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1. Daniel Deronda (2002)
53 min | Drama, Romance
Set in Victorian London, Gwendolen Harleth is drawn to Daniel Deronda, a selfless and intelligent gentleman of unknown parentage, but her own desperate need for financial security may destroy her chance at happiness.
Stars: Jodhi May, Edward Fox, Amanda Root, David Bamber
Votes: 5,211
2. The Governess (1998)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
In this sensuous romance, Minnie Driver stars as a governess who is hired into a remote Scottish household and strongly affects all those she comes into contact with.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Votes: 3,160 | Gross: $3.90M
3. XXL (1997)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Alain Berrebi directs with his sister Lorène, a company of ready-to-wear in the Path. Their business is booming to the point to consider acquiring a nearby shop. Fortunately, it belongs to David Stern, the father of his fiancée Arlette.
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Michel Boujenah, Gérard Depardieu, Elsa Zylberstein, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 367
4. The House on Chelouche Street (1973)
PG | 110 min | Drama
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Gila Almagor, Shaike Ophir, Yosef Shiloach, Michal Bat-Adam
Votes: 278
5. Kazablan (1973)
PG | 122 min | Musical
An embittered gang leader seeks the respect of his neighbors and the love of a young woman.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Efrat Lavie, Arieh Elias, Etti Grotes
Votes: 354
6. Edict of Expulsion 1492
110 min | Adventure, Drama, History | Pre-production
The Edict of Expulsion of the Sephardic Jews in Spain went public with the Alhambra Decree in April 1492. The charter declared that no Jews were permitted to remain within the Spanish ... See full summary »
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Robert Maillet, Kabir Bedi, Bill Oberst Jr., Kevin Duffy
7. Hey Good Looking! (2006)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Love stories, a beauty parlor,a Moroccan nanny, children to educate and family feasts are what Isa,Alice,Léa and Nina share together because they are united by their Sephardi families and their friendship.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Aure Atika, Valérie Benguigui, Géraldine Nakache
Votes: 848
8. The Unorthodox (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired from being pushed around. It seems that he was born on the wrong side, with the wrong family name and in... See full summary »
Director: Eliran Malka | Stars: Shuli Rand, Yaacov Cohen, Yoav Levi, Golan Azulai
Votes: 267
9. Novia que te vea (1994)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Two Mexican Jewish girls of come of age in Mexico City during the 1960s.
Director: Guita Schyfter | Stars: Claudette Maillé, Maya Mishalska, Angélica Aragón, Ernesto Laguardia
Votes: 133
10. Women (1996)
98 min | Drama
Love, family expectations, and religion mix in 19th century Jerusalem. Jacob and Rebecca marry; he's a rabbi, she's dutiful and loving. But she has no children. Months become years. ... See full summary »
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Michal Bat-Adam, Amos Lavi, Boris Ahnov, Arieh Elias
Votes: 33 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Three Mothers (2006)
106 min | Drama
Rose, Flora and Yasmin were born as a triplet sixty something years ago in Alexandria, Egypt. Their well-off parents gave them names of flowers, and King Farouk of Egypt gave them his ... See full summary »
Director: Dina Zvi-Riklis | Stars: Miri Mesika, Gila Almagor, Rivka Raz, Reymonde Amsellem
Votes: 132
12. Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2002)
112 min | Documentary
A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of "the Jew" and " the Arab" through one hundred years of film, linked with the biographies of four extraordinary people: Iraqi-Jewish communists.
Director: Samir | Stars: Shimon Ballas, Moshe Houri, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash
Votes: 80
13. Villa Jasmin (2008 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
A compelling double love story about a French-Tunisian Jewish family. Henry returns to La Goulette, port of Tunisia, with his wife, in search of his family roots. The film explores his ... See full synopsis »
Director: Férid Boughedir | Stars: Arnaud Giovaninetti, Elsa Mollien, Clément Sibony, Judith Davis
Votes: 61
14. Father's Footsteps (2007)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Arriving in France from Israel in 1968, the Maimons join scores of other Algerian and Tunisian Jewish families in Paris' burgeoning Belleville district. Good-hearted Felix (Gad Elmaleh) ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Carmel | Stars: Richard Berry, Yaël Abecassis, Gad Elmaleh, Jules-Angelo Bigarnet
Votes: 135
15. Le grand rôle (2004)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Suissa | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Bérénice Bejo, Peter Coyote, Paola Perez
Votes: 182 | Gross: $0.04M
16. The Tree of Life (2008)
76 min | Documentary, History
A woman from Los Angeles travels to Italy to trace the roots of her Italian Jewish ancestors.
