Favorite Martial Arts
by AlbertsTaylor | created - 28 Mar 2022 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicMartial arts films commonly include hand-to-hand combat along with other types of action, such as stuntwork, chases, and gunfights.
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1. Iron Fisted Monk (1977)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
A lowly restaurant worker aims to take revenge on the Manchurian thugs who killed his boss by joining a Shaolin temple under the advise from a monk who rescued him from certain death.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sing Chen, Hoi-Pang Lo, James Tien
Votes: 1,042
2. The Magnificent Butcher (1979)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A hot headed young butcher, who is also a kung fu disciple, gets embroiled in a feud with a rival shaolin temple.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tak-Hing Kwan, Biao Yuen, Pai Wei
Votes: 2,599
3. Drunken Master II (1994)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy
A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.
Directors: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti, Anita Mui
Votes: 48,906 | Gross: $11.55M
4. Kickboxer (1989)
R | 97 min | Action, Sport, Thriller
Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.
Directors: Mark DiSalle, David Worth | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi
Votes: 60,838 | Gross: $14.70M
5. The Way of the Dragon (1972)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.
Director: Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao, Ping-Ou Wei
Votes: 41,015 | Gross: $4.06M
6. Rush Hour (1998)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 294,513 | Gross: $141.15M
7. Knockabout (1979)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two brothers and small time crooks Yipao and Taipao convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students, completely oblivious to his sordid past.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Chia-Yung Liu, Biao Yuen, Kuang Yu Wang
Votes: 1,576
8. Fist of Legend (1994)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama
In 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.
Director: Gordon Chan | Stars: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Siu-Ho Chin, Billy Chow
Votes: 24,913
9. Shanghai Noon (2000)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Chinese man travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped Princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.
Director: Tom Dey | Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill
Votes: 135,184 | Gross: $56.94M
10. Unleashed (2005)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jet Li, Bob Hoskins, Morgan Freeman, Kerry Condon
Votes: 108,035 | Gross: $24.52M
11. Ip Man (2008)
R | 106 min | Action, Biography, Drama
During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan, Ka-Tung Lam
Votes: 233,530
12. Warriors Two (1978)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bank cashier discovers a plot to kill the mayor. His attempt to warn the mayor is foiled, and he almost gets killed, but a mumbling Shaolin disciple rescues him and takes him to his master to teach him a formidable form of kung fu.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Ho Wang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Chia-Yung Liu
Votes: 1,572
13. The Prodigal Son (1981)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy
A young man discovers that his reputation as a fearsome martial artist is manufactured by his rich father, after meeting a real martial arts master, who's also a master thespian, and is determined to apprentice under him to learn kung fu.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Frankie Chan
Votes: 3,535
14. 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: 767
15. The Buddhist Fist (1980)
90 min | Action, Adventure
Aspiring barber and experienced kung-fu fighter Shang learns that his childhood friend, Siu Ming, has been framed for murder by an unknown villain. When Shang begins looking into the crime,... See full summary »
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Shun-Yee Yuen, Siu-Ming Tsui, Lung Chan, Hsi Chang
Votes: 405
16. Iron Monkey (1993)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Sze-Man Tsang
Votes: 17,216 | Gross: $14.68M
17. Hero (2002)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Votes: 187,607 | Gross: $53.71M
18. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 281,559 | Gross: $128.08M
19. 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: 7,972
20. The Legend (1993)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, History
This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. ... See full summary »
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis, Wenzhuo Zhao
Votes: 8,293
21. Police Story (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
Directors: Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Yuen Chor
Votes: 41,840 | Gross: $0.11M
22. Dreadnaught (1981)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A foul-tempered mute fugitive hides out amongst a theater troupe after his criminal wife got killed by the police. He sets his sights on a cowardly laundry man, and will not rest until he kills him, while donning a theatrical face paint.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Biao Yuen, Ka-Yan Leung, Shun-Yee Yuen, Tak-Hing Kwan
Votes: 1,050
24. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Chung-Hsin Huang, Yin-Tze Pan
Votes: 3,618
25. 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: 18,353
26. Shaolin Prince (1982)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy
As the names of Chang Cheh and Liu Chia-liang became legendary, all-too-often the name of their equally valued collaborator, Tang Chia, is omitted. That may be,because, unlike the previous ... See full summary »
Director: Chia Tang | Stars: Lung Ti, Tung-Shing Yee, Jason Piao Pai, Feng Ku
Votes: 434
27. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
To everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.
