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Movies Like American Born Asians

If you liked American Born Asians (2011), a movie directed by Juan Cuba, 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. 1Porno

    Porno (2019)

    ★ 6/10

    When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.

  2. 2The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…

  3. 3The Little Death

    The Little Death (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.

  4. 4Jarhead: Law of Return

    Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken…

  5. 5Shame

    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…

  6. 6The Man from Elysian Fields

    The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

  7. 7Pink Flamingos

    Pink Flamingos (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The…

  8. 8Pimp

    Pimp (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…

  9. 9Fifty 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…

  10. 10Casualties of War

    Casualties of War (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10

    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

  11. 11Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

    ★ 8.1/10

    A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even…

  12. 12Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  13. 13Poor Things

    Poor Things (2023)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand…

  14. 14Shogun Assassin

    Shogun Assassin (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his…

  15. 15Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  16. 16Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  17. 17Pretty 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.

  18. 18In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  19. 19Trafficked

    Trafficked (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to…

  20. 20Original 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.

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