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10 Best Movies Like American Heist

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

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#1
Muck

Muck

2015★ 3.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Heist for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A group of friends emerge from the darkness, bloody and lucky to be alive. Having already lost two friends in the marsh, they break into an empty vacation house to take shelter. Wh...

#2
The Lovers

The Lovers

2015★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Heist for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the bac...

#3
The Changeover

The Changeover

2017★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Heist for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a s...

#4
Turks & Caicos

Turks & Caicos

2014★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Heist for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray...

#5
SAGA - Curse of the Shadow

SAGA - Curse of the Shadow

2014★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Heist for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A secret cabal, The Shadow, works to bring about the return of Goth Azul - the Undead God - in the rich world of SAGA, populated by elves, orcs, dwarves and dragons. A ruthless el...

#6
People, Places, Things

People, Places, Things

2015★ 6.5

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

Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to naviga...