Director: Hava Volterra | Stars: Viviana Gerner, Fabrizio Lelli, Alessandra Veronese, Sergio Della Pergola
Votes: 15
17. Saved by Language (2015)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Can a language save your life? Yes it can, even an ancient one from the 15th century. Saved by Language tells the story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardic Jew from Sarajevo (born 1930), who ... See full summary »
Directors: Bryan Kirschen, Susanna Zaraysky | Stars: Moris Albahari, Ester Kaveson Debevec, Jacob Finci, David Kamhi
Votes: 6
18. Expulsion and Memory: Descendants of the Hidden Jews (1996)
60 min | Documentary
Shot on location in Spain, Portugal, Israel, Canada, and the United States, this documentary traces the descendants of Spanish Jews who were forced to either flee or convert to Catholicism ... See full summary »
Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Roger Pyke
Votes: 9
19. The Last Jews of Baghdad: End of an Exile; Beginning of a Journey (2005)
110 min | Documentary
The Last Jews of Baghdad takes a historical and personal look at the persecution, torture, escape and exodus of over 160,000 Iraqi- Jews between the years 1940 through 2003. Hear from the ... See full summary »
Directors: Carole Basri, Adriana Davis, Bryan Durr
20. Adio Kerida (I) (2002)
Documentary
A personal journey about the search for identity and memory among Sephardic Jews with roots in Cuba.
Director: Ruth Behar | Stars: Ruth Behar, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 13
21. The Last Jews of Libya (2007)
50 min | Documentary
Isabella Rossellini narrates this memoir of the Sephardic Jewish population in North African prior to WWII.
Director: Vivienne Roumani | Star: Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 38
22. Adieu mères (2007)
115 min | Drama
In 1960, two families, Muslim family and Jewish family live a quiet daily life, before this coexistence was affected by World War II and the establishment of the State of Israel, the story ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Ismail | Stars: Marc Samuel, Rachid El Ouali, Souad Amidou, Hafida Kassoui
Votes: 51
23. The Merchant of Venice (2015)
66 min | Drama
This Merchant of Venice production was done in a Sephardi style featuring some Jewish Ladinos songs. French Actor and Baritone David Serero gives a stunning performance as Shylock and signs... See full summary »
Director: David Serero | Stars: David Serero, Ron Barba, Joe Talluto, Dina Desmone
24. Girona: The Mother of Israel, the Jews of Catalonia (1989)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Documents Jewish daily life in Girona, a city in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, from its "golden age" in the middle ages through the expulsion of Spanish Jewry in 1492 and up to the present day.
Director: Patricia Snyder
25. Return to Oulad Moumen (1991)
50 min | Documentary
In south Marrakesh, Morocco, amidst the olive groves lies the village of Oulad Moumen where Habiba and Yossef Edery began their family in the 1920s. Genini, the youngest of the nine Edery children, organized a family reunion in 1992.
Director: Izza Génini
Votes: 6
26. The Key from Spain (2000)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Acclaimed Sephardic folksinger, Flory Jagoda, tells the story of her life. She sings the songs of her ancestors and contributes melodies and lyrics of her own. She celebrates life itself, delighting with her songs and personal story.
Directors: Mischa Livingstone, Ankica Petrovic | Star: Flory Jagoda
27. El príncipe de Argel (2004)
17 min | Short, Romance
Director: Abraham Hayon | Stars: Mar Abascal, Sandro Armenti, Antonio Duque, Andres Loiseau
28. Tijuana Jews (2005)
52 min | Documentary
Mexican-Jewish director Isaac Artenstein repeatedly experienced reactions of surprise, even disbelief, from many people north of the border: they had no idea there were Jews in Mexico, and ... See full summary »
Director: Isaac Artenstein
29. Où vas-tu Moshé? (2007)
90 min | Drama
Shortly after Morocco obtained its independence from France in 1963, hundreds of thousands of Moroccan Jews, fearing the political uncertainty of the country, fled their birthplace in search of a better life in Israel and other countries.
