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10 Best Movies Like American Curious

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

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#1
Enough

Enough

2002★ 6.6

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

Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture per...

#2
Priscilla

Priscilla

2023★ 6.7

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

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a ...

#3
Wish Dragon

Wish Dragon

2021★ 7.9

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

Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities....

#4
All the Way

All the Way

2016★ 6.7

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

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, cu...

#5
Justice

Justice

2017★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Curious for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A U.S. Marshal seeking justice for his brother's murder defends a small town from a corrupt Mayor and his henchmen with intents to revive the civil war....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....