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10 Best Movies Like China Lake

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

#1
Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu

Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu

2019★ 7.6

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

From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu....

#2
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China Lake for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#3
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China Lake for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the ...

#4
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China Lake for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#5
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China Lake for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in....

#6
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...