Jew persecution movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant jew persecution movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, disturbing, realistic, suspense, serious and psychological films and TV shows about / with jew persecution, world war two, nazi, holocaust, life is a bitch, wartime, world war, wartime life, war and anti semitism plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in Germany, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as jew persecution: The Crossing (2020), The Angel of Auschwitz (2019), Riphagen (2016), Plan A (2021), Broken Promise (2009), Passport to Freedom (2021), The Birdcatcher (2019), The Auschwitz Report (2021), Waiting for Anya (2020), Gloomy Sunday (1999).

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 6.4
 877
The Crossing (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story: One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda's and Otto's parents are arrested for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: world war two, german occupation, wartime life, jew persecution, escape, children, child, life is a bitch, wartime, jewish girl, war, child in peril ...
Time: 1940s
Place: germany
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The Angel of Auschwitz (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: This is a tale of how the angel of life was confronted by the angel of death. Set in Auschwitz Birkenau, 1944.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot: world war two, war criminal, concentration camp, abortionist, life is a bitch, midwife, jew persecution, female protagonist, wartime, experiment, auschwitz, anti semitism
Time: 1940s
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 7.1
 9K
Riphagen (2016)
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, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: nazi, nazi war criminal, holocaust, biopic, jew persecution, genocide, kickass, military, world war two, violence, betrayal, scoundrel ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: holland, amsterdam
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 5.9
 2K
Plan A (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, Israel
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families were killed by the Nazis. They ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: saboteur, holocaust, jew persecution, jewish life, holocaust survivor, diversion, secret mission, revenge, shoah, world war two, water
Place: germany
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 6.8
 460
Broken Promise (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the face of insurmountable odds, one man will risk everything to take back his country. Czechoslovakia, 1943, and the world is enveloped by the dark clouds of war. Showing unimaginable bravery, a Jewish teenager manages to escape the clutches of ...
Style: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, student film
Plot: football, nazi occupation, brother brother relationship, football player, monastery, christian, world war, dictatorship, dictator, soccer, shoah, military ...
Place: slovakia, czechoslovakia
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Passport to Freedom (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Aracy de Carvalho is a young clerk at the Brazilian Consulate. For two years, she has been secretly issuing passports to Jews without the dreaded "J" stamp, which not only won't allow them to travel, but will doom them to the horrors ...
Style: suspense, sincere, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: jew persecution, brazilian history, diplomat, life risking, male female relationship, co worker co worker relationship, couple relations, relationship vs career, risk, workplace, saving a life, female protagonist ...
Place: brazil, hamburg germany
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The Birdcatcher (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
Style: suspense, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful, heartbreaking ...
Plot: world war two, gender disguise, nazi occupation, woman dressed as man, holocaust, holocaust survivor, pretending to be someone else, cross dressing, false identity, fascism, war violence, world war ...
Time: year 1942, 1940s
Place: scandinavia
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The Auschwitz Report (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and the resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. While the ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, social
Plot: nazi, concentration camp, nazi occupation, world war two, male pubic hair, wartime life, male nudity, wartime, war violence, prisoner of war camp, prisoners of war, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: germany, central europe
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Waiting for Anya (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating
Plot: world war two, wartime life, nazi occupation, deportation, occupation, german occupation, military, jew persecution, wartime, social problems, children in wartime, world war ...
Time: 2020s, year 1942
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Gloomy Sunday (1999)
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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Valiant Hearts (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In August 1942, during the Second World War, Six Jewish children are trying to escape the Nazis. They are hidden by the resistance in the Chambord Castle, where paintings from Le Louvre are being stored as well. The Nazis are looking for paintings ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: world war two, jew persecution, friends, jewish family, wartime, children, life is a bitch, social problems, friendship, jewish life, jewish girl, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s
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Marie's Children (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: During the German occupation of France, a young woman - Marie - finds a Jewish boy in her room. His parents and other Jewish neighbors have been just been deported, but Maurice (the boy) escaped. Marie decides to hide him, secretly.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: world war two, nazi occupied france, life is a bitch, hiding, occupied france, jew persecution, child custody, occupation, nazi germany, female protagonist, relationships, nazi ...
Place: france
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Return to the Hiding Place (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a young resistance fighter witnesses atrocities towards the Jews, he's drawn into a web of espionage and clandestine activities. When he meets a young physics students and resistance journalist - Hans Poley - they embark on a hunt through ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: world war two, nazi, jewish ghetto, christian, world war, jew persecution, resistance fighter, saving a life, resistance, nazi occupation, nazi soldier, nazism ...
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Persona Non Grata (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, War
Country: Japan, Poland, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense
Plot: world war two, diplomat, social problems, historical character, political intrigue, politics, political unrest, war, jew persecution, life is a bitch, wartime, diplomacy ...
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The Guard of Auschwitz (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Nazi occupied Poland, during the World War II. Hans, a former brilliant student, has become an SS officer stationed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. When he is commissioned by his superior officer to build an efficient gas chamber, ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, nazi officer, nazism, wartime life, wartime, ss officer, life is a bitch, jew persecution, religious persecution ...
Place: germany
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Where Hands Touch (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi solider, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: interracial romance, racism, nazi germany, world war two, hitler youth, concentration camp, nazi concentration camp, overcoming, interracial couple, biracial, young love, white male black female relationship ...
Time: 1940s, ancient times
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 7.3
 16K
The Last Metro (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 131 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, nazi, gestapo, women, world war, wartime life, infidelity, anti semitism, love triangle, actor, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1942
Place: france, paris france, europe, montmartre paris
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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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The Conference (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: nazi, world war two, nazism, holocaust, ss officer, jew persecution, nazi officer, war, military officer, wartime, murder, nazi uniform ...
Time: year 1942, 1940s
Place: berlin germany, germany
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 7.1
 2K
Betrayed (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 126 min.
Story: During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war ...
Style: historical drama
Plot: world war two, refugee, jewish family, nazi collaborator, boxer, police, german occupation, jew persecution, boxing match, public nudity, self sacrifice, dream ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, year 1939, year 1942
Place: oslo norway
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Soldier of Orange (1977)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 155 min.
Story: This film depicts World War II through the eyes of several Dutch students. It follows them through the beginning of the war, the Nazi occupation and the liberation.
Style: tense, realistic, stylized, colorful, political thriller ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, war, gestapo, resistance, wartime, espionage, world war, betrayal, spy, tango, friendship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1977, 1930s
Place: netherlands, europe, london
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The Tobacconist (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a ...
Style: psychological, captivating, realistic, atmospheric
Plot: world war two, male nudity, psychiatrist, political repression, friendship, historical figure, friends, society, danger, wartime life, rivalry, psychology ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938
Place: germany, vienna, central europe
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 8.4
 32K
Generation War (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, thought provoking, anime ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazism, military, friendship, nazi germany, danger, against humanity, eastern front, atrocity, friends, wehrmacht ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, east germany, hawaii, soviet union
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Goodbye, Children (1987)
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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The 25th Hour (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, world war, racism, wartime, war, peasant, jew persecution, village, deportation, volunteer, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s, year 1967
Place: romania, hungary
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 6.8
 1K
The Fixer (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime - the “ritual murder” of a Gentile child in Kiev. We witness the ...
Style: period drama
Plot: jewish ghetto, zionism, time travel, serial killer, bureaucracy, judaism, prison, justice, anti semitism, prison rape, jew persecution, falsely accused ...
Time: 1910s
Place: israel, russia
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with ...
Style: disturbing, compassionate, emotional, breathtaking, talky ...
Plot: fascism, holocaust, world war two, unrequited love, anti semitism, assassination, tennis, family relations, brother sister relationship, family life, nazi germany, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, ancient times, year 1970
Place: italy, europe, africa
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Zlo?in v Poln? (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story: An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: murder, murder investigation, trial, courtroom drama, false accusation, husband wife relationship, judge, lawyer, true crime, murder suspect, conspiracy theory, courtroom ...
Time: 1910s
Place: central europe, czech republic
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 7.7
 11K
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Style: depressing, realistic, emotional, bleak, heartbreaking ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, holocaust survivor, survival, concentration camp, haunted by the past, life philosophy, redemption, flashback, nazi, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
Place: new york, usa, germany, israel, harlem ...
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Surviving with Wolves (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her ...
Style: touching, uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: wolf, world war two, orphan, survival, feral child, little girl, human animal relationship, young heroes, danger, obsessive quest, missing person, wilderness ...
Place: belgium, germany, ukraine, europe, brussels
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