Movies Like The Shanghai Gesture

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Murder, My Sweet

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Edward Dmytryk

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1948·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

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Macao

1952·1h 21m·★ 6.6·Josef von Sternberg

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On the Waterfront

1954·1h 48m·★ 8.1·Elia Kazan

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The Long Goodbye

1973·1h 52m·★ 7.5·Robert Altman

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1969·1h 53m·★ 7.6·Claude Chabrol

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The Bourne Supremacy

2004·1h 48m·★ 7.7·Paul Greengrass

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1998·1h 58m·★ 7.4·Terry Gilliam

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2001·2h 26m·★ 7.2·Steven Spielberg

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Angel Face

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Otto Preminger

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1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

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1997·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Clint Eastwood

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2007·1h 35m·★ 6.6·Wong Kar-Wai

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2006·1h 44m·★ 7.0·Pierre Salvadori

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1954·2h 19m·★ 6.5·Michael Curtiz

Both star Victor Mature & Gene Tierney

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1990·1h 42m·★ 6.4·John Schlesinger

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American Gigolo

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How Good Is The Shanghai Gesture?

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