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10 Best Movies Like Jerusalem

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

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#1
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#2
Higher Ground

Higher Ground

2011★ 5.9

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

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Ins...

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
The Last Survivors

The Last Survivors

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jerusalem for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron'...

#5
Son of God

Son of God

2014★ 6.9

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

In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Roman governor Pontius...

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

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