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10 Best Movies Like Amateur History

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

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#1
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

2018★ 6.7

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

Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace....

#2
Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero

1987★ 6.4

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

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit....

#3
The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

2016★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Amateur History for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until ...

#4
Fire in the Sky

Fire in the Sky

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Amateur History for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes thei...

#5
Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007★ 7.4

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

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers f...

#6
Winter Passing

Winter Passing

2006★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Amateur History for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother...

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