Little Odessa is a 1994 American crime drama film directed and written by James Gray, in his directorial debut, and starring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Maximilian Schell and Vanessa Redgrave.

The film follows the personal relationship between Arkady Shapira, his terminally ill wife Irina, and their two sons, Joshua and Reuben.

Joshua, the elder brother, is a hit-man for the Russian-Jewish mafia in Brooklyn and estranged from his family.

Eventually, Reuben takes Joshua home to see his parents again, but Arkady denounces him as a murderer and kicks him out.

The next day when Reuben is riding his bike, two of Volkoff's men push him to the ground and tell him that Joshua is a dead man.

Afterwards, Joshua finds Reuben and takes his body, wrapped in the sheet, to the furnace for cremation.

[7] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.