Best movies with Jewish characters

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Best movies with Jewish characters

Discover the best movies with Jewish characters, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie Ben-Hur (1959), starring Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd, came in first as the best movie with Jewish characters of all time, followed by Chariots of Fire and Gentleman's Agreement from 1947. Scroll down for the top 10 movies with Jewish characters, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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Ben-Hur (1959)
1959 - Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh GriffithHistory, Drama, Adventure
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In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat who opposes the Roman occupation meets his childhood friend, now a Roman commander, and their reunion sets off a chain of betrayal, adventure and •••
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Chariots of Fire
1981 - Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl CampbellDrama, History
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In the early 1920s, two young British runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Christian who refuses to race on the Sabbath, and Harold Abrahams, who fights •••
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Gentleman's Agreement
1947 - Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John GarfieldDrama
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A New York magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose the anti-Semitism around him. Elia Kazan adapted Laura Z. Hobson's novel, with Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield in the •••
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Ida
2013 - Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid OgrodnikDrama
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In 1960s Poland, Anna, a young woman raised in a convent, learns just before taking her vows as a nun that she is Jewish, and sets off with her aunt to find out what happened to their •••
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Life Is Beautiful
1997 - Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio CantariniComedy, Drama
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Guido, a cheerful Jewish bookseller in Italy, is deported with his wife and son to a concentration camp, where he convinces the boy that it is all just a game with prizes. Roberto Benigni •••
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Madame Rosa
1977 - Simone Signoret, Michal Bat-Adam, Gabriel JabbourDrama, Comedy
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In the Pigalle district of Paris, Madame Rosa, a Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz, raises other women's children, and Momo, an Algerian boy, is the closest to her. Simone Signoret plays •••
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Nowhere in Africa
2001 - Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede OnyuloDrama
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In 1938, Jettel, a Jewish woman, flees Nazi Germany with her daughter, Regina, to a farm in Kenya where her husband is waiting, and the girl gets used to their new life faster than her •••
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One Life
2023 - Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena OlinHistory, Drama
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In the 1930s, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia and makes plans to rescue Jewish children before World War II, in an operation that became known as the •••
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Son of Saul
2015 - Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs RechnWar, Drama, Thriller
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Auschwitz, 1944: Saul, a Jewish prisoner forced to work at the crematoria, recognises his son in the body of a boy and tries to bury him according to Jewish tradition. Géza Röhrig, Levente •••
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The Believer
2001 - Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa RussellDrama
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In New York, a sharp young racist skinhead leads a gang that fights a supposed Jewish-American conspiracy. But he hides a secret: he was born Jewish and was a brilliant student, and his •••
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This list includes, for example, The Pianist, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, One Life.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: One Life (2023), You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023), Son of Saul (2015).

Which movies from 2000–2009 are included?

Titles released in this period include The Counterfeiters (2007), The Merchant of Venice (2004), The Pianist (2002).

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