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10 Best Movies Like Shanghai Surprise

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

#1
Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1990★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Surprise for fans of Adventure & Crime & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob....

#2
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

2010★ 6.2

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

An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions....

#3
Auto Focus

Auto Focus

2002★ 6.4

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

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records a...

#4
Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

1987★ 7.3

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

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shanghai Surprise for fans of Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...