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10 Best Movies Like Hong Kong’s Secret City

If you loved Hong Kong’s Secret City, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hong Kong’s Secret City for fans of History & Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy...

#2
Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters

1968★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hong Kong’s Secret City for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the...

#3
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hong Kong’s Secret City for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#4
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hong Kong’s Secret City for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success...

#5
The Frozen North

The Frozen North

1922★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hong Kong’s Secret City for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the s...

#6
Re-Generator

Re-Generator

2010★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hong Kong’s Secret City for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A plane containing a highly classified government project crashes outside of a small town in the US. Realizing the level of danger, the government tries to secretly fix the problem...