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.

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
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....

Less Than Zero
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....

The Girl on the Train
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 ...

Fire in the Sky
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...

Stuart: A Life Backwards
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...

Winter Passing
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...