# Movies like The Forbidden City

> Films most similar to The Forbidden City (2025) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-forbidden-city-2025/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Freaks Out](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/freaks-out-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.3 · 952 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, neon-soaked
- **[They Call Me Jeeg](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/they-call-me-jeeg-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.4 · 2,584 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Germinal](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/germinal-1993/)** (1993) — ★ 6.7 · 341 votes · bittersweet, gut-punch, raw
- **[The Apartment](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-apartment-1996/)** (1996) — ★ 6.8 · 244 votes · bittersweet, sexy, tender
- **[Outside the Law](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/outside-the-law-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 6.6 · 203 votes · bittersweet, outsider, raw
- **[The Best Years](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-best-years-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.8 · 436 votes · bittersweet, cozy, tender
- **[Caught by a Wave](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/caught-by-a-wave-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.6 · 251 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Superheroes](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/superheroes-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.2 · 226 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Benedetta](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/benedetta-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.6 · 1,145 votes · dread, outsider, sexy
- **[Beating Hearts](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/beating-hearts-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 7.2 · 1,020 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn, tender
- **[Masquerade](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/masquerade-2022/)** (2022) — ★ 6.8 · 456 votes · bittersweet, outsider, playful
- **[The Taste of Things](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-taste-of-things-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 7.1 · 383 votes · sexy, slow-burn, tender

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