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15 Hanukkah Movies That Will Light Up The Holiday
One of the best times of year is Hannukah, where you celebrate for eight nights straight by lighting the candles on your menorah and exchanging gifts. It's also the ultimate holiday to kick back and spend quality time with your loved ones. After you touch down in the kitchen to make latkes with your Bubbie and spin the dreidel with your siblings, there's still so much fun to be had — even if that means winding down on the couch and playing a Hannukah movie.
Our list includes picks that anyone in your family will love. Looking for a lighthearted Hallmark movie that your mom won't get enough of? Try putting on Eight Gifts of Hanukkah. If your fam celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah, they'd definitely enjoy the holiday spirit of Mistletoes & Menorahs. Or, if your sister is a total theater buff, Fiddler on the Roof is a musical classic that calls back to her Jewish roots.Here are the 15 best Hanukkah movies to stream this season.
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1) Full-Court Miracle
This DCOM is inspired by the real-life story of a beloved Virginia-based basketball coach named Lamont Carr. Full-Court Miracle centers around a college basketball star who becomes the head coach of a yeshiva's hapless team in Philadelphia after suffering from a knee injury.
CassieSteeleOnline@Youtube - 3/16
2) Fiddler on the Roof
This film adaptation of the 1964 Broadway musical follows a poor dad to five daughters in pre-revolutionary Russia who tries to keep up Jewish traditions against antisemitism while finding good husbands for them.
Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers@Youtube - 4/16
3) A Rugrats Chanukah
Throw it back with this 1996 Hanukkah special from the beloved Rugrats cartoon. Tommy, Dil, Chucky, Angelica, Lil, and Phil learn about the history of the holiday from Tommy and Dil's grandpa Boris during a trip to the synagogue.
Nickelodeon Cartoon Universe@Youtube - 5/16
4) Little Fockers
This sequel to Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers continues the story of Greg Focker. Like the first two films in the hilarious trilogy, Greg tries to impress and earn the trust of his uptight father-in-law, Jack.
Universal Pictures@Youtube - 6/16
5) Eight Crazy Nights
In this Adam Sandler animated flick, the comedian plays a 30-something who parties a little too hard. He gets in legal trouble, but his judge gives him another chance since it's the holiday season. He's tasked with doing community service as a referee for the youth basketball league.
Media Graveyard@Youtube - 7/16
6) Hitched for the Holidays
This list wouldn't be complete without a holiday rom-com. In Hitched for the Holidays, a bachelor signs up for a dating site to fulfill his grandmother's wish of seeing him settle down. He meets another Jewish New Yorker, and they agree to accompany each other at their families' holiday celebrations. Will their faux-mance become real?
Hallmark Channel@Youtube - 8/16
7) The Night Before
This one's for the adults — in this comedy, three childhood best friends have a yearly Christmas Eve tradition of throwing the craziest parties. The tradition is changing as they're growing up, but to make it a night to remember, they set out to find the best holiday party: the Nutcracka Ball. Seth Rogen plays a Jewish character in this comedy.
Sony Pictures Entertainment@Youtube - 9/16
8) An American Tail
This beloved Steven Spielberg animated flick follows Fievel, a mouse who emigrates from Russia to the United States with his family after cats took over their home. While this movie is a childhood fave, it's also considered an allegory where the mice represent Jewish immigrants while the cats represent anti-Semitic forces that threatened them on their journeys.
CARLOS APOLO - TRAILERS GEEK@Youtube - 10/16
9) Mistletoes & Menorahs
Lifetime makes some of the best holiday movies out there, and Hanukkah is no exception. In this lighthearted film, a big-shot toy company executive must learn about the Jewish holiday to land a big account. She enlists the help of a bachelor who happens to need her help to impress his girlfriend's family for Christmas.
MarVista Entertainment@Youtube - 11/16
10) Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill is another hilarious Adam Sandler flick that your family will LOL at this season. The comedian plays a pair of siblings that get off on the wrong foot during Thanksgiving. To make it up to his sister, Jack offers to let Jill stay through Hanukkah.
Rotten Tomatoes Trailers@Youtube - 12/16
11) Double Holiday
Holiday movies are a Hallmark Channel staple, and this one touches on both Hanukkah and Christmas. Rebecca and Chris tend to clash at work, but when they're asked to plan their company's Christmas party, they have to overcome their differences.
Hallmark Channel@Youtube - 13/16
12) Eight Gifts of Hanukkah
This whimsical flick will put anyone in the holiday spirit. When Sara starts receiving anonymous Hanukkah gifts from a secret admirer, she realizes that she may find love where she least expects it.
W Network@Youtube - 14/16
13) An American Pickle
This isn't *technically* a Hannukah flick, but Seth Rogen plays two roles — a Jewish factory worker and his great-grandson. After being preserved in pickle brine for 100 years, the factory worker finds himself in modern-day New York City and finds his great-grandson.
Warner Bros. UK & Ireland@Youtube - 15/16
14) Love, Lights, Hannukah!
When a restaurant owner learns she's Jewish from a DNA test, she meets new family members and even finds an unexpected romance over the eight nights of Hanukkah.
Hallmark Channel@Youtube - 16/16
15) The Hebrew Hammer
This comedy follows an unorthodox Jewish man known as The Hebrew Hammer. He embarks on a mission to save Hanukkah from Santa Claus' evil son, Damian, who wants Christmas to be the only major holiday.
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