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10 Best Movies Like City 40

If you loved City 40, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Night and Fog

Night and Fog

1956★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City 40 for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps....

#2
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City 40 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City 40 for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles....

#4
150 Milligrams

150 Milligrams

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City 40 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for th...

#5
Dalida

Dalida

2017★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City 40 for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awa...

#6
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City 40 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...