Abu Khdeir
Adam Gabay Avishay Elbaz
Ruba Blal Suha Abu Khdeir
Yaacov Cohen Rabbi Shalom Ben-David
Or Ben-Melech Yosef Chaim Ben-David
Eyal Shikratzi Yinon Edri
Lior Ashkenazi Uri Korv
Shadi Mar'i Eyad
Michael Aloni Itzik

Crew

Tawfik Abu Wael
Joseph Cedar
Hagai Levi

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