Shanghai Blues vs The Love Hypothesis
The Love Hypothesis has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7/10 for Shanghai Blues). Shanghai Blues is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 52m. Shanghai Blues is the older of the two (1984 against 2026). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Shanghai Blues
The Love Hypothesis| Shanghai Blues | The Love Hypothesis | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1984 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Tsui Hark | Claire Scanlon |
| Main cast | Henry Fong Ping, Shing Fui-On, Kenny Bee, Woo Fung, Sylvia Chang | Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay |
Synopsis
Shanghai Blues
In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba-player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it they end up living in the same building unbeknownst to each other. Through a series of mishaps, he mistakes her new ingénue…
The Love Hypothesis
Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.
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