Jews movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant jews movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, emotional, bleak, thought provoking and dramatic films and TV shows about / with anti semitism, world war two, nazi, holocaust, genocide, war, world war, guilt, justice and prejudice plots mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as jews: Riphagen (2016), Amen. (2002), Indignation (2016), Schindler's List (1993), Denial (2016), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), The Delta Force (1986), Irena's Vow (2023), The Last Metro (1980).
Best films
New films
| Hate Crime (2012) | 4.0 | |
| Denial (2016) | 6.8 | |
| The Brutalist (2024) | 7.2 | |
| The Reader (2008) | 7.6 | |
| The World Will Tremble (2025) | 6.7 |
List of jews movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story about the biggest warcriminal from Holland during world war II, Andries "Al Capone" Riphagen.
Style:
period piece, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
nazi, nazi war criminal, holocaust, biopic, genocide, kickass, military, shoah, nazi officer, betrayal, violence, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
holland, amsterdam
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16K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style:
sincere, political, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, politics, pope, christian, ss, conscience, nazi, nazism, priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, rome italy, italy, austria ...
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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, exciting, stylized, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual repression, adolescence, existentialism, atheist, lgbtq, coming of age, adaptation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, love, student ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1951, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, tokyo
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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: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Style:
costume drama, factual, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
holocaust, courtroom, holocaust survivor, historian, courtroom drama, shoah, anti semitism, lawyer, auschwitz, court, justice, professor ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2016, year 1994, year 1998, year 1996 ...
Place:
london, germany, atlanta georgia, australia, england ...
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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, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
military, terrorism, hostage, martial arts, special forces, terrorist, commando, violence, cannon, war on terror, rescue mission, patriotism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, beirut lebanon, athens greece, iran ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Poland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, nazism, female protagonist, holocaust, jewish history, wartime, problem, nazi germany, wartime life, jewish life, social problems ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Style:
sincere, art house, thought provoking, anthology, manga ...
Plot:
world war two, theater, gestapo, nazi, women, world war, passion, anti semitism, love triangle, infidelity, wartime life, actor ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1980
Place:
france, paris france, europe, montmartre paris, germany ...
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39K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, powerful, period drama
Plot:
child, rescue, jewish family, immigration, czech history, refugee, children, based on real people, biopic, world war two, deportation, war hero ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, london
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his subjects with evil and unearthly creatures that haunt the men.
Style:
islamic, tense, exciting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
prophet, bible, iranian, old testament, fight, ruler, good versus evil, religion, faith, religious faith, empire, czar ...
Place:
iran, persia, jerusalem
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Walter Süskind is a member of the Dutch Jewish Council who rescues hundreds of children from the concentration camps.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, emotional, bleak
Plot:
ss, holocaust, wartime life, nazi occupation, human spirit, world war two, children, selflessness, rescue, idealism, hopes, deportation ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
Is relevant?
161K
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, period piece, epic, historical drama, dramatic ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi, genocide, partisan, shoah, judaism, world war, red army, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
poland, germany, indiana, europe, russia ...
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273K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
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:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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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, poignant ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, life lesson, destiny, ss ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, poland, europe, tuscany
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form ...
Style:
sexy, homoerotic, disturbing, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, holocaust, lgbtq, gay interest, sex scene, gay love, nazi, making love, glbt, homosexuality, lgbt, gay slur ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, poland, germany, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
School student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sincere, crying ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, holocaust, storytelling, school, love, young lovers, forbidden love, identity, friendship, camp, world war two, angel of death ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, poland, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Style:
political, period piece, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, ocean liner, holocaust, cruise ship, ship, nazi, anti semitism, sea, murder, world politics, runaway, young couple ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
cuba, germany, havana cuba, latin america, europe ...
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: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, emotional, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, politics, genocide, rescue, nazi, nazi soldier, world war, struggle, revolutionary, revolutionary war, shoah, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
israel, hungary, europe, moscow russia, stockholm sweden ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him called The Chosen.
Style:
biblical, historical drama, absurd, period drama
Plot:
passion, messiah, jesus, bible, forgiveness, gospel, christianity, apostle, new testament, saint, salvation, faith ...
Time:
1930s, 1st century
Place:
palestine, jerusalem
Is relevant?
133K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 216 min.
Story:
Fleeing from post-war Europe in 1947, a visionary architect and his wife settle in Pennsylvania where a wealthy and mysterious client changes their lives forever.
Style:
epic, bleak, saga, crying, serious ...
Plot:
architect, architecture, immigrant, holocaust survivor, library, sex scene, strong sexual content, male rape, oral sex, husband wife relationship, female nudity, hand job ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1953 ...
Place:
philadelphia, venice, pennsylvania, italy, israel ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A Jewish family, that just arrived in a new neighborhood, are recording their youngest son's birthday celebrations on video when their home is suddenly invaded by a bunch of crystal-meth-crazed Neo-Nazi lunatics.
Style:
disturbing, scary, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
home invasion, violent sex, neo nazi, rape, torture, found footage, anti semitism, masked killer, racism, hostage, birthday, extreme ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, memories, prison escape, war crime, survival, resistance, biopic, sacrifice, forced labor ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, holocaust survivor, wartime life, world war two, auschwitz, anti semitism, genocide, human spirit, life is a bitch, starting over, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa, poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, against humanity, world war two, starvation, ss, hopes, concentration camp, survival, oppression, childhood, typhus ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands, poland
Is relevant?
29K
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:
suspense, captivating, tense, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
court, racism, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, african american protagonist, racial discrimination, trial, jury, justice ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1954, year 1967
Place:
new york, connecticut, maryland, philadelphia, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws (1938). Luciano, a Fascist-abiding restaurateur, nonetheless believes he can still live by his own rules inside his business. However, everything changes when Anna, a girl with a dangerous secret, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
impossible love, fascism, italian fascism, racial segregation, male female relationship, racism, star crossed lovers, in love, life is a bitch, fall in love, snitch, couple relations ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK
Duration: 442 min.
Story:
Documentary film that examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich, incorporating puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian score into a singular epic vision. The director, who grew up under Nazi tyranny, ruminates on good and evil and the ...
Style:
art house, political, surreal, spiritual, visual ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, holocaust, dehumanization, hitler, puppet, existentialism, nazi occultism, world history, spirituality, megalomaniac, anti semitism ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, bavaria, prussia, east germany
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