Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Open City

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

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#1
Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

1997★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Open City for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. Whil...

#2
The Weekend Away

The Weekend Away

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Open City for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception....

#3
A Private War

A Private War

2018★ 6.8

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

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give...

#4
Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier

1992★ 6.3

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

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the fa...

#5
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

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

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

#6
A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

2015★ 6.7

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

Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been devastated by a cruel war, bu...

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