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10 Best Movies Like Jesus Is Dead

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

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#1
Persepolis

Persepolis

2007★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jesus Is Dead for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Rev...

#2
Kita Kita

Kita Kita

2017★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jesus Is Dead for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lea is a tour guide in Japan who suffered from temporary blindness and if not cured in a few weeks could be permanent. Tonyo who lives right across from Lea is persistent and deter...

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jesus Is Dead for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....