Asian
by BCBev-DVR | created - 06 Aug 2019 | updated - 24 Feb 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
When the ruling dynasty in China sends soldiers to destroy the Shaolin Temple, students use their martial arts to defend the school.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi, Yi Ling Chen, Chia-Hui Liu
Votes: 441
2. Human Lanterns (1982)
99 min | Horror, Action
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
Director: Chung Sun | Stars: Tony Liu, Kuan Tai Chen, Lieh Lo, Ni Tien
Votes: 1,100
3. Black Magic (1975)
R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
An evil magician makes a living by casting deadly spells on people's objects of desire. He gets overly ambitious, and start to go out of control.
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Lung Ti, Lieh Lo, Ni Tien, Lily Li
Votes: 857
4. Martial Club (1981)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama
Wong Fei-Hong and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools pitted against a rival school which uses a Kung Fu expert from the North to do their dirty work.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Kara Wai, Te-Lo Mai, Hou Hsiao
Votes: 617
5. Heroes of the East (1978)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy
A Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno, Yasuaki Kurata, Naozo Kato
Votes: 2,664
6. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama
Mongols with the help of an insider, ambush the influential Yang Family, defenders of the dynasty. The Mongols must hunt down all Yang survivors so their insidious plot to overthrow the dynasty will not be uncovered.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li, Kara Wai
Votes: 3,554
7. Challenge of the Masters (1976)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Teenager Wong Fei-hung is sent to train in the art of hung gar kung fu from his father's teacher, Luk Ah-choy. With training complete, Wong must fight an assassin and regain the honor of his school.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Kuan Tai Chen, Yue Wong, Lily Li
Votes: 831
8. Xiao nian Su Qi Er (1985)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Comedy
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
Director: Sze Yu Lau | Stars: Kuo Hua Chang, Yiu-Sing Cheung, Ying-Ying Hui, Hsin-Nan Hung
Votes: 264
9. Po jie da shi (1980)
100 min | Action, Comedy
Gordon Liu portrays a Buddhist monk who abandons his post at a Buddhist temple when the temple is attacked by Japanese troops during World War II. After he leaves the temple, he takes on ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Yung Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Chia-Yung Liu, Lily Li, Lung Chan
Votes: 102
10. The Spiritual Boxer, Part II (1979)
97 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Acclaimed director Liu Chia-liang directs his brothers Gordon Liu Chia-hui and Liu Chia-yung in a wild and crazy ghostly film in this heralded sequel to The Spiritual Boxer.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Yue Wong, Cecilia Wong, Chia-Hui Liu, Chia-Yung Liu
Votes: 140
11. The Spiritual Boxer (1975)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Action
A con artist uses Kung Fu to swindle villagers for money by pretending to be possessed by angry gods. However, when the villagers are later threatened by bandits he must use the same skills for good.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Yue Wong, Chen-Chi Lin, Lung Ti, Kuan Tai Chen
Votes: 332
12. Dirty Ho (1979)
R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Yue Wong, Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Hou Hsiao
Votes: 1,472
13. Ninja: The Violent Sorceror (1982)
90 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother.
