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10 Best Movies Like The Profligate Son

If you loved The Profligate Son, 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 The Profligate Son for fans of Drama. 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
Love on a Diet

Love on a Diet

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Profligate Son 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....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Sparrow

Sparrow

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Profligate Son 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...

#5
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#6
All About Ah-Long

All About Ah-Long

1989★ 7.3

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

Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-gir...

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