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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.

#1
The 10 Year Plan

The 10 Year Plan

2014★ 6.8

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

Myles and Brody are best friends with two very different ways of finding love. Displeased with their current love lives, they make a pact to be together if neither finds love in te...

#2
Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

2002★ 8.0

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

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI...

#3
Avatar

Avatar

2009★ 7.6

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

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization....

#4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017★ 8.1

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

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial mes...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...