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10 Best Movies Like Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

If you loved Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
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Extracted

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Thomas Jacobs invents a way to watch people's memories from the inside. Going against his morals, he accepts an offer to enter a heroin addict's memories to literally see if he com...

#2
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

2010★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings for fans of Action & Adventure & Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire....

#3
Hidden Man

Hidden Man

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A martial arts-infused spy thriller set in 1937 Beijing. A time when China was lurching between revolution, prosperity, and chaos....

#4
Max und die wilde 7

Max und die wilde 7

2020★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Nine-year-old Max moves to Geroldseck Castle, together with his mother, who takes up a position as a geriatric nurse there. Apparently a shrewd thief is up to mischief here. His mo...

#5
The Heiresses

The Heiresses

2018★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a gro...

#6
The Smell of Us

The Smell of Us

2015★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Self-destructive teens go skateboarding, use drugs and turn tricks in Paris....