2 Best Performing Arts in Jerusalem, Israel

Specializing in old, rare, and art films as well as more contemporary fare, this complex has four theaters, a café, and splendid views of the Old City and the Hinnom Valley from the terrace. Its monthly programs focus on specific directors, actors, or subjects. The annual Jerusalem Film Festival, held in July, attracts large crowds, as does December's Jewish Film Festival.

This venue—a single-screen cinema with a snack bar in an older building on a narrow lane—is a bit of a throwback to yesteryear's movie atmosphere. Its local following watches independent films, as well as the occasional blockbuster. Films are screened in their original language with Hebrew subtitles.