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10 Best Movies Like Metro Manila

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

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#1
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2012★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metro Manila for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jasna, a beautiful teenager, leads a crude life in post-war Serbia. She goes on a spree of sex, drugs and partying until she finds love and tenderness in a harsh environment....

#2
Manila by Night

Manila by Night

1980★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metro Manila for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostit...

#3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

2010★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metro Manila for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleas...

#4
These Final Hours

These Final Hours

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metro Manila for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he...

#5
Red Dawn

Red Dawn

1984★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metro Manila for fans of Thriller & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces....

#6
The Salvation

The Salvation

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metro Manila for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forc...