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10 Best Movies Like The Quiet American

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

#1
Good Hair

Good Hair

2009★ 6.6

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

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore th...

#2
Go West

Go West

1940★ 6.5

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

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train statio...

#3
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996★ 6.0

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

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and in...

#4
The Fourth Angel

The Fourth Angel

2001★ 5.2

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

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and d...

#5
In Enemy Hands

In Enemy Hands

2004★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Quiet American for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a...

#6
Rabbit

Rabbit

2005★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Quiet American for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A tale of lost innocence, greed and the random justice of nature. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches. But for how lon...