
10 Best Movies Like The Wasted Times
If you loved The Wasted Times, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mountains May Depart
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wasted Times for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025....

The Emperor and the Assassin
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wasted Times for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty fal...

I'm Livin' It
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wasted Times for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Once a star in his finance firm, Bowen now spends his nights in a 24-hour fast food joint, where he encounters others “roommates” who are in a similar predicament. Together these a...

Lethal Hostage
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wasted Times for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Produced by Crazy Racer director Ning Hao, Lethal Hostage revolves around a drug dealer who falls in love with his hostage and decides to quit the business following one final deal...

The Grandmaster
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wasted Times for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining he...

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wasted Times for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance....