American abroad movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant american abroad movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, suspenseful, feel good, weird and serious films and TV shows about / with american abroad, storytelling, dialogue, runaway, culture clash, mentor, catastrophe, brutality, violence and vengeance plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as american abroad: What a Girl Wants (2003), Ted Lasso (2020), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), Simon Killer (2012), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), Wild Bill (2019), Local Hero (1983), King Ralph (1991), Green Street Hooligans (2005).
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Malta, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:
intense, tense, suspenseful, realistic, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, terrorism, cia, courage, mercenary, rescue mission, combat, soldier, commando, embassy, navy seal, cia agent ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is ...
Style:
feel good, cute, teen, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
teenage girl, teen romance, father daughter relationship, cinderella story, daughter, fish out of water, social differences, teenager, love and romance, american abroad, estrangement, father daughter reunion ...
Time:
90s, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom, sincere ...
Plot:
soccer, football team, american abroad, soccer coach, football player, professional sports, closeted homosexual, friendship, strong female character, coaching, divorce, career change ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy.
Style:
teen, sweet, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night, girls' night ...
Plot:
teenage girl, love and romance, american abroad, teenager, friendship, youth, high school, happy ending, teenage life, musician's life, hidden identity, disorder ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. His life should be open-ended and full of promise, but he can’t shake his feelings of loss. Being a stranger in a strange land only aggravates his ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
american abroad, prostitute, college graduate, fish out of water, disorder, misfit, fall in love, mysterious character, lifestyle, eye, blackmail, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, war, american abroad, battles, u.s. army, soldier, rebellion, heroic mission, military life, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1962
Place:
germany, iraq, europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the ...
Style:
aesthetic, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coca cola, mother daughter relationship, american abroad, satire, small town, workplace, culture clash, fish out of water, food, father daughter relationship, irony, critique of capitalism ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, balkan, georgia, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
british police, father daughter relationship, police station, police protagonist, protective father, culture clash, american abroad, police investigation, chief of police, teenage daughter, russophobia, partner ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Style:
witty, sweet, humorous, touching, talky ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
small town, village life, husband wife relationship, fish out of water, culture clash, american abroad, melancholy, social commentary, oil, therapist, rabbit, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
scotland, houston texas, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, love and romance, american abroad, king, nobility, head of state, goofy hero, rise to the top, love at first sight, dishonesty, misfit ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
england, usa, europe, buckingham palace, las vegas ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of ...
Style:
serious, homoerotic, disturbing, factual, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
soccer, gang, hooligan, hooliganism, friendship, self discovery, subculture, buddies, friends, uninhibited rivalry, obsession, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, harvard university
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Style:
teen, feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
cooking, food, restaurant, culture clash, american abroad, mentor, interracial romance, language barrier, chef, cooking and food, foreigner in japan, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Croatia, USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his ...
Style:
satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
satire, cia agent, male friendship, american abroad, ex husband ex wife relationship, movie star, bromance, father daughter relationship, undercover, drug lord, special agent, celebrity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain, former yugoslavia, mediterranean sea, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
Style:
exciting, intense, tech noir, action packed, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, terrorist, vigilante, vigilantism, heroes, one man army, vengeance, firefighter, righteous rage, loss of son, loss of wife ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, washington d.c., south america, latin america, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
father son relationship, violence, cia agent, tough cop, car chase, terrorist, terrorism, 007, american abroad, car accident, traffic jam, uranium ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, seattle, new york, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual abuse, murder, home invasion, revenge, rape, violent, rape and revenge, sex, sexual assault, vigilante, rape turns to consensual sex, protective male ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
england, cornwall, britain, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
Style:
anamorphic, independent film, grindhouse, cult horror, horror comedy ...
Plot:
animal attack, revenge, killer animal, creature feature, brother brother relationship, death of wife, nightmare, dog, slaughterhouse, hunter, death of child, american abroad ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, oceania, new york, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, ...
Style:
black and white, contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot:
jazz, american abroad, jazz musician, dating, love, racial issues, musician, glamour, nightclub, fall in love, racism, music ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, gothic, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
werewolf, monster, nightmare, transformation, supernatural, full moon, violence, monster as victim, gory, wolf, ghost, hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, northern england ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sex, sexuality, strong sexual content, explicit sex, sex scene, lust, erection, sexual desire, desire, unsimulated sex, intercourse, sensuality ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, antarctica, britain, europe, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot:
divorced couple, love, ex husband ex wife relationship, happy ending, american abroad, wedding, divorced parents, beer pong, marriage proposal, holiday romance, female friendship, family relations ...
Place:
bali, indonesia, australia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, stylized, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, marijuana, money, gang, criminal underworld, british, crime boss, tough guy, gang war, sarcasm, swearing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
survival, coup d'etat, family in danger, riot, execution, race against time, escape, rebellion, american abroad, danger, wrong place wrong time, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, southeast asia, thailand, vietnam, middle east ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Style:
clever, tense, captivating, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
cia, secret agent, politics, rescue mission, revolution, u.s. embassy, secret mission, propaganda, danger, hostage, undercover, espionage ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place:
middle east, iran, tehran iran, los angeles, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they ...
Style:
humorous, road movie, romantic, melancholic, exciting ...
Plot:
american abroad, opium, unlikely friendships, happy ending, drug dealing, partner, cons and scams, dishonesty, unlikely partners, missionary, screwball, corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 1930s, year 1937
Place:
china, shanghai, asia, argentina
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1951 New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Although ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, captivating, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian couple, poetry, writer's life, lesbian love, love and romance, love, lgbt, poet, alcoholism, american abroad, writers ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951, 1950s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, nebraska, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, scenic, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, travel, journey, pilgrimage, death of son, spiritual journey, dead son, self discovery, redemption, on the road, grief, wanderlust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, france, iberian peninsula, basque country, europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, scary, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brainwashing, cult leader, isolation, isolated community, sect, commune, religion, religious cult, mass suicide, found footage, religions or cults, lost in the woods ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city
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