Director: Hassan Benjelloun | Stars: Simon Elbaz, Abdelkader Lofti, Hassan Essakali, Mohamed Tsouli
Votes: 34
30. Chants of Sand and Stars (1996)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Nicolas Klotz | Star: Ami Flammer
Votes: 17
31. Baghdad Twist (2008)
33 min | Documentary, Short
A visual memoir of one family's life in Iraq before escaping to a new home in Canada in the fall of 1970. Featuring a never-before-seen collection of archival images, home movies, and ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Balass
Votes: 16
32. Embroidered Canticles (1989)
26 min | Documentary, Short
The matrux is a unique form of Moroccan-Jewish music, fusing Hebrew and Arabic texts. The music and lyrics are derived from Andalusian traditions of music and poetry, reflecting the centuries-old link between Jewish and Muslim societies.
Director: Izza Génini
33. Legado (2004)
72 min | Documentary
Documentary about the Jewish colonization in Argentina.
Directors: Vivian Imar, Marcelo Trotta
Votes: 19
34. The Yidishe Gauchos (1989)
28 min | Documentary, Short
At the end of the 19th century, some East European Jews fleeing persecution and pogroms emigrated to Argentina. There, many became ranchers and farmers, adapting to life on the pampas alongside the tough Argentine cowboys, the gauchos.
Director: Mark Freeman | Star: Eli Wallach
35. Baklava and the Meaning of Life (1999)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Where does one find the meaning of life? Perhaps in the kitchen of Iraqi-born sculptor Helene Simon, where she discusses her life and shows us how to make her famous Baklava.
Directors: Randi Barros, Jamil Simon
37. Citizen Nawi (2007)
80 min | Documentary
Citizen Nawi documents the tumultuous life of one of the most fascinating men in the Israeli left - Ezra Nawi - a plumber by trade and a political activist who fights for Palestinians' ... See full summary »
Director: Nissim Mossek
Votes: 13
38. Los judíos de patria española (1931)
14 min | Short, Documentary
Shot in the 1920s, this film visits Sephardic communities in Salonika, Constantinople, Yugoslavia, and Romania as well was former centers of Jewish life in Spain.
Director: Ernesto Giménez Caballero | Stars: Señor Agramonte, Kalmi Baruch, Luzuriaga, Ramón Menéndez Pidal
39. Un beso a esta tierra (1995)
93 min | Documentary
In exploring the history of Jewish immigration to Mexico, A Kiss To This Land presents fragments of memories and oral histories together with vivid depiction of Jews in Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s.
Director: Daniel Goldberg Lerner | Stars: Moisés Amkie, Zelig Schnadower, Susana Sevilla
Votes: 16
40. Songs for a Shabbat (1989)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Listen to and experience the beautiful Moroccan-Jewish songs of Shabbat with Moroccan Rabbi Chaim Louk and his cantors at the Buffault Synagogue in Paris.
Director: Izza Génini
42. Island of Roses (1995)
55 min | Documentary
This film visits the Los Angeles community of "Rhodeslis"--Jews who lived on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes from 1492 to World War II--who have passed down their traditions, food, songs... See full summary »
Director: Gregori Viens | Star: Rebecca Amato Levy
43.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
A Murderer Among Us
(2003)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A suicide prompts detectives to look at the victim's husband as a possible suspect in a series of racially motivated murders.
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 377
44.
A Scattering of Seeds (1998–2001)
Episode:
A Sephardic Journey: Solly Lévy... From Morocco to Montréal
(2000)
22 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A documentary portrait of Solly Lévy, teacher and man of the theater, and his contribution to Canada since emigrating from Morocco in the 1960s.
Director: Donald Winkler | Star: Solly Lévy
45.
The Family Histories Podcast (2021– )
The Defiant with David Mendoza
(2022 Podcast Episode)
Biography, History, Sci-Fi
Host Andrew meets genealogist David Mendoza, who explains how he researches his Sephardic Jewish roots. He tells the story of his relative who was persecuted and burnt alive, and we're trying to find Aaron Mendoza in 18th century London.
Stars: Andrew Martin, David Mendoza
46.
Une terre deux fois promise: Israël-Palestine (2018– )
Episode:
1948-1967
(2018)
53 min | Documentary, History, War
Episode two covers 1948-1967 - two fundamental decades, punctuated by wars between the young state and its neighbours.
Directors: Blanche Finger, William Karel | Stars: Dina Porat, Gadi Taub, Elie Barnavi, Anita Shapira
Votes: 17
47.
Ah! Quels titres (1994–1996)
Episode:
Episode dated 18 March 1995
(1995)
55 min | Talk-Show
Director: Serge Kaufmann | Stars: Philippe Tesson, Patricia Martin, Gérard de Cortanze, Javier Marías