Movies Like The Wasted Times
If you liked The Wasted Times (2016), a drama and mystery movie directed by Cheng Er, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Mr. Six (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaMany years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but…
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Shanghai (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and mysteryAn American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a…
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The Boxer from Shantung (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaLeaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
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Hidden Blade (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryFollows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
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Hoodlum (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaIn 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and…
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Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and mysteryAn aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…
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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaIn this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
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Shanghai Triad (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crimeShanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies…
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaTommy 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 on them and new players are looking…
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Gangster Squad (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaLos Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west…
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The Outsider (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and dramaA former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
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The Dead Pool (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaDirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick…
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Police Story: Lockdown (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaA man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
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Sexy Beast (2001)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaEx-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaAfter his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.
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The Yakuza (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaWhen George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
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The Outfit (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaLeonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes…
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The Corruptor (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and dramaDanny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…
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The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaWhen an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
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Hidden Man (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaA martial arts-infused spy thriller set in 1937 Beijing. A time when China was lurching between revolution, prosperity, and chaos.