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Kol Nidre
1939· 1h 25m
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Best Yiddish Movies of the 1930s
This collection ranks 16 Yiddish-language movies released in the 1930s. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. The #1 entry is Kol Nidre. These films were originally released in Yiddish (ייִדיש).
16 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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His Wife's Lover
1931· 1h 20m· Comedy
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The Jester
1937· 1h 28m· Comedy, Drama
6.01 - 4
Jolly Paupers
1937· 1h 2m· Comedy, Music
—0 - 56.73
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The Singing Blacksmith
1938· 1h 56m· Drama, Music
1.01 - 7
Mamele
1938· 1h 37m· Comedy
10.01 - 8
The Vow
1937· 1h 37m· Drama
—0 - 9
The Dybbuk
1937· 2h 5m· Drama, Fantasy, Music
6.310 - 10
The Yiddish King Lear
1934· 1h 10m· Drama
9.52 - 11
Children Must Laugh
1936· 1h 1m· Documentary
—0 - 12
Green Fields
1937· 1h 37m· Comedy, Romance
6.02 - 13
A Letter to Mama
1938· 1h 46m· Drama
—0 - 14
I Have Sinned
1936· 1h 35m· Drama
—0 - 15
Without a Home
1939· 1h 24m· Drama
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The Wandering Jew
1933· 1h 6m· Drama
6.01
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Frequently asked questions
How many Yiddish movies came from the 1930s?
16 Yiddish-language films from the 1930s carry real rating data.
How are these Yiddish films ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
What is the highest-rated Yiddish movie of the 1930s?
Kol Nidre holds the top position in this collection.