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10 Best Movies Like A Stranger in Shanghai

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

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#1
Shanghai

Shanghai

2010★ 6.1

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

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the de...

#2
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#3
Tokyo Family

Tokyo Family

2013★ 7.3

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

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
If Cats Disappeared from the World

If Cats Disappeared from the World

2016★ 6.8

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

A postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then appears in front of him and offers to extend his life if he picks something in ...

#6
Wife of a Spy

Wife of a Spy

2020★ 6.7

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

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’...

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