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10 Best Movies Like Buffalo Boy

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

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#1
Red Dust

Red Dust

1932★ 6.9

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

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis...

#2
The Scent of Green Papaya

The Scent of Green Papaya

1993★ 7.0

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

1950s Saigon through the eyes of Mui, a Vietnamese servant girl. At 10 years-old, Mui leaves her village to work for an affluent, troubled family. As she comes of age, Mui finds wo...

#3
The Quiet American

The Quiet American

2002★ 6.5

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

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler...

#4
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021★ 7.0

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

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved...

#5
Heaven & Earth

Heaven & Earth

1993★ 6.7

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

In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who of...

#6
O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

1952★ 6.8

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

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he c...

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