Bar mitzvah movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant bar mitzvah movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, captivating, semi serious, feel good and satirical films and TV shows about / with bar mitzvah, coming of age, friendship, female nudity, party, family relations, father son relationship, satire, rabbi and drinking plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, Israel, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bar mitzvah: Keeping Up with the Steins (2006), A Serious Man (2009), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022), Sixty Six (2006), Addicted to Fresno (2015), Alex Is Lovesick (1986), The Women's Balcony (2016), The Bar Mitzvah (2018), Donny's Bar Mitzvah (2021), Transmitzvah (2024).
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List of bar mitzvah movies
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, eccentric family, social differences, lifestyle, couples, family life, family gatherings, estrangement, parents and children, coming of age, youth, bar mitzvah ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new mexico, los angeles
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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:
cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time:
year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs—where he strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom and her teenage daughter.
Style:
semi serious, disturbing, psychological, captivating, family comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, party, autism, bar mitzvah, mother daughter relationship, bipolar disorder, relationships, sex scene, coming of age, pain, bullying, college graduate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, sentimental, indie film ...
Plot:
soccer, youth, nothing goes right, coming of age, family relations, world cup, football, family life, parents and children, husband wife relationship, child's point of view, bar mitzvah ...
Time:
60s, year 2006, 20th century
Place:
london, brighton, england, europe
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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, humorous, contemplative, captivating, surreal
Plot:
rabbi, matchmaking, family dinner, looking for love, self discovery, family relations, fall in love, couples, love and romance, society, friendship, interfaith relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, israel, tel aviv israel, zurich switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, captivating, tense, light ...
Plot:
sex scene, lesbian, sister sister relationship, sibling relationship, sister sister conflict, bar mitzvah, accidental death, sex addict, cover-up, murder, stealing money, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This feature is one of the Israeli cinematography milestones. It displays the atmosphere of the late Israeli 50s from the view of young boy Alex, just becoming 13. His mom is the classic "Polish Mother", his school friends are young ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, aunt nephew relationship, female nudity, bar mitzvah, israeli, israeli culture, nude girl, aunt, black market, family relations, young heroes, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
middle east, israel
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Style:
satirical, psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
bar mitzvah, orthodox jew, feminism, relationship problems, social problems, crisis of faith, satire, family problems, faith, community, arab culture, israeli ...
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
TV show
Story:
You've probably heard this story before. A boy comes out of the closet to his parents. A huge scandal breaks out. The parents insist they will never accept him. They demand that he change. Well . . . We want to tell you this story again, but in ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, lgbt, sexuality, tradition, israeli, bar mitzvah, gay couple, lgbtq, parenthood, relationship problems, parents and children, fatherhood ...
Place:
israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Donny Drucker's 1998 Bar Mitzvah VHS Tape.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, funny, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
found footage, bar mitzvah, lifestyle, satire, jewish culture, rite of passage, intimate, childhood memory, realism, youth culture, celebration, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Simon Grünberg (12) never cared for his Jewish heritage, while his divorced parents bicker whether he should to his bar mithzva as father Frank wants, or save his foreskin as mother Hannah holds. When he falls in love at first sight of the new ...
Style:
romantic, lighthearted, satirical
Plot:
adolescence, coming of age, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, self discovery, first love, family conflict, cultural conflict, family drama, boy, divorce, teen romance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After embracing her female identity, Rubén rejects her Bar Mitzvah. When tragedy strikes years later, she returns as Mumy Singer to celebrate it her way.
Plot:
self acceptance, bar mitzvah, homecoming, nostalgia, famous singer, family secret, mourning, culture clash, trans woman, transgender, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, light hearted ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, hopes, life turned upside down, society, redemption, disorder, self made man, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, adaptation, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
Style:
independent film, mumblecore, art house, cult classic
Plot:
friendship, photographer, rabbi, female friendship, roommate, photograph, single, women, photography, feminist, sneeze, joke ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit ...
