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10 Best Movies Like American Refugee

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

#1
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021★ 6.5

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

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to ...

#2
May

May

2003★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Refugee for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands....

#3
The 355

The 355

2022★ 6.0

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

A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly w...

#4
El refugio

El refugio

2021★ 6.4

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

An actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged siste...

#5
13 Minutes

13 Minutes

2021★ 5.8

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

As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants ...

#6
Book of Love

Book of Love

2022★ 5.6

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

Henry, an English writer who has written a new book that has become a failure in the U.K, gets notified that the dull book has been highly trending over in Mexico. Little does he k...