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10 Best Movies Like American Translation

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

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#1
Akron

Akron

2015★ 7.2

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

Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they e...

#2
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

1956★ 7.0

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

A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems....

#3
Departure

Departure

2016★ 6.4

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

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexua...

#4
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007★ 6.8

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

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart....

#5
Christmas Connection

Christmas Connection

2017★ 6.0

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

Adventurous flight attendant Sydney’s plans for a tropical Christmas get delayed when she helps an unaccompanied minor get home to Chicago to her dad Jonathan, a handsome widower a...

#6
Possession

Possession

2002★ 6.0

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

Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash...

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