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

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Midnight Cowboy
1969
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A prostitute finds a friend in the unlikely shape of Ratso Rizzo, a local street hustler.

3
The Great Beauty
2013
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An aging writer bitterly recollects his passionate youth.

4
Amelie From Montmartre
2001
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The discovery of a long-forgotten treasure sets a Parisian waitress on a quest.

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In Bruges
2008
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After messing up on a hit, hitmen Ray and Ken are ordered by their boss to hang low in Bruges.

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