The following documentaries are well-known from this period: Among his dramas, one considered outstanding is "Seal for Life" (1979) by Eran Preis and Uri Barbash, which won the Kinor David Prize.

That same year, he directed "Gabi Ben Yakar," by Eran Price, starring Moshe Ivgy and Albert Iloz, which follows a young man who is having difficulty coping with his military service.

In 1989, they collaborated for the third time on the film "One of Us," which follows the actions of a military policeman sent to investigate his former comrades in an elite paratroop unit charged with the murder of an Arab who killed a member of the unit., starring Alon Abutboul, Dalia Shimko, Sharon Alexander and Dan Toren.

In December 1989, Barbash was named the director of the decade in Israeli cinema in a poll conducted by the Israel Film Institute and Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

The film follows the final moments of a man suffering from a malignant disease, starring Eli Danker, Gidi Gov and Nurit Galron.

In 1991, he directed "Real Time", which Benny wrote, which tells the story of a former lieutenant colonel's soul-searching process during the Yom Kippur War, starring Assi Dayan.

That same year, he also directed the film "Power of Attorney," starring Yoram Hatev, about Dov Gruner - an Irgun fighter who was executed by the British.

That same year, the brothers created the television series "My First Sonny," which follows a troubled Israeli family, starring Yoram Hatev, Dafna Rechter, and Ran Bechor.

[9][10] During 2005 and 2006, he directed the television series "Milouim" (Reserves), also based on a script by Benny Barbash, starring Igal Naor and Maya Maron.

In 2006, he directed, again based on a script by his brother, the film "Salt of the Earth", starring Lior Ashkenazi, Aki Avni and Nati Ravitz.

In 2008, he directed the television series "Good Intentions", based on a script by Ronit Weiss Berkowitz, starring Clara Khoury, Orna Pitousi, Naomi Fromovich, Nati Ravitz and Tzachi Grad.

In the same year, he also directed the drama series "The Naked Truth" which aired on Channel 10, starring Lior Ashkenazi, Evgenia Dodina, Yoram Hatev and Nati Ravitz.

Among her students: Dustin Hoffman, Sidney Lumet, Sandra Sade, Moni Moshonov, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Laura Rivlin.

The film stars, among others, Gil Frank, Mia Dagan, Icho Avital, Avraham Selector, Nati Ravitz, Dror Keren, Udi Percy, Arie Czerner, Tatiana Kanalis Ollier, Alex Carroll, and Amnon Wolf.

From the judges' reasoning: "The importance of the film in revealing the figure of the Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever through cinematic means to the general public.

In his films, he combines a virtuoso ability to tell a story with deep social sensitivity, courageously dealing with the 'other' and the forgotten, while continuing to consistently refresh and develop his cinematic style".

The series was written by Ronit Weiss Berkowitz together with Kyrre Holm Johannessen and stars Amos Tamam, Anneke von der Lippe, Raida Adon, Rotem Abuhav, Daniel Litman, Andrea Berntzen, and Shira Yosef.

From the judges' reasoning: "[The film] brings to the screen an extraordinary human story, a modern Solomon trial [...] from Israel's painful past [...] a moving and touching character in her persistent search for her identity.

Director Uri Barbash manages with great skill to weave the elements of the story into a gripping and moving documentary drama.

[19] In 2023, as part of the protests against the legal reform, he created, together with the "White Shirts" organization - which represents the medical professions - the web series "The State of Israel Against the Health System".

In the "Training" series, Barbash examines, through military reality, issues in Israeli society such as: domestic violence, difficulties in absorbing new immigrants, problems in the encounter between Haredim and the secular world.

The Holocaust is also a recurring theme in Barbash's work in "The Kastner Trial", "My First Sonny", "Spring 1941", "Capo in Jerusalem", "Black Honey: The Poetry of Abraham Sutzkever's Life" and "The Choice of Nitza".

Examples of this are Bruno in "Capo in Jerusalem", Arthur in "Spring 1941", the refuseniks in "With a Clear Conscience", Rafa in "One of Our Own", Uri and Issam in "Behind Bars" and Gabi Ben Yakar in the film of the same name.