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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Anne falls in love with the Jewish doctor Daniel. Since he is not Jewish, he allows himself to be coached accordingly in order to keep up appearances. Every attempt by Daniel to clear up the misunderstanding achieves the opposite. Eventually he ...
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, lighthearted, feel good
Plot:
jewish culture, mistaken identity, embarrassment, secret revealed, impostor, dating, acceptance, personal growth, self discovery, friendship, love triangle, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this story, the 60th birthday of Cohen-family matriarch Rosha is the occasion for a gathering of her children from the diverse places around the world. The central character in this drama, however, is Angelique, whose interest in psychoanalysis ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, thought provoking, realistic, independent film
Plot:
cancer, death, grief, terminal illness, matriarchy, family reunited, jewish family, family drama, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, jewish culture, psychology ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, israel, florida, eastern europe
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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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When a prodigal son sends his family's empire into crushing debt, his estranged brother returns to Antwerp's diamond district to pick up the pieces.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
siblings, family drama, diamonds, family business, problem, family relations, brother brother relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, money, dysfunctional family, jewish family ...
Place:
antwerp, belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
optimism, parents and children, family relations, family life, misfit, family problems, dysfunctional family, physical appearance, fictional reality show, family drama, forgiveness, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
rabbi, farce, chase, racial stereotype, on the run, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, prosecution, partner, disorder, on the road, synagogue ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
france, paris france, new york, usa, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Style:
intercultural, multicultural, emotional, independent film, period drama
Plot:
immigrant, friendship, elderly, heartwarming, caregiver, character study, prejudice, loss, jewish culture, coming of age, identity, community ...
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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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: Argentina
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After a reunion with her past, Tamara - a Jewish ex-orthodox turned feminist rocker - separates from her boyfriend, rebelling against romantic love and monogamy to embark on a path of exploration in search of her own desire.
Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
feminist, female protagonist, empowerment, self discovery, identity, relationships, lifestyle, relationship problems, female objectification, satire, strong female character, confronting the past ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Though approaching his eighties, Max Kohn shows no signs of slowing down. He pursues his love life - both real and imagined - with youthful vigor, thereby risking his relationship to Reisel, the woman he loves but neglects. LOVE COMES LATELY is a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
love and romance, couples, friendship, couple relations, youth, society, introspection, looking for love, unfulfillment, writer's life, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?
Style:
romantic, heartfelt, offbeat, romantic comedy
Plot:
rabbi, interfaith relationship, jewish culture, spirituality, identity crisis, sexually liberated, agnostic, opposites attract, dating, sister sister relationship
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her life.
Style:
touching, light, emotional, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
jewelry, judaism, women, stereotypes, love and romance, self discovery, love affair, introspection, orthodox jew, infidelity, job, divorce ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, israel, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city ...
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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, television, hospital, family drama, independence day, cultural difference, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, year 1948, 20th century, 1900s ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, poland, russia
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This extraordinary story begins in the late 1960’s during turbulent times when Yale, 23, idealistic and fresh out of college meets Nina, 37 and widowed with 5 children. Yale’s parents aren’t thrilled about the budding relationship, yet despite ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lifestyle, love affair, couples, social problems, couple relations, family relations, coping, jewish family, jewish life, overcoming, husband wife relationship, social issues ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
Style:
costume drama, political, art film, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
spy, lawyer, trial, manipulation, courtroom, miscarriage of justice, french army, espionage, duel, french history, french military, french politics ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2019, victorian era
Place:
paris france, israel, france
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, queer cinema
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, lgbt, heterosexuality, sauna, jewish family, bare chested male, jewish culture, homosexuality, homosexual, gay parent, gay father ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, new york, france
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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:
political, disturbing, compassionate, breathtaking, talky ...
Plot:
fascism, holocaust, world war two, unrequited love, italian fascism, nazi germany, anti semitism, brother sister relationship, assassination, tennis, family relations, family life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, ancient times, year 1970 ...
Place:
italy, europe, africa, germany, israel ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Picking up where "God Does Not Believe In Us Anymore" leaves off, Freddy struggles to find work after arriving in New York in 1940. His world of refugee acquaintances includes the depressed daughter of a poet/delicatessen owner, an aging ...
Plot:
world war two, immigrant, holocaust, jewish culture, nazi occupation, poet, refugee, immigration, fired from the job, drowning, job seeking, english class ...
Time:
year 1986, 1940s, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, pearl harbor, new york, santa fe new mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
youth, rabbi, winter, rural area, teen romance, classical music, judaism, prairie, religious differences, mine, stand up comedy, voice over narration ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
canada, middle east
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in!
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, murder, undercover, orthodox jew, police investigation, police corruption, judaism, investigation, police detective, conspiracy theory, brutality, who done it ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
new york, israel, usa, new jersey, san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, dramatic, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbtq, aids, israeli, sexuality, family drama, lgbt, humanism, identity, illness, empathy, gay, grief ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Naor's Friends is an Israeli television sitcom created by Naor Zion for the Israeli Channel 10. The series premiered on November 14, 2006 and series 3 started airing on April 5, 2011. The Israeli comedian Naor Zion completely wrote and directed ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
friends, israeli, friendship, looking for love, lifestyle, buddies, couples, wooing, singleness, silly humor, looking for sex, city life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and his wife is losing her patience. A twist of fate and some bizarre wisdom from a "freelance ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, clergy, family life, dull life, family problems, society, aging, human nature, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages; one turns Tel Aviv upside down in order to save a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
Style:
anthology, lighthearted, romantic comedy, offbeat, feel good ...
Plot:
relationships, city life, dating, slice of life, divorce, street life, female empowerment, social satire, friendship, jewish culture, hostage situation, police ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Maja, a Danish actress past her prime, falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London. Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London. There, she meets Leah’s mother, an overbearing woman who could hold dark ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian attraction, lesbian love, relationships, gay romance, ritual, mother daughter relationship, lgbt, lesbian, gay love, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
denmark, london
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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, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, student film
Plot:
football, nazi occupation, brother brother relationship, football player, christian, monastery, world war, dictatorship, dictator, soccer, partisan, boy ...
Place:
slovakia, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.
Style:
realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
culture clash, dysfunctional family, parents and children, love and romance, sibling relationship, family problems, estrangement, couples, holocaust, couple relations, gender, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
sex comedy, romantic comedy, lighthearted, absurd, slapstick comedy
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, deadline, sexual dysfunction, father son relationship, satire, family curse, moral dilemma, urban, jewish culture, auctioneer, male female relationship ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, funny, surreal, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time traveler, immigrant, time travel, fish out of water, jewish culture, family relations, twists and turns, inventions and discoveries, disorder, loss of wife, twitter, cemetery ...
Time:
edwardian era, 2020s, year 1919, year 2019, 2010s ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, canada, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ariela, a traditional Jew, meets Ivan, a young man who is not Jewish with whom she begins a secret relationship despite her family beliefs.
Plot:
interfaith relationship, forbidden love, interracial love relationship, women, woman on top, skinny dipping, sex scene, ostracism, propaganda, divorced parents, blind date, engagement ...
Place:
mexico city
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