Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The American

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

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#1
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#2
Uncontrollable Circumstances

Uncontrollable Circumstances

1989★ 6.2

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

Philippe and Daniel decide to go on vacation Southeast Asia, where they meet Hans, a European who livesthere and he becomes their guide and host. Once the holidays are over, before...

#3
Home

Home

2021★ 6.7

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

An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past....

#4
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

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