Directors: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson | Stars: Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 522,036 | Gross: $215.43M
28. Drunken Master (1978)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Comedy
Wong Fei-Hung is a mischievous yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Siu-Tin Yuen, Jeong-lee Hwang, Dean Shek
Votes: 43,829
29. Duel to the Death (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Chong-Leen, Paul Chang Chung
Votes: 2,361
30. 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: 3,553
31. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Gô Katô, Yûko Hama, Isao Yamagata
Votes: 5,602
32. Tai Chi Master (1993)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of Tai Chi.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Siu-Ho Chin, Fennie Yuen
Votes: 10,837
33. Tai Chi II (1996)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.
Directors: Hsin-Yen Chang, Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jing Wu, Christy Chung, Mark Cheng, Billy Chow
Votes: 761
34. Lady Snowblood (1973)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 16,290
35. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 366,665 | Gross: $0.27M
36. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,294
37. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 116,246 | Gross: $11.05M
38. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
Not Rated | 247 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The Bride must kill her ex-boss and lover Bill who betrayed her at her wedding rehearsal, shot her in the head and took away her unborn daughter. But first, she must make the other four members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad suffer.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen
Votes: 16,464
39. The Fearless Hyena (1979)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Action
A young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mortal enemy.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek, Hui-Lou Chen
Votes: 5,393
40. 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: 2,064
41. The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryûzô Shimada, Hajime Mitamura
Votes: 5,902
42. Tian ya guai ke yi zhen feng (1978)
86 min | Action, Adventure
A large quantity of gold is stolen from the government, so undercover martial arts constables do there detective work to find out the culprits and the whereabouts of the bullion. Awesome ... See full summary »
Director: Chung Wang | Stars: Carter Wong, Lieh Lo, Nancy Yen, Lan Chi
Votes: 46
43. The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Not Rated | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, learns of a powerful political figure's secret and is quickly tailed by a group of killers.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Yaeko Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 2,778
44. 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: 938
45. Enter the Dragon (1973)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri
Votes: 112,953 | Gross: $25.00M
46. 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: 1,940
47. 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: 2,995
48. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano
Votes: 3,991
49. Shaolin (2011)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama
After ambushing and killing his rival, losing everything in the process, dispirited warlord Hou Jie turns to a Shaolin monastery seeking salvation.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Shaoqun Yu, Chen Zhiui, Xing Yu, Jing Wu
Votes: 20,151 | Gross: $0.06M
50. The Young Master (1980)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A talented martial arts student goes after his expelled brother, who get into bad company.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Pai Wei, Biao Yuen, Lily Li
Votes: 8,188
51. Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A goofy student is taught a lost martial art style by five ghosts.
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chih-Ping Chiang, Hsiu-yi Fang, Hong Hsu
Votes: 2,505
52. The Transporter (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.
Directors: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen | Stars: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Votes: 321,064 | Gross: $25.30M
53. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 2,052,000 | Gross: $171.48M
54. The Fury of the Black Belt (1973)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama
Chung is a reformed professional fighter who has to hide his identity and take revenge on Black and White Fan, after they murder his family.
Director: Lung-Hsiang Fang | Stars: Yung Henry Yu, Pui-San Auyeung, Feng Tien, Li Meng
Votes: 143
55. Shi da sha shou (1977)
84 min | Action, Drama
Cheung Lik and Lau Wing are both being trained in kung fu, one by a good master (Fong Yau,), and one by a bad master (San Kuai.) Cheung Lik and San Kuai must team up to defeat ten killers ... See full summary »
Director: Yeh Fang | Stars: Lik Cheung, Kwai Shan, Chih-ming Chu, Bolo Yeung
Votes: 88
56. Karate Warriors (1976)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi, Akiko Koyama, Akane Kawasaki
Votes: 393
57. Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
98 min | Action
After witnessing the murder of his father, Little Mute trains in Shaolin Temple for revenge and is taught by various teachers, one of which is clandestine.
