Films with Jewish Characters or Plots (2000-Present)

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A revised version of the list of films that have major Jewish characters or themes (even if the film itself has little of merit relating to Judaism) that have been released since 2000.

Feel free to add any that I have missed.

Listed Alphabetically.

This list is for films from 2000 on.

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  1. 1.
    50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Peter Segal
  2. 2.
    Eight Crazy Nights (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Seth Kearsley
  3. 3.
    Adam & Steve (2005)

  4. 4.
    Alpha Dog (Widescreen Edition)
    by Nick Cassavetes
  5. 5.
  6. 6.
    Analyze That (Widescreen)
    by Harold Ramis
  7. 7.
    Anger Management
    by Peter Segal
  8. 8.
    Anything Else

  9. 9.
    The Aristocrats
    by Paul Provenza
  10. 10.
    The Assassination of Richard Nixon
    by Niels Mueller
  11. 11.
    The Band's Visit
    by Eran Kolirin
  12. 12.
    Beaufort
    by Joseph Cedar
  13. 13.
    Bee Season
    by David Siegel
  14. 14.
    Beerfest (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Jay Chandrasekhar
  15. 15.
    The Believer
    by Henry Bean
  17. 17.
    Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
    by Shemi Zarhin
  18. 18.
    Brooklyn Babylon
    by Marc Levin
  19. 19.
    The Bubble
    by Eytan Fox
  20. 20.
    Capturing the Friedmans
    by Andrew Jarecki
  21. 21.
    Click (Special Edition)
    by Frank Coraci
  22. 22.
    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
    by George Clooney
  23. 23.
    Conspiracy
    by Frank Pierson
  24. 24.
    Control Room
    by Jehane Noujaim
  25. 25.
    The Counterfeiters
    by Stefan Ruzowitzky
  26. 26.
    Dad on the Run

  27. 27.
    ?
    David & Layla
    by Jay Jonroy
  28. 28.
    Divided We Fall
    by Jan Hrebejk
  29. 29.
    Downfall

  30. 30.
    Dummy
    by Greg Pritikin
  31. 31.
    Edges of the Lord
    by Yurek Bogayevicz
  32. 32.
    Esther Kahn

  33. 33.
    Everything Is Illuminated
    by Liev Schreiber
  34. 34.
    Facing Windows

  35. 35.
    Focus
    by Neal Slavin
  36. 36.
    For Your Consideration (Widescreen)
    by Christopher Guest
  37. 37.
    Garden State

  38. 38.
    Ghost World
    by Terry Zwigoff
  39. 39.
    Gloomy Sunday
    by Rolf Schubel
  40. 40.
    Go for Zucker

  41. 41.
    The Good German
    by Steven Soderbergh
  42. 42.
    The Great New Wonderful
    by Danny Leiner
  43. 43.
    The Grey Zone
    by Tim Blake Nelson
  44. 44.
  45. 45.
    The Hebrew Hammer
    by Jonathan Kesselman
  46. 46.
    ?
    Hineni: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
    by Irena Fayngold
  47. 47.
    The History Boys

  48. 48.
    I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Todd Haynes
  49. 49.
    In Her Shoes (Widescreen Edition)
    by Curtis Hanson
  50. 50.
    Into The Arms Of Strangers - Stories Of The Kindertransport
    by Mark Jonathan Harris

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Created by Mark Kaiserman on Jun 07, 2006.
 

Comments

Ninja Neko

Yentl? — 3 years ago

Maybe I’m overlooking the entry but Yentl isn’t on this list? If not, here’s the entry on Allconsuming: (http://www.allconsuming.net/item/asin/B001P5HI4A)

Also, wikipedia has a category called “Jewish films” which can help you to complete this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jewish_films

Dec 16, 04:30AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

kennardjon

Pi — 4 years ago

Darren Aronofsky’s excellent ‘Pi’ should be on this list.

Mar 10, 04:57AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Mark Kaiserman

Sandler and Apatow — 4 years ago

Adam Sandler almost always plays a Jewish character in his films, and Judd Apatow usually has at least one major Jewish characters in his. But the references are subtle (which speaks to the role of Jewish characters in contemporary comedies).

If you are aware of a Jewish main character in a film not listed – Sandler, Apatow, or otherwise – please add it. But make sure it is a clear reference (a chuppah at his wedding, use of Yiddish by a relative, a self-reference to Bar Mitzvah, etc. and not just “he seems Jewish”).

Sep 17, 07:05AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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