Movies Like Jerusalem

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Best Intentions

1992·3h 2m·★ 7.7·Bille August

3 shared cast incl. Pernilla August & Max von Sydow2 shared crewDir. Bille August

A Song for Martin

2001·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Bille August

3 shared cast incl. Sven Wollter & Viveka Seldahl2 shared crewDir. Bille August

Pelle the Conqueror

1987·2h 37m·★ 7.7·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

Les Misérables

1998·2h 14m·★ 7.4·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

The House of the Spirits

1993·2h 20m·★ 6.9·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997·2h 1m·★ 6.3·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

Day and Night

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.5·Simon Staho

3 shared cast incl. Maria Bonnevie & Pernilla August

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928·1h 21m·★ 8.1·Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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Ben-Hur

1959·3h 32m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

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The Passion of the Christ

2004·2h 7m·★ 7.3·Mel Gibson

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Contact

1997·2h 30m·★ 7.5·Robert Zemeckis

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Rosetta

1999·1h 35m·★ 7.4·Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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Stations of the Cross

2014·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Dietrich Brüggemann

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The Case for Christ

2017·1h 52m·★ 6.4·Jon Gunn

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Wendy and Lucy

2008·1h 20m·★ 7.1·Kelly Reichardt

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The Tree of Life

2011·2h 19m·★ 6.8·Terrence Malick

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The Apostle

1997·2h 14m·★ 7.2·Robert Duvall

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I Am Dina

2002·2h 5m·★ 6.5·Ole Bornedal

Both star Maria Bonnevie & Pernilla August

How Good Is Jerusalem?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.