Films like The Quiet American (2002)

The Quiet American (2002) is drama, romance, thriller, war. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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Allied (2016)

Also drama and romance. 6.8/10

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their…
Shining Through (1992)

Also drama and romance. 6.5/10

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love…
Black Angel (2002)

Also drama and romance. 5.3/10

Livia, the attractive wife of a high-ranking Ministry of the People's Republic official, is accompanied by Ugo, a lawyer, her admirer and her husband's spy, to Venice. There, she…
The Good German (2006)

Also drama and romance. 5.8/10

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion…
Enigma (2001)

Also drama and romance. 6.3/10

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Also drama and thriller. 8.2/10

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by…
My Fault (2023)

Also drama and romance. 7.7/10

Noah must leave her city, boyfriend, and friends to move into William Leister's mansion, the flashy and wealthy husband of her mother Rafaela. As a proud and independent 17 year…
The Imitation Game (2014)

Also drama and thriller. 8.0/10

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at…
The Handmaiden (2016)

Also drama and romance. 8.2/10

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside…
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

Also drama and romance. 5.9/10

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her…
Courage Under Fire (1996)

Also drama and thriller. 6.6/10

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness…
Unfaithful (2002)

Also drama and romance. 6.7/10

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Lust, Caution (2007)

Also drama and romance. 7.3/10

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds…
Gone with the Wind (1939)

Also drama and romance. 7.9/10

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Pearl Harbor (2001)

Also drama and romance. 6.9/10

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval…
Wicked Minds (2003)

Also drama and romance. 6.4/10

Holden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and…
The Hurt Locker (2008)

Also drama and thriller. 7.2/10

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Alexander (2004)

Also drama and romance. 6.0/10

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing…
Legends of the Fall (1994)

Also drama and romance. 7.4/10

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit…
Crimson Peak (2015)

Also drama and romance. 6.7/10

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of…
Original Sin (2001)

Also drama and romance. 6.1/10

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
The Illusionist (2006)

Also drama and romance. 7.3/10

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult…
Brothers (2009)

Also drama and thriller. 7.3/10

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace…
The English Patient (1996)

Also drama and romance. 7.1/10

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent…