Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 18, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The City

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

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#1
Ali and Nino

Ali and Nino

2016★ 6.6

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

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s...

#2
I Still Hide to Smoke

I Still Hide to Smoke

2017★ 6.9

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

Α tragi-comedy about 9 women of different ages and various backgrounds that gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives....

#3
Uncorked

Uncorked

2020★ 6.1

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

Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint....

#4
The Man Who Sold His Skin

The Man Who Sold His Skin

2021★ 6.6

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

To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becomin...

#5
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#6
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

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