Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "jewish", "new-york"

1. The Social Network (2010)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara

Votes: 758,383 | Gross: $96.96M

2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

R | 229 min | Crime, Drama

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams

Votes: 377,575 | Gross: $5.32M

3. Uncut Gems (2019)

R | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.

Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel, Mesfin Lamengo

Votes: 317,999

4. Carlito's Way (1993)

R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo

Votes: 232,297 | Gross: $36.95M

5. The Deuce (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 1,583 min | Drama

A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Margarita Levieva

Votes: 31,923

6. Sophie's Choice (1982)

R | 150 min | Drama, Romance

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin

Votes: 52,739 | Gross: $30.04M

7. Fame (1980)

R | 134 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean

Votes: 24,683 | Gross: $0.12M

8. The Prince of Tides (1991)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan

Votes: 19,718 | Gross: $74.79M

9. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Two newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.

Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron

Votes: 95,357 | Gross: $31.49M

10. New York Stories (1989)

PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.

Directors: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese | Stars: Woody Allen, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Marvin Chatinover

Votes: 19,734 | Gross: $10.76M

11. Beginners (2010)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic

Votes: 94,808 | Gross: $5.79M

12. The Gambler (1974)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky

Votes: 6,562 | Gross: $1.31M

13. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom

Votes: 60,777 | Gross: $18.25M

14. Analyze That (2002)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime

Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 89,479 | Gross: $32.12M

15. Crossing Delancey (1988)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 4,968 | Gross: $16.26M

16. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog

Votes: 7,745 | Gross: $0.08M

17. Round and Round (2023 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Rachel's stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents' Hanukkah party. Can Zach, the "nice boy" Grandma's trying to set her up with, help her make it to tomorrow?

Director: Stacey N. Harding | Stars: Vic Michaelis, Bryan Greenberg, Rick Hoffman, Nicole Oliver

Votes: 1,220

18. Billy Bathgate (1991)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis

Votes: 12,738 | Gross: $15.97M

19. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)

G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy

A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio

Votes: 14,772 | Gross: $0.95M

20. Haven (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

A U.S. official escorts Holocaust refugees from 1940s war-torn Europe to temporary shelter in America.

Director: John Gray | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Henry Czerny, Sheila McCarthy

Votes: 529

21. Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

Passed | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith

Votes: 4,739

22. Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

In 1956, 14-year-old Alan Silver's life revolves around family, the synagogue and the Dodgers. Grandparents Jules and Sophie live in the same brownstone as Alan, his brother Nate, and their parents Phyllis and George.

Stars: Marion Ross, Danny Gerard, Louis Zorich, Amy Aquino

Votes: 502

23. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,407 | Gross: $0.62M

24. Partners (2012–2013)

Comedy, Romance

Two lifelong friends, who are both architects, form a business partnership.

Stars: Michael Urie, David Krumholtz, Sophia Bush, Brandon Routh

Votes: 4,219

25. The Velocity of Gary (1998)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ex porn star Valentino and Gary are in love with each other. But Valentino also has a girlfriend. Tragedy hits them, when Valentino collapses and is hospitalized with AIDS.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Salma Hayek, Thomas Jane, Olivia d'Abo

Votes: 1,874

26. Tango Shalom (2021)

PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Family, Music

A Tango dancer and a rabbi develop a plan to enter a dance competition without sacrificing his orthodox beliefs. Family, tolerance, and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time.

Director: Gabriel Bologna | Stars: Lainie Kazan, Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Martin Pfefferkorn

Votes: 452

27. Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2004)

R | 95 min | Documentary

In his early twenties, Sam Cagnina, oldest son of a Mafia hit man, meets Steven, a handsome 19-year old college student and they fall in love. Then, after a few years Sam offers Steven a "... See full summary »

Director: Susan Kaplan | Stars: Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolin, Samantha Singh

Votes: 196 | Gross: $0.02M

28. The Giraffe (1998)

Unrated | 103 min | Thriller

Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman ... See full summary »

Directors: Dani Levy, Maria Schrader | Stars: Maria Schrader, Dani Levy, David Strathairn, Nicole Heesters

Votes: 401

29. Alan & Naomi (1992)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Family

Set in the forties. A young Jewish boy is called on by his parents to help a young girl come out of her shell, imposed after she watched her father die at the hands of the Nazis.

Director: Sterling Van Wagenen | Stars: Lukas Haas, Vanessa Zaoui, Michael Gross, Amy Aquino

Votes: 481 | Gross: $0.26M

30. Trembling Before G-d (2001)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

A cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.

Director: Sandi Simcha Dubowski | Stars: Shlomo Ashkinazy, Steve Greenberg, Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Naomi Mark

Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.62M

31. The Tollbooth (2004)

85 min | Comedy

This film follows a Jewish artist and her family.

Director: Debra Kirschner | Stars: Marla Sokoloff, Tovah Feldshuh, Ronald Guttman, Idina Menzel

Votes: 178

32. The Last Five Years (2020)

88 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Jason Robert Brown's Drama Desk Award winning musical, The Last Five Years, is an emotionally powerful and intimate show about two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years.

Director: Jonathan O'Boyle | Stars: Oli Higginson, Molly Lynch

Votes: 24

33. Waiting for Armageddon (2009)

Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary

America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing ... See full summary »

Directors: Kate Davis, David Heilbroner, Franco Sacchi | Stars: Gary Bauer, Chip Berlet, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter

Votes: 389 | Gross: $0.01M

34. Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (2009)

Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance

After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early '60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through ... See full summary »

Directors: Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir | Stars: Thea Spyer, Edie Windsor

Votes: 418

35. Next Year in Jerusalem (1997)

Unrated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Manny, devout to his upbringing, is set to marry Rivka, the Rabbi's daughter. But Manny has a secret only Charlie, an openly gay man in an Orthodox Jewish family can understand.

Director: David Nahmod | Stars: Peter J. Byrnes, LinDel Sandlin, Colleen O'Neil, Daniel Nardicio

Votes: 132

36. Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust (2004)

Unrated | 97 min | Documentary

Menachem Daum, the son of holocaust survivors, and a New York Orthodox Jew worries that both of his sons, full time yeshiva students who live with their families in Israel, are becoming ... See full summary »

Directors: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky | Stars: Akiva Daum, Menachem Daum, Rifka Daum, Tzvi Dovid Daum

Votes: 167 | Gross: $0.05M

37. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974 TV Movie)

25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.

Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Jim Backus, Susan Silo, Courtney Lemmon, Billy Green

Votes: 238

38. Love Etc. (2010)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Romance

A documentary on a group of diverse couples, each in different stages of their relationships in New York City.

Director: Jill Andresevic

Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Off and Running (2009)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean-Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Opper

Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.02M

40. The Shvitz (1993)

Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary

A look at the unlikely community forged in the 200 degree heat of the last traditional steam baths in the U.S. From gamblers to "new age" masseuses, from poets to rabbis, the characters ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Berman

Votes: 29

41. The 3 Little Wolfs (2001)

81 min | Comedy

Why is this night different from all other nights? It's Passover at the Wolf house... and it may be their last! Join the three Wolf brothers as they navigate a breezy spring New York City ... See full summary »

Director: Joey Craine | Stars: Tovah Feldshuh, Steve Jasgur, Rusty Thrasher, Jason Butler Harner

Votes: 24

42. Anyone and Everyone (2007)

57 min | Documentary

Connected by having a son or daughter who is gay, parents across the country discuss their experiences in the documentary Anyone and Everyone. In it, filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz, depicts ... See full summary »

Director: Susan Polis Schutz

Votes: 50

43. Your Best Friend (1922)

70 min | Drama

A Jewish mother in New York finds herself at odds with her son's new wife, a pretty Gentile girl.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Vera Gordon, Harry Benham, Stanley Price, Belle Bennett

44. The Shivah (2006 Video Game)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open.

Director: Dave Gilbert | Stars: Kim Lee, Abe Goldfarb, Joe Rodriguez, John Swist

Votes: 112

45. Unattached (2007)

24 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: J.J. Adler | Stars: Naomi Aborn, Marc Adler, Gabriel Berger, Evan Hakalir

Votes: 8

46. Painting Daddy (2009)

6 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

A daughter's concrete poem about her relationship with her artist father.

Director: Astra Burka | Star: Astra Burka

47. Potasch and Perlmutter (1955 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

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Stars: Harry Green, Meier Tzelniker, Eleanor Summerfield, Vic Wise

48. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Doug Budin Went on a Date & Hyundais (2021)

Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Doug Budin, Shane Douglas, Andrew Freund, Alyssa Heimrich