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Position:Home>History> Can you pls tell me some jewish history oriented movies or documentaries?Question: Can you pls tell me some jewish history oriented movies or documentaries!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 1 The Chosen (1981) Jeremy Paul Kagan PG Jewish 2 Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Norman Jewison G 3 Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg R Judaism 4 Shoah (1985) Claude Lanzmann NR 5 The Jazz Singer (1927) Alan Crosland NR 6 Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen PG Jewish (raised Orthodox); agnostic 7 Funny Girl (1968) William Wyler G Jewish 8 Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Elia Kazan NR Greek Orthodox (lapsed); Communist 9 Exodus (1960) Otto Preminger NR Jewish 10 Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler NR Jewish 10 The Ten Commandments (1956) Cecil B!. DeMille G Episcopalian 11 Crossing Delancey (1988) Joan Micklin Silver PG 12 The Golem (1920) Paul Wegener; Carl Boese NR 13 Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle PG Catholic (lapsed) 14 Almonds and Raisins: A History of the Yiddish Cinema (1988) Russ Karel NR 15 Enemies, a Love Story (1989) Paul Mazursky R Jewish 16 The Great Dictator (1940) Charlie Chaplin NR Anglican; agnostic 17 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Ted Kotcheff PG Jewish (!?) 18 Blazing Saddles (1974) Mel Brooks R Jewish 19 Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson PG 20 Body and Soul (1947) Robert Rossen NR Jewish 21 The Pawnbroker (1965) Sidney Lumet NR Jewish 22 Goodbye Columbus (1969) Larry Peerce PG Jewish 23 Bugsy (1991) Barry Levinson R Jewish 24 Cabaret (1972) Bob Fosse PG 25 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen PG-13 Jewish (raised Orthodox); agnostic 26 The Last Angry Man (1959) Daniel Mann NR 27 The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) Allan Goldstein G 28 The Revolt of Job (1983) Imre Gyongyossy; Barna Kabay NR 29 Homicide (1991) David Mamet R Jewish 30 Madame Rosa (1977) Moshe Mizrahi PG 31 Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Bruce Beresford PG 32 Reversal of Fortune (1990) Barbet Schroeder R 33 Europa Europa (1991) Agnieszka Holland R practicing Catholic 34 The Big Fix (1978) Jeremy Paul Kagan PG Jewish 35 Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Woody Allen PG Jewish (raised Orthodox); agnostic 36 Julia (1977) Fred Zinnemann PG Jewish 37 Marathon Man (1976) John Schlesinger R Jewish 38 A Majority of One (1962) Mervyn LeRoy NR Jewish 39 Oliver! (1968) Carol Reed G 40 Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) Paul Mazursky R Jewish 41 Holocaust (1978) Marvin Chomsky NR 42 Dirty Dancing (1987) Emile Ardolino PG-13 43 The Front (1976) Martin Ritt PG Jewish 44 Biloxi Blues (1988) Mike Nichols PG-13 Jewish 45 The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) George Stevens NR 46 Shine (1996) Scott Hicks PG-13 47 Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet R Jewish 48 Yentl (1983) Barbra Streisand PG Jewish 49 The Young Lions (1958) Edward Dmytryk NR 50 Marjorie Morningstar (1958) Irving Rapper NRWww@QuestionHome@Com Hello -- All the things listed in the other posts are great! I only want to add that I am huge fan of Simcha Jabobovici's work -- most notably his History Channel Program "The Naked Archeologist" (Naked in the sense of raw down to earth)!. Hear is the Wikipedia link! http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Naked_A!.!.!. Not only are the episodes informative but they are incredibly entertaining !.!.!. he has won several awards for his documentaries!. Enjoy BillWww@QuestionHome@Com I think the best one is Schindler's List also!. This don't have anything to do with your question but I thought I would see if anybody has a clue!. Hitler wanted to eliminate all races who wasn't blonde and blue eyes!. All the pictures or film clips of Hitler I saw, he had dark hair, not blonde!. With that belief shouldn't he started with himself first!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Fiddler on the Roof Jakob the Liar Schindler's List Exodus Prince of Egypt Ten CommandmentsWww@QuestionHome@Com The only one that I know of that hasn't been mentioned by everyone else is "exodus"Www@QuestionHome@Com The only one that comes to mind for Jewish history is Schindler's List!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Schindler's List Shoah Hester Street Fiddler on the RoofWww@QuestionHome@Com |