
10 Best Movies Like American Venus
If you loved American Venus, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

What Maisie Knew
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Venus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

September
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Venus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently ar...

Bastard Out of Carolina
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Venus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

El Chicano
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Venus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

Little Boy Blue
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Venus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

Babylon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Venus 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...