Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "jewish-protagonist"

1. Hunters (2020–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1977 New York City, a troubled young Jewish man bent on revenge is taken in by a secret group of Nazi hunters fighting a clandestine war against a cell of high-ranking Nazi officials in hiding who work to create the Fourth Reich.

Stars: Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Lena Olin, Josh Radnor

Votes: 52,761

2. Better Things (2016–2022)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

An actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent.

Stars: Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley, Olivia Edward

Votes: 18,157

3. Birds of Prey (2020)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett

Votes: 265,798 | Gross: $84.16M

4. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Musical

A young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.

Stars: Rachel Bloom, Donna Lynne Champlin, Vincent Rodriguez III, Pete Gardner

Votes: 22,752

5. Unorthodox (2020)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama

Story of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life abroad.

Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid

Votes: 92,872

6. The Last Vermeer (2019)

R | 118 min | Drama, War

An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.

Director: Dan Friedkin | Stars: Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Roland Møller

Votes: 5,830

7. Girlfriends (1978)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.

Director: Claudia Weill | Stars: Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner

Votes: 3,102

8. Charlotte (III) (2021)

Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. Inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?".

Directors: Tahir Rana, Éric Warin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 489

9. Ernesto (1979)

R | 94 min | Drama, Romance

Triestw in the year 1911. Ernesto is the privileged, seventeen year old son of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father, who has deserted his family. He is raised by his uncle Giovanni and ... See full summary »

Director: Salvatore Samperi | Stars: Martin Halm, Michele Placido, Virna Lisi, Turi Ferro

Votes: 577

10. Simon (1980)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists takes Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he is a being from another planet.

Director: Marshall Brickman | Stars: Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart

Votes: 1,050

11. The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)

107 min | Drama

The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell

Votes: 569

12. Counsellor at Law (1933)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 1,515

13. Bye Bye Braverman (1968)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Four Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: George Segal, Jack Warden, Joseph Wiseman, Sorrell Booke

Votes: 861

14. Joshua Then and Now (1985)

R | 178 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Alan Arkin, Michael Sarrazin

Votes: 616 | Gross: $0.54M

15. Disraeli (1929)

Passed | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, David Torrence, Joan Bennett

Votes: 1,388

16. Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (2019 TV Special)

TV-MA | 66 min | Comedy

Jenny Slate's debut stand up-comedy special blends with home videos from her childhood and interviews of her with her family.

Director: Gillian Robespierre | Star: Jenny Slate

Votes: 1,447

17. The Tenth Man (2016)

Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After years away, Ariel (Alan Sabbagh) returns to Buenos Aires seeking to reconnect with his father Usher, who founded a charity foundation in Once, the city's bustling Jewish district ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher Barilka, Elvira Onetto

Votes: 1,237 | Gross: $0.06M

18. Charlotte (1980)

96 min | Biography, Drama, War

In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she ... See full summary »

Director: Frans Weisz | Stars: Birgit Doll, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Brigitte Horney, Max Croiset

Votes: 128

19. Shalom Taiwan (2019)

85 min | Comedy, Drama

Indebted, a rabbi from Buenos Aires travels for donations, to New York and later to Taiwan. This is revealing in every way: far from the known traditions, he must face multiple challenges to achieve his goal.

Director: Walter Tejblum | Stars: Mercedes Funes, Santiago Korovsky, Brad Krupsaw, Carlos Portaluppi

Votes: 33

20. The Food Flirts (2018– )

25 min | Documentary, Comedy

The Brass Sisters, two charming elderly ladies and foodies, have a culinary bucket list. In each episode, their producer, Bruce, takes them to try some new dishes and see how they are made. They also make their own dishes for the crew.mm.

Stars: Marilyn Brass, Sheila Brass, Bruce Seidel

Votes: 43

21. The Same Snowy Ground (2020)

43 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

A journey through a place of an eternal past; where the grandson of a Jewish partisan sets out to experience the dramatic events and places that shaped his grandfather's war time.

Director: Matan Tal

22. Justice in Unity: Redux (2023 Video Game)

M | Crime, Drama, Horror

A French-American police detective and a Victorian-era psychiatrist must face their inner demons, but little do they realize that not every choice they make is their own, as something less than human watches from the dark.

Director: Noëlle McHenry | Stars: Vincent Fallow, Robyn Rybnik, Shawn McClurg, Phoenix Emrys

23. I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode: The Medarra Block (1967)

60 min | Action, Adventure

To thwart a coup, Robinson and Scott must decipher the inscription on a wooden block given to them by a dying Moroccan.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Jack Kruschen, Arthur Batanides

Votes: 42

24. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: A Plot for Nanny (1994)

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

Sylvia buys Fran a cemetery plot to get her closer to the cemetery manager.

Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 433

25. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Christmas Episode (1993)

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

Much to his children's disappointment as well as Fran's, Maxwell has to be in Washington, D.C. on Christmas day. Meanwhile, Fran has overextended herself in buying gifts.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 532

26. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Here Comes the Brood (1993)

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

C.C.'s attempts to get closer to Maxwell's children results in Gracie running away.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 500

27. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Imaginary Friend (1993)

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

Gracie is traumatized when Fran "eats" her imaginary friend.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 495

28. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Maggie the Model (1994)

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

A world-renowned model thinks Maggie would make a good fashion model.

Director: Will Mackenzie | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 437

29. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: My Fair Nanny (1993)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Fran hosts a tea party for Maggie's friends, however Maxwell wonders if Fran has the class to pull it off.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 533

30. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Personal Business (1993)

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

Maxwell wants to hire popular soap star Brock Storm for his latest show, but he'll only do it if he gets a date with Fran.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 450

31. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Smoke Gets in Your Lies (1993)

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

As a result of Brighton getting caught smoking, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta who has been smoking all her life.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 560

32. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother (1993)

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

When status-conscious relatives visit from Florida, Fran pretends that Niles is Maxwell and they are married.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 504

33. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Nanny (1993)

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

Door-to-door cosmetics sales lady Fran Fine inadvertently becomes the nanny to the three children of a widowed Broadway producer.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 762

34. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Nanny-in-Law (1994)

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

Maxwell's old nanny comes to visit and is unimpressed with Fran's unconventional ways and lack of formal training.

Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 463

35. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Nuchslep (1993)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

When Fran acts as a chaperon on Maggie's date, Maggie's boyfriend shows an interest in Fran.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 520

36. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Show Must Go On (1994)

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

Fran agrees to direct Grace's school play, but then Maxwell maneuvers his way into her position.

Director: Will Mackenzie | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 429

37. Vienna Blood (2019– )
Episode: Death is Now a Welcome Guest (2022)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, History

Max and Oskar hunt for men with fanatical devotions and dangerous obsessions after tragedy strikes at a silent film premiere.

Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Matthew Beard, Juergen Maurer, Conleth Hill, Amelia Bullmore

Votes: 259

38. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2024)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance

Heather meets Lali, a survivor of Auschwitz, who tells her his life story of love and survival in the camp.

Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer | Stars: Jonah Hauer-King, Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey, Anna Próchniak

Votes: 243

39. The Last Tycoon (2016–2017)
Episode: Pilot (2016)

TV-MA | 61 min | Drama

From F. Scott Fitzgerald's last work, The Last Tycoon follows Monroe Stahr, Hollywood's Golden Boy as he battles father figure and boss Pat Brady for the soul of their studio. In a world ... See full summary »

Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Lily Collins, Dominique McElligott

Votes: 290