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Shanghai is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the third largest in the world, with 24.89 million inhabitants in 2021, while the urban area is the most populous in China, with 39.3 million residents. As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion). Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for finance, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, tourism, and culture. The Port of Shanghai is the world's busiest container port. Originally a fishing village and market town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to both domestic and foreign trade and its favorable port location. The city was one of five treaty ports forced to open to European trade after the First Opium War which ceded Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, following the Second Battle of Chuenpi in 1841, more than 60 km (37 mi) east of the Portuguese colony of Macau that was also controlled by Portugal of the Luso-Chinese agreement of 1554. The Shanghai International Settlement and... ()

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Skyfall(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 23min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 7,280 votes)

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

Mission: Impossible III(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 3,013 votes)

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.

Kung Fu Hustle(2004)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 39min | Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 1,179 votes)

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Her(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Romance / Love, Science Fiction, Drama
3.9/5 (with 6,759 votes)

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

Looper(2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 58min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 4,661 votes)

In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Rise of the Legend(2014)

2h 11min | Drama, Action
3.1/5 (with 74 votes)

In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port….

Directed by Roy Chow

Monk Comes Down the Mountain(2015)

1h 53min | Action, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 40 votes)

When a young monk is forced to leave his impoverished monastery, he relies on his extraordinary martial arts skills to survive in the outside world. In search of a mentor, he crosses paths with a Kung Fu master who is in possession of the Book of Secrets, which reveals the lost art of the deadly Ape Strike Kung Fu technique. The rare book is coveted by a sinister father and son who will go to any extremes to obtain it. The monk finds himself immersed in a deadly battle to protect both the book and his master.

Directed by Chen Kaige - With Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei, Li Xuejian, ...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 29min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 3,829 votes)

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Ip Man 3(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Action, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 757 votes)

When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.

Directed by Wilson Yip - With Donnie Yen, Zhang Jin, Lynn Hung, Patrick Tam, Kent Cheng, Bryan Leung, ...

The Man with the Iron Fists(2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Action
2.8/5 (with 502 votes)

In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.

Dying to Survive(2018)

1h 57min | Drama, Comedy
4.1/5 (with 53 votes)

When a mysterious visitor appears, the life of Yong Cheng, owner of a store that stocks aphrodisiac products, changes dramatically. He becomes the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Not only does Yong Cheng see his profits skyrocket, but he is dubbed the god of medicine“ by his customers.

Directed by Wen Muye, Jianv Han - With Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Zhou Yiwei, Eric Wang, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu, ...

Hector and the Search for Happiness(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Adventure, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 372 votes)

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

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Bodyguards and Assassins(2009)

2h 19min | Drama, Action, History
3.4/5 (with 164 votes)

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.

So Young(2013)

2h 11min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 43 votes)

On the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen Hao-Zheng in a chance encounter, and despite initial reluctance, Chen accepts Wei as his girlfriend and the two become inseparable. Four years of university life pass and Wei looks forward to establishing a life together with Chen. However, Chen is forced into an impossible decision to leave Wei. Devastated, Wei decides to start afresh. A decade later, Wei’s previous lovers Lin and Chen both find their way back into her life and she has to make a choice on her next step in life.

Directed by Zhao Wei - With Mark Chao, Han Geng

The Crossing(2014)

2h 9min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 16 votes)

At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.

Dangerous Liaisons(2012)

1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

Dangerous Liaisons is a Chinese film by Hur Jin-ho based on the novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

Tiny Times(2013)

2.2/5 (with 25 votes)

When four best friends try and move forward in their work and personal life, they realize that trying to live their life's dream is more difficult than they imagine -- especially in the high fashion world of Shanghai.

The Continent(2014)

1h 40min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 31 votes)

A road movie that follows three young men yearning after their ideals.

Directed by Han Han - With Feng Shaofeng

The Last Tycoon(2012)

1h 58min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when Cheng finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

The Silent War(2012)

3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.

Tiny Times 3(2014)

1h 50min | Romance / Love, Drama
1.7/5 (with 16 votes)

Lin Xiao, Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru - these four best friends, after waving goodbye to their school campus and entering the workforce, they are faced with various challenges in their life: friendship, love, and career. Together, they become lost in life, having long forgotten their past courage.

Directed by Guo Jingming - With Yang Mi

A Wedding Invitation(2013)

1h 41min | Romance / Love
2.0/5 (with 3 votes)

High school sweethearts QiaoQiao and Li Xing are about to graduate from university and Li Xing surprises QiaoQiao with a marriage proposal. QiaoQiao, however, declines the proposal, offering rash arguments as to why he's not ready. Little does he know, QiaoQiao has a devastating secret. Nonetheless, they write a break-up contract; if they're both single in five years, they'll get married. The two part ways and five years pass. Believing Li Xing is still waiting for her, QiaoQiao waits patiently for his call. But when Li Xing finally does contact her it's to invite her to his wedding. QiaoQiao is flabbergasted and is determined to win her former flame back at any cost-even though the secret that forced them apart lingers. Can their love truly be reignited?

Directed by O Ki-hwan - With Xue Bai, Eddie Peng

Gone with the Bullets(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 20min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama, Action
3.0/5 (with 25 votes)

Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic events that change their destinies.

Directed by Jiang Wen - With Wen Zhang, Wang Zhiwen, Hung Huang, Na Ying, Ge You, Jiang Wen, ...

Duckweed(2017)

1h 42min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father’s life in the past.

Directed by Han Han - With Deng Chao

The Golden Era(2014)

2h 57min | History, Drama
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.

Women Who Flirt(2014)

2.6/5 (with 14 votes)

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Directed by Pang Ho-cheung - With Zhou Xun

Tiny Times 2(2013)

2.0/5 (with 18 votes)

Set four years after the first movie, Lin Xiao, Lily, Nan Xiang, and Ruby, confront opportunities and challenges as their school days come to an end.

Directed by Guo Jingming - With Yang Mi

The Stolen Years(2013)

1h 51min | Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

He Man awakes from a coma thinking that she’s still on her honeymoon with her husband Xie Yu, but she gets a rude shock: there’s a five-year gap in her memory, and during that time the couple has divorced. Confused and desperate to figure out how their marriage crumbled, He Man seeks out her ex-husband and her ex-best-friend for answers.

Never Said Goodbye(2016)

1h 41min | Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.

Directed by Lin Yu-Hsien - With Lee Joon-gi

Shanghai Noir(2015)

2h 3min | Crime
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Fan Ruyi, a detective, finds himself framed after getting a top secret mission. Along the way he meets a blind performer and a powerful warlord's daughter that further complicates his quest to clear his name.

Directed by Clara Law
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