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, humorous, serious, touching, semi serious and captivating films and TV shows about / with rabbi, society, judaism, religion, religions or cults, family relations, israeli, synagogue, husband wife relationship and wedding 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), Keeping the Faith (2000), The Final Inquiry (2006), Ushpizin (2004), Have a Little Faith (2011), A Serious Man (2009), The Rabbi's Cat (2011), The Frisco Kid (1979), The Golem (2018), The Secrets (2007).

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Fill the Void (2012)
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, society, introspection, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, israel, tel aviv israel, belgium
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Keeping the Faith (2000)
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, humorous, touching, funny, realistic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: rabbi, love story, love triangle, priest, catholicism, friendship, love and romance, love, judaism, women, unrequited love, jewish culture ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Final Inquiry (2006)
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, roman empire, jesus, life is a bitch, betrayal, dishonesty, state affairs, supernatural, tragic hero, folk hero, unfulfillment, religions or cults ...
Time: 1st century, 1930s
Place: holy land, jerusalem
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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
Genre: 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, touching, sincere, art house, detective ...
Plot: unhappy wife, judge, courtroom drama, divorce, fighting the system, rebellion, marital separation, discrimination, injustice, legal action, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, maghreb, middle east
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 7.3
 2K
Ushpizin (2004)
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, charity, orthodox jew, religious, uninvited guest, redemption, couples, family relations, religions or cults, society, couple relations, hopes ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Have a Little Faith (2011)
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, urban ghetto, redemption, clergy, religions or cults, starting over, friendship, faith, priest, personal growth, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, new jersey, brooklyn new york city
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 7.0
 149K
A Serious Man (2009)
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: dark comedy, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cynical ...
Plot: midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, professor, rabbi, teacher, suburban life, divorce, marijuana, religion, mysticism, life, neighbor ...
Time: year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: minnesota, usa, poland, bolivia, israel ...
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The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Genre: Animation, 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: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: rabbi, cat, jewish culture, pets, misfit partners, religions or cults, partner, obsessive quest, on the road, disorder, racism, animal that acts human ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place: algeria, africa, middle east
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The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob (1973)
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, entertaining, disturbing, light ...
Plot: rabbi, farce, chase, on the run, racial stereotype, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, prosecution, disorder, on the road, partner, false identity ...
Time: year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, new york, usa
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 6.3
 11K
The Frisco Kid (1979)
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: rabbi, old west, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, happy ending, heist, partner, disorder, polish, clergy, buddies ...
Time: 19th century, year 1979, 20th century, 50s, 1850s
Place: san francisco, california, poland, philadelphia, pennsylvania ...
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 5.5
 6K
The Golem (2018)
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: suspense, psychotronic, scary, exciting
Audience: adult
Plot: golem, legend, rabbi, survival horror, ritual, folklore, ancient, monster, supernatural, child, husband wife relationship, pregnancy ...
Time: 17th century
Place: europe, lithuania
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 7.0
 2K
The Secrets (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
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, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian interest, religions or cults, rabbi, lgbtq, best friend, self discovery, selflessness, nude painting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine
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The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
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, captivating, humorous, contemplative, surreal
Plot: rabbi, matchmaking, family dinner, family relations, looking for love, self discovery, fall in love, couples, love and romance, society, friendship, religion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland, israel, tel aviv israel, zurich switzerland
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 5.9
 5K
Holy Rollers (2010)
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: rabbi, drug dealing, lifestyle, orthodox jew, unlikely criminals, society, religions or cults, partner, loser, drug traffic, father son relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york, amsterdam, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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You Might as Well Live (2009)
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, self discovery, protest, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, unfulfillment, mental institution, sex crime, public nudity, pedophilia, suicide attempt ...
Time: 21st century
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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
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, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot: judaism, dance, wedding, broadway, tradition, village, dancing, jewish culture, father daughter relationship, milkman, arranged marriage, anti semitism ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century
Place: ukraine, russia, israel, ussr, europe ...
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 6.4
 5K
Invincible (2001)
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, strongman, nazi, small town, strong man, fighting the system, human spirit, fight, trial, rabbi, against humanity, occult ...
Time: 1930s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1932
Place: poland, germany, berlin germany, europe
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Confessions of an American Bride (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
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: wedding, true love, rabbi, disorder, obsession, nothing goes right, love and romance, couples, culture clash, love triangle, breakup, love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Hello, Goodbye (2008)
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, religions or cults, midlife crisis, 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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Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
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, social differences, eccentric family, lifestyle, couples, family gatherings, family life, estrangement, parents and children, youth, coming of age, judaism ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: california, usa, new mexico, los angeles
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Live and Become (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
Style: sincere, touching, psychological, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: adoption, racism, boy, family relations, rescue, refugee, rabbi, hidden identity, love of one's life, fall in love, orphan, hopes ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, 80s
Place: africa, israel, middle east, palestine, paris france ...
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 4.7
 4K
Hellbound (1994)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two Chicago police officers are sent to investigate the brutal murder of a rabbi. As the investigation begins, Shatter and Jackson are summoned to Israel for questioning. Upon arrival they realize that they are, in fact, pursuing a supernatural ...
Style: suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, police detective, rabbi, danger, police investigation, fighting crime, police corruption, working undercover, tough heroes, buddies, supernatural ability ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, middle ages, 1950s, year 1951 ...
Place: israel, chicago, usa, jerusalem
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 5.8
 2K
Coexister (2017)
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: feel good, light, captivating, humorous, sexy ...
Plot: music band, priest, employer employee relationship, concert, rabbi, religion, producer, stoner, circumcision, church, hotel, prostitute ...
Time: year 2017
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 6.1
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Snow in August (2001)
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, captivating ...
Plot: youth, culture clash, friendship, racism, bittersweet, human spirit, life is a bitch, injustice, haunted by the past, gang, rabbi, anti semitism ...
Place: new york, czech republic
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 5.3
 234
The Yankles (2009)
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, humorous, feel good, independent film ...
Plot: against the odds, culture clash, sport team, rabbi, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rivalry, society, religions or cults, hopes, baseball ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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My Father My Lord (2007)
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: sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, self discovery, life is a bitch, society, introspection, clergy, hopes, rabbi, family problems, religions or cults, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
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Schindler's List (1993)
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, war, wartime, storytelling, concentration camp, brutality, nazism, against humanity, survival ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1993, 90s, ancient times ...
Place: poland, germany, persia, iran, europe ...
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 8.0
 127
Unchained (2019)
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: psychological, captivating
Plot: divorce, rabbi, secret, husband wife relationship, social problems, dysfunctional family, divorce lawyer, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, relationships, male female relationship ...
Place: israel
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 7.2
 1K
Nora's Will (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jose learns that Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 years and from whom divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains Joseph that due to the celebrations this time of the year, if Nora is not buried that same day, they should wait at ...
Style: humorous, captivating, dark comedy, touching, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, couples, clergy, rabbi, funeral, death, tradition, love, judaism, ex wife, last wish, photograph ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.3
 7K
The Infidel (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal ...
Plot: satire, culture clash, muslim, hijab, taxi driver, self discovery, social differences, adoption, society, dark humor, rabbi, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, middle east, europe, london
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