Top 20 movies like The American Friend

The American Friend

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

Der amerikanische Freund is of 2 hour(s) and 5 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR. It was released on 1977-06-24. It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaThriller

1. The Scarlet Letter (Der scharlachrote Buchstabe)

The Scarlet Letter

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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2. In the Blood (I blodet)

In the Blood

It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also a time of unrest and change among the boys. Dreams shatter, love hurts, and friendships dissolve.

It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.

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3. Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (Die andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht)

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Follow-up to the TV trilogy “Heimat”, this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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4. Napoli milionaria (Napoli milionaria)

Napoli milionaria

(Napoli milionaria)

It has an average vote of 8.7 on TMDB.

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5. The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.

It has an average vote of 6.597 on TMDB.

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6. The Biggest Battle (Il grande attacco)

The Biggest Battle

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.

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7. Lola (Lola)

Lola

Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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8. Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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9. Julian Po

Julian Po

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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10. Tiny Furniture

Tiny Furniture

After graduating from film school, Aura returns to New York to live with her photographer mother, Siri, and her sister, Nadine, who has just finished high school. Aura is directionless and wonders where to go next in her career and her life. She takes a job in a restaurant and tries unsuccessfully to develop relationships with men, including Keith, a chef where she works, and cult Internet star Jed.

It has an average vote of 5.653 on TMDB.

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11. The Whiskey Bandit (A Viszkis)

The Whiskey Bandit

Between 1993 and 1999, one man robbed 29 financial institutions in Budapest. Banks, post offices and even travel agencies fell victim to his crime spree. The police had no leads and no hope of finding him during his six-year stint. The only clue left behind at the crime scenes was the distinct aroma of whiskey. The media christened him the “Whiskey Bandit”. Never physically harming anyone, many began to eagerly follow his escapades through the media. A Transylvanian immigrant, who also happened to be a goalie for one of the city's largest hockey teams, named Attila Ambrus, was finally identified as the “Whiskey Bandit”. The police had finally captured him... or so they thought.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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12. Darling

Darling

The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men while gaining fame and fortune.

It has an average vote of 6.673 on TMDB.

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13. The Silence of the Sea (Le Silence de la mer)

The Silence of the Sea

In a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between France and Germany. That is, until he visits Paris and discovers what is really going on...

It has an average vote of 7.496 on TMDB.

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14. Williams

Williams

This sports documentary tells the story of the Williams Formula 1 team founded by the legendary Sir Frank Williams

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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15. The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailės vasara)

The Summer of Sangaile

Seventeen-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her parents' lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds in her teenage love, the only person that truly encourages her to fly.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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16. The Damned (La caduta degli dei)

The Damned

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

It has an average vote of 7.319 on TMDB.

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17. A Field in England

A Field in England

During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

It has an average vote of 6.201 on TMDB.

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18. Undertow (Contracorriente)

Undertow

A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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19. Last Days

Last Days

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

It has an average vote of 5.567 on TMDB.

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20. Alice (Něco z Alenky)

Alice

A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare- no matter how twisted or odd that way must be. A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.

It has an average vote of 7.447 on TMDB.

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