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Maven's Jewish & Israeli Jewels

The Best Popular movies with Jewish and/or Israeli Themes. Recommended for both English Speaking Jews & non-Jews interested in the Traditions, History, Comedy, Arts and Culture of the Jewish People. Also see:

Maven's Jewish & Israeli Documentaries,
Maven's Jewish Essentials,
Animated Jewish & Bible Stories and
Select Jewish-Israeli non-English Movies
by maven0690 • Created 12 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
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  • Schindler's List (1993)

    1. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.6M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)

    2. The Ten Commandments

    19563h 40mG
    7.9 (83K)
    Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne Baxter
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

    3. The Diary of Anne Frank

    19593hApproved59Metascore
    7.4 (14K)
    During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph Schildkraut
  • "Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures

    4. Exodus

    19603h 28mApproved70Metascore
    6.7 (13K)
    The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsPaul NewmanEva Marie SaintRalph Richardson
  • Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Senta Berger, and Yul Brynner in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

    5. Cast a Giant Shadow

    19662h 26mApproved
    6.3 (4.3K)
    In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
    DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsKirk DouglasJohn WayneFrank Sinatra
  • Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto, and Peter Finch in Raid on Entebbe (1976)

    6. Raid on Entebbe

    19762h 25mNot Rated
    6.7 (4.1K)
    True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.
    DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsPeter FinchCharles BronsonYaphet Kotto
  • Kirsten Dunst in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)

    7. The Devil's Arithmetic

    19991h 35mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.3 (4.9K)
    A 16-year-old American girl with an apathetic view towards her Jewish family history finds herself pulled through time into 1941 to a small Polish village where the Nazis have just begun their genocidal propaganda.
    DirectorDonna DeitchStarsKirsten DunstBrittany MurphyPaul Freeman
  • Sword of Gideon (1986)

    8. Sword of Gideon

    19862h 53mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.1 (1.4K)
    Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
    DirectorMichael AndersonStarsSteven BauerMichael YorkRobert Joy
  • A Stranger Among Us (1992)

    9. A Stranger Among Us

    19921h 50mPG-13
    5.6 (4.6K)
    A New York policewoman probes a murder in the Hasidic district.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsMelanie GriffithEric ThalJohn Pankow
  • Ingrid Bergman in A Woman Called Golda (1982)

    10. A Woman Called Golda

    19823h 11mTV Movie
    7.5 (1.1K)
    The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
    DirectorAlan GibsonStarsIngrid BergmanNed BeattyFranklin Cover
  • Zoe Lister-Jones and Francis Benhamou in Arranged (2007)

    11. Arranged

    20071h 30mNot Rated
    7.3 (3.2K)
    ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages.
    DirectorsDiane CrespoStefan C. SchaeferStarsZoe Lister-JonesFrancis BenhamouMimi Lieber
  • Michael Krauss in Avalon (1990)

    12. Avalon

    19902h 8mPG68Metascore
    7.2 (7.3K)
    A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAidan QuinnElizabeth PerkinsLeo Fuchs
  • Robert Mitchum, Robert Young, Gloria Grahame, Sam Levene, and Robert Ryan in Crossfire (1947)

    13. Crossfire

    19471h 26mApproved
    7.2 (11K)
    A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRobert YoungRobert MitchumRobert Ryan
  • Tom Hanks and Cristina Marsillach in Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)

    14. Every Time We Say Goodbye

    19861h 38mPG-1344Metascore
    5.8 (2.9K)
    A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.
    DirectorMoshé MizrahiStarsTom HanksCristina MarsillachBenedict Taylor
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

    15. Fiddler on the Roof

    19713h 1mG67Metascore
    8.0 (51K)
    In 1905 Russia, a traditionalist Jewish peasant contends with three of his daughters marrying men with modern romantic ideals, all while anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTopolNorma CraneLeonard Frey
  • Gregory Peck, John Garfield, and Dorothy McGuire in Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

    16. Gentleman's Agreement

    19471h 58mApproved
    7.2 (19K)
    A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsGregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn Garfield
  • James Woods, Meryl Streep, and Michael Moriarty in Holocaust (1978)

    17. Holocaust

    19785 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    8.0 (5.9K)
    The saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community.
    StarsJoseph BottomsTovah FeldshuhRosemary Harris
  • Richard Attenborough, Joan Collins, and Donny Osmond in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)

    18. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    19991h 16mApprovedVideo
    7.3 (5.3K)
    A humorously musical retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph.
    DirectorsDavid MalletSteven PimlottStarsDonny OsmondMaria FriedmanRichard Attenborough
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    19. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (800K)
    When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
    DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio Cantarini
  • Miracle at Moreaux (1985)

    20. Miracle at Moreaux

    198558mTV-PGTV Movie
    6.7 (170)
    It is 1943, and the students at a catholic boarding school decide to hide three Jewish children from the Nazis. To save them, the students will have to find the courage to risk their own lives in the process.
    DirectorPaul ShapiroStarsLoretta SwitRobert JoyKen Pogue
  • Matthew Broderick in Biloxi Blues (1988)

    21. Biloxi Blues

    19881h 46mPG-1361Metascore
    6.7 (17K)
    A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsMatthew BroderickChristopher WalkenMatt Mulhern
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

    22. Brighton Beach Memoirs

    19861h 48mPG-1354Metascore
    6.8 (4.1K)
    Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.
    DirectorGene SaksStarsBlythe DannerJonathan SilvermanStacey Glick
  • Richard Dreyfuss and Mercedes Ruehl in Lost in Yonkers (1993)

    23. Lost in Yonkers

    19931h 54mPG
    6.8 (3.9K)
    In the summer of 1942, two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother and their childlike aunt in Yonkers, New York.
    DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsRichard DreyfussMercedes RuehlIrene Worth
  • Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl (1977)

    24. The Goodbye Girl

    19771h 51mPG64Metascore
    7.4 (17K)
    After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, unemployed dancer Paula McFadden and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy are forced to live with struggling off-Broadway actor Elliot Garfield, who is subletting their apartment.
    DirectorHerbert RossStarsRichard DreyfussMarsha MasonQuinn Cummings
  • QB VII (1974)

    25. QB VII

    19742 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.7 (922)
    A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
    StarsBen GazzaraAnthony HopkinsLeslie Caron

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