Top 50 Greatest Jewish Movies from Kathryn Bernheimer's book

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In 1998, Kathryn Bernheimer’s book, "The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critic’s Ranking of the Very Best," received storngly mixed reviews for what she included and what she didn’t. She defined a ‘Jewish’ film as: "What is a Jewish movie? For the purposes of this book, I define it as a film that examines an aspect of the Jewish experience and features at least one clearly defined Jewish central character."
While missing any recent films, her list still is a good snapshot of the variety of Jewish movies out there and the ever-increasing quality and number of them in recent years.
NOTE: In the book there is a tie for 10th place between "Ben-Hur" and "The Ten Commandments." That’s why there are 51 entries on this list.

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  1. 1.
    The Chosen
    by Jeremy Kagan

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  2. 2.
    Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition)
    by Norman Jewison

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  3. 3.
    Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  4. 4.
    Shoah

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  5. 5.
    The Jazz Singer
    by Alan Crosland

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  6. 6.
    Annie Hall

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  7. 7.
    Funny Girl
    by William Wyler

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  8. 8.
    Gentleman's Agreement
    by Elia Kazan

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  9. 9.
    Exodus
    by Otto Preminger

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  10. 10.
    Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by William Wyler

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  11. 12.
    Crossing Delancey
    by Joan Micklin Silver

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  12. 13.
    The Golem
    by Paul Wegener

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  13. 14.
    Au revoir les enfants - criterion collection
    by Louis Malle

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  14. 16.
    Enemies, A Love Story

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  15. 18.
    Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
    by Ted Kotcheff

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  16. 20.
    Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Hugh Hudson

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  17. 21.
    Body and Soul
    by George Bowers

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  18. 22.
    The Pawnbroker
    by Sidney Lumet

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  19. 23.
    Goodbye, Columbus
    by Larry Peerce

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  20. 24.
    Bugsy
    by Barry Levinson

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  21. 25.
    Cabaret
    by Bob Fosse

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  22. 26.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

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  23. 27.
    The Last Angry Man (1959)
    by Daniel Mann

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  24. 28.
    The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
    by Allan A. Goldstein

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  25. 29.
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    The Revolt of Job
    by Imre Gyongyossy, Barna Kabay

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  26. 31.
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    Madame Rosa (Vie devant soi, La)

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  27. 32.
    Driving Miss Daisy (Special Edition)
    by Bruce Beresford

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  28. 33.
    Reversal of Fortune
    by Barbet Schroeder

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  29. 34.
    Europa Europa
    by Agnieszka Holland

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  30. 35.
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    The Big Fix

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  31. 36.
    Broadway Danny Rose

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  32. 37.
    Julia
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  33. 38.
    Marathon Man
    by John Schlesinger

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  34. 39.
    A Majority of One (1961)
    by Mervyn LeRoy

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  35. 40.
    Oliver!
    by Carol Reed

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  36. 41.
    Down and Out in Beverly Hills

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  37. 42.
    Holocaust
    by Marvin J. Chomsky

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  38. 43.
    Dirty Dancing (Ultimate Edition)

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  39. 44.
    The Front
    by Martin Ritt

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  40. 45.
    Biloxi Blues
    by Mike Nichols

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  41. 46.
    The Diary of Anne Frank
    by George Stevens

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  42. 47.
    Shine
    by Scott Hicks

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  43. 48.
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    Daniel (1983)
    by Sidney Lumet

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  44. 49.
    Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
    by Barbra Streisand

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  45. 50.
    The Young Lions
    by Edward Dmytryk

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Comments

Greg
Columbus

There are 51? — 3 years ago

One of these doesn’t belong…