The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies

The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critic's Ranking of the Very Best was a 1998 book published by Kathryn Bernheimer. Bernheimer ranked the "top 50" films dealing with Jewish topics.[1]

List
RankTitleYearRatingDirector
1 The Chosen1981PGJeremy Paul Kagan
2 Schindler's List1993RSteven Spielberg
3 Shoah1985NRClaude Lanzmann
4 The Jazz Singer1927NRAlan Crosland
5 Annie Hall1977PGWoody Allen
6 Funny Girl1968GWilliam Wyler
7 Gentleman's Agreement1947NRElia Kazan
8 Exodus1960NROtto Preminger
9 Ben-Hur1959NRWilliam Wyler
10 The Ten Commandments1956GCecil B. DeMille
11 Crossing Delancey1988PGJoan Micklin Silver
12 The Golem1920NRPaul Wegener and Carl Boese
13 Au revoir, les enfants1987PGLouis Malle
14 Almonds and Raisins: A History of the Yiddish Cinema1985[2][3]NRRuss Karel[4][5]
15 Enemies, a Love Story1989RPaul Mazursky
16 The Great Dictator1940NRCharlie Chaplin
17 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1974PGTed Kotcheff
18 Blazing Saddles1974RMel Brooks
19 Chariots of Fire1981PGHugh Hudson
20 Body and Soul1947NRRobert Rossen
21 The Pawnbroker1965NRSidney Lumet
22 Goodbye, Columbus1969PGLarry Peerce
23 Bugsy1991RBarry Levinson
24 Cabaret1972PGBob Fosse
25 Crimes and Misdemeanors1989PG-13Woody Allen
26 The Last Angry Man1959NRDaniel Mann
27 The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick1988GAllan Goldstein
28 Job's Revolt1983NRImre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay
29 Homicide1991RDavid Mamet
30 Madame Rosa1977PGMoshé Mizrahi
31 Driving Miss Daisy1989PGBruce Beresford
32 Reversal of Fortune1990RBarbet Schroeder
33 Europa Europa1991RAgnieszka Holland (Judeo-Catholic)
34 The Big Fix1978PGJeremy Kagan
35 Broadway Danny Rose1984PGWoody Allen
36 Julia1977PGFred Zinnemann
37 Marathon Man1976RJohn Schlesinger
38 A Majority of One1962NRMervyn LeRoy
39 Oliver!1968GCarol Reed
40 Down and Out in Beverly Hills1986RPaul Mazursky
41 Holocaust1978NRMarvin Chomsky
42 Dirty Dancing1987PG-13Emile Ardolino
43 The Front1976PGMartin Ritt
44 Biloxi Blues1988PG-13Mike Nichols
45 The Diary of Anne Frank1959NRGeorge Stevens
46 Shine1996PG-13Scott Hicks
47 Daniel1983RSidney Lumet
48 Yentl1983PGBarbra Streisand
49 The Young Lions1958NREdward Dmytryk
50 Marjorie Morningstar1958NRIrving Rapper

References
  1. NEWS SIDEBAR: 'The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies' - Religion News Service
  2. FILM: YIDDISH CINEMA - The New York Times
  3. Almonds and Raisins (1985) - Turner Classic Movies
  4. Almonds and Raisins : Jewish Film Institute
  5. Almonds and Raisins: A History of Yiddish Cinema|UC Berkeley Library
  • Bernheimer, Kathryn. The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critic's Ranking of the Very Best. Secaucus, NJ: Carol, 1998.

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