Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "yom-kippur"

1. Garden State (2004)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.

Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm

Votes: 223,401 | Gross: $26.78M

2. Marathon Man (1976)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After the shocking murder of his older brother, a New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane

Votes: 70,422 | Gross: $21.71M

3. Pi (1998)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart

Votes: 186,698 | Gross: $3.22M

4. The Believer (2001)

R | 98 min | Drama

A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.

Director: Henry Bean | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Peter Meadows, Garret Dillahunt

Votes: 41,230 | Gross: $0.41M

5. The Lost Weekend (1945)

Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva

Votes: 40,300 | Gross: $9.46M

6. The Jazz Singer (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 11,114 | Gross: $7.63M

7. My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)

178 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his ... See full summary »

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger, Marianne Denicourt

Votes: 1,706

8. Enemies, A Love Story (1989)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska

Votes: 2,585 | Gross: $7.75M

9. The Bubble (2006)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.

Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniella Wircer, Alon Friedman

Votes: 5,678 | Gross: $0.16M

10. White Lie (I) (2019)

TV-MA | 96 min | Drama

A popular undergrad faking cancer struggles to maintain her secret.

Directors: Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas | Stars: Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson, Martin Donovan, Thomas Antony Olajide

Votes: 2,780

11. A Price Above Rubies (1998)

R | 117 min | Drama, Romance

This movie is about a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of her wanting something more out of her life.

Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianna Margulies, Allen Payne

Votes: 2,948 | Gross: $1.08M

12. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)

R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.

Director: Tim Metcalfe | Stars: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono

Votes: 2,409 | Gross: $0.07M

13. Paragraph 175 (2000)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, Romance

Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel

Votes: 2,194 | Gross: $0.07M

14. Austeria (1982)

109 min | Drama, War

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska

Votes: 661

15. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.

Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob

Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.07M

16. The Conrad Boys (2006)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

Charlie Conrad is ready for college, but the sudden death of his mother and his long-absent father leave him saddled with the adult responsibility of raising his 9-year-old brother.

Director: Justin Lo | Stars: Justin Lo, Booboo Stewart, Nick Bartzen, Barry Shay

Votes: 957

17. 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

18. Mendel (1997)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his ... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Røsler | Stars: Thomas Jüngling Sørensen, Teresa Harder, Hans Kremer, Martin Meingast

Votes: 210

19. Wohin und zurück - Teil 1: An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr - Ferry oder Wie es war (1982 TV Movie)

109 min | Drama

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief ... See full summary »

Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Johannes Silberschneider, Barbara Petritsch, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Georg Corten

Votes: 154

20. The High Holy Days Video Project (2010 Video)

Documentary

This two-DVD set contains a condensed version of the Jewish High Holy Day services. Included are Rosh Hashanah evening and morning services, a Kol Nidre service, and Yom Kippur day services.

Director: Ross Spears | Stars: Laura T. Croen, Mindy A. Portnoy

21. Goat to Hell (2014)

28 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

A Jewish orthodox boy, steals his fathers car during the sacred holy day (Yom Kippur) and embarks on a life changing journey.

Director: Roi Calvo | Stars: Dekel Adin, Golan Azulai, Dvir Perez, Hashem Yassin

22. Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
Episode: Shofar, So Good (1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Comedy, Drama

Marilyn walks out on her job; Maurice tries to impress an aristocratic English dame but Ruth Ann rescues the fox he intends to hunt; Holling's daughter has stood him up and Dr. Fleishman meets the ghosts of Yom Kippur past, present and future.

Director: James Hayman | Stars: Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum

Votes: 164

23. Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode: Faye Kellerman 2 (2007)

Documentary, Crime

On the Yom Kippur holiday in 1985, an affluent Jewish-American couple is shot to death in the parking garage of their Brentwood, California condo.

Directors: Scooter Yancey, David Cargill, Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Daniel Bloom, G. Larry Butler, Alexis Campanella

24. Being Erica (2009–2011)
Episode: This Be the Verse (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

It's Yom Kippur, and there is much pressure within the Strange family for everyone to reconcile, especially Erica and Sam, but also Gary and Barb, the latter who has has always resented her... See full summary »

Director: David Wharnsby | Stars: Erin Karpluk, Tyron Leitso, Vinessa Antoine, Reagan Pasternak

Votes: 111

25. Understanding the Old Testament (2019)
Episode: Leviticus at a Crossroads (2019)

Documentary

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Star: Robert D. Miller II

26. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: A Superhuman Act of Inhumanity (2020)

Documentary, History, War

Betrayed, Stalin fights the German army in the Soviet states. The German occupation policies lead to the first extermination policies "undesirables".

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: David Stahel, Alexander Vershinin, Vitaly Makarevich, Vasil Pavlov

27. A Place to Call Home (2013–2018)
Episode: Day of Atonement (2013)

Not Rated | 46 min | Drama

Yom Kippur is approaching and Sarah performs a mikveh in the local creek - a spiritual, cleansing ritual that's unfortunately witnessed by Doris Collins.

Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Brett Climo, Craig Hall

Votes: 139

28. Rough Diamonds (2023– )
Episode: Episode 8 (2023)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the aftermath of the diamond theft, Noah asks Gila to go with them to London. But the prosecutor will not give up and continues to press the Wolfsons.

Director: Cecilia Verheyden | Stars: Kevin Janssens, Ini Massez, Robbie Cleiren, Dudu Fisher

Votes: 141

29. EWTN Bookmark (1998– )
Episode: The Eucharist (2013)

26 min | Family, Talk-Show

Doug Keck welcomes Fr. Mitch Pacwa, author of The Eucharist: A Bible Study Guide for Catholics. Fr. Pacwa looks at Old Testament roots of the Eucharist as sacrifice and calls for a return to a Christ-centered Mass.

Directors: Mike Holmes, Fred Williams | Stars: Doug Keck, Mitch Pacwa

30. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 4 (1998)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

1970-79. The Yom Kippur War and the 1978 Arab-Israeli Agreement.

Director: Dai Richards | Stars: Vadim Kirpichenko, Elliot Richardson, Joseph Sisco, Abba Eban

Votes: 6

31. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Deception (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Strategy and tactics can be creative. But behind every deception are the Military Masterminds planning and executing each strategy to defeat an enemy.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Christopher Catherwood, Dan Hill, James Rogers, Lucy Betteridge-Dyson

32. The Jews Are Coming (2014– )
Episode: Episode #1.12 (2015)

Comedy, History

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Director: Kobi Havia | Stars: Moni Moshonov, Yael Sharoni, Yaniv Biton, Ido Mosseri

33. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023)
Episode: Pilot (2017)

TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama

Midge Maisel has the perfect life. She is supportive of her husband's dream of becoming a stand up comic until he bombs on stage and blames her, leading Midge back to the comedy club and an act that might change her life.

Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino | Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle

Votes: 4,051

34. The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
That Giant Republican Sucking Sound (2017 Podcast Episode)

43 min | News, Talk-Show

Democrats and Leftists continue to kneel. The media says Puerto Rico is Donald Trump's Katrina. Ben recommends "After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory" by Alasdair MacIntyre.

Stars: Ben Shapiro, Roy Moore, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon