Searching vs Shanghai
Searching has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.1/10 for Shanghai). Searching is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 45m. Shanghai is the older of the two (2010 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Searching
Shanghai| Searching | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Aneesh Chaganty | Mikael Håfström |
| Main cast | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Wong, Franka Potente, David Morse |
Synopsis
Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
Shanghai
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
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