
10 Best Movies Like The Shanghai Spell
If you loved The Shanghai Spell, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The King of Havana
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shanghai Spell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

The Miracle of Marcelino
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shanghai Spell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend ...

Martin (Hache)
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shanghai Spell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

Lady Driver
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shanghai Spell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the d...

The Artist and the Model
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shanghai Spell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In occupied France in summer 1943, a world-weary famous sculptor finds the desire to work again with the arrival of a beautiful young Spanish refugee....

Hungry Hearts
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shanghai Spell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....