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10 Best Movies Like The Last Tycoon

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

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#1
The Wasted Times

The Wasted Times

2016★ 6.9

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

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army....

#2
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai

Once Upon a Time in Shanghai

2014★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Tycoon for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung....

#3
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939★ 7.5

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

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddi...

#4
Radium Girls

Radium Girls

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Tycoon for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

#5
Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

1998★ 6.9

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

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male eli...

#6
Firestorm

Firestorm

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Tycoon for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Hong Kong. When Cao Nan and his group of thieves rob an armored car in broad daylight, they don't hesitate to murder innocent people on the run. Lui Ming Chit, a veteran police ins...

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