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10 Best Movies Like Shanghai Moon

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

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#1
Room 237

Room 237

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Moon for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated thro...

#2
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#3
The Lost World

The Lost World

2001★ 6.1

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

This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bul...

#4
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening

2012★ 6.5

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

Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love....

#5
The Last Command

The Last Command

1928★ 7.3

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

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary....

#6
Five Star Christmas

Five Star Christmas

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Moon for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

After moving back to her hometown, Lisa (Lenz) plots with her siblings and grandparents to help her father's bed and breakfast get a five-star review from an incognito travel criti...

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