
10 Best Movies Like Under Jakob's Ladder
If you loved Under Jakob's Ladder, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under Jakob's Ladder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under Jakob's Ladder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under Jakob's Ladder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

Jacknife
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under Jakob's Ladder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

The Boy in the Woods
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under Jakob's Ladder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir....

The Last Rifleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under Jakob's Ladder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...