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10 Best Movies Like While the City Sleeps

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

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#1
Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While the City Sleeps for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money....

#2
Love at First Fight

Love at First Fight

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While the City Sleeps for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to lear...

#3
Alice

Alice

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While the City Sleeps for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realize...

#4
The World of Apu

The World of Apu

1959★ 8.1

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

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

#5
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1989★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While the City Sleeps for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for...

#6
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964★ 7.1

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

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cann...