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. 2.
    Eight Crazy Nights (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Seth Kearsley

  2. 3.
    Adam & Steve (2005)

  3. 4.
    Alpha Dog (Widescreen Edition)
    by Nick Cassavetes

  4. 6.
    Analyze That (Widescreen)
    by Harold Ramis

  5. 7.
    Anger Management
    by Peter Segal

  6. 8.
    Anything Else

  7. 9.
    The Aristocrats

  8. 10.
    The Assassination of Richard Nixon
    by Niels Mueller

  9. 11.
    The Band's Visit
    by Eran Kolirin

  10. 12.
    Beaufort
    by Joseph Cedar

  11. 13.
    Bee Season

  12. 14.
    Beerfest (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Jay Chandrasekhar

  13. 15.
    The Believer
    by Henry Bean

  14. 17.
    Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
    by Shemi Zarhin

  15. 18.
    Brooklyn Babylon
    by Marc Levin

  16. 19.
    The Bubble
    by Eytan Fox

  17. 20.
    Capturing the Friedmans
    by Andrew Jarecki

  18. 21.
    Click (Special Edition)
    by Frank Coraci

  19. 22.
    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
    by George Clooney

  20. 23.
    Conspiracy
    by Frank Pierson

  21. 24.
    Control Room
    by Jehane Noujaim

  22. 25.
    The Counterfeiters
    by Stefan Ruzowitzky

  23. 26.
    Dad on the Run

  24. 27.
    ?
    David & Layla
    by Jay Jonroy

  25. 28.
    Divided We Fall

  26. 29.
    Downfall [DVD]
    by Oliver Hirschbiegel

  27. 30.
    Dummy
    by Greg Pritikin

  28. 31.
    Edges of the Lord
    by Yurek Bogayevicz

  29. 32.
    Esther Kahn

  30. 33.
    Everything Is Illuminated
    by Liev Schreiber

  31. 34.
    Facing Windows

  32. 35.
    Focus

  33. 36.
    For Your Consideration

  34. 37.
    Garden State

  35. 38.
    Ghost World
    by Terry Zwigoff

  36. 39.
    Gloomy Sunday
    by Rolf Schubel

  37. 40.
    Go for Zucker

  38. 41.
    The Good German
    by Steven Soderbergh

  39. 42.
    The Great New Wonderful
    by Danny Leiner

  40. 43.
    The Grey Zone
    by Tim Blake Nelson

  41. 44.

  42. 45.
    The Hebrew Hammer
    by Jonathan Kesselman

  43. 46.
    ?
    Hineni: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
    by Irena Fayngold

  44. 47.
    The History Boys

  45. 48.
    I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Todd Haynes

  46. 49.
    In Her Shoes (Widescreen Edition)
    by Curtis Hanson

  47. 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

Yentl? — 2 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


Pi — 3 years ago

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


Sandler and Apatow — 3 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”).




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