The Best Middle East Conflicts Documentaries

War & Military - 121 free documentaries about middle east conflicts.

Start with Israelism: How Young American Jews’ Views of Israel Are Shifting (84 min, VICE), then Rebel Rabbis: Anti-Zionist Jews Against Israel (21 min, VICE). All 121 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on middle east conflicts is The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright.

• Israelism: How Young American Jews’ Views of Israel Are Shifting (84 min, VICE)
• Rebel Rabbis: Anti-Zionist Jews Against Israel (21 min, VICE)
• Israelism - A Never-Ending War For The Holy Land? | Israel Palestine War (79 min, ENDEVR)
• How Britain Started the Arab-Israeli Conflict (53 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Remaking the Middle East: The U.S., Israel & Iran (113 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Louis Theroux Returns To The West Bank After October 7th (58 min, Real Stories)
• Inside Israel's Plot to Destroy Secret Nuclear Reactor in The Middle East (48 min, Wonder)
• Inside the War on ISIS: Tales from the Frontline | Battle of Mosul (70 min, ENDEVR)
• Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza (85 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, Part Two (54 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, Part One (113 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Who owns Jerusalem? (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran (113 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Israel’s Extremists: The Radical Men Pushing the Region Toward Chaos (59 min, ENDEVR)
• Rojava: Syria's Unknown War (36 min, VICE)
• How Did Israel's 170 Tanks Stop 1,200? | Battle of the Valley of Tears (47 min, Wonder)
• Gaza: The Fight For Israel (Middle East Documentary) - Real Stories (49 min, Real Stories)
• Once Upon a Time in Iraq (113 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• The Secret History of ISIS (54 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Israel Launches Strikes on Nuclear Facilities in Operation Orchard (48 min, Real Crime)
• Iraq - Kurdish resistance to Iran's regime (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Visiting Gaza Strip as a Palestinian (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians (83 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Shattered Dreams of Peace | Israeli-Palestinian Relations After Oslo (115 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Israel’s Second Front | Amid War in Gaza, Tensions Rise in West Bank (25 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Yazidi Women Describe ISIS Captivity | Escaping ISIS (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Losing Iraq (83 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Louis Theroux Meets The Ultra Zionists Seizing Palestinian Land in the West Bank (58 min, Real Stories)
• An endless war: Iran, Israel and the United States (1/2) [Reupload] (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Inside Gaza - The war and its consequences (28 min, DW Documentary)
• The Secret War between Iran, Israel and the USA (106 min, ENDEVR)
• Battle for Iraq | Inside the 2016-17 Fight Against ISIS in Mosul (31 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Iraq Uncovered: Investigating Shia Militias’ Alleged Abuse of Sunni Civilians (full doc) (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• An endless war: Iran, Israel and the United States (2/2) [Reupload] (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Trauma in the Middle East: The terror of Hamas and Israel's war in Gaza (86 min, DW Documentary)
• Torn apart - Yemen in the grip of the Houthi militia (28 min, DW Documentary)
• What Iran’s top security official said about June 2025 U.S. and Israeli strikes (24 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Iran: Diary from a warzone (29 min, DW Documentary)
• Inside the Gaza Tunnels: Children digging for Hamas? | 2008 (30 min, ENDEVR)
• Operation Orchard: Israeli Special Forces Take Down Nuclear Threat (48 min, Real Stories)
• Inside the Palestinian Skate Scene | Post Radical Episode 2 (43 min, VICE)
• How The War In Gaza Could Impact Muslim-Majority Indonesia and Malaysia | Insight (48 min, CNA Insider)
• Yemen and the global arms trade (27 min, DW Documentary)
• The Most Uncertain Country on Earth? | Inside Syria 2.0 (53 min, ENDEVR)
• The Hamas: Inside the Terrorist Group that Wants to Destroy Israel (60 min, ENDEVR)
• Unmasking Hezbollah - Who was behind the assassination of Rafic Hariri? (52 min, DW Documentary)
• Yemen and the Houthis: Pirates, terrorists, freedom fighters? (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Yemen - kids and the war (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Inside GAZA: How Ordinary People live between Hamas and the IDF (85 min, ENDEVR)
• Iraq's Assassins (26 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• "We Only Eat Once A Day": How The Iran War Hits Asia's Food Supply | Insight (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Tel Aviv and October 7 (43 min, DW Documentary)
• How the Iraq War Led to More Extremism in the World | Birth of a Monster (53 min, ENDEVR)
• The Village Where the Roof Is the Road | Habitats of the World: Iran (25 min, Free Documentary)
• How The Fall of Saddam Shook Iraq (65 min, Real Stories)
• Return to Iraq: Life in the Kurdish Militia (60 min, Real Stories)
• Syria - Escape from Assad's torture chamber (25 min, DW Documentary)
• Gaza City Ambulance - Saving Lives While Bombs Are Dropping | Gaza City 2014 (79 min, ENDEVR)
• Return to Iraq: Ex-Soldier Travels the Country He Fought In (59 min, Real Stories)
• Palestine Now & Viva Cuba Libre (VICE on HBO: Season 4, Episode 7) (30 min, VICE)
• Preserving Gaza's photographic history (42 min, DW Documentary)
• From Islamic State victim to terrorist hunter (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Yemen: The War The World Ignored (51 min, Real Stories)
• The Iran You Aren't Supposed to See (51 min, Real Stories)
• The Red Lake in Iraq | What On Earth? (43 min, Science Channel)
• The Tinderbox: Understanding The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (91 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Return to Yemen & Church and States (VICE on HBO: Season 4, Episode 6) (30 min, VICE)
• Berlin and the Middle-East conflict (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Oil, Famine and Genocide - Inside Yemen's Forgotten War (58 min, ENDEVR)
• Behind Bars in Israel: Palestinians In Be'er Sheva's Max Security Prison (59 min, Real Crime)
• Israel and Iran: The Complete History Of An Eternal Conflict (152 min, Real Stories)
• How the Iran War Spiked Oil Prices (17 min, Wendover Productions)
• Battle for Aleppo: Childhood between Kalashnikovs and Bombs! | Syria War Child (53 min, ENDEVR)
• Silence After The Storm: Return To My Homeland (25 min, Real Stories)
• Journalist Graeme Wood on the Islamic State: VICE Meets (26 min, VICE)
• Dialogue in the Middle East - Palestinians and Israelis dream of peace (28 min, DW Documentary)
• The war on my phone - Lifeline to Syria (1/2) (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Lebanon on the Brink: How Corruption Led the Country into Chaos! (42 min, ENDEVR)

Top-Rated Books About Middle East Conflicts

1. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins - View on Amazon