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List of jewish american movies

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Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Friends gather for the funeral of a friend. Sub-plots unfold as the group attempts to link-up to attend the funeral of their friend, Braverman.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, touching, humorous ...
Plot: funeral, death, friendship, deadend life, bittersweet, dull life, friends, writer's life, introspection, dealing with death, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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 7.2
 52K
Hunters (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City discover that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters set out on a bloody quest to bring ...
Style: funny, inspirational, black comedy, dark comedy, fun
Plot: nazi hunter, concentration camp, world war two, murder, nazi, female warrior, war criminal, male protagonist, fake identity, revenge, alternate history, holocaust ...
Time: 70s, post world war two, year 1977
Place: new york
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 7.4
 25K
Funny Girl (1968)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style: light, witty, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showbiz, love story, marriage, ambition, desire for fame, performer's life, couples ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, baltimore, new york state ...
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 6.6
 172K
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style: entertaining, hilarious, action comedy, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, gangster, fight scenes, partner, police investigation, vigilante, die hard, secret service, cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, china
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Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, ...
Style: realistic, intense, hood, lyrical, suspense ...
Audience: manly
Plot: hip hop, racism, music, gangster, rags to riches, ghetto, profanity, rap, rapper, african american, biopic, fighting the system ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 2015, 80s, year 2016 ...
Place: los angeles, california, milwaukee wisconsin, usa, texas ...
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 7.9
 766K
Knives Out (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style: atmospheric, exciting, captivating, detective, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, murder, death, murder investigation, mansion, mystery killer, eccentric family, large family, plot twist, suspect ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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 7.4
 186K
Molly's Game (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Style: inspirational, smart, freeze frame, psychological, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: poker, trial, gambling, female protagonist, lawyer, father daughter relationship, court, card playing, fbi, woman, strong female lead, mafia ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, 2000s
Place: new york, los angeles, colorado, manhattan new york city
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 6.1
 849
Hit! (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track ...
Style: action thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, murder, exploitation, black, revenge, daughter, drug dealing, vigilantism, investigation, police detective, bare breasts, special agent ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe, marseille, british columbia, washington d.c.
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 7.0
 14K
Deep Cover (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police investigation, gangster, brutality, drug, murder, drug addiction, undercover, racial slur, undercover cop, black, urban, betrayal ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, ohio, cleveland ohio
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 7.6
 395K
Inside Man (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style: clever, detective, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, hostage, bank, bank robbery, robbery, twists and turns, perfect crime, manipulation, police detective, police, criminal, master criminal ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
Style: disturbing, slasher, scary, grindhouse, sadistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rape, serial killer, gory, rape and revenge, youth, revenge, psychopath, life is a bitch, payback, violent, vengeance, kidnapping ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, connecticut
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 5.1
 930
The Rendezvous (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A miss-matched couple embark on a frantic search for the Dead Sea Scroll hidden in the ancient city of Petra.
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, serious
Plot: murder, mysterious death, treasure, adventurer, investigation, treasure hunt, save the world, henchman, government agent, pursuit, villainess, love interest ...
Place: middle east
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 7.3
 230K
Rocky II (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. ...
Style: inspirational, rough, sincere, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, bodybuilding, rocky, brutality, violence, training, world champion, championship, comeback ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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 7.6
 128K
Barton Fink (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style: psychological, surreal, neo noir, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Plot: twists and turns, hollywood, showbiz, murder, screenwriter, neighbor, surrealism, serial killer, insanity, dark humor, film industry, filmmaking ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1941
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
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 7.3
 139K
Good Time (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Style: neo noir, suspense, independent film, brutal, captivating ...
Plot: prison, brother brother relationship, loneliness, stolen money, on the run, hospital, brother, mentally challenged person, mental disorder, robbery, promise, game playing ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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 6.1
 3K
Last Embrace (1979)
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: spy, murder, obsession, conspiracy, niagara falls, paranoia, betrayal, brothel, forced prostitution, nudity, female nudity, suspicion ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: austin texas, new york, usa, mexico
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Pressure Point (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An African-American prison psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate (Bobby Darin) with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
Style: political, psychedelic, mind bending, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: world war two, psychopath, prison, african, colonialism, nazi, therapy, black, blaxploitation, mental disorder, legion, foreign legion ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, year 1942
Place: madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york
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 8.9
 348K
Seinfeld (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998. It lasted nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, buddy comedy, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: comedian, dating, everyday life, friendship, neighbor neighbor relationship, comedy of errors, lifestyle, human relationship, antisocial behavior, new york yankees, uptight character, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 8.1
 4K
Stella (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Stella was a short-lived television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members ...
Style: parody, not serious, surreal, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: stupidity, roommate, goofy hero, love and romance, everyday life, disorder, friends, couples, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, guest, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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 6.1
 15K
The Two Jakes (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style: neo noir, stylized, clever, cult classic, period piece ...
Plot: private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, investigation, betrayal, mafia, law, courtroom, blackmail, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time: 1940s, year 1948, 20th century, year 1946
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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The Social Network (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among ...
Style: clever, intellectual, realistic, witty, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: entrepreneur, programmer, business, geek, facebook, computers and web, hacker, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, computer genius, success, college ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s ...
Place: harvard university, california, boston, usa, san francisco ...
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 7.0
 6K
RKO 281 (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style: talky, historical drama, atmospheric, stylized, clever ...
Plot: biopic, filmmaking, screenwriter, movie business, film industry, movie studio, writers, obsession, hollywood, anti semitism, american history, bankruptcy ...
Time: 1940s
Place: wisconsin
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 6.6
 7K
Q & A (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style: talky, intense, neo noir, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, lawyer, fighting the system, life is a bitch, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, legal, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, puerto rico
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New York Stories (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents ...
Style: anthology, talky, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: artist, art, obsession, hotel, luxury hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, greece, usa, manhattan new york city, athens greece
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Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
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 6.6
 933
Hanna K. (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A female American Israeli lawyer is defending a Palestinian charged by an Israeli court. It's a tough case because of strong political background. Meanwhile she finds out she's pregnant and thinks about abortion.
Style: political, independent film
Plot: conspiracy, lawyer, israeli, resistance, judaism, chaos, abortion, prosecutor, cover up, prison, deportation, investigation ...
Time: year 1983
Place: middle east, israel, south africa, jordan
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 4.8
 2K
The Cutter (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, rescue, chase, missing person, martial arts, police investigation, daring rescue, rivalry, danger, escapades, master criminal, law enforcement ...
Place: los angeles, usa, europe, germany, vienna ...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, meditative ...
Plot: adultery, murder, infidelity, mistress, existentialism, justice, guilt, blackmail, satire, couple relations, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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 7.2
 7K
Avalon (1990)
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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