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10 Best Movies Like An American Friend

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

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#1
Thread of Lies

Thread of Lies

2014โ€ขโ˜… 7.4

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

Cheon-ji's unexpected suicide causes her mother Hyeon-sook and older sister Man-ji to be moved into another apartment. Tracking down clues from school, Man-ji discovers that Cheon-...

#2
In Front of Your Face

In Front of Your Face

2021โ€ขโ˜… 6.7

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

She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she...

#3
Miracle: Letters to the President

Miracle: Letters to the President

2021โ€ขโ˜… 7.4

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

Dreaming of making a way station for his sister and the villagers who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the...

#4
Sergio

Sergio

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An American Friend 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 Sรฉrgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#5
Address Unknown

Address Unknown

2001โ€ขโ˜… 7.1

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

Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization,...

#6
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997โ€ขโ˜… 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An American Friend 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...

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