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Simon Reed, Harry Carter, Henry Steele, Joe Nelson
Votes: 108
14. Lake of Dracula (1971)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
A doctor investigates the murders of several women at a lakeside resort. His investigation leads him to believe that a vampire is responsible for the murders. He sets out to track the vampire down.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Chôei Takahashi, Sanae Emi, Midori Fujita, Shin Kishida
Votes: 1,068
15. Tokyo Knights (1961)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Shôichi Ozawa, Yoshiko Nezu
Votes: 183
16. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Akiko Wada, Meiko Kaji, Kôji Wada, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 837
17. Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Bunjaku Han, Takeo Chii, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 525
18. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Thriller
A street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Rikiya Yasuoka, Tatsuya Fuji, Jirô Okazaki
Votes: 884
19. Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Yoshio Harada, Takeo Chii
Votes: 376
20. Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Three years ago, she accidentally heard the voice of ... See full summary »
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshio Takahara
Votes: 301
21. Smashing the 0-Line (1960)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime
Two reporters of divergent morals investigate a drug ring, delving deeper into the underworld in the process.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Yûji Odaka, Mayumi Shimizu, Sanae Nakahara
Votes: 173
hard to follow
22. Murder Unincorporated (1965)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
When a mob cartel is threatened with assassination of its leadership, and indeed one of its heads is shot, the remaining heads hire hitmen of their own via an audition as defense. With ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Noguchi | Stars: Jô Shishido, Kon Ômura, Kiyoshi Hitomi, Taro Hiratsune
Votes: 92
23. The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
Director: Buichi Saitô | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Sanae Nakahara, Misako Watanabe
Votes: 222
24. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The sixth and final pupil of a dying martial arts teacher is instructed to find the teacher's five former pupils and defeat any evil ones that are among them.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 7,973
25. Ode to Gallantry (1982)
83 min | Action, Comedy
A lone wanderer is repeatedly mistaken for someone else and drawn into a number of violent battles.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Ching Tang, Hui-Ling Liu, Li Wang
Votes: 143
26. Drunken Dragon (1985)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A trio of grotesque villains are hell bent on getting the Dragon armour so they can reign supreme in the martial world. Enter Doggy , his grandma and uncle these three nice kung fu wizards tar the only ones who can stop them.
Director: Chung-Hsing Chao | Stars: Kuo-Ming Sun, Ka-Yan Leung, Phillip Ko, Mei-Yi Tsou
Votes: 96
27. Crippled Avengers (1978)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama
Three men who have been physically disabled by an evil warlord and his physically-disabled son become friends and learn kung fu so that they can seek revenge with help from an elderly martial-arts teacher and his mentally-disabled pupil.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Lu, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 2,992
28. Two Champions of Death (1980)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama
The Wu Tang chief sends out his men, each of whom is given a symbol so they can recognize each other. The largest is given to Lee, whom the others are to obey.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Li Wang, Feng Lu
Votes: 766
29. Xi shen bao chou (1983)
92 min | Action, Drama
A troupe of traveling performers stop in a small town. However, the general who controls the town has designs on the group's leading actress. They must figure a way to get out of town before the general has his way with her.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang, Shih Chin, Yung-Hsiang Chin
Votes: 55
30. Tales of a Eunuch (1983)
16+ | 89 min | Action
Superstar Gordon Liu Chia-hui teams up with the kung-fu comedian Wang Yu in Tales Of A Eunuch. Don't let the title fool you, it is "balls to the walls" martial arts action.
Director: Shan Hua | Stars: Yue Wong, Chia-Hui Liu, Linda Chu, Feng Ku
Votes: 63
31. Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy
Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. They also save Hung Si Quan's life.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Jason Piao Pai, Feng Lu, Meng Lo, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 385
32. Come Drink with Me (1966)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime
Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Chih-Ching Yang, Hung-Lieh Chen
Votes: 4,918
33. Invincible Shaolin (1978)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
Critically acclaimed director Chang Cheh has The Five Venoms turn Shaolin fighters as they challenge the authority of the evil Chings in Invincible Shaolin. Per usual, the fights will knock your socks off.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 1,270
34. Black Magic 2 (1976)
92 min | Horror
An evil magician and his zombie minions are up against a trio of doctors who are on a mission to find the cause of an outbreak of unknown diseases caused by his spells.
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Lung Ti, Ni Tien, Lieh Lo, Terry Liu
Votes: 488
35. The Dragon Missile (1976)
PG-13 | 82 min | Action
An evil gang of martial artists fight for a healing elixir against a specialist that fights with boomerang blades - the Dragon Missiles!
