Five Films Where Cities are Characters
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You can travel to Belgium, Hong Kong and New York. Or you can watch these movies about them.

1
Chungking Express
1994

Two offbeat love stories revolve around Hong Kong police, drug-smuggling and a fast-food eatery.

2
Midnight Cowboy
1969

A prostitute finds a friend in the unlikely shape of Ratso Rizzo, a local street hustler.

3
The Great Beauty
2013

An aging writer bitterly recollects his passionate youth.

4
Amelie From Montmartre
2001

The discovery of a long-forgotten treasure sets a Parisian waitress on a quest.

5
In Bruges
2008

After messing up on a hit, hitmen Ray and Ken are ordered by their boss to hang low in Bruges.

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