Shanghai Women / 2002

After Women’s Story, Peng returns to the most straightforward representation of women’s issues in Shanghai Women, a film about three rural women. As the first work in Peng’s Shanghai Trilogy, Shanghai Women describes the problem that women encounter trying to secure urban (residential) space through the story of women from three generations.

Shanghai Vance King / 1984

Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Shanghai Quarantopia / 2023

How has the coronavirus epidemic transformed everyday life in Shanghai? The world seems to have gone black and white. New routines are replaced by often harrowing and bleak intertwining stories, public announcements or cries for help. The director observes these from the shelter of her home, but even this, as a result of isolation, no longer evokes a sense of safe haven.

Shanghai Night Walk 2: Dangerous Game / 2022

Welcome to Destination Shanghai / 2003

Shanghai was once called the "Paris of the East," but changes come with time and social tumult. Now, amid crumbling buildings, crushing poverty and social decay, filmmaker Andrew Cheng captures a city fallen victim to moral and economic decline. Through a collection of vignettes involving male prostitutes, aging hookers and other sex-trade workers, Cheng reveals the sordid heart of a once glittering metropolis.

Temporary Government in Shanghai / 1969

The story deals with the life of Kim Gu, who dedicated his life for the good of his country and people.

Shanghai Moon / 1941

This movie is presumed to be lost.

Ship Floats to Shanghai / 1991

A young married couple does not share the bed. However, they try to hide all the obstacles and their problems in public, presenting their marriage to be an idyllic and exemplary one. Below their provincial mask, one can reveal the intolerance, strong emotions and passions of a spoiled Belgrade girl and an ambitious small-town lawyer.

Carnets de Shanghai / 2004

"Carnets de Shanghai" (Shanghai diaries) is presenting itself like the sketch of a poetic, not historical, portrait of Shanghai, coming from subjective impressions and reflexion on the position and intentions of the filmmaker.

Shanghai Dragon / 2007

An imaginative Chinese boy finds a futuristic device that can make his own drawings come to life. After discovering the device the town he lives in is about to be invaded by spaceships and machine of mass destruction that are all centuries ahead of Earth's time.

Shanghai Jim: J.G. Ballard /

Bookmark follows JG Ballard from Shepperton to Shanghai and back, looking at the scenes of his life which inspired his autobiographical novels. This is a BBC original production which aired in 1991, directed by James Runcie. It chronicles J.G. Ballard's first trip to Shanghai after he first left it in 1946. He discusses his ilfe and his work especially his two autobiographical novels, Empire of the Sun and The Kindness of Women. There are also bits there about Crash and Vermilion Sands.

Shanghai, I Love You /

This "Cities of Love" episode takes us to one of the most fascinating cities in the world. Shanghai stands for a long history of sensuality, intrigues and mystery.

Die Gefangene von Shanghai / 1927

Maria Sinclair, the wife of the British consul, is about to visit her husband when she is arrested by the Chinese. General Hai Lung, who is in charge, offers to give her husband his life if she would promise to stay with him instead.

NANA MIZUKI LIVE ISLAND+ at Shanghai Himalaya Taikan Butai 2018 / 2018

Nana Mizuki's LIVE ISLAND+ 2018 concert film recorded at Shanghai Himalaya Taikan Butai.

Homay King on 'Shanghai Express' / 2018

Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'.

Shanghai Knight / 2022

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce established a Jockey Club during the Republic of China, patriot Jin Guangrong signed the "Seven Wharfs" gambling contract with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in order to protect the control of the wharf. Ma Yunfei, a hero with superb riding skills became entangled with Jin Guangrong due to someone's framing, and became a murderer overnight. A gamble, a wave of conspiracies, and a fierce and thrilling horse race have made the already unstable Shanghai bund even more turbulent...

Che botte ragazzi! / 19756.52 voti

Shangai Joe e il suo partner, il classico venditore ambulante, fanno insieme concorrenza alla celebre coppia Spencer - Hill. Alla fine, il cattivo di turno viene smascherato e sconfitto.

Shanghai Shimen Road / 2010

In the late 1980's Shanghai, a 16 year-old boy, Xiaoli, comes of age surrounded by his neighbors and grandfather. His best friend is a girl named Lanmi, a couple years older than him. But Lanmi slowly drifts away from him, lured by the new opportunities which come as China opens up to foreign goods and businessmen. At the same time, the 1989 events force Xiaoli to grow up and to let go of his teenage dreams.

Big Boss of Shanghai / 1979

Chen and his brother travel to Shanghai in search of fame and fortune, but end up pitted against Chinese Mafia bosses - and can only fight their way out of the web of violence and betrayal they find themselves caught up in.

Great Shanghai 1937 / 1986

In August 1937, Japanese troops occupied Shanghai. Three leaders in Shanghai go their separate ways: Jinrong Huang never sees other people; Xiaolin Zhang makes a great fortune and Yuesheng Du leaves for HongKong. Japanese form The Traitors Agents Headquarters to kill Chinese people. The patriotistic people composes the assassination team.