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Lieh Lo, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Feng Ku
Votes: 273
36. Yin ji (1982)
88 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
The gates of hell open to let out the ghosts of the dead Chun Sing is visited by his deceased father, who tells the young man that his enemy is a priest who commands the dark forces of ... See full summary »
Director: Chiu Lee | Stars: Billy Chong, Lieh Lo, Chin-Lai Sung, Chung-Kuei Chang
Votes: 214
37. Kung Fu Zombie (1981)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him... See full summary »
Director: Shan Hua | Stars: Billy Chong, Lau Chan, Chung-You Chang, Kang-Yeh Cheng
Votes: 505
38. Shi er sheng xiao (1978)
90 min | Action, Drama
A woman discovers a magical sword, which enables her to learn the deepest secrets of the Dragon Kung-Fu school.
Director: Cheng Hou | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Feng Shih, Yang Yueh, Hung Yi
Votes: 28
39. Dao jian ba wang quan (1977)
92 min | Action, Drama
A one-man killing machine named Chen Wu-hai is dropping martial artists left and right. The leaders of the martial world, including the heads of Shaolin, Wudang and the beggars clan, hold a... See full summary »
Director: Chi Lo | Stars: Carter Wong, Lieh Lo, Cliff Lok, Yi Chang
Votes: 52
40. Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
Hong Hsi-Kuan devotes years to mastering Tiger style Kung Fu in order to defeat the evil priest Pai Mei. His wife, who is an expert in Crane style Kung Fu, has a feeling training in only one style won't be enough.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Lieh Lo, Yue Wong, Lily Li
Votes: 1,893
41. Fists of the White Lotus (1980)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Drama
The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.
Director: Lieh Lo | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Lung-Wei Wang, Kara Wai
Votes: 2,062
42. Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)
89 min | Action, Mystery
Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw Brothers' swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, to the amazing "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land"
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Lung Ti, Li Ching, Tony Liu, Lily Li
Votes: 197
43. Retaliation (1968)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime
Fresh out of prison, yakuza lieutenant Jiro Sagae is recruited by a new gang to help defeat a powerful rival family in this bloody, stylish crime film that inspired Japanese yakuza films of the '70s.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 334
44. Cat vs Rat (1982)
97 min | Action, Comedy
One of Liu Chia-liang's classics,.Cat VS Rat is almost a full-scale slapstick comedy, as well as a tailor-made showcase for the "odd couple" of Alexander Fu Sheng and Cheng Shao-chiu. Their... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Sheng Fu, Adam Cheng, Kara Wai, Hou Hsiao
Votes: 175
45. The Guy with the Secret Kung Fu (1980)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Drama
Two Ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. This alum gets them in trouble, though, as they are captured and then volunteered to go after the ... See full summary »
Director: Chi Lo | Stars: Fei Meng, Nancy Yen, Chung Chien Li, Sha-Li Chen
Votes: 186
46. Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka
Votes: 1,635
47. Fei cui hu li (1980)
86 min | Action
He fights alone. He is mysterious. He is The Jade Fox, an intelligent Robin Hood type highway man. Follow his story of double crosses and deception as the Jade Fox becomes involved in a ... See full summary »
Director: Pao-Shu Kao | Stars: Peng Tien, Lieh Lo, Chun-Erh Lung, Yi-Lung Huang
Votes: 29
48. The Street Fighter (1974)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karateka protects the daughter of a recently-deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate gunning for her inheritance.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima, Chiyoko Kazama
Votes: 5,663
49. The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It's Lo Meng's most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Chien Sun, Meng Lo, Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang
Votes: 1,768
50. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Yue Wong, Chia-Yung Liu
Votes: 18,351
51. Shao Lin Kung-Fu Mystagogue (1976)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The evil Ching government has taken over and is out to rid the land of the remaining Ming rebel patriots, including the still surviving Ming Prince.
Director: Peng-Yi Chang | Stars: Feng Hsu, Carter Wong, Yi Chang, Pin Chiang
Votes: 144
52. Roar of the Lion (1981)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama
Two young martial artists find themselves the unlucky owners of a top-secret list of kung-fu alliances.
