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10 Best Movies Like Shanghai Knight

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

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#1
Ride Like a Girl

Ride Like a Girl

2019★ 7.2

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

The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup....

#2
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Knight 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
Fast Girls

Fast Girls

2012★ 6.1

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

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete....

#4
Jungleland

Jungleland

2020★ 6.4

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

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that th...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

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

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

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