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chun-Erh Lung, Kang Chin, Ping-Yu Chang
Votes: 2,803
58. Gui tai jian (1971)
105 min | Action, Drama
Eunuch Gui Dehai avoids assassination and extracts a most bloody revenge on the royal family. This revenge extends to the absent Prince and the Eunuch sends out men to find and kill him. ... See full summary »
Director: Wing-Cho Yip | Stars: Hua Tsung, Chiao Chiao, Ying Bai, Billy Chan
Votes: 68
59. 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: 4,766
60. Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
R | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Tien Wu Chu, Kang Chin, Chun-Erh Lung
Votes: 4,825
61. The Master (1980)
92 min | Action, Comedy
Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.
Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Tak Yuen, Hsueh-Erh Wen, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 461
62. The Wandering Swordsman (1970)
103 min | Action, Drama
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: David Chiang, Lily Li, Pei-Shan Chang, Lei Cheng
Votes: 242
63. The Savage Killers (1976)
84 min | Action, Drama, History
Two masters must combine their skills to defeat an evil lord.
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chia-Yung Liu, Ling-Ling Hsieh, Fei Lung
Votes: 265
64. Bloody Monkey Master (1977)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action
Iron is the son of a rebel leader, but prefers to spend his days gambling and getting into fights. When his father's group is arrested and executed, Iron is forced to flee and hide in the ... See full summary »
Director: Kuan Tai Chen | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Kuan-Chun Chi, Chia-Lin Sun, Kang Chin
Votes: 436
65. Shadow (2018)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang
Votes: 18,208 | Gross: $0.52M
66. Da wu shi yu xiao piao ke (1977)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama
During The Ching Dynasty a Buddhist Priest of Martial Arts organizes a revolution against the rulers.
Director: Chi Chang | Stars: Sing Chen, Jeong-lee Hwang, Chun-Erh Lung, Lieh Lo
Votes: 148
67. Liu he ba fa (1980)
90 min | Action, Drama
David Chiang, star of many classic Shaw Brothers films, and the great Yuen Hsiao Tien (Jackie Chan's Drunken Master) star in this kung fu bonanza set in China's warlord period. When a ... See full summary »
Director: Tien-Yung Hsu | Stars: David Chiang, Hua Yueh, Paul Chun, Siu-Tin Yuen
Votes: 58
68. Duel of the Seven Tigers (1979)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama
Defeated in a match at Shaolin, Wu Kung wanders China till he finds his own temple and style of fighting: Tang Sao Do Karate. Years later, student and ninth successor, Hsi Man Kwong ... See full summary »
Director: Kuen Yeung | Stars: Cliff Lok, Pan Pan Yeung, Phillip Ko, Ying-Chieh Han
Votes: 165
69. Zhang San Feng du chuang Shao Lin (1976)
83 min | Action
This film depicts the early exploits of the founder of Tai Chi, Chang Zhang Fong, The story starts with Chang staying at the Shaolin temple and stumbling upon the secret manuscripts that ... See full summary »
Director: Min-Hsiung Wu | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Feng Shih, Ching Cheng, Kuan-Hsiung Wang
Votes: 56
70. The Dragon's Snake Fist (1979)
110 min | Action, Drama
Two highly acclaimed martial arts schools see their centuries-old rivalry explode in some of the best choreographed fight scenes ever filmed.
Directors: Godfrey Ho, Si-Hyun Kim | Stars: Ryong Keo, Qiu Yuen, Ki-hong Kim, Hwang-ki Baek
Votes: 59
71. He xing dao shou tang lang tui (1979)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Ming General Cheng has taken a group of soldiers to Taiwan after their kingdom succumbed to the Ching. The Ching prince sends mercenaries to finish of Cheng, but Cheng's elite guard surprises the Manchurian foes.
