15 Movies Like Letters to Father Jacob
Loved Letters to Father Jacob? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
No Thank You
Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Letters to Father Jacob.
The Shack
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Juror #2
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Here
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Reading Lolita in Tehran
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Homestead
A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Starving in Suburbia
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
The Wait
The idyllic and secluded Finnish archipelago. The pandemic soars across the world. Elli’s world trembles as her husband’s old friend arrives at the island.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Letters to Father Jacob.
Fatima
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Adopt a Highway
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Overcomer
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.
Fallen Leaves
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Letters to Father Jacob.
Restless
Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina, something unexpected happens – he falls in love.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Letters to Father Jacob.
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
A grieving heart surgeon struggling with the loss of his wife drifts through an emotionally detached life while raising his teenage daughter. His chance encounter with a dominatrix awakens feelings he thought were gone, drawing him into a dark and unconventional world where pain and desire intertwine.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Letters to Father Jacob.
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Letters to Father Jacob.