Style:
feel good, light, rom com, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, divorce, battle of the sexes, female protagonist, feminist, female bonding, friendship, feminism, breakup, dancing, older man younger woman relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic ...
Style:
light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
safecracker, mistaken identity, organized crime, comedy of errors, cons and scams, gangster, farce, justice, caper, crime boss, unlikely criminals, heist ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
rhode island, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Queer Duck: The Movie is the relentlessly funny, feature-length extension of the animated series Queer Duck, created by frequent The Simpsons scripter Mike Reiss. Sexually scandalous yet sweet, the movie is a cascade of pop-culture stereotypes of ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, adult animation, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
gay, sexual humor, gay stereotype, couple relations, gender bending, sexual relations, friendship, disorder, fall in love, misfit, gay friend, gay bar ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Four friends spend their free time performing in a wedding band.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, light hearted, feel good ...
Plot:
buddies, music band, friends, disorder, couples, lifestyle, singleness, friend, male friendship, bromance, wedding, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten years after Israel's most controversial homicide case, convicted murderer Ruby Deloya is set to receive the verdict on his appeal. Then an eerily similar murder takes place, casting the original investigation into doubt. Young detective ...
Style:
thrilling, detective, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, murder, killing, detective inspector, courtroom, court, judge, courtroom drama, murder mystery, crime investigation, murderer, investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an ...
Style:
anthology, spooky, psychological thriller, scary, dark ...
Plot:
ghost, twists and turns, supernatural horror, mental disorder, dishonesty, religion, professor, supernatural, car accident, ghost girl, storytelling, character study ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
england
Is relevant?
29K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Colombia, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator. When a military coup breaks out just as ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, exciting, tense, funny ...
Plot:
assassination, fictional country, survival, coup d'etat, interview, dictator, jungle, coup, military coup, interviewer, handgun, female nudity ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 13, Yoni is growing up. Fast. But not fast enough for this diminutive young man who is obsessed with getting bigger, taller and stronger. On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, Yoni has no choice but to “become a man” when he’s faced ...
Style:
sincere, touching, atmospheric, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, family life, physical appearance, teenage life, dysfunctional family, misfit, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, mental illness, mentally challenged, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, serious, clever, exciting ...
Plot:
boy, kindergarten, israeli, female teacher, obsession, dedicated educator, teaching the ways of the world, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, prodigy, single parent, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, madrid, tel aviv israel, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Romania, USA, Italy, Poland, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Style:
realistic, stylized, sincere, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, communist, money, secret, deception, impossible love, military, robbery, curse, teacher student relationship, freedom, judaism ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, year 1945, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
romania, bucharest, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Vic Edwards was one of the biggest movie stars in the world, known for his mustachioed good looks and cocky swagger. With his Hollywood glory a distant memory, the now-octogenarian Vic is prompted to reassess his life with the passing of his beloved ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
aging, old man, nostalgia, hollywood, depression, actor's life, celebrity, artists and showbiz, loneliness, lifestyle, washed up star, goth girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nashville tennessee, los angeles, usa, tennessee
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular. Written by Todd ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, terminal illness, youth, family drama, eccentricity, cancer, uncle nephew relationship, children, child hero, social justice, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, sad, independent film ...
Plot:
musician, rap, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, black american, aspiring musician, fat woman, rapper, loneliness, friendship, aspiration, overweight woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new jersey, new york
Is relevant?
363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Avi Nesher's new film tracks the complex relationship between a Jerusalem Graffiti artist and a mysterious modern day prophet who is imprisoned in an abandoned apartment across the Artist's window.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, witty, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot:
amateur detective, lifestyle, investigation, society, religions or cults, artists and showbiz, israeli, supernatural power, hidden camera, rabbi, private detective, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Style:
witty, clever, stylized, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
billiards, gambling, con men, gangster, vengeance, friendship, life philosophy, underdog, money, justice, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 2002, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new orleans
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