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10 Best Movies Like American Terrorist

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

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#1
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#2
Black Site

Black Site

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Terrorist for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysteri...

#3
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#4
The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know

2022★ 6.7

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

Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering that one of his brothers may have been involved in a horri...

#5
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#6
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012★ 6.9

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

Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden...

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