Hanukkah

Discover where to watch the best Hanukkah movies of all time.

It’s no secret that Hanukkah movies are too often overshadowed by Christmas cinema. But the festival of lights shines bright in several underrated films that are well worth watching every year. From Adam’s Sandler’s animated musical, Eight Crazy Nights to the dark hilarity of The Hebrew Hammer, there’s a movie for every night of the holiday.

Keep scrolling for the best Hanukkah movies and where to stream them.

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An American Pickle
An American Pickle
PG-13
2020
1h 28m
Comedy/Fantasy

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern-day Brooklyn.

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Holiday Date
Holiday Date
G
2019
1h 30m
Comedy/Drama

When Brooke’s boyfriend, Ethan, breaks up with her just before the holidays, she agrees to go home with Joel, an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.

Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
G
2017
22m
Family/Comedy/Action

Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.

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The Night Before
The Night Before
R
2015
1h 41m
Comedy/Action

On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.

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Sleeping with Other People
Sleeping with Other People
R
2015
1h 41m
Drama/Comedy/Romance

A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in.

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Serial (Bad) Weddings
Serial (Bad) Weddings
PG
2014
1h 34m
Comedy/Family

A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.

Little Fockers
Little Fockers
PG-13
2010
1h 38m
Comedy/Romance

Family-patriarch Jack Byrnes wants to appoint a successor. Does his son-in-law, the male nurse Greg Focker, have what it takes?

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Will You Merry Me?
Will You Merry Me?
PG
2008
1h 29m
Comedy/Romance

During Christmas and Hanukkah, Rebecca and Hank must go through the anxiety-filled process of meeting the in-laws while immersed in their future family holiday traditions.

Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
PG-13
2007
1h 28m
Comedy/Animation/Science Fiction

The Planet Express crew return from cancellation, only to be robbed blind by hideous ""sprunging"" scam artists. Things go from bad to worse when the scammers hack Bender, start traveling through time, and take Earth over entirely! Will the crew be able to save the day, or will Bender's larcenous tendencies and their general incompetence doom them all?

Fred Claus
Fred Claus
PG
2007
1h 56m
Comedy/Comedy

Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.

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The Holiday
The Holiday
PG-13
2006
2h 16m
Romance/Comedy

Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

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The Aristocrats
The Aristocrats
N/A
2005
1h 29m
Comedy/Documentary

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

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Southern Belles
Southern Belles
R
2005
1h 30m
Comedy/Romance

Bell and Belle want to break out of their trailer park lives and get up and out to the ""Big City"" of Atlanta. Just when they think they are on their way to getting a nest egg Bell falls for a handsome police officer named Rhett Butler.

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Prime
Prime
PG-13
2005
1h 45m
Drama/Comedy/Romance

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

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Adam and Steve
Adam and Steve
R
2005
1h 39m
Comedy/Comedy/Romance

Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.

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Imaginary Heroes
Imaginary Heroes
R
2004
1h 51m
Drama/LGBTQ/Comedy

Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.

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The Hebrew Hammer
The Hebrew Hammer
R
2003
1h 25m
Comedy/Action

A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus's evil son.

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"Die, Mommie, Die!"
"Die, Mommie, Die!"
R
2003
1h 30m
Comedy/Thriller

You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. Only her mentally defective son and a well-endowed gigolo treat her with love and affection. Is it any wonder she takes drastic action to improve her life?

Eight Crazy Nights
Eight Crazy Nights
PG-13
2002
1h 16m
Family/Comedy/Musical

Davey Stone, an alcoholic with a criminal record, is sentenced to community service under the supervision of an elderly referee. Davey is then faced with trying to reform and abandon his bad habits.

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God is Great and I'm Not
God is Great and I'm Not
N/A
2001
1h 40m
Comedy/Romance

Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.

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Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents
PG-13
2000
1h 48m
Comedy/Romance

Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

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Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith
PG-13
2000
2h 8m
Drama/Romance/Comedy

Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.

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Hit and Runway
Hit and Runway
R
1999
1h 48m
Comedy/Drama

Alex and Elliot an unlikely pair connect to write a film about a New York cop working undercover as a fashion model.

Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful
PG-13
1997
1h 56m
Drama/Romance/Comedy

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

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An American Tail
An American Tail
G
1986
1h 20m
Comedy/Action/Animation

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

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A Majority of One
A Majority of One
N/A
1961
2h 36m
Drama/Comedy

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator
G
1940
2h 5m
Drama/Comedy/War

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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