Jewish movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant jewish movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sincere and crying films and TV shows about / with world war two, nazi, holocaust, judaism, world war, anti semitism, death, husband wife relationship, war and family relations plots mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as jewish: Defiance (2008), Schindler's List (1993), Europa Europa (1990), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Goodbye, Children (1987), Indignation (2016), In Darkness (2011), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), The Devil's Arithmetic (1999), Son of Saul (2015).
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155K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
sincere, epic, period piece, dramatic, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi, judaism, genocide, partisan, world war, survival, rebellion, red army, military ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
poland, germany, indiana, europe
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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, 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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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style:
political, realistic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nazi, holocaust, hitler youth, circumcision, war, coming of age, genocide, childhood, survival, wartime, judaism, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1990, 1930s
Place:
germany, poland, berlin germany, eastern europe, latvia ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, children, childhood, nazi, friendship, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Style:
sad, heartbreaking, depressing, art house, christian film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
nazi, world war two, nazism, french resistance, friendship, childhood, coming of age, schoolboy, children, gestapo, school, teacher ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
france, israel, vichy, paris france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, China, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
Style:
intellectual, melancholic, stylized, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, existentialism, adolescence, war, atheist, adaptation, coming of age, sexual repression, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, love ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2016, year 1955, year 1951 ...
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his ...
Style:
harsh, disturbing, uplifting, sincere, social ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, survival, refugee, genocide, judaism, world war, human spirit, sewer, mistrust ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Style:
epic, biblical, stylized, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ancient egypt, god, religion, old testament, christian, bible, moses, christianity, ancient history, belief in god, slavery, judaism ...
Time:
year 2014, middle ages, biblical epic, 2010s, 14th century ...
Place:
egypt, holy land, middle east, xian
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives; however, Hannah begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death ...
Style:
emotional, uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
concentration camp, holocaust, time travel, world war two, nazi occupation, anti semitism, nazi, world war, human spirit, against humanity, hopes, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.
Style:
compassionate, melancholic, disturbing, grim, cerebral ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi concentration camp, genocide, tragedy, nazi, prison, shoah, courage, concentration camp, brutality, life & death ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 2015, 90s
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe
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60K
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
black and white, art house, emotional, melancholic, visually stunning ...
Plot:
nun, world war two, faith, family secret, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, character study, orphan, suicide, self discovery ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2013, year 2016 ...
Place:
poland, israel, eastern europe, europe, denmark
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
tense, erotic, psychological, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, espionage, spy, nazism, nazi, war, revenge, resistance, occupation, gestapo, ss ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century, y2k ...
Place:
netherlands, holland, germany, israel, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
Style:
surreal, compassionate, lyrical, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, survival, idealism, couples, human spirit, self discovery, against humanity, wartime life, nazi occupation, society ...
Time:
1940s, 2000s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
eastern europe, poland, germany, czech republic, balkan ...
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16K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK, USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style:
costume drama, erotic, family saga, sad, saga ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, fascism, sex scene, nazi, anti semitism, society, political unrest, siblings relations, family life, politics, revolution ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, israel, serbia, sarajevo ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, fascism, war, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Style:
talky, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
divorce, holocaust, world war two, infidelity, love and romance, twists and turns, pregnancy, bigamy, peasant, self discovery, human nature, dark humor ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1989
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, political ...
Plot:
espionage, investigation, nazi, spy, world war two, war criminal, conspiracy, holocaust, journalism, mossad, war crime, neo nazi ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, post world war two, year 1963
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, israel, west germany, europe ...
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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, 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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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, dramatic, motivational ...
Plot:
art, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, courtroom drama, art theft, injustice, justice, painting, legal action, courtroom, world war two ...
Time:
year 2015, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
austria, vienna, los angeles, pasadena california, california ...
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258K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
melancholic, sexy, touching, sexual, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
coming of age, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, forbidden love, holocaust, nazi, first love, older woman younger man sex, secret, trial, world war two, sexuality ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1980, year 1958, year 1988 ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search for the wife and son of his dead lover.
Style:
melancholic, sexy, tense, psychological, social ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, bisexual man, gay interest, closeted gay, lgbt, love, gay lead character, sex scene, lgbtq, israeli, love and romance, family relations ...
Time:
year 2017, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, berlin germany, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, France, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ...
Style:
sad, cult classic, uplifting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, jewish ghetto, world war, gestapo, judaism, war, shoah, death, radio, lie ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Germany, Hungary
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, harsh, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
holocaust, love triangle, sex, suicide, jealousy, nazi, manipulation, infidelity, love and romance, unrequited love, musician's life, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
hungary, germany, eastern europe, budapest, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Serbia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
During the Nazi-occupied Ustasha regime "NDH" in former Yugoslavia during WWII, little girl Dara is sent to the concentration camp complex Jasenovac in Croatia also known as "Balkan's Auschwitz".
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, hospital, execution, war, world war, nazi, prison, starving child, dead body, homicide, rural setting ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
serbia, germany, soviet union, croatia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, factual, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, redemption, war, nazi concentration camp, moral ambiguity, world war, tragedy, auschwitz ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, europe, middle east, budapest
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149K
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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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all the relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, jewish ghetto, youth, wartime life, ghetto, boy, nazi, children in wartime, coming of age, boy strangling, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style:
uplifting, emotional, touching, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, nazi, wartime life, life is a bitch, human spirit, hopes, society, couple relations, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
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Story:
Called the most accurate adaptation of Anne Frank’s moving diary, the film chronicles the Frank family as they flee from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Hiding behind a bookcase in a secret annex with random bombs exploding, Anne faces friction with her ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, historical drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazism, against humanity, world war two, diary, wartime life, survival, human spirit, confined, life is a bitch, danger, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands, amsterdam
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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, cult classic, semi autobiographical, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
thanksgiving, immigrant, culture clash, american history, immigration, children, hospital, nostalgia, intrigue, culture, migration, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, 1900s, 20th century, year 1948 ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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