Ishtar (1987)
"Telling the truth can be dangerous business."
ThumbScore
👍 60%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 44%
(RT: 37%, MC: 51) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Aharon Ipalé as Emir Yousef
Is Ishtar good?
It's divisive. 60% audience score, estimated from 172 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 44%.
Overview
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. Wikipedia ↗