Directors: Yuet-Sang Chin, Hsia Hsu | Stars: Meng Lo, Yue Wong, Pan Pan Yeung, Yuet-Sang Chin
Votes: 161
53. The Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)
101 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Warrior Tuan Changqing (Ti Lung) meets courtesan Liu Yinxi (Shih Szu) in a small town. Liu pleads Tuan to kill underworld master Guo Tiansheng (Ku Feng), known as the "Killer Doctor", in ... See full summary »
Director: Chung Sun | Stars: Lung Ti, Sheng Fu, Szu Shih, Feng Ku
Votes: 287
54. Five Fingers of Death (1972)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Romance
As two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target the rival school's best fighter.
Director: Chang-hwa Jeong | Stars: Lieh Lo, Ping Wang, Hsiung Chao, Chin-Feng Wang
Votes: 4,008
55. The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
It takes a father and son team to battle the forces of evil throughout China, fighting with honor to defend the weak through fast-motion kung fu.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Deannie Ip, Miao Xie
Votes: 6,076
56. Kung Fu: The Punch of Death (1972)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
A gifted but proud young martial arts student injures and kills an opponent. In retaliation , his father is killed. The young student vows revenge and begins to prepare for his epic face-off.
Director: Yang-Ming Tsai | Stars: Fei Meng, Lin-Lin Li, Yasuaki Kurata, Hung Pai
Votes: 341
57. Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Jet Li, Jianqiang Hu, Qiuyan Huang, Zengyin Cao
Votes: 2,581
58. My Young Auntie (1981)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Comedy
Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Wai, Hou Hsiao, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 937
59. Warning from Space (1956)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shima | Stars: Keizô Kawasaki, Toyomi Karita, Bin Yagisawa, Shôzô Nanbu
Votes: 1,268
60. War of the God Monsters (1985)
87 min | Sci-Fi
A young reporter is writing a story about the theories of scientist who believes dinosaurs still exist. When monsters suddenly appear and cause destruction, the doctor and journalist must find a way to save the world.
Director: Jeong-yong Kim | Stars: Nam Hye-Gyeong, Da-hye Kim, Ki-joo Kim, Moon Tai-sun
Votes: 112
61. Tie chao ren (1975)
84 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
An iron man comes down to earth and eats all the farmers tractors but you never know who might be the hero.
Directors: Ting-Hung Kuo, Koichi Takano | Stars: Lin-Lin Li, Paul Chun, Stephan Yip, Godfrey Ho
Votes: 471
62. Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Unrated | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy, Yûko Hamada
Votes: 3,047
63. Infra-Man (1975)
PG | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Princess Dragon Mom and her mutant army have risen, and only Infra-Man can stop them.
Director: Shan Hua | Stars: Danny Lee, Terry Liu, Hsieh Wang, Man-Tzu Yuan
Votes: 2,265
64. The Oily Maniac (1976)
88 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Danny Lee, Ping Chen, Lily Li, Lun Hua
Votes: 977
65. The X from Outer Space (1967)
PG | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, the sample escapes and grows into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.
Director: Kazui Nihonmatsu | Stars: Shun'ya Wazaki, Itoko Harada, Shin'ichi Yanagisawa, Keisuke Sonoi
Votes: 1,513
66. Attack from Space (1965 TV Movie)
76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The Supreme Council from the Emerald Planet sends the superhero Starman (Super Giant in Japan) to protect Earth from destruction by an evil alien race from the Sapphire Galaxy. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada
Votes: 696
67. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A detective is assigned to protect a princess who prophecies the Earth's end with the arrival of a powerful space monster. Mothra and her fairies must persuade Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their differences or face the invader alone.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi
Votes: 7,914
68. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Astronauts investigate Planet X and encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". As one astronaut forms a romance with a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki, Akira Kubo
Votes: 7,435
69. Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens' monster, Viras.
Directors: Noriaki Yuasa, Shigeo Tanaka | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Tôru Takatsuka, Carl Craig, Michiko Yaegaki
Votes: 1,865
70. Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Space aliens arrive on Earth with their giant shark and intend to take over the planet but they must first destroy Gamera.
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Kôji Fujiyama, Daigo Inoue, Reiko Kasahara, Daihachi Kita
Votes: 1,876
71. Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967)
PG | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Magazine reporters Hiroyuki Kurosaki and his colleagues brought back to Japan a monster child who had just hatched from an egg issued on the isolated island of Obelisk in the South Sea.
Director: Hiroshi Noguchi | Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yôko Yamamoto, Yûji Odaka, Kôji Wada
Votes: 1,740
72. Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Harumi Kiritachi, Junichiro Yamashita, Yoshiro Uchida
Votes: 3,795
73. Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A giant monster that emits a destructive ray from its back attacks Japan and takes on Gamera.
Directors: Shigeo Tanaka, Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Kyôko Enami, Yûzô Hayakawa, Takuya Fujioka
Votes: 2,838
74. Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Family, Fantasy
Volcanic activity unleashes a bloodthirsty monster called Gyaos that Gamera must confront.
Directors: Noriaki Yuasa, Shigeo Tanaka | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Kichijirô Ueda, Reiko Kasahara, Naoyuki Abe
Votes: 2,486
75. Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When an ancient statue is moved for display in Expo '70, a giant, vaguely Triceratops-like monster is released. The monster goes to Japan in pursuit of the statue and ends up battling Gamera, the giant flying turtle.
Directors: Noriaki Yuasa, Shigeo Tanaka | Stars: Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Varis, Katherine Murphy, Kon Ômura
Votes: 1,540
76. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen, Jacky Cheung
Votes: 19,881
77. Heroes Among Heroes (1993)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama
Action-packed as usual with Donnie Yen kicking his adversaries in the role of "Beggar Su". Basic plot revolves around a young Beggar Su getting addicted to opium and manipulated by a ... See full summary »
Directors: Chin-Chung Chan, Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Donnie Yen, Yuk Wong, Dickson Ga-Sing Lee, Man-Tat Ng
Votes: 674
78. The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981)
104 min | Action, Drama
Yuan finishes his training in the mountains and his master gives him an assignment. In his journey, he finds a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure chest, and a manual showing the Golden ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Hsueh-Erh Wen, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Sheng Chiang
Votes: 280
79. Stray Dog (1949)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 18,914
80. Tao tie gong (1979)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama
Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"
Director: Chung Ting | Stars: Jackie Chen, Kai Chia, Shan Charng, Kun Li
Votes: 143
81. The Shanghai Thirteen (1984)
90 min | Action
A patriot finds evidence that the government is collaborating with a foreign power. He gets assistance from a local rebel leader who is in charge of a motley group of fighters called the Shanghai 13.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Kuan Tai Chen, Danny Lee, Sheng Chiang
Votes: 205
82. Fist of Fury II (1977)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama
After Chen Zhen's execution in Shanghai, the Japanese feared that his death would unite all Chinese kung fu schools against them. Fearing this, the Japanese gave orders to the head of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Iksan Lahardi, Tso Nam Lee, Jimmy Shaw | Stars: Bruce Li, Lieh Lo, Feng Tien, Yasuhiro Shikamura
Votes: 593
83. Evil of Dracula (1974)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror
A teacher assumes a position at a school that's run by a vampire.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Shin Kishida
Votes: 890
84. The Hand of Death (1976)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tao-Liang Tan, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Ching Chu
Votes: 1,935
85. Gimunsayukbang (1983)
95 min | Action
A young man whose family is killed by a bunch of ruthless martial art masters wants to take revenge upon the evil killers. After discovering the way to the Shaolin Temple, the young man ... See full summary »
Directors: Wu-Hyeong Choi, Wen-Po Tu | Stars: Hung Yi Liu, Chiu-Sing Hau, Cheng Chiang, Lau Chan
Votes: 86
86. Da tai jian (1976)
90 min | Action, Drama
As a child, Yang witnesses the murder of his parents by three kung fu masters. The child finds his way to Shaolin and patiently waits outside until admitted and is later accepted as a ... See full summary »
Director: Ting-Mei Sung | Stars: Carter Wong, Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Yi Chang, Chung-Kuei Chang
Votes: 101
87. The Shaolin Temple (1982)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A young man, hounded by a psychopathic general, learns martial arts at the Shaolin temple to avenge his father's death. To achieve this he forgoes a budding romance with his kungfu master's daughter, a shepherdess.
