Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 21, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Jessica

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

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#1
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#2
A Kid

A Kid

2016★ 7.0

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

Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Mo...

#3
New York Stories

New York Stories

1989★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jessica for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

#4
Timbuktu

Timbuktu

2014★ 7.0

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

Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fish...

#5
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945★ 7.6

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

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by h...

#6
Iris

Iris

2014★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jessica for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

IRIS pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on th...