Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Shanghai

If you loved Shanghai, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hammett

Hammett

1982★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit...

#2
Allied

Allied

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationsh...

#3
Notorious

Notorious

1946★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they beg...

#4
King Rat

King Rat

1965★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners ...

#5
Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1936★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow age...

#6
The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

2011★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai for fans of Drama & Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-este...

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