WATCH NOW – JEWISH FILM NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Here’s Boston Jewish Film’s comprehensive list of what to watch!
#BJFF Alumni Films Available for Streaming
DOCUMENTARY
- #Female Pleasure (Dir. Barbara Miller, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- 93Queen (Dir. Paula Eiselt, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- Above and Beyond (Dir. Roberta Grossman, BJFF 2014) – Watch now
- The Accountant of Auschwitz (Dir. Matthew Shoychet, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- Advocate (Dirs. Phillipe Bellaïche and Rachel Leah Jones, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Back to the Fatherland (BJF 2019) – Watch now
- Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (Dir. Roberta Grossman, BJFF 2009) – Watch now
- Bombshell! The Hedy Lamarr Story (Dir. Alexandra Dean, BJFF 2017) – Watch now
- The Decent One (Dir. Vanessa Lapa) – Watch now
- East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem (Dir. Erez Miller, BJFF 2015) – Watch now
- Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles (Dir. Max Lewkowicz, BJF 2019) – Watch now
- A Film Unfinished (Dir. Yael Hersonski, BJFF 2010) – Watch now
- Hava Nagila: The Movie (Dir. Roberta Grossman, BJFF 2012) – Watch now
- Heather Booth: Changing the World (Dir. Lilly Rivlin, BJFF 2017) – Watch now
- In Our Son’s Name (Dir. Gayla Jamison, BJFF 2018) — Watch now
- In Search of Israeli Cuisine (Dir. Roger Sherman, BJF 2016) – Watch now
- Itzhak (Dir. Alison Chernick, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- I Was Not Born a Mistake (Dirs. Rachel Rusinek and Eyal Bem Moshe, BJFF 2019) – Watch Now
- Little White Lie (Dir. Lacey Schwartz, BJFF 2014) – Watch now
- Love, Gilda (Dir. Lisa D’Apolito, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (Dir. Nick Broomfield, BJF 2019) – Watch now
- Mimi and Dona (Dir. Sophie Sartain, ReelAbilities 2016) – Watch now
- On the Map (Dir. Dani Menkin, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- Rabin, In His Own Words (Dir. Erez Laufer, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- Rock in the Red Zone (Dir. Laura Bialis, BJFF 2015) – Watch now
- Shalom Bollywood (Dir. Danny Ben-Moshe, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- The State Against Mandela and the Others (Dirs. Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Very Semi-Serious (Dir. Leah Wolchok, BJFF 2015) – Watch now
- Watchers of the Sky (Dir. Edet Belzberg, BJFF 2014) – Watch now
- Who Will Write Our History? (Dir. Roberta Grossman, BJFF 2017) – Watch now
NARRATIVE
- 1945 (Dir. Ferenc Török, BJFF 2017) – Watch now
- 24 Days (Dir. Alexandre Arcady, BJFF 2014) – Watch now
- After Class (Dir. Daniel Schecter, BJF 2019, under title Safe Spaces) – Watch now
- Apples from the Desert (Dirs. Matti Harari, Arik Lubetzki, BJFF 2015) – Watch now
- Denial (Dir. Mick Jackson, BJF co-presentation, 2016) – Watch now
- Dorfman in Love (Dir. Brad Leong, BJFF 2012) – Watch now
- Dough (Dir. John Goldschmidt, BJFF 2015) – Watch now
- To Dust (Dir. Shawn Snyder, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- Foxtrot (Dir. Samuel Maoz, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Dir. Ronit & Schlomi Elkabetz, BJFF 2014) – Watch now
- Give Me Liberty (Dir. Kirill Mikhanovsky, BJF 2019) – Watch now
- God’s Slave (Dir. Joel Novoa, BJFF 2014) – Watch now
- Indignation (Dir. James Schamus, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- Menashe (Dir. Joshua Weinstein, BJF 2017) – Watch now
- The Mover (Dir. Dāvis Sīmanis Jr., BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- My Polish Honeymoon (Dir. Elise Otzenberger, BJF 2019) – Watch now
- Operation Egg (Dir. Alon Gur Arye) – Watch now
- The Pianist (Dir. Roman Polanski, BJFF 2002) – Watch Now
- Run Boy Run (Pepe Danquart, Dir. BJFF 2014) – Watch Now
- Sand Storm (Dir. Elite Zexer, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- Skin (Dir. Guy Nattiv, BJF 2019) – Watch now
- Son of Saul (Dir. Laszlo Nemes, BJFF 2015) – Watch Now
- The Song of Names (Dir. François Girard, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Standing Up, Falling Down (Dir. Matt Ratner, BJF 2019) – Watch on Amazon
- A Tale of Love and Darkness (Dir. Natalie Portman, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- Tel Aviv on Fire (Dir. Sameh Zoabi, BJF 2019) – Watch now
- The Tenth Man (Dir. Daniel Burman, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- Promise at Dawn (Dir. Eric Barbier, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- Resistance (Dir. Jonathan Jakubowicz, BJF 2020) – Watch now
- Transit (Dir. Christian Petzold, BJFF 2018) – Watch now
- The Vigil (Dir. Keith Thomas, BJF 2021) – Watch now
- The Women’s Balcony (Dir. Emil Ben Shimon, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- The Zigzag Kid (Dir. Vincent Bal, BJFF 2013) – Watch now
SHORTS
- Bacon & God’s Wrath (Dir. Sol Friedman, BJFF 2016) – Watch now
- The Brother Mike Tapes: 1985 (Dir. Mike Cohen, BJFF 2016) – Watch Now
- The Driver is Red (Dir. Randall Christopher, BJFF 2018) – Watch Now
- Edek (Dir. Malcolm Green, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Five Years After the War (Dir. Samuel Albaric, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Gefilte (Dir. Rachel Fleit, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Good Morning Israel (Dir. Amir Har-Gil, BJFF 2007) — Watch Now
- How to Make it in the Promised Land (Dir. Sam Zalutsky, BJFF 2015) – Watch now
- I Have a Message for You (Dir. Matan Rochlitz, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Joe’s Violin (Dir. Kahane Cooperman, BJFF 2017) – Watch Now
- Lesbian Passover (Dir. Tony Blahd) – Watch Now
- The Starfish (Dir. Tyler Gildin, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- Travelogue Tel Aviv (Dir. Samuel Patthey, BJFF 2019) – Watch now
- What About Me? (Dirs. Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret) – Watch Now
- What Cheer? (Dir. Michael Slavens, BJFF 2015 ) – Watch now
Virtual Events and Screenings from our Boston Community:
FROM OUR PARTNERS
See the incredible online programming happening through some of our favorite Boston venues:
The Brattle Theatre has put together recommendations of great films for kids, movies that remind you that sometimes it is better to stay inside, and excellent films that will disrupt your Netflix algorithm. Check out the Brattle’s recommendations here: https://www.brattlefilm.org/virtual-programs/
The Coolidge Corner Theatre is still showing some of the best new films through their virtual screenings, their staff is recommending their favorite films available online, and they have some great virtual seminars coming up as well! Check it all out here: https://coolidge.org/virtual
Bright Lights Film Series has fascinating conversations programmed for films available to stream online. Boston Jewish Film is partnering on two of these programs, but the whole series is worth watching! See it here: https://websites.emerson.edu/brightlights/
Other great Jewish films screening online
DOCUMENTARY
- #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories (Dirs. Anna Migotto and Sabina Fedeli) – Watch now
- 306 Hollywood (Dirs. Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín) – Watch now
- Aida’s Secrets (Dir. Alon Schwarz) – Watch now
- After Auschwitz (Dir. Jon Kean) – Watch now
- Amy (Dir. Asif Kapadia) – Watch now
- Ask Dr. Ruth (Dir. Ryan White) – Watch now
- Beastie Boys Story (Dir. Spike Jonze) – Watch now
- Black Honey: The Life and Poetry of Avraham Sutzkever (Dir. Uri Barbash ) – Watch now
- Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (Dir. Ivy Meerpool) – Watch now
- Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (Dir. Nicola Hens) – Watch now
- Circus of Books (Dir. Rachel Mason) – Watch now on Netflix
- The Flat (Dir. Arnon Goldfinger) – Watch now
- For the Love of Spock (Dir. Adam Nimoy) – Watch now
- Free Zone (Dir. Amos Gitai) YouTube, Google Play
- Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story – Watch now
- The Last Resort (Dir. Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch) – Watch now
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (Dir. Alan Yentob) – Watch now
- No Direction Home (Dir. Martin Scorsese) — Watch now
- Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (Dir. Ric Burns) – Watch now
- Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (Dir. Laura Gabbert) – Watch now
- Outback Rabbis (Dir. Danny Ben-Moshe) – Watch now
- Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz (Dir. Barry Avrich) – Watch Now
- RBG (Dir. Julie Cohen) – Watch now
- Red Penguins (Dir. Gabe Polsky) – Watch now
- Seeing Allred (Dirs. Roberta Grossman and Sophie Sartain) – Watch now
- Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream (Dir. Michael Levine) – Watch now (also available on ChaiFlicks)
- Supergirl (Dir. Jessie Auritt) – Watch now
- Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations (Dir. Andrew Goldberg) – Watch now
- We Shall Not Die Now (Dir. Ashton Gleckman) – Watch now
- What Our Father’s Did: A Nazi Legacy (Dir. David Evans) – Watch now
NARRATIVE
- An American Pickle (Dir. Brandon Trost) – Watch now
- An American Tail (Dir. Don Bluth) – Watch now
- The Art Dealer (Dir. Francois Margolin) – Watch now
- Aviva (Dir. Boaz Yakin) – Watch now
- Baba Joon (Dir. Yuval Delshad) – Watch now
- The Big Lebowski (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) — Watch now
- A Call to Spy (Dir. Lydia Dean Pilcher) – Watch now
- Castle in the Ground (Dir. Joey Klein) – Watch now
- Closed Season (Dir. Franziska Schlotterer) – Watch now
- Clueless (Dir. Amy Heckerling) — Watch now
- The Collini Case (Dir. Marco Kreuzpainter) – Watch now
- Crossing Delancey (Dir. Joan Micklin Silver) – Watch now
- Disobedience (Dir. Dir. Sebastián Lelio) – Watch now
- Fanny’s Journey (Dir. Lola Doillon) – Watch now
- Felix and Meira (Dir. Maxime Giroux) – Watch now
- A Fortunate Man (Dir. Bille August) – Watch now
- The Green Prince (Dir. Nadav Schirman) – Watch now
- Ida (Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski) – (Watch now
- Inglourious Basterds (Dir. Quentin Tarantino) – Watch now
- Jojo Rabbit (Dir. Taika Waititi) – Watch Now
- The Kindergarten Teacher (Dir. Nadav Lapid) – Watch now
- Love Is Thicker Than Water (Dir. Ate de Jong) – Watch now
- The Matchmaker (Directed Avi Nesher) – Watch now
- Milk (Dir. Gus Van Sant) – Watch now
- Mr. Kaplan (Dir. Alvaro Brechner) – Watch now
- Maktub (Dir. Oded Raz) – Watch now
- The Meyerowitz Stories (Dir. Noah Baumbach) – Watch now
- Molly’s Game (Dir. Aaron Sorkin) – Watch now
- Operation Finale (Dir. Chris Weitz) – Watch now
- Paradise (Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky) – Watch now
- The Prince of Egypt (Dir. Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, & Steve Hickner) – Watch Now
- Red Sea Diving Resort (Dir. Gideon Raff) – Watch now
- A Serious Man (Dirs. Joel & Ethan Coen) – Watch now
- Slums of Beverly Hills (Dir. Tamara Jenkins) — Watch now
- The Squid and the Whale (Dir. Noah Baumbach) – Watch now
- Synonyms (Dir. Nadav Lapid) – Watch now
- They Are Everywhere (Dir. Yvan Attal) – Watch now
- Uncut Gems (Dir. Josh & Benny Safdie) – Watch now
- The Wonders (Dir. Avi Nesher) – Watch Now
CLASSICS
- Harold and Maude – Watch now
- Annie Hall – Watch now
- Marx Brother Films:
- Fiddler on the Roof – Watch now
- Yentl – Watch now
- The Golem – Watch now
- Frisco Kid – Watch now
- Gentlemen’s Agreement – Watch Now
TV
- Big Mouth – Watch on Netflix
- Broad City – Watch on Hulu or Comedy Central
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – Watch on Netflix
- Crazy Ex-GIrlfriend – Watch on Netflix
- Curb Your Enthusiasm – Watch now (Season 10 Online Now)
- Family Business – Watch on Netflix
- Fauda – Watch on Netflix
- Hunters – Watch on Amazon Prime
- The Kominsky Method – Watch on Netflix
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Watch on Amazon Prime
- Our Boys – (Watch on HBO
- The Plot Against America – Watch on HBO
- Prisoners of War – Watch on Hulu, Amazon Prime
- Russian Doll – Watch on Netflix
- Schitt’s Creek – Watch now
- Shtisel – Watch on Netflix – (BJFF 2016)
- The Spy – Watch on Netflix
- Transparent – Watch on Amazon Prime
- Unorthodox – Watch on Netflix
- Yidlife Crisis – Watch on YouTube
CHAIFLICKS (Jewish film streaming service)
Check out Boston Jewish Film’s page on ChaiFlicks HERE
Friends of BJFF get 50% off their first month with code BOSTON – start your FREE trial now at ChaiFlicks.com!
STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM ARCHIVE
View the Steven Spielberg Film Archive on YouTube HERE
OTHER JEWISH MOVIE RESOURCES
Jewish Film Institute Online Shorts features short films from emerging and established filmmakers.
Israel Film Center STREAM is an initiative of the Israel Film Center at The JCC in Manhattan, a leading resource for Israeli film, expanding Israel’s emerging film industry and promoting Israeli culture in America.
