Movies and TvShows featuring "jewish-american" theme.

Finding Your Roots is a documentary-style television series that uses genealogy and genetics to trace the ancestry of celebrities and everyday people. Each episode focuses on a different individual and explores their family history, often uncovering surprising and emotional stories along the way.

The Nanny is a sitcom about a British nanny, Fran Fine, who is hired by a wealthy widower, Maxwell Sheffield, to take care of his three children. Fran is unconventional and brings a fresh perspective to the Sheffield household, which consists of Mr. Sheffield and his three children, Maggie, Brighton, and Grace. She often clashes with Mr. Sheffield's business partner, C.C. Babcock, who is attracted to him. Throughout the series, Fran navigates her way through the ups and downs of being a nanny while also dealing with romantic entanglements and cultural clashes.

Hey Arnold! follows the life of Arnold, a 9-year-old boy with a football-shaped head, as he navigates the challenges of school, friendship, and family in a vibrant city. With his loyal friends and loving grandparents by his side, Arnold embarks on various adventures and tackles important life lessons along the way.

Broad City is a comedy TV show set in New York City that follows the lives of two best friends in their twenties, Abbi and Ilana. The show explores their misadventures and the challenges they face as they navigate their way through the city and try to make it in various aspects of their lives, including relationships, careers, and personal growth. With its unique blend of humor, relatable characters, and unconventional storytelling, Broad City offers a fresh and honest take on the struggles and triumphs of young adults in the modern world.

Once Upon a Time in America is a crime drama movie that takes place in New York City during the 1920s and 1960s. It follows the life and death of a group of gangsters and explores the corruption of the mafia. Through a nonlinear timeline, the film delves into themes of regret, lovesickness, and memories. Based on a novel, it depicts the coming-of-age of the protagonists, the rise of organized crime during prohibition, and their eventual downfall. The story explores themes of betrayal, friendship, and loyalty, as well as the impact of violence and power on individuals and society.

An American expat named Mickey Pearson runs a successful marijuana empire in London. He decides to sell off his business to a billionaire so he can retire peacefully. However, his decision triggers a series of events involving plots, schemes, bribery, and blackmail as various individuals try to steal his empire. Mickey must navigate through these challenges and protect his business and his wife.

In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite. Sam Rothstein becomes the boss of the Tangiers Casino, doubling its profits for the Mafia. However, his friend Nicky Santoro becomes a liability with his violent temper. Sam falls in love with Ginger McKenna, but their relationship deteriorates when her past catches up with them. As the mob's power declines, Sam reflects on the changes in Las Vegas.

Violence and corruption pulsed through the soul of the Gangster Empire during the heyday of Prohibition and the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

Las Vegas...Sin City...There is no place like it on earth. The adult playground in the Sun... The country s greatest resort city... the gambling capital of the world...A place of casinos...Home of the famous, and infamous Strip. It is a city where for the right price every kind of entertainment is available for everyone and anyone at any time... It is a city that never sleeps. But it is also a uniquely American city...A Western city ... A desert city. The story of Las Vegas is a 20th century tale...A tale that unites the Mob with the Wild West s culture of cowboys, gunslingers, and saloons. Las Vegas reflects the greater American story of freedom, and the American dream of striking it rich...The last place where you can arrive as a nobody and leave as a king.

In this sequel to 'Meet the Parents,' Gaylord Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) invites his fiancée's parents, ex-CIA agent Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina (Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner), to meet his parents. However, Jack discovers that the Fockers are very strange. With a hippie and retired lawyer dad, and an open sex therapist mom, Jack begins to question if this is the right family for his daughter to marry into. As the two families try to become one, chaos ensues.

Barry Champlain, a controversial radio talk show host, faces danger and threats when his provocative views attract a dangerous listener. As Barry's success grows, so does the risk he faces, leading to a tragic ending.

After serving a prison sentence, Carlito Brigante wants to steer clear of drugs and violence. However, he is pulled back into the criminal world when he is forced to participate in a drug deal. Determined to escape his past, Carlito invests the drug money in a nightclub, aiming to save enough to retire. But a series of events, including betrayal and threats from the gangsters, jeopardize his plans for a better future.

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, faces a series of unexpected events that result in the unraveling of his life. Despite his search for meaning and answers amidst the chaos, he finds himself sinking deeper into turmoil.

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.

Faces of America is a four-part Public Broadcasting Service Public television television series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates. The series originally aired February 10 – March 3, 2010 from 8–9 p.m. ET. In Australia, this program aired on SBS One each Sunday at 7:30pm from 9 -30 January 2011. It uses genealogical research and genetics to find the family history of 12 Americans: Elizabeth Alexander, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Louise Erdrich, Malcolm Gladwell, Eva Longoria, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Queen Noor of Jordan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Meryl Streep, and Kristi Yamaguchi. In the series finale, Gates explored the emerging use of full genome sequencing to understand personal ancestry and health, by learning what might be inferred from his whole genome sequence, and that of his father, through in-depth analysis by a personal genomics company and the Broad Institute. In 2012, PBS aired another miniseries entitled Finding Your Roots also examining questions of genealogy and genetics, and hosted by Gates.

After falling into a vat of pickles in 1919, a Jewish immigrant named Herschel Greenbaum is preserved for 100 years. He wakes up in present-day Brooklyn and seeks to reconnect with his great-grandson, Ben. Through their contrasting values and experiences, they learn valuable lessons about family, heritage, and the importance of embracing change.

A young American Jewish man goes on a journey to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II. Along the way, he discovers his family's history and learns about love, loss, and the power of storytelling.

Afternoon Delight follows Rachel, a stay-at-home mom who becomes increasingly bored with her life. In an attempt to spice things up, she visits a strip club and forms an unlikely friendship with a stripper named McKenna. As Rachel becomes more entangled in McKenna's world, she begins to question her own desires and push the boundaries of her marriage.

Stella is a comedy TV show that follows the absurd and hilarious adventures of three friends living in New York City. Through slapstick comedy, satire, and surrealism, Stella explores various social stereotypes and tackles topics like dating, sex, and self-obsession. With musical numbers, recurring characters, and running gags, this sitcom will keep you laughing.