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1. One Night with the King (2006)

PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.0

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38 Metascore

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Noble, Omar Sharif

Votes: 7,847 | Gross: $13.40M

2. For Your Consideration (2006)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy

6.3

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68 Metascore

Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest

Votes: 15,901 | Gross: $5.54M

3. Beyond Paradise (II) (2015)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance

5.6

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Haunted by a tragic past, Shahrzad, a stunning music student, flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.

Director: J.J. Alani | Stars: Ryan Guzman, Daphne Zuniga, Spencer Grammer, Francia Raisa

Votes: 457

4. Fill the Void (2012)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance

6.7

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79 Metascore

When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.

Director: Rama Burshtein | Stars: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir

Votes: 3,995 | Gross: $1.77M

5. God on Trial (2008 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama, War

7.6

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Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.

Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus, Alexi Kaye Campbell

Votes: 3,919

6. Der ewige Jude (1940)

62 min | Documentary, History

4.5

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Under the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film aims to be an "indispensable tool in the hands of the Aryan race", designed to depict the "true" Jew when the masks of western civilisation fall off.

Director: Fritz Hippler | Stars: Curt Bois, Charles Chaplin, Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 3,933

7. City of Joel (2018)

90 min | Documentary

6.9

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"City of Joel" is a documentary - with unprecedented access - to a 1.1 square mile shtetl in the suburbs that is home to 22,000 members of one of the most insular and orthodox Hasidic sects... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Sweet

Votes: 107

8. The Tenth Man (2016)

Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

5.8

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66 Metascore

After years away, Ariel (Alan Sabbagh) returns to Buenos Aires seeking to reconnect with his father Usher, who founded a charity foundation in Once, the city's bustling Jewish district ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher Barilka, Elvira Onetto

Votes: 1,235 | Gross: $0.06M

9. David (1979)

125 min | Drama, War

6.6

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David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary »

Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes

Votes: 171

10. StuxNet: Cyberwar (2011 TV Movie)

R | 33 min | Documentary

6.5

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In July 2010 a computer virus attacked a nuclear facility in Iran. This virus, known as the most intelligent piece of software to date, is the beginning of a new era in cyber crimes.

Director: Hesam Dehghani | Stars: Mehdi Aroom, Alireza Salehi, Ali Abbasnejad, Ismael Zabihi

Votes: 85

11. The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, History, Romance

6.7

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Aired as a one-hour special on ABC-TV, this drama told the Old Testament story of a young queen who had to defend both herself and her people after a power-mad advisor convinces her husband... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Tony Musante, Harris Yulin, Nehemiah Persoff

Votes: 35

12. Queen Esther (1948)

50 min | Drama

5.6

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Director: John T. Coyle | Stars: Ottilie Kruger, Michael Ansara, Charles Evans, Richard Hale

Votes: 19

13. Fucking Different Tel Aviv (2009)

94 min | Drama, Romance

6.3

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14 gay and lesbian filmmakers from Tel Aviv present short films about their sexuality.

Directors: Stephanie Abramovich, Avital Barak, Hila Ben Baruch, Yossi Brauman, Eyal Bromberg, Sie Gal, Yair Hochner, Eran Koblik Kedar, Sivan Levy, Yasmin Max, Nir Ne'eman, Ricardo Rojstaczer, Anat Salomon, November Wanderin, Elad Zakai | Stars: Yossi Almong, Roii Amoya, Uri Avrahami, Ran Chai Bar-zvi

Votes: 56

14. Megillas Lester (2014)

65 min | Animation

8.0

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Lester, or Doniel Lesterovirch, is the everyman of Jewish elementary school age kids. He's not looking for trouble but trouble sure finds him - a whole lot of it. While directing his ... See full summary »

Director: CJ Kramer | Stars: Michael Bihovsky, Noah Bird, Jeanne Intile Burns, Andy Dainish

Votes: 16

15. Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
Episode: In the Middle of the Night, in a Dark House, Somewhere in the World (2021)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama

7.7

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After a period of self-reflection, a slightly older and wiser Mira and Jonathan each reassess their past, present, and future as the reality of their complicated love story sets in.

Director: Hagai Levi | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Tovah Feldshuh, Michael Aloni

Votes: 1,158

16. Being Erica (2009–2011)
Episode: Purim (2011)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

7.2

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It's Erica's thirty-fifth birthday. She and Adam are back together, although they still disagree on certain issues, such as personal boundaries. Regardless, she's generally in a happy place... See full summary »

Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Erin Karpluk, Adam Fergus, Reagan Pasternak, Kathleen Laskey

Votes: 53