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10 Best Movies Like An American Affair

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

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#1
Absolute Power

Absolute Power

1997★ 6.7

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

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while hold...

#2
In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

1993★ 7.0

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

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling h...

#3
Murder at 1600

Murder at 1600

1997★ 6.1

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

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret...

#4
Being There

Being There

1979★ 7.6

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

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the...

#5
JFK

JFK

1991★ 7.6

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

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison....

#6
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

1999★ 7.5

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

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexua...

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