10 Best Movies Like Chinese Shadows
If you loved Chinese Shadows, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Kompromat
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinese Shadows for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Mathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he ...

Sergio
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinese Shadows for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

All Day and a Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinese Shadows for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

Vanya on 42nd Street
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinese Shadows for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play i...

Case 137
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinese Shadows for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she ...

Le Plaisir
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinese Shadows for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale...