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10 Best Movies Like American Splendor

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

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#1
Crumb

Crumb

1994★ 7.5

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

This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the gene...

#2
American Visa

American Visa

2005★ 6.6

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

After being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal activities, holds-up the American consulate and falls for a beautiful prostitute fro...

#3
Cándida

Cándida

2006★ 5.9

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

Cándida is an lowly maid in Madrid, where she scrapes to get by and help her two useless sons, a junkie and a basket case. As her family situation goes from bad to worse, her trava...

#4
Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones

Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones

2015★ 8.5

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

Using previously unseen performances, a biography of rock balladeer Roy Orbison told through his own voice, casting new light on the triumphs and tragedies that beset his career....

#5
Highway Patrolman

Highway Patrolman

1991★ 6.3

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

A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the consequences of his often mora...

#6
Century Egg

Century Egg

2024★ 7.5

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

A man returns to Taiwan, the country he left behind decades prior, only to find himself wandering a city he no longer recognizes and in the company of a stranger who took him in....