Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Chinatown

If you loved Chinatown, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hero at Large

Hero at Large

1980★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinatown for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he ...

#2
Female Fight Squad

Female Fight Squad

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinatown for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it....

#3
Code 8 Part II

Code 8 Part II

2024★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinatown for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop....

#4
Busting

Busting

1974★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinatown for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results....

#5
Border Hunters

Border Hunters

2025★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinatown for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/mili...

#6
Rev

Rev

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinatown for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young thief with a history of grand theft auto becomes an informant and helps police bring down a criminal enterprise involved in the smuggling of hundreds of exotic super cars....

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