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

Nanking
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Express for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the...

The Secrets We Keep
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Express for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he comm...

The One That Got Away
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Express for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

In Secret
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Express for fans of Drama & Romance & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a ...

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Express for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Express for fans of Drama & Romance & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II....