| Amen. (2002) | 7.2 | |
| Snow in August (2001) | 6.1 | |
| Süskind (2012) | 6.9 | |
| Denial (2016) | 6.8 | |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) | 6.0 |
Jews movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
List of jews movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the Holocaust, seen as Jonah, a young jewish boy living in Amsterdam at the onset of WW II, who with his family is taken by the Nazis to a concentration camp. (Based on the book 'Childhood' by Jona Oberski.)
Style:
silent
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, youth, traumatic childhood, concentration camp, reformatory, family relations, memories, hopes, retiring, madness, nazi occupied poland ...
Place:
amsterdam, europe, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as ...
Style:
silent, surprise ending
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, retiring, hopes, memories, family relations, reformatory, exile, manhood, trial, tolerance, forced labor ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, anamorphic, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
biopic, singer, female protagonist, nightclub, actor's life, love and romance, lifestyle, human nature, artists and showbiz, couple relations, fall in love, couples ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, secret agent, yacht, female nudity, cave, teenage girl, millionaire, die hard, spy, open ending, boat ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
corsica, israel, middle east, paris france, hamburg germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Alexander Portnoy, a Jewish man employed as the assistant commissioner of human opportunity for New York City. During a session with his psychoanalyst, he explores his childhood, his relationship ...
Style:
sexual, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, family relations, power relations, religions or cults, couples, repression, coming of age, love and romance, youth, doctors and patients, rebelliousness, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1972, 1940s
Place:
middle east, new jersey, usa, new york, vermont ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton children -- Lennox, Raymond and Carol -- and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from ...
Style:
talky, independent film, slasher, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, whodunit, passionate kiss, investigation, murder, hercule poirot, dysfunctional family, lawyer, conspiracy, blackmail, ship ...
Time:
year 1937, 1930s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, holy land, italy, europe, jerusalem ...
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187
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Three young women join the resistance during German occupation of Poland.
Style:
sincere, suspense, rough, thought provoking, touching
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, struggle for survival, young woman, female friendship, strong female lead, wartime life, jewish family, jewish girl, hiding place, martial law, wartime ...
Place:
warsaw poland
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the year 3000, the nuclear war that has ravaged planet Earth 500 years earlier seems almost a distant memory. A new greener and bluer world flourished from the ashes of the old, a new world has been taken over by giant moths.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
creature feature, space, napoleonic wars, world war one, drug, butterfly, survival, humanoid, planet earth, army, hitler, government ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, soviet union, england, britain, ussr
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572
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960's, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
world war two, train station, harassment, looting, murder of a family, bloodbath, letter, anti semitism, morality, winter, war crime, river ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
former yugoslavia, central europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him ...
Style:
controversial, humorous, absurd, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satire, dark humor, racism, stupidity, travel, culture clash, toilet humor, stereotypes, road trip, dumb, fish out of water, masturbation ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, kazakhstan, usa, los angeles, washington d.c. ...
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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:
biblical, epic, stylized, period piece, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ancient egypt, religion, old testament, moses, christian, belief in god, god, bible, ancient history, christianity, judaism, slavery ...
Time:
middle ages, biblical epic, year 2014, 2010s, 14th century ...
Place:
egypt, holy land, middle east, xian, israel
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style:
detective, dutch angle, political, dark comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
racism, african american, undercover cop, white supremacy, ku klux klan, activist, racist cop, police detective, bomb, black cop, police, undercover ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place:
usa, colorado, africa
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273K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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16K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a ...
Style:
black and white, tense, bleak, historically accurate, noir ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
world war two, prison, military, brutality, desert, sadism, prison escape, military prison, world war, prison life, great war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, north africa, libya, germany, sahara
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, muslim, religion, adoption, friendship, self discovery, youth, koran, generation gap, family relations, teaching the ways of the world, parent child relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s, year 2003
Place:
paris france, europe, switzerland, middle east, turkey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Comedy
Country: France, Morocco, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most of the stories are droll, some absurd, one ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, meditative, touching, semi serious ...
Plot:
culture clash, lovers apart, politics, hopes, lovers reunited, danger, society, couples, israeli, arab, conflict, hospital ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, argentina ...
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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9K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Canada, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolph Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, disturbing, realistic, avant garde ...
Plot:
nazi, abstract art, world war two, friendship, art, painter, biopic, propaganda, anti semitism, world war one, controversy, self discovery ...
Time:
1920s, year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
germany, middle east, austria, europe, munich germany ...
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28K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Danila goes to his older brother to start a new life in Petersburg. His brother is a gangster and a killer, and he puts Danila into this criminal world asking him to kill someone.
Style:
suspenseful, grim, harsh, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
russian mafia, vigilante, organized crime, life philosophy, brutality, mafia, life is a bitch, gangster, friendship, dark hero, mob hit, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hijacking, destiny, money, bare breasts, nudity, aviation, robbery, perfect crime, intrigue, murder, missing person ...
Time:
year 1981, 70s, 1930s
Place:
oregon, washington state, seattle, portland oregon, new jersey ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The sequel to the blockbuster "Left Behind". It is two weeks after the Rapture, and those who were left behind must band together to form the Tribulation Force and will prepare themselves for the worst seven years the planet will ever see.
Style:
biblical, christian film, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christian, christianity, redemption, god, apocalypse, religion, clergy, save the world, danger, chaos and mayhem, religions or cults, chaos ...
Place:
israel
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15K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A variety of characters, some close relatives, others distant strangers, are each affected by the making of a film about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, emotional, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, filmmaking, politics, ethnic, painting, atrocity, war crime, self discovery, haunted by the past, against humanity, family problems ...
Time:
year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1915 ...
Place:
armenia, canada, ottoman empire, middle east, toronto ontario canada ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
immigrant, justice, family relations, cold war, police investigation, adolescence, family bonds, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, human nature, on the run ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 2001, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
california, budapest, europe, usa, austria ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, compassionate ...
Plot:
judaism, holocaust survivor, orthodox jew, racism, skinny dipping, life, tragedy, nazi, justice, culture clash, depression, mentor ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, year 1972, 70s
Place:
europe, israel, antwerp, belgium, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1955. Lenny is a 14-year old boy who is totally fascinated by sex. He is too scared to "do it," so he dedicates his summer to seeing two other people do it. Easier said than done. Caught in the act of spying, his mother and ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, touching, period piece, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
coming of age, voyeur, voyeurism, coitus, teenager, nudity, infidelity, youth, obsession, friendship, young lovers, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 1955, 1950s, year 1999, 50s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where he is assigned to build a bridge for the local ...
Style:
humorous, cult classic, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
culture clash, chase, gambling, tiger, american abroad, brainwashing, cold war, jungle, rescue, gangster, fall in love, gambling debt ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
thailand, asia, yale university, southeast asia, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, 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, emotional, uplifting, semi serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, shoah, nazi, gestapo, world war, radio, judaism, hopes, lie, death ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1942, year 1939 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, russia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, showbiz, media satire, workplace situations, society, boss and employee, media, ambition, rise to the top, blind ambition, workplace, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place:
australia, london
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