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Movies Like The Ambassador

If you liked The Ambassador (1993), a movie directed by Magdalena Lynn, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Goodnight Mommy

    Goodnight Mommy (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10

    When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.

  2. 2Original Sin

    Original Sin (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10

    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.

  3. 3Pretty Persuasion

    Pretty Persuasion (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

  4. 4Fifty Shades of Grey

    Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

    ★ 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 life will take. Christian, as enigmatic…

  5. 5For Sama

    For Sama (2019)

    ★ 8.2/10

    A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all…

  6. 6Indian Summer

    Indian Summer (1972)

    ★ 7.6/10

    In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his…

  7. 7Sin City

    Sin City (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are…

  8. 8Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs

    Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)

    ★ 7/10

    In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.

  9. 9The Banana Splits Movie

    The Banana Splits Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A boy named Harley and his family attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things…

  10. 10The Dreamers

    The Dreamers (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10

    When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

  11. 11Shame

    Shame (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up…

  12. 12The Krays

    The Krays (1990)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…

  13. 13Lockdown

    Lockdown (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…

  14. 14Ted K

    Ted K (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10

    An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.

  15. 15Caligula

    Caligula (1979)

    ★ 6/10

    After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

  16. 16Fight Club

    Fight Club (1999)

    ★ 8.4/10

    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an…

  17. 17Wake of Death

    Wake of Death (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…

  18. 18The Substitute 2: School's Out

    The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…

  19. 19Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10

    After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best…

  20. 20Dolemite Is My Name

    Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

    ★ 7/10

    The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

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