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1. 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: 32,062
2. The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, War
Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.
Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen
Votes: 11,979 | Gross: $0.71M
3. The Plot Against America (2020)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Thriller
Characters live in an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was defeated in the U.S. presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.
Stars: Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector
Votes: 11,281
4. Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, Crime
Survivors reveal the manipulation, abuse and emotional scars suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Their stories expose a sex trafficking ring of powerful enablers leading up to his 2019 arrest.
Stars: Michael Reiter, Annie Farmer, Shawna Rivera, Alan Dershowitz
Votes: 29,275
5. Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (2023)
TV-MA | 62 min | Documentary, Crime
It follows the rise and fall of the American financier and ponzi schemer: Madoff.
Stars: Alex Hammerli, Joseph Scotto, Donna Pastorello, Alex Olson
Votes: 7,352
6. Oppenheimer (1980)
Not Rated | 420 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.
Stars: Sam Waterston, John Carson, Christopher Muncke, Jana Shelden
Votes: 722
7. Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
PG-13 | 97 min | Documentary
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Roy M. Cohn, Ken Auletta, Marie Brenner, Robert Cohen
Votes: 1,216
8. To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
Director: Christopher Cassel | Stars: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird, Ellen Bradbury, Alan B. Carr
Votes: 2,539
9. Oppenheimer: The Real Story (2023)
96 min | Documentary
The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
Director: Robin Bextor
Votes: 398
10. 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: 13,421 | Gross: $0.62M
11. Untouchable (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Feature documentary about the spectacular fall from grace of media mogul Harvey Weinstein. With a cast of characters including survivors, friends and colleagues, this is a portrait of power and its abuses, spanning over forty years.
Director: Ursula Macfarlane | Stars: Harvey Weinstein, Benjamin Brafman, Hope Exiner D'Amore, Mickey Osterreicher
Votes: 3,207
12. Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary
A look at the life and work of New York power broker Roy Cohn.
Director: Ivy Meeropol | Stars: Cindy Adams, Joey Adams, Peter L. Allen, Noreen Bahring
Votes: 935
13. The Day After Trinity (1981)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Else | Stars: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier, Stirling Colgate
Votes: 1,241
14. Never Love a Stranger (1958)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Following the life of an orphan and the events that change his life and lead him into a life of crime.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, Robert Bray, Steve McQueen
Votes: 418
15. Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story (2004)
TV-PG | 99 min | Documentary
A filmmaker explores the lives and deaths of her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as spies in 1953.
Director: Ivy Meeropol | Stars: Bob Considine, Robert Meeropol, Morton Sobell, Sally Kanter Bruin
Votes: 445
16. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 227
17. Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998 TV Movie)
98 min | Documentary, History
The history of the influence of Eastern European Jewish Emigre culture has had on Hollywood and the films created in its golden age.
Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Stuart Samuels | Stars: Neal Gabler, R.H. Thomson, J. Hoberman, Arthur Tracy
Votes: 382
18. Tech Billionaires: Mark Zuckerberg (2021)
Documentary, Biography
Mark Zuckerberg was just 19 when he built the social-media giant Facebook out of his small Harvard campus dorm room and changed the Internet and the world forever. Facebook has thrived for ... See full summary »
Director: Roxane Schlumberger | Stars: Lee Jagow, Mark Zuckerberg
Votes: 78
19. GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
GI JEWS: Jewish Americans in World War II tells the story of the 550,000 Jewish American men and women who fought in World War II. In their own words, veterans both famous and unknown (from... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Ades | Stars: Hal Baumgarten, Mel Brooks, Morton D. Brooks, Harry Corre
Votes: 118
20. Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016 TV Movie)
61 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time.
Director: Gregory Monro | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Frank Krutnik, Tony Lewis Comedian, Ted Okuda
Votes: 903
21. HaYehudi HaChadash (2021)
45 min | Documentary
This series about "new" Jews will likely enlighten, entertain, annoy and offend viewers in different ways, but it does present a varied and interesting portrait of American-Jewish life.
Stars: Guri Alfi, Bari Weiss, Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Rachel Freier
Votes: 11
22. An Evening with Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019 Video)
51 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Hilary Helstein, Matt Tyrnauer
23. Brownsville Black and White (2000)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, History
Brownsville Black and White is the story of sixty years of Black/Jewish relations in the Brooklyn Community of Brownsville. The film is a poignant examination of group cooperation, urban ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Broadman
Votes: 9
24. Yidl in the Middle: Growing Up Jewish in Iowa (1998)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Marlene Booth
25.
Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode:
Robert Durst Part 1: World's Worst Fugitive
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The story of the millionaire heir to a vast real estate fortune who has been linked to vast real estate fortune who has been linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend, and his neighbor.
Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Mike Putnal, Susan Criss, Charles Bagli
Votes: 30
26.
Inside (2007– )
Episode:
Vegas Mafia
(2007)
46 min | Documentary
In the 1950s, Mafia-built Las Vegas became a cash cow for organized crime, but when the richest man in the world arrived, things changed and the feds blew the lid on the original Gangster's Paradise.
Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Dominic Spinale, Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, Lynn Ferrin, Tru Hawkins
Votes: 7
27.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
(2022)
TV-14 | 129 min | Documentary, History
A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Peter Hayes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 203
28.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
(2022)
TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History
As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes
Votes: 157
29.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-)
(2022)
TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History
A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer
Votes: 146
30.
Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode:
Haircut for a Mob Boss
(2023)
Crime
Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.
Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano
31.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 5
(1998)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
1987-1991. The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged.
Director: Michael Simkin | Stars: Shimon Peres, King Hussein, Yitzhak Shamir, George Shultz
32.
Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode:
Unrepentant: The SS and its Myth After 1945
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Drawing a line to the present, the atrocities of the SS are beyond all doubt, yet, there is a cult surrounding 'old comrades' today.
Director: Carsten Binsack | Stars: James Milano, Peter Hammerschmidt, Benjamin Ferencz, Bastian Hein