Interfaith Relationships in Movies
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1. Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Tom Hanks, Cristina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor, Anat Atzmon
Votes: 2,744 | Gross: $0.28M
2. Amira & Sam (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.
Director: Sean Mullin | Stars: Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Paul Wesley, Laith Nakli
Votes: 2,709 | Gross: $0.03M
3. Homefront (1991–1993)
60 min | Drama, History, Romance
World War II is over and the boys from the town of River Run, Ohio, are coming home. It seems that life is slowly going back to normal, but war has changed everything and they will never be the same again.
Stars: Kyle Chandler, Sammi Davis, Ken Jenkins, Mimi Kennedy
Votes: 1,405
4. Out in the Dark (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khoury, Alon Pdut
Votes: 9,235
5. The Way We Were (1973)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance
During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles
Votes: 27,471
6. Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
130 min | Action, Drama
A Muslim SAF agent married to a Catholic girl must struggle to live by his oath and culture and to be accepted by his wife's parents. The film tackled human trafficking, drug smuggling, ... See full summary »
Director: Baby Nebrida | Stars: Matteo Guidicelli, Alex Godinez, Dina Bonnevie, Gabby Concepcion
Votes: 18
7. Ivan & Abraham (1993)
105 min | Drama
The action of the movie takes place in the thirties before the Jewish pogrom in the border town of Poland, which became a kind of emigration zone. Two teenagers - Ivan and Abram - run away from the dictates of adults into a big life.
Director: Yolande Zauberman | Stars: Roma Alexandrovitch, Aleksandr Yakovlev, Vladimir Mashkov, Mariya Lipkina
Votes: 277 | Gross: $0.16M
8. Will You Merry Me? (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
Rebecca and Hank are ready to marry, and must now meet each others families who couldn't be more different. Set during two important religious holidays, the couple must go through the anxiety-filled process of meeting the in-laws.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Wendie Malick, Cynthia Stevenson, Vikki Krinsky, Tommy Lioutas
Votes: 821
9. Sabah (2005)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Arsinée Khanjian, Setta Keshishian, Roula Said, Fadia Nadda
Votes: 1,412
10. A Love Divided (1999)
Unrated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The true story of a Catholic man and his Protestant wife, and the events resulting in the Co. Wexford, Ireland community when the wife decides she doesn't appreciate being forced to send ... See full summary »
Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Peter Caffrey, Brendan Conroy, Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham
Votes: 367
11. La petite Jérusalem (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with her orthodox family in a Parisian suburb, falls in love with a Muslim co-worker.
Director: Karin Albou | Stars: Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini, Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonerre
Votes: 908 | Gross: $0.05M
12. Alex & Eve (2015)
131 min | Comedy, Romance
Alex, a Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer, Eve. The relationship is forbidden by both families, and thus the emotional dilemma of 'Alex and Eve' is created.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Richard Brancatisano, Andrea Demetriades, Helen Chebatte, Simon Elrahi
Votes: 1,128
13. Marock (2005)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Muslim girl and a Jewish boy fall in love.
Director: Laïla Marrakchi | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Matthieu Boujenah, Razika Simozrag, Fatym Layachi
Votes: 752
14. Hala (2019)
R | 94 min | Drama
Muslim teenager Hala copes with the unraveling of her family as she comes into her own.
Director: Minhal Baig | Stars: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi
Votes: 3,017
15. Solomon & Gaenor (1999)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A tragic love story between a Jewish young man and a Welsh woman in the beginning of the century. The movie is mostly in English with parts in Welsh and Yiddish.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies, William Thomas
Votes: 1,462 | Gross: $0.30M
16. Twist of Faith (2013 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Grieving over the untimely loss of his family and in a dissociative state, an aimlessly-wandering Jewish man is rescued by another family who help him find his way back to happiness again.
Director: Paul A. Kaufman | Stars: Toni Braxton, David Julian Hirsh, Nathaniel J. Potvin, Paula Shaw
Votes: 809
17. Ajami (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
Votes: 6,528 | Gross: $0.62M
18. In Between (2016)
R | 103 min | Drama
Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
Director: Maysaloun Hamoud | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura, Mahmud Shalaby
Votes: 3,097 | Gross: $0.11M
19. A Fond Kiss (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar
Votes: 7,304
20. Morocco: Love in Times of War (2017)
70 min | Drama, War
In the Spanish city of Melilla, during the Rif War of the 1920s, Spanish volunteer nurses of Red Cross with no experience adapt to their new lives.
Stars: Amaia Salamanca, Álex García, Verónica Sánchez, Álex Gadea
Votes: 3,287
21. Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1956, 14-year-old Alan Silver's life revolves around family, the synagogue and the Dodgers. Grandparents Jules and Sophie live in the same brownstone as Alan, his brother Nate, and their parents Phyllis and George.
Stars: Marion Ross, Danny Gerard, Louis Zorich, Amy Aquino
Votes: 502
22. The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Young Jewish man bucks orthodox traditions (and mother's meddling) by shaving, shopping outside the faithful, and considering a shiksa for a wife.
Director: Michael Steiner | Stars: Joel Basman, Noémie Schmidt, Udo Samel, Sunnyi Melles
Votes: 4,976
23. Leona (2018)
94 min | Drama
A young Jewish woman (Naian González Norvind) from Mexico City finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love with a non-Jewish man (Christian Vasquez).
Director: Isaac Cherem | Stars: Naian González Norvind, Christian Vazquez, Carolina Politi, Daniel Adissi
Votes: 436
24. David & Layla (2005)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York.
Director: J.J. Alani | Stars: David Moscow, Shiva Rose, Peter Van Wagner, Polly Adams
Votes: 892 | Gross: $0.12M
25. Out of Faith (2006)
82 min | Documentary
OUT OF FAITH, a feature-length documentary, follows three generations of a family being torn apart by conflicts over interfaith marriage. The family's matriarch, Leah Welbel, and her ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Leeman
Votes: 13
26. The Path (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A man who converts to a controversial following suffers from a crisis of faith.
Stars: Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Emma Greenwell, Kyle Allen
Votes: 9,309
27. Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
R | 138 min | Drama, War
In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse
Votes: 7,711
28. Heaven's Tears (1995)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Stephen Nichols, Beata Pozniak, Lisha Snelgrove, Borivoj Navrátil
Votes: 100
29. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig | Stars: Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie
Votes: 27,355
30. Worlds Apart (2008)
116 min | Drama
The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Rosalinde Mynster, Pilou Asbæk, Jens Jørn Spottag, Sarah Boberg
Votes: 3,468
31. Abe (2019)
TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
With the help of a Brazilian chef, a 12-year-old boy who dreams of being a cook tries to find the ideal recipe to break down the cultural barriers that divide his half Israeli and half Palestinian family.
Director: Fernando Grostein Andrade | Stars: Noah Schnapp, Seu Jorge, Dagmara Dominczyk, Arian Moayed
Votes: 2,326
32. A Borrowed Identity (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Razi Gabareen, Yaël Abecassis, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 1,881 | Gross: $0.28M
33. The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The affair of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time, leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.
Director: Muayad Alayan | Stars: Adeeb Safadi, Sivane Kretchner, Ishai Golan, Maisa Abd Elhadi
Votes: 1,312 | Gross: $0.12M
34. Syrian Bride (2004)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the... See full summary »
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 3,479 | Gross: $0.38M
35. The Other Son (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
Director: Lorraine Lévy | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi
Votes: 3,775 | Gross: $1.16M
36. Cranberry Sorbet (2022– )
Drama, Romance
A love story between two extreme families with the same truth but different methods.
Stars: Baris Kilic, Evrim Alasya, Sila Turkoglu, Sibel Tasçioglu
Votes: 1,593
37. My Name Is Khan (2010)
PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Indian Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome takes a challenge to speak to the President of the United States seriously and embarks on a cross-country journey.
Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Sheetal Menon, Katie Amanda Keane
Votes: 116,352 | Gross: $4.02M
38. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newlywed man on his honeymoon has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman.
Director: Elaine May | Stars: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley
Votes: 5,648 | Gross: $12.21M
39. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid
Votes: 2,697 | Gross: $0.85M
40. Liberty Heights (1999)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Ben Foster
Votes: 7,045 | Gross: $3.73M
41. 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
42. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld
Votes: 11,605 | Gross: $2.82M
43. Bombay (1995)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Romance
A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Kitty
Votes: 13,702
44. What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In London, an award-winning film-maker documents her best friend's journey into an assisted marriage in line with his family's Pakistani heritage. In the process, she challenges her own attitude towards relationships.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Mim Shaikh, Iman Boujelouah, Lily James, Emma Thompson
Votes: 10,018
45. Uppena (2021)
TV-14 | 147 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The son of a fishing community falls for a village head's daughter, but they face violent opposition from the girl's doggedly old-fashioned father.
Director: Buchi Babu Sana | Stars: Panja Vaisshnav Tej, Krithi Shetty, Vijay Sethupathi, Gayatri Jayaraman
Votes: 4,261
46. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
Not Rated | 157 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring filmmaker goes through the ups and downs of romance when he falls for a Christian woman who says she only wants to be friends.
Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon | Stars: Silambarasan Rajendar, Trisha Krishnan, VTV Ganesh, Raja Krishnamoorthy
Votes: 6,870
47. Avakai Biryani (2008)
Family, Romance
Lakshmi, a Brahmin girl who dreams to be an entrepreneur, and, Akbar, a Muslim auto driver who hopes to become a commerce graduate , fall in love. Challenges they overcome that stand in their way to become ONE.
Director: Anish Kuruvilla | Stars: Kamal Kamaraju, Bindhu Madhavi, Rao Ramesh, Varun Jonnada
Votes: 99
48. The Mountain Between Us (2017)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 80,853 | Gross: $30.35M
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