Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Shanghai Trance

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

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#1
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020★ 8.2

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

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left....

#2
The Invisible

The Invisible

2007★ 6.4

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

After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker....

#3
Code 46

Code 46

2003★ 6.2

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

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identit...

#4
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

#5
Love Me

Love Me

2025★ 6.0

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

In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves an...

#6
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

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

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

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