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Movies like Chinatown

Not everyone loves Chinatown for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Chinatown

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret.

  2. You can take an ending where the wrong people win.

  3. You like Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, nose bandaged and all.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Gone Baby Gone2007

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret

    Good for you if you like a missing-child case that keeps changing shape.

  • True Detective2014

    • an ending where the wrong people win

    Good for you if you like dark ideas and darker places.

  • The Killing2011

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret
    • an ending where the wrong people win

    Good for you if you like one murder investigated over two whole seasons.

  • The Batman2022

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret

    Good for you if you like Batman solving a case like a noir detective.

  • Mystic River2003

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret
    • an ending where the wrong people win
    • Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, nose bandaged and all

    Good for you if you like raw, powerful acting.

  • Se7en1995

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret
    • an ending where the wrong people win

    Good for you if you can take an ending that stays with you for days.

  • Prisoners2013

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret
    • Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, nose bandaged and all

    Good for you if you like collecting clues and trying to get ahead of the detective.

  • Insomnia2002

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret
    • Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, nose bandaged and all

    Good for you if you like Al Pacino falling apart from days without sleep.

  • Perry Mason2020

    • a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret

    Good for you if you like a case that drags a whole city's secrets into court.

Reasons taken from Chinatown's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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