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10 Best Movies Like To Be Number One

If you loved To Be Number One, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Number One for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
The Goldfinger

The Goldfinger

2023★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Number One for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1970s Hong Kong, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was formed to bring down the corruption syndicate led by British government officials. One of its top inves...

#3
Made in Hong Kong

Made in Hong Kong

1997★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Number One for fans of Crime & 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...

#4
Trivisa

Trivisa

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Number One for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Hong Kong's three notorious thieves who have never met one another before appear in the same restaurant. This leads to a rumour that they are joining forces to pull off something b...

#5
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Number One for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#6
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

2018★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Number One for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the ...

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