An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.
Casts Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris, Helen Hanft, Richmond Hoxie, Mirabella Pisani
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Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2017
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham brings his rude, crude and slightly demented posse of puppets to Ireland for a gleeful skewering of family and politics.Minyan
IMDB 4.7 | Aug , 2020
In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.Shiva Baby
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2021
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.The Jazz Singer
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1927
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.Dreamgirls
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2006
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.Ben-Hur
IMDB 7.9 | Nov , 1959
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2018
Alongside his impertinent puppet, ventriloquist Jeff Panacloc celebrates Christmas with humour, surrounded by personalities from music, cinema and TV hosts.Go for Zucker
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2004
Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.Jakob the Liar
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1999
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore
IMDB 7 | May , 1982
After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief worker. Together with other Jewish refugees, the three make their way to Paris, and, after spending time in a French prison camp, eventually escape to Marseille, from where they hope to sail to a safe port.Prime
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2005
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.The Israeli Boys
IMDB 4.3 | Feb , 2020
Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel. The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence (2016).The Actress
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1988
The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Mark, denounces them to the secret police.Only Human
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2004
A mismatched couple discovers that whatever can go wrong will go wrong during a family visit.Train of Life
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1998
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.200 Pounds Beauty
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2006
Hanna, an overweight lip-sync artist who ghost sings for Ammy, a known pop diva, secretly likes Han Sang-jun. When Ammy humiliates Hanna in Han's presence, Hanna decides to undergo a cosmetic surgery.Liberty Heights
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1999
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 2014
Jeff Dunham and his iconic creations, Achmed, Walter, Peanut, and Bubba J. have embarked on an unprecedented world tour through five continents, logging almost 100,000 miles and starring in arenas where few American comedians have dared to perform. Tell the wrong joke in Singapore or United Arab Emirates and risk being handcuffed before you ever leave the stage. Bring Achmed the Dead Terrorist on stage in Malaysia after a government warning forbidding his presence, and you may never leave Kuala Lumpur. While Dunham crafts pop culture references that can excite a local audience upon entering each country, Jeff shows that humor is truly universal. Most of the time.Magic
IMDB 6.8 | Nov , 1978
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.Billy
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2018
A successful but dejected ventriloquist decides to break with his bold-as-brass, out-of-control dummy — only to find going his own way easier said than done.