Defending Jacob vs Had I Not Seen the Sun
Defending Jacob has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 8/10 for Had I Not Seen the Sun). Defending Jacob is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, mystery shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Defending Jacob
Had I Not Seen the Sun| Defending Jacob | Had I Not Seen the Sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2025 |
| Seasons | 1 | 2 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | US | TW |
| Creator / director | Mark Bomback | – |
| Main cast | Michelle Dockery, Pablo Schreiber, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gabriel, Sakina Jaffrey | Tseng Jing-Hua, Moon Lee, Shan-Chien Tan |
Synopsis
Defending Jacob
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
Had I Not Seen the Sun
Filmmaker Zhou Pin-yu interviews a serial killer in prison — an encounter that triggers a string of mysterious events tied to a buried past.
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