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10 Best Movies Like American Widow

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

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#1
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#2
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#3
Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

2024★ 7.2

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

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most...

#4
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#5
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#6
Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

2014★ 6.2

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

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed ci...

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