Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Jerk

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

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#1
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
Lux Æterna

Lux Æterna

2020★ 6.1

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg agrees to play a witch condemned to be burned at the stake in the first film directed by Béatrice Dalle. But the chaotic production, technical problems, and ps...

#4
Brother

Brother

2019★ 6.6

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

Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for h...

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#6
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

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