Director: Hsin-Yen Chang | Stars: Jet Li, Hai Yu, Chenghui Yu, Lan Ding
Votes: 4,765
88. One-Armed Boxer (1972)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Yeh Tien, Hsin Tang, Fei Lung
Votes: 1,477
89. Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura
Votes: 4,307
90. Raiders of Buddhist Kung Fu (1982)
90 min | Adventure
At the turn of the 19th century, ex-official Nan Kit conspires to challenge the government and restore the infamous Manchu Dynasty by mastering the Buddhist style of kung-fu.
Directors: Ji-un Kwak, Godfrey Ho | Stars: Ryong Wang, Chia-Hui Liu, Ki-joo Kim, Ji-yeong Seo
Votes: 53
91. The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
G | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The sole survivor of a fishing boat recounts sightings of hairy giants. A scientist investigates, revealing mutated creatures, growing from remains of a previous monster. Nearly indestructible, they battle in Tokyo until only one remains.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara, Nobuo Nakamura
Votes: 3,526
92. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
PG | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young man searching for his brother steals a boat that shipwrecks on Letchi island, where terrorists have enslaved the Infant Island natives. Discovering Godzilla asleep, he and some others decide to awaken him to liberate the natives.
Director: Jun Fukuda | Stars: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chôtarô Tôgin, Hideo Sunazuka
Votes: 6,366
93. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
G | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Family
An inventor creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar that is seized by the undersea nation of Seatopia. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.
Directors: Jun Fukuda, Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham
Votes: 6,901
94. The H-Man (1958)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the ... See full summary »
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Eitarô Ozawa
Votes: 1,640
95. Jiu zi tian mo (1984)
95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
After selling his soul to the devil, Joey is given the power to control 9 demons. With their help, Joey must save his childhood friend Gary from a bloody massacre.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Tien-Chi Cheng, Li Wang, Fu-Chien Chang, Peng Chang
Votes: 161
96. Xia nu bao ta jie (1976)
PG | 90 min | Action
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his most trusted aides who is the general of all the armies. He attacks the palace to establish himself as the new emperor. The real emperor is killed... See full summary »
Director: Sheng Tang | Stars: Feng Hsu, Ling Chia, Kuang-Tseng Lin, Chiang-Lung Wen
Votes: 69
97. She yao jing (1973)
97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A Kung Fu master battles Bruka the evil snake queen with her army of snakes and savage little people.
Directors: Felix Villar, Chi-Lien Yu | Stars: Alex Tzi-Fei Lung, Rosemarie Gil, Etang Discher, Yukio Someno
Votes: 139
98. Tai Chi Devil Dragons (1980)
90 min
Two kung-fu brothers meet up with an old drunken boxer, who takes a liking to them. It's revealed that he is the famous Tai Chi Shadow master, a rare and deadly form of kung fu. He teaches ... See full summary »
Star: Fei Lung
Votes: 23
99. Battle in Outer Space (1959)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada, Koreya Senda
Votes: 1,541
100. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
G | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Attempts to salvage Mechagodzilla are thwarted, causing an INTERPOL investigation that uncovers the work of a shunned biologist and his daughter, whose lives become entwined with the resurrected machine.
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, Katsumasa Uchida
Votes: 5,744
Tell Your Friends