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Film · 10 connectionsIn a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Directed byBarbra Streisand
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1977 · 163 min · Drama · Music · Romance
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1996 · 126 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance
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1971 · 181 min · Drama · Romance
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1980 · 115 min · Drama · Music · Romance
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1987 · 116 min · Drama
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1983 · 92 min · Drama · Music · Romance
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1968 · 176 min · Drama · Music · Romance
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1969 · 155 min · Drama · Music · Romance
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1973 · 118 min · Drama · Romance
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
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1991 · 89 min · Drama · Romance
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