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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.

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#1
Dear John

Dear John

2010★ 6.8

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

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eve...

#2
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

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

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#3
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022★ 6.2

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

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...

#4
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

2012★ 6.6

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

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and t...

#5
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942★ 7.1

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

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local...

#6
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

2020★ 6.8

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

Follow the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape a concentration camp during World War II. Based on true events....

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