Movies Similar to The Great Yiddish Love

Lovebugs(2023)

From his cozy library inside the walls of a suburban home, an intellectual snail tells of his life’s love, loss and change.

Herculanum(2016)

Three "meetings." Two men. A rumbling volcano.

Rocky Jumped a Park Bench(2008)

A location tour of the Rocky filming locations in Philadelphia.

Antoine and Alexei(2017)

A young man who works in a gift shop becomes friends with a former Nordiques player.

Visions of Europe(2004)

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Dog Leash(2012)

Cracks are starting to burst in Marina's frozen life, leading towards finding refuge in dangerous places.

The Room(2001)

A man explains how he was obsessed when he was younger by a mysterious room and an extraordinary rarefied piano music that drifted through its open window during the night. Forty years later, returning to his home town after having spent most of his life abroad, in "a bunch of different places", he asks one of his friends to rent a room for him. As chance would have it, it turns out to be the same room which attracted him when he was a young man. What drew him again to this room?

Quarantine(2021)

A short film of the first weeks of strict national lockdown, filmed in Barcelona on a classic home video camera Hi8. Narrates the story of three women who share a flat and who create a microworld not only to survive the global pandemic but also to survive themselves.

Flow(2011)

An odd young woman paralyzed by severe OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), discovers dance as way to deal with her rituals.

Girly Is in Control of His Life(2019)

Gay teenager Girly looks for a job in a world he is unaware of.

Astro(2017)

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2(1941)

Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's country home and goes to the Mocambo. There is also a sequence dedicated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin world premiere of the first short in this series attended by more that a few film stars.

Trauma(2014)

On the London Underground, a young man relives past traumas as he endures the sensory overload of rush hour, only to look up and see a young woman at the end of the carriage going through the same PTSD symptoms. Their recognition of each other's condition allows them a moment of peace before the train jolts them back into reality and she disappears at the next platform.

Pikoo(1981)

A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize(2010)

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Ape(2017)

To take control of his life, Travis Wilker must conquer the hallucinations that plagued his childhood.

Naked(2013)

A message from Javier's boyfriend changes his family situation and causes them to reconsider their relationships.

Chedly(2019)

A Summer Place(2021)

Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus now transforming into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Within its asphyxiating environment, Tina, a depressed food stylist is ready to give up on everything on the day of her birthday, until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.

Francis(2013)

Francis is a short story written by american novelist Dave Eggers. This is the story of a young boy growing up in the suburbs of chicago. He spent his vacations in Quetico Provincial Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Canada. But he won't be going back any day soon, not after what happened to a girl called Francis Brandywine.