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10 Best Movies Like The City of Lost Children

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

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#1
Delicatessen

Delicatessen

1991★ 7.3

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

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town f...

#2
Assassination

Assassination

1987★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The City of Lost Children for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story ...

#3
Versus

Versus

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The City of Lost Children for fans of Fantasy & Adventure. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those ...

#4
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#5
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

1990★ 7.1

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

Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he "likes and dislikes."...

#6
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Un début prometteur

2015★ 4.6

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

Tired of life, Martin returns to live with his romantic father and idealist little brother Gabriel.Martin will try hard to warn Gabriel about falling in love until Mathilde - a gam...