Movies Like The American Soldier

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Love Is Colder Than Death

1970·1h 28m·★ 6.4·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

3 shared cast incl. Ulli Lommel & Katrin Schaake2 shared crewDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1972·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

3 shared cast incl. Karl Scheydt & Ingrid Caven2 shared crewDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Gods of the Plague

1970·1h 31m·★ 6.4·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2 shared crewBoth star Margarethe von Trotta & Ingrid CavenDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Jail Bait

1973·1h 42m·★ 7.1·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2 shared crewBoth star Kurt Raab & Karl ScheydtDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

1971·1h 24m·★ 6.3·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2 shared crewDir. Rainer Werner FassbinderDP: Dietrich Lohmann

Germany in Autumn

1978·2h 3m·★ 6.8·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2 shared crewDir. Rainer Werner FassbinderDP: Dietrich Lohmann

Satan’s Brew

1976·1h 53m·★ 6.7·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

3 shared cast incl. Kurt Raab & Ingrid CavenDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971·1h 43m·★ 6.6·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

3 shared cast incl. Margarethe von Trotta & Karl ScheydtDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Whity

1971·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

3 shared cast incl. Ulli Lommel & Katrin SchaakeDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

1975·1h 48m·★ 7.5·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Both star Ingrid Caven & Kurt RaabDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Fox and His Friends

1975·2h 5m·★ 7.5·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Both star Kurt Raab & Karl ScheydtDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978·2h 4m·★ 7.3·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Both star Ingrid Caven & Karl ScheydtDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Effi Briest

1974·2h 21m·★ 6.9·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Both star Ulli Lommel & Karl ScheydtDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Fear of Fear

1975·1h 28m·★ 7.4·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Both star Kurt Raab & Ingrid CavenDir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Third Generation

1979·1h 50m·★ 6.7·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Starring Hark BohmDir. Rainer Werner FassbinderCrime & Drama

The Unforgivable

2021·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Nora Fingscheidt

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Above the Rim

1994·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Jeff Pollack

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The Enforcer

2022·1h 31m·★ 5.4·Richard Hughes

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Violent Saturday

1955·1h 30m·★ 6.9·Richard Fleischer

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Siberian Education

2013·1h 50m·★ 6.3·Gabriele Salvatores

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How Good Is The American Soldier?

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