List of martial arts films explained

Following is an incomplete list of films, ordered by year of release, featuring depictions of martial arts.

Year Title
1925 Orochi
1928 The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple
1943 Sanshiro Sugata
Bataan
1944 The Fighting Seabees
1945 Objective, Burma!
Blood on the Sun
Sanshiro Sugata Part II
1949 The True Story of Wong Fei Hung
1950 Rashomon
1951 Ten Tall Men
1954 Seven Samurai
1955
1956
1957 A Fantastic Tale of Naruto
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1961 Yojimbo
1962 Sanjuro
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Harakiri
Shinobi no Mono[1]
1963 New Tale of Zatoichi
1964 Three Outlaw Samurai
1965 Sword of the Beast
1966 Come Drink with Me
The Sword of Doom
Dragon Inn
1967 The One-Armed Swordsman
Eleven Samurai
1969 Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1970 The Chinese Boxer
Vengeance
1971 The Big Boss (a.k.a. Fists of Fury)
Billy Jack
The Chase (a.k.a. The Shanghai Killers)
The Duel (1971 film) (a.k.a. Duel of the Iron Fist)
One Armed Boxer
A Touch of Zen
1972 Fist of Fury (a.k.a. The Chinese Connection)
Hapkido (a.k.a. Lady Kung-fu)
King Boxer (a.k.a. Five Fingers of Death)
Way of the Dragon
1973 Enter the Dragon
Little Tiger of Canton
The Awaken Punch
Fist of Unicorn
Karate Kiba
1974 Yellow Faced Tiger
Fist to Fist
Black Belt Jones
The Street Fighter series
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1975
Champion of Death
Karate Bearfighter
The Super Inframan[2]
1976 Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
New Fist of Fury
Shaolin Wooden Men
Hand of Death
Killer Meteors
Dirty Ho
Master of the Flying Guillotine
1977 The Dragon Lives Again
Doberman Cop
To Kill With Intrigue
Executioners from Shaolin
The Invincible Armour
Karate for Life
1978 Circle of Iron
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
Magnificent Bodyguards
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East
Crippled Avengers
Return of the Tiger
Way of the Dragon 2 (a.k.a. Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge)
Enter the Game of Death
Enter the Fat Dragon
Drunken Master
Spiritual Kung Fu
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Shaolin Mantis (a.k.a. The Deadly Mantis)
Five Deadly Venoms
Game of Death
Shogun's Samurai
Warriors Two
1979 Re-Enter the Dragon
The Fearless Hyena
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
The True Game of Death
Dragon Fist
Master With Cracked Fingers (a.k.a. Snake Fist Fighter)
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
G.I. Samurai
Kid with the Golden Arm
Knockabout
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Magnificent Butcher
A Force of One
Mystery of Chessboxing
Sleeping Fist
Duel of the Dragon (a.k.a. Of Cooks and Kung Fu)
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
1980 Bruce's Fist of Vengeance
The Young Master
The Big Brawl
3 Evil Masters (The Master)
Clan of the White Lotus
The Octagon
1981 Masked Avengers
The Prodigal Son
Samurai Reincarnation
Enter the Ninja
Game of Death II
Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Lovely But Deadly[3]
1982 Dragon Lord
Kill Squad
Legendary Weapons of China
Five Elements Ninjas
Ninja In The Dragon's Den
Raw Force
Shaolin Temple
1983 Fearless Hyena Part II
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Revenge of the Ninja
Project A
Shaolin and Wu Tang
Shaolin vs Lama
Winners and Sinners
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1984Opium and the Kung-Fu Master
Wheels on Meals
The Karate Kid
1985 Disciples of the 36th Chamber
American Ninja
Commando
The Last Dragon
Mr. Vampire
Police Story
Yes, Madam[4]
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
Righting Wrongs (a.k.a. Above the Law)
Big Trouble in Little China
The Seventh Curse[5]
1987
A Chinese Ghost Story[6]
Miami Connection[7]
1988 Dragons Forever
Above The Law
Bloodsport
1989 Best of the Best
Kickboxer
Cyborg[8]
1990 Hard to Kill
1991 Once Upon a Time in China
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Out For Justice
Samurai Cop[9]
1992 American Samurai
Rapid Fire
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
Supercop (a.k.a. Police Story 3: Supercop)
A Kid From Tibet
1993 The Bride With White Hair
Hard Target
Iron Monkey
Kung Fu Cult Master
Only the Strong
1994 Drunken Master II (a.k.a. The Legend of Drunken Master)
Fist of Legend
On Deadly Ground
Wing Chun
1995 Cutthroat Island
Fist of the North Star
Mortal Kombat
The Quick and the Dead
Rumble in the Bronx
1996 Barb Wire
Iron Monkey 2
Dragonheart
Indian
The Quest
Night Hunter[10]
1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation
1998 Rush Hour
The Storm Riders
Who Am I?
2000 Bichunmoo
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Duel
Romeo Must Die
Shanghai Noon
Versus[11]
2001 Aśoka
Kiss of the Dragon
Rush Hour 2
The Legend of Zu (a.k.a. Zu Warriors)
Musa (a.k.a. The Warrior)
The One
Shaolin Soccer
Volcano High
2002 Hero
Undisputed
2003
Shanghai Knights
2004 Arahan
Fighter in the Wind
House of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
New Police Story
2005 Duelist (a.k.a. Hyeongsa)
House of Fury
Seven Swords
The Myth
(a.k.a. Kill Zone)
Tom-Yum-Goong
Unleashed
2006 City of Violence
Hak kuen
Fearless
The Rebel
The Restless (Korean)
2007 Flash Point
Rush Hour 3
The Warlords
2008 Chocolate
The Forbidden Kingdom
Ip Man
Kung Fu Panda
Never Back Down
Ong Bak 2
Red Cliff
Redbelt
2009 Black Dynamite
Blood and Bone
Bodyguards and Assassins
Clash
Merantau
Ninja
Ninja Assassin
Raging Phoenix
Tekken
2010 13 Assassins
Bangkok Knockout
Bunraku
Ip Man 2
Last Kung Fu Monk
The Karate Kid
The Legend Is Born – Ip Man
The Man from Nowhere
Ong Bak 3
Little Big Soldier
Reign of Assassins
Shaolin
True Legend
2011 Dragon
Kung Fu Panda 2