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10 Best Movies Like Exiled to Shanghai

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

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#1
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exiled to 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....

#2
Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

2007★ 6.3

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

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to ...

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#4
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#5
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#6
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

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