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10 Best Movies Like Shanghai Grand

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

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#1
The Way of the Dragon

The Way of the Dragon

1972★ 7.4

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

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tan...

#2
House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers

2004★ 7.3

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

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin he...

#3
The Warlords

The Warlords

2007★ 6.8

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

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to era...

#4
Prince Charming

Prince Charming

1999★ 5.9

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

A man falls in love with a woman from Shanghai, who's come to Hong Kong to look for long-lost-mother, but problems arise when her wealthy father assumes she's been kidnapped....

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Grand for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...