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10 Best Movies Like Jacob

If you loved Jacob, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Joseph

Joseph

1995★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jacob for fans of Adventure & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country duri...

#2
October Baby

October Baby

2011★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jacob for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A beautiful and naive college freshman discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves....

#3
Love You to Death

Love You to Death

2019★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jacob for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder....

#4
4 Kings

4 Kings

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jacob for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Alex, Fedja, Timo and Lara are four troubled teens for whom the upcoming Christmas eve isn't a time of peace and joy: Since they all have a history of escalating family conflicts, ...

#5
Abraham

Abraham

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jacob for fans of Adventure & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mankind... A man of great faith, A...

#6
Giorgino

Giorgino

1994★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jacob for fans of Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war be...