Movies like The American Friend

Though more modern, Drive presents a stylized version of Los Angeles and focuses on a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. The film's atmospheric tension and understated performances share common ground with the tone set in The American Friend.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this intense psychological thriller starring Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert entangled in a possible murder plot shares the paranoid atmosphere and character nuances that echo the sophisticated storytelling of The American Friend.

Michael Mann's Thief, featuring a career criminal looking to leave the life of crime, offers a neo-noir experience with a focus on the intricacies of its characters' lives, mirrored in The American Friend's in-depth psychological exploration.

Directed by Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye follows private detective Philip Marlowe as he navigates through a complex web of betrayal and deception. Fans of The American Friend will appreciate the film's neo-noir atmosphere and its cynical take on the genre, much like Wenders' approach to storytelling.