Rabbi movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant rabbi movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, feel good, touching and semi serious films and TV shows about / with rabbi, society, judaism, family relations, culture clash, religion, religions or cults, husband wife relationship, wedding and couples plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Israel, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rabbi: Fill the Void (2012), Ushpizin (2004), Keeping the Faith (2000), A Serious Man (2009), Have a Little Faith (2011), The Rabbi's Cat (2011), The Final Inquiry (2006), The Golem (2018), Girlfriends (1978), The Frisco Kid (1979).
Best films
New films
| 9 Bullets (2022) | 4.2 | |
| The Keeper (2018) | 7.3 | |
| Menashe (2017) | 6.6 | |
| Ridley Road (2021) | 6.9 | |
| The Song of Names (2019) | 6.5 |
List of rabbi movies
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, contemplative ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
rabbi, judaism, orthodox jew, women's rights, love and romance, family relations, matchmaking, moral dilemma, wedding planning, introspection, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, belgium, tel aviv israel, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebrating life's essentials in a sukkah, a temporary shack of both deprivation and hospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years and ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
rabbi, orthodox jew, charity, religious, childlessness, uninvited guest, redemption, religions or cults, couples, family relations, hopes, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, humorous, touching, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, rabbi, love triangle, priest, love, catholicism, friendship, judaism, women, unrequited love, jewish culture, religion ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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:
cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time:
year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 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, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
rabbi, farce, chase, racial stereotype, on the run, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, prosecution, partner, disorder, on the road, synagogue ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
france, paris france, new york, usa, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit to his former home town in New Jersey, where Rabbi Lewis has served a congregation for about 50 ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, contemplative, spiritual ...
Plot:
homeless shelter, rabbi, redemption, urban ghetto, clergy, religions or cults, starting over, friendship, priest, faith, personal growth, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, semi serious, humorous, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
cat, rabbi, butterfly effect, jewish culture, obsessive quest, on the road, disorder, racism, animal that acts human, misfit partners, pets, religions or cults ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
africa, algeria, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, social, art house ...
Plot:
unhappy wife, judge, divorce, courtroom drama, marital separation, fighting the system, rebellion, discrimination, injustice, legal action, society, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, maghreb, middle east
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
ancient history, jesus, dishonesty, betrayal, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, supernatural, state affairs, tragic hero, folk hero, religions or cults, rabbi ...
Time:
1st century, 1930s
Place:
holy land, jerusalem, palestine
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just ...
Style:
light, humorous, contemplative, captivating, surreal
Plot:
rabbi, matchmaking, family dinner, looking for love, self discovery, family relations, fall in love, couples, love and romance, society, friendship, interfaith relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, israel, tel aviv israel, zurich switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Israel, Ukraine, USA
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:
suspense, psychotronic, exciting, scary
Audience:
adult
Plot:
golem, rabbi, legend, survival horror, ancient, ritual, supernatural horror, folklore, supernatural, husband wife relationship, folk horror, magic ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
lithuania, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
Style:
independent film, mumblecore, art house, cult classic
Plot:
friendship, photographer, rabbi, female friendship, roommate, photograph, single, women, photography, feminist, sneeze, joke ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his ...
Style:
humorous, talky, touching, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
old west, rabbi, fish out of water, culture clash, friendship, partner, happy ending, heist, disorder, polish, odd couple, buddies ...
Time:
year 1979, 50s, 20th century, 1850s, 19th century
Place:
san francisco, california, poland, philadelphia, pennsylvania ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In The Secrets, two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out. Naomi, the studious, devoutly religious daughter of a prominent rabbi, convinces her ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian interest, nude painting, religions or cults, lesbianism, rabbi, best friend, selflessness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?
Style:
romantic, heartfelt, offbeat, romantic comedy
Plot:
rabbi, interfaith relationship, jewish culture, spirituality, identity crisis, sexually liberated, agnostic, opposites attract, dating, sister sister relationship
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style:
period piece, freeze frame, thought provoking, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
judaism, dance, wedding, tradition, jewish culture, broadway, milkman, anti semitism, dancing, forbidden love, tradition versus modernity, butcher ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
ukraine, israel, russia, ussr, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
On the advice of his childhood hero, Robert R. Mutt embarks on a madcap adventure to attain the three keys to being a "somebody" - a girl, some money and a championship ring.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
rabbi, protest, self discovery, life is a bitch, human nature, hopes, unfulfillment, mental institution, public nudity, catatonia, suicide attempt, bondage ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a world filled with hatred, their only hope was magic. Believe and anything can happen.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
youth, rabbi, racism, friendship, culture clash, bittersweet, anti semitism, life is a bitch, injustice, haunted by the past, society, gang ...
Place:
new york, czech republic
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gorp is a delighfully silly send up of summer camp movies. It is set in a Catskills style resort for wealty Jewish kids. The main source of plot movement is from the following elements: camp waiters vs. camp management; camp guests vs. waiters; ...
Style:
independent film, teen sex comedy, grindhouse, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, rabbi, female on male rape, sexual frustration, gay african american, male nudity, female rapist, summer, masturbation, food, teenager, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chosen follows the story of two teenage boys determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families. Set in New York during the 1940s, this provocative film follows the son of an orthodox rabbi and the son of a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, thinking, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, orthodox jew, jewish culture, religion, judaism, friendship, rabbi, culture clash, chosen one, world war two, family drama ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1981, year 1944
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california, israel
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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:
clever, touching, enigmatic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
strongman, nazi, anti semitism, strong man, politics, fascism, small town, trial, fight, rabbi, occult, against humanity ...
Time:
1930s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1932
Place:
poland, germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young career woman Samantha 'Sam' Hoyt gets swept off her feet by Benjamin 'Ben' Rosen, who romances her better then anyone before, so she jumps at the offer of becoming his fiancée. If Ben thought a girls typical obsession with ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, rom com
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
true love, wedding, rabbi, disorder, obsession, love and romance, nothing goes right, couples, culture clash, love triangle, breakup, love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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, feel good, light, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rabbi, culture clash, fish out of water, midlife crisis, religions or cults, society, nothing goes right, disorder, husband wife relationship, israeli, immigrant, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, france, paris france, europe, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
rabbi, eccentric family, social differences, lifestyle, couples, family life, family gatherings, estrangement, parents and children, coming of age, youth, bar mitzvah ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new mexico, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Under the pressure of his boss, a music producer decides to set up a group consisting of a rabbi, a priest and an imam to make them sing the living together. But the religious he recruits are far from being saints ...
Style:
sexy, light, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
music band, priest, employer employee relationship, concert, rabbi, religion, producer, party, circumcision, cocaine, hotel, singer ...
Time:
year 2017
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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, scary ...
Plot:
orthodox jew, rabbi, drug dealing, lifestyle, partner, religions or cults, society, unlikely criminals, loser, drug traffic, brother sister relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, amsterdam, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
About Charlie Jones, a washed up, ex major league ballplayer, and how he gets a second chance at life and love by managing a Jewish, orthodox yeshiva baseball team.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
against the odds, culture clash, rabbi, sport team, rivalry, society, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, religions or cults, hopes, baseball ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
"My Father My Lord" is an intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, family problems, rabbi, religions or cults, life is a bitch, introspection, clergy, hopes, society, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A devout Rabbi-detective tasked with unchaining women whose husbands deny them of a Jewish divorce and a new life, finds out that in his own home, and his own wife, lurks a secret that threatens his world and marriage.
Through the story of Yossef ...
Style:
religious drama, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot:
divorce, attorney, rabbi, secret, social problems, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, divorce lawyer, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
israel
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