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10 Best Movies Like On the Red

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

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#1
Made in Hong Kong

Made in Hong Kong

1997★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Red for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Hong Kong 1997, where young people dream of love and death, suicide and murder. Moon is a cynical young debt collector, smitten by Ping, a young woman dying of kidney disease. A su...

#2
Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996★ 7.9

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

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As fri...

#3
Sparrow

Sparrow

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Red for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Kei is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets — also known as "Sparrows" in HK slang. He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei, sud...

#4
Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs

2002★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Red for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their o...

#5
Love on a Diet

Love on a Diet

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Red for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan....

#6
Ballad of a Small Player

Ballad of a Small Player

2025★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Red for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table....

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