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Once Upon a Time in America(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 3h 49min | Drama, Crime
4.2/5 (with 2,468 votes)

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

A Serious Man(2009)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 962 votes)

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

An American Pickle(2020)

1h 29min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 189 votes)

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.

Homicide(1991)

1h 42min | Drama, Crime
3.1/5 (with 52 votes)

A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.

Hey Good Lookin'(1982)

1h 16min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
2.6/5 (with 12 votes)

An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

Directed by Ralph Bakshi

The Chosen One(2022)

After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where he started. Over the course of one painful night, Efrayim Eisenstein will come to realize that it’s much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

The Fantastic Mr Feynman(2013)

3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Richard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th century. He helped design the atomic bomb, solved the mystery of the Challenger Shuttle catastrophe and won a Nobel Prize. Now, 25 years after his death - in his own words and those of his friends and family - this is the story of the most captivating communicator in the history of science.

Defamation(2009)

1h 31min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?".

Directed by Yoav Shamir

Agincourt(2017)

10min | War, Drama, Action, History
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This ten-minute short follows two Jewish-American soldiers stationed in Northern France in 1944. The film takes its name from the small French farming town of Agincourt, which in turn takes its name from the Battle of Agincourt, which was fought there in 1415 and features prominently in Shakespeare's "King Henry the Fifth." The film plays out in a series of vignettes, much of the narration drawn directly from Shakespeare's play.

A Week To Rosh Hashanah(2022)

During a period of self-reflection leading up to the New Year, David develops an unusual disorder and becomes determined to put an end to it.

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story(2010)

1h 31min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of Jewish Americans to the most American sport of them all: baseball. Highlights include a rare interview with legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax.

Directed by Peter Miller

Wellstone!(2004)

1h 30min | Documentary

Paul Wellstone was the charismatic Minnesota progressive who used grassroots organizing to get elected and give ordinary people a stake in government. His 3rd election campaign was cut short when his small plane crashed into the north woods of Minnesota just 11 days before the 2002 election. Wellstone! explores the origin of his politics, his controversial road to the United States Senate, his deep bond with his wife and 'co-senator' Sheila, and the legacy of a life of progressive populism.

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Oy to the World(2020)

The story of Sally, a ten year old girl whose one wish is to celebrate a memorable Hanukkah despite her Grandmother Jessica’s desire to help her fit in. Or is it Sally who helps Jessica come to terms with growing up Jewish in the Bible Belt?

Riding with the Rabbi(2019)

The story of two most uncommon people, Sam a good old southern Jewish “boy” and Rabbi Stan, a misplaced mohel. Brought together by a chance encounter at a bus stop, the two develop an incongruous friendship.

The Finkel Files(2003)

11min | Animation, Comedy

Little Joshua Finkel wants to be a rock star, but his parents have sent him away to Rabbi training school instead.

93Queen(2018)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, "93Queen" follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented-and insider-access, "93Queen" offers up a unique portrayal of a group of religious women who are taking matters into their own hands to change their own community from within.

People of the Graphic Novel(2012)

10min | Documentary

"People of the Graphic Novel" is a playful introduction to the history of an art form: from the first "funny pages" to seminal artists including Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.