Synagogue movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant synagogue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, captivating, sentimental and emotional films and TV shows about / with synagogue, jewish, rabbi, society, family relations, judaism, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, religion and mother son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Israel and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as synagogue: A Serious Man (2009), The Golem (2018), To Take a Wife (2004), Jesus (2018), The Believer (2001), Marshall (2017), Those People (2015), Eyes Wide Open (2009), Leaves of Grass (2009), Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
Best films
List of synagogue movies
145K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been ...
Style:
philosophical, cynical, intellectual, talky, ironic ...
Plot:
jewish, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, teacher, suburban life, professor, rabbi, divorce, religion, life, neighbor, existentialism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967
Place:
minnesota, usa, poland, california, canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A re-imagining of the old mystical folklore that follows a woman and a tight-knit Jewish community that is besieged by foreign invaders. She conjures a dangerous creature to protect them but it may be more evil than she ever imagined.
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, scary
Plot:
golem, monster, ritual, rabbi, survival horror, suspense, folklore, legend, ancient, supernatural, husband wife relationship, village ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
europe, lithuania
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
coercion, extramarital affair, lovers, family feud, marriage crisis, conflict, marriage, divorce, dysfunctional family, synagogue, husband wife relationship, family relations ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, disturbing, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
jewish, rabbi, farce, chase, on the run, racial stereotype, comedy of errors, mistaken identity, prosecution, disorder, partners, on the road ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, new york, usa
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212
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Jesus is their apostles spread the peace and respect wherever they go. Performing miracles and arousing the wrath of Jewish priests until condemned to crucifixion for them.
Style:
christian film, serious, touching, epic, captivating ...
Plot:
roman, jesus, judaism, clergy, christianity, crucifixion of jesus, religions or cults, heroes, temptation, miraculous event, christian, society ...
Place:
palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A hardcore American racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
skinhead, judaism, racism, anti semitism, neo nazi, nazism, hate, jewish, bomb, identity crisis, anger, introspection ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, israel, argentina, germany
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25K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, touching, political ...
Plot:
court, racism, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, african american protagonist, racial discrimination, justice, racial issues, doubt ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, year 1954
Place:
new york, connecticut, grand central station manhattan new york city, mississippi, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style:
tense, bleak, enigmatic, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, painter, gay friend, male male relationship, gay best friend, gay lead character, pianist, gay interest, homosexuality ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, lebanon, beirut lebanon, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, captivating, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, forbidden love, gay love, gay relationship, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, infidelity, lgbt, jewish, orthodox jew, gay bashing, gay sex ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
Style:
cynical, stylized, intense, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
twins, dysfunctional family, drugs, road trip, twin brother, brutality, gangsters, drug dealing, siblings relations, family relations, petty criminal, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 382 min.
TV show
Story:
Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, ...
Style:
biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot:
jesus, christianity, self sacrifice, religion, faith, roman empire, prophet, apostle, christian, bible, resurrection, god or devil ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place:
holy land, italy, ancient greece, jerusalem, middle east
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
Style:
touching, clever, enigmatic, stylized, uplifting ...
Plot:
anti semitism, nazi, world war two, small town, strongman, strong man, fighting the system, human spirit, fight, rabbi, against humanity, occult ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1932
Place:
poland, germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, feel good, touching, intense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
racism, friendship, elderly, golden years, jewish, master and servant, civil rights, african american, racial segregation, prejudice, old age, stereotypes ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
atlanta georgia, atlanta, usa, georgia
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56K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Style:
satirical, stylized, atmospheric, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nazi, gay, world war two, cabaret, fascism, gay interest, decadence, dancing, jewish, bisexual man, closeted homosexual, visceral ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, new york, europe, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappointing lover, a thief who can’t help himself, and possibly a murderer to boot. The only person who doesn't know who Ruben is is Ruben himself. ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, gays and lesbians, lgbt, family relations, society, farce, siblings relations, homecoming, family problems, religions or cults, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, finland, paris france, europe
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3K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, USA, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Netherlands, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
The film is notable for presenting a more human Jesus, compared to more solemn portrayals in earlier films; here Jesus laughs and cries like anyone else. Among other things, he weeps at Joseph’s funeral, throws stones in Lake Galilee when meeting ...
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, christian film, biblical ...
Plot:
bible, jesus, christianity, religions or cults, society, hopes, sin, leadership, death of protagonist, christian, judaism, religion ...
Place:
palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Avalon is the third in Levinson's semi-autobiographical series of four "Baltimore Films": Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999). The film is set in Baltimore in the early 1950s and explores the themes ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, absurd, feel good, poignant ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jewish, thanksgiving, immigrants, culture clash, suburbs, immigration, hospital, nude, interracial romance, culture, american history, betrayal ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, 20th century, year 1950, year 1949 ...
Place:
baltimore, poland, maryland, usa, russia
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, Hungary
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.
Style:
touching, suspenseful, rough, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, violinist, musician, bbc, family relations, polish, investigation, war, mysterious disappearance, private investigation, wartime, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 50s, year 1953, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, israel, warsaw poland, new york, england ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prauge in the early years of World War 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the Nazis rise to power. The storyline focuses heavily on Jewish-Czech Silberstein family members. ...
Style:
captivating, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, hopes, escapades, society, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, judaism, youth, circus, starvation, war ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, europe, czech republic, palestine, austria ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
judaism, love affair, couples, looking for love, culture clash, fall in love, society, youth, love and romance, spirituality, jewish, religion ...
Place:
france, israel
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, rescue, chase, missing person, martial arts, police investigation, daring rescue, rivalry, master criminal, escapades, criminal's revenge, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, germany, europe, vienna ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, affectionate, visually appealing ...
Plot:
world war two, musician, politics, nazi, jewish, music, anti semitism, bittersweet, holocaust, radio, friendship, singer ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, budapest, bulgaria ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Six children at a summer camp embark on a mission to save a buffalo herd from slaughter.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
coming of age, summer camp, youth, rescue, teenage life, environmentalism, obsessive quest, friendship, road trip, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, killing an animal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
arizona, usa, albuquerque new mexico, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper class kids in order to spy on their computer hacked dad.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
cross dressing, nanny, fbi, impersonation, hidden identity, disguise, special agents, working undercover, undercover agent, law enforcement, gangsters, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, coming of age, dictatorship, jewish, political unrest, children, life is a bitch, family relations, working class, understanding, friendship, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1970
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
rabbi, drug dealing, lifestyle, orthodox jew, religions or cults, society, unlikely criminals, partners, jewish, drug traffic, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, amsterdam
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, clever ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
youth, friendship, coming of age, family relations, misfit, eccentric family, switching roles, self discovery, social relations, friends, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, israel, south australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
rabbi, orthodox jew, judaism, arranged marriage, love and romance, family relations, matchmaking, moral dilemma, women's rights, society, introspection, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, belgium, tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two outcasts, a suicide bomber and an Israeli girl, fall in love during a desperate weekend in Tel Aviv.
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, moral dilemma, forbidden love, human nature, terrorism, political unrest, destructive relationship, tragic love, friendship, friends, suicide bomber ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rabbi, fish out of water, culture clash, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, society, religions or cults, disorder, husband wife relationship, jewish, immigrants, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, france, paris france, europe, middle east ...
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