Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Shanghai Massacre

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

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#1
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987★ 7.5

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

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who lo...

#2
Boudica

Boudica

2023★ 5.8

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

Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers...

#3
Ninja

Ninja

2009★ 6.1

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

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons o...

#4
Falcon Rising

Falcon Rising

2014★ 6.3

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

Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead....

#5
55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963★ 6.9

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

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests...

#6
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Massacre for fans of Drama. 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....

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