100 Jewish Films

Here’s the complete list of films that our critics mentioned as important to the history of Jewish cinema. Tell us about your favorites by writing to editor@momentmag.com

Read about our critics' top five favorite Jewish films here.

Annie Hall (1977, US)
Animal Crackers (1930, US)
The Apartment (1960, US)
Avalon (1990, US)
Being Jewish in France (2009, France)
Biloxi Blues (1988, US)
Birthplace (1992, Poland)
Blazing Saddles (1974, US)
Body and Soul (1947, US)
Borat (2006, US)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008, UK)
The Chosen (1981, US)
Clueless (1995, US)
Counsellor at Law (1933, US)
The Counterfeiters (2008, Austria)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, US)
Dear Mr. Waldman (2006, Israel)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959, US)
Dirty Dancing (1987, US)
Duck Soup (1933, US)
The Dybbuk (1937, Poland)
Enemies: A Love Story (1989, US)
Europa, Europa (1991, France)
Everything is Illuminated (2005, US)
Exodus (1960, US)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971, US)
The Frisco Kid (1979, US)
The Front (1976, US)
Funny Girl (1968, US)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971, Italy)
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947, US)
Goodbye, Columbus (1969, US)
The Graduate (1967, US)
The Great Dictator (1940, US)
Green Fields (1937, US)
The Grey Zone (2002, US)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972, US)
The Hebrew Hammer (2003, US)
Hester Street (1975, US)
His People (1925, US)
Hungry Hearts (1922, US)
Intimate Stranger (1991, US)
The Jazz Singer (1927, US)
Jewish Luck (1925, USSR)
Keeping the Faith (2000, US)
Knocked Up (2007, US)
A Kid for Two Farthings (1956, UK)
The Last Stage (1947, Poland)
Late Marriage (2002, Israel)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948, US)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937, US)
Like a Bride (1997, Mexico)
Little Man, What Now? (1934, US)
Local Angel (2002, US/Israel)
Lost in America (1985, US)
Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993, France)
Middle of the Night (1959, US)
The Mortal Storm (1940, US)
Munich (2005, US)
Next Stop Greenwich Village (1976, US)
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist (2008, US)
Night and Fog (1955, France)
Nobody’s Business (1996, US)
Number Our Days (1977, US)
The Nutty Professor (1963, US)
Paper Clips (2004, US)
The Patsy (1964, US)
The Pawnbroker (1965, US)
Playing for Time (1980, US)
The Pianist (2002, Poland)
The Plot Against Harry (1990, US)
Poor Butterfly (1986, Argentina)
Professor Mamlock (1938, USSR)
The Producers (1967, US)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002, US)
Quiz Show (1994, US)
Reversal of Fortune (1990, US)
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005, US)
The Search (1948, US)
The Second Generation (1914, US)
Schindler’s List (1993, US)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940, US)
Shoah (1985, France)
Sweet Lorraine (1987, US)
Teknolust (2004, US)
Tevye (1939, US)
Three Comrades (1938, US)
Till We Meet Again (1944, US)
Tootsie (1982, US)
Torch Song Trilogy (1988, US)
Train of Life (1999, France)
Unsettled (2006, US)
Waltz with Bashir (2008, Israel)
Welfare (1975, US)
Where to and Back trilogy (1982-1985-1986, Austria)
The White Rose (1982, Germany)
Yentl (1983, US)
You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (2008, US)
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009, US)
Zero Degrees of Separation (2005, Canada)