Movies Like American Son

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2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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1992·2h 18m·★ 7.8·Rob Reiner

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1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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1940·1h 32m·★ 7.8·Howard Hawks

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1996·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Noel Nosseck

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1994·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Hytner

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2014·1h 24m·★ 6.1·Tara Miele

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2018·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Ben Wheatley

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2012·1h 28m·★ 6.4·Courteney Cox

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2018·1h 46m·★ 6.9·Sacha Gervasi

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