| Keeping the Faith (2000) | 6.4 | |
| Maktub (2017) | 7.2 | |
| Shtisel (2013) | 8.6 | |
| The Nanny (1993) | 7.2 | |
| Lies My Father Told Me (1975) | 6.7 |
Jewish culture movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Holy Lands (2017) | 5.8 | |
| Sons of God (2017) | 4.0 | |
| Attachment (2022) | 6.0 | |
| Tikkun (2015) | 6.3 | |
| Ageless Love (2021) | 5.6 |
List of jewish culture movies
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young man (Christian Heinisch), recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.
Style:
contemplative, political, black and white, black comedy, masterpiece
Plot:
alienation, ship, young man, communism, woman, family relations, train, labor, class struggle, domination, young woman, 16 year old ...
Time:
year 1984
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, gloomy, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
youth, old woman, boy, world war two, gay, sex, israeli, prostitute, multiculturalism, tragic love, mental illness, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and ...
Style:
period piece, non-linear, realistic, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concert, dancer, holocaust survivor, family relations, ballet, anti semitism, gay subtext, friends, friendship, music ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
france, europe, russia, new york, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paris 2011. Alex is 27. He's lives off dealing and pays the debts of his brother, Isaac, who after being his support has now become dead weight. When his cousin announces he's going to open a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines he can ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, immigrant, lifestyle, society, brother brother relationship, drug dealer, debt, breakup, starting over, friendship, urban, twentysomething life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, israel
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, german occupation, world war two, nazi, genocide, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, france, middle east, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this spiritual thriller, an ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled as a secret code brings the world to the edge of Apocalypse. Gillen Lane (Casper Van Dien) is a expert on theology and mythology who has gained international fame as a ...
Style:
futuristic, christian film, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
christian, heroic mission, religious, religion, destiny, new world order, heroes, society, danger, escapades, chaos, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1999, future, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, israel, middle east, italy, jerusalem ...
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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
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, sincere, spoof ...
Plot:
elderly, family gatherings, family life, lifestyle, siblings relations, homecoming, family problems, actor's life, parents and children, life & death, aging, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955.
Style:
period piece, frightening, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, racism, interracial relations, white male black female relationship, friendship, love, interracial romance, adolescence, family relations, high school, culture clash, interracial ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, atlantic city new jersey, belgium ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, Algeria
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set against the panoramic backdrop of war-torn Egypt, director Youssef Chahine tells a highly personal tale of love and determination. Amid the poverty, death and suffering caused by World War II, 18 year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
homosexual, world war two, father son relationship, arab, forbidden love, gay, death of lover, teenage boy, african, homosexuality, lgbt, lesbian ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
africa, palestine, alexandria egypt, middle east, south africa ...
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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:
cult classic, talky, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
art, writers, relationships, satire, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, philosophy, eternal love, depression, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates the mysterious world of the Chevrah Kadisha (the Jewish society that prepares bodies for burial according to ancient ritual) in order to steal ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, twisted, biting ...
Plot:
unlikely criminals, survival, disorder, cons and scams, dishonesty, crime gone awry, gangster, bank, down on your luck, secret society, faked death, embezzlement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
judaism, little boy, boy, jewish culture, youth, renaissance, elderly man, piano, ghetto, baby, animal death, death threat ...
Time:
year 1975, 1920s
Place:
eastern europe, middle east, canada, montreal
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, emotional, touching, thinking ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
gender, judaism, skinny dipping, gender bender, arm wrestling, women, dancing, transsexual, feminist, woman dressed as man, transgender, destiny ...
Time:
year 1983, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
israel
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54K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nanny, children, unlikely couple, female protagonist, butler, family relations, fall in love, fish out of water, workplace, society, love and romance, eligible bachelor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community
Style:
funny, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous
Plot:
nightclub, rolls royce, businessman, unwanted pregnancy, lie, kickass, fall in love, cons and scams, farce, working class, fish out of water, culture clash ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman learns about the death of her father. She returns to her Orthodox Jewish home and falls in love with her best childhood friend who is now married to her cousin.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, depressing, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian sex, sex scene, forbidden love, infidelity, funeral, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
london, middle east, israel
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Style:
sexy, humorous, witty, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
sex, sexual fantasy, male prostitute, friendship, partner, unrequited love, milf, money problems, mentor, pimp, fish out of water, sexual relations ...
Time:
2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, ireland, california ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
captivating, rough, serious, political, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, heroism, resistance, jewish ghetto, nazi, survival, politics, rebellion, shoah, wartime life, against humanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
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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, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, adultery, infidelity, mistress, philosophy, existentialism, guilt, justice, uncle niece relationship, blackmail, moral dilemma, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, canada
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style:
touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, music, tradition, generation gap, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, dancing, religions or cults, desire for fame, follow your dream, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 80s
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles, venice california
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