Director: Chi Chang | Stars: Don Wong, John Liu, Yeong-il Kim, Lung Chan
Votes: 203
72. Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist (1979)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Comedy
A wealthy man sends his young son away to learn Kung Fu from the drunken master. When he returns he gets involved in a fight between a local thug, who employs various fighters to do away ... See full summary »
Director: Ti Tang | Stars: Siu-Tin Yuen, Yi-Min Li, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Lieh Lo
Votes: 101
73. The Kung Fu Instructor (1979)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
The Kung-Fu Instructor was director Sun Cheng's homage to Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo where Ti Lung plays a righteous weapon instructor. It's the first time a Shaw Brother's director uses a ... See full summary »
Director: Chung Sun | Stars: Lung Ti, Yue Wong, Feng Ku, Angie Chiu
Votes: 349
74. Dao jian (1967)
89 min | Action, Adventure
Experienced heroine Li Li-Hua plays a swords-woman out to reclaim her murdered husband's "Green Sword," the sharpest blade in the world. The lovely Li Ching plays the role of Li Li-hua's ... See full summary »
Director: Feng Yueh | Stars: Li Hua Li, Ching Lee, Chuang Chiao, Hung-Lieh Chen
Votes: 73
75. Shaolin and Wu Tang (1983)
Unrated | 87 min | Action
Two friends from rival schools are turned against one another by a jealous chief who wants to eliminate those whose fighting styles may rival his own.
Director: Chia-Hui Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Adam Cheng, Li Ching, Idy Chan
Votes: 1,017
76. Dragon Fight (1989)
96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two martial artist friends from China are performing a show in the States. Trouble starts when one of them decides to defect and stay in America.
Director: Billy Hin-Shing Tang | Stars: Jet Li, Nina Li Chi, Dick Wei, Stephen Chow
Votes: 1,109
77. Chunyong-ran (1982)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A misunderstanding between some orphans and a noble family leads to tragic consequences when some local gangsters get involved.
Directors: Godfrey Ho, Hyeok-su Lee | Stars: Jeong-lee Hwang, Ki-joo Kim, Jang Il-shik, Yoon-joo Ji
Votes: 44
78. World of the Drunken Master (1979)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The brother of a winery owner, who's a drunken Kung Fu master, trains two young thieves in the art of the drunken kung fu after he catches them stealing from his brother's winery.
Director: Joseph Kuo | Stars: Jack Long, Yi-Min Li, Jeanie Chang, Kuan-Wu Lung
Votes: 336
79. Three Avengers (1979)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
When two acrobats are fired for fighting with punks in the audience, they go to live with an aunt who's being pressured to sell her house for a real estate development. The developer's ... See full summary »
Director: Wah-Kei Wong | Stars: Bruce Li, Yuet-Sang Chin, Hoi-Sang Lee, Chi-Ping Chang
Votes: 107
80. Shanghai Knights (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Votes: 112,502 | Gross: $60.48M
81. Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung
Votes: 45,973 | Gross: $32.39M
82. The Victim (1980)
Unrated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase ... See full summary »
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Yi Chang, Fanny Wang
Votes: 693
83. Dragon Fist (1979)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama
Tong Huo-wan (Jackie Chan) seeks redress from the man responsible for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters.
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Jackie Chan, Nora Miao, James Tien, Eun-joo Im
Votes: 2,683
84. Shaolin vs. Lama (1983)
88 min | Action, Drama
Skilled fighter Sung Li Ting is looking for a Kung Fu master who can beat him in battle and teach him new techniques. Shaolin monk Shao Si Yer introduces Sung Li to the Shaolin teachings, ... See full summary »
Director: Tso Nam Lee | Stars: Alexander Rei Lo, Shan Charng, Hui-Yun Li, Jung-Chi Sun
Votes: 735
85. The Tai Chi Master (2003– )
127 min | Action
Yang, a young martial artist who leaves home to learn Tai Chi from Master Chan. But when Chan's daughter is kidnapped by the ruthless Lord Tun, Yang must face off against Tun's and seven kung fu masters.
Stars: Jing Wu, Billy Chow, Yik-Man Fan, Chan Hoi
Votes: 152
86. 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: 4,010
87. 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
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