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

Hounddog
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Shanghai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

The Safety of Objects
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Shanghai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

Radium Girls
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Shanghai for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

A City of Sadness
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Shanghai for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987....

Buddha Mountain
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Shanghai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

Confucius
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Shanghai for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of ...