Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like American Beauty

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for American Beauty.

View Review →
#1
American History X

American History X

1998★ 8.3

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

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to priso...

#2
The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

1991★ 8.3

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

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psych...

#3
American Psycho

American Psycho

2000★ 7.4

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

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies...

#4
The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

1999★ 7.9

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

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret....

#5
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#6
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995★ 8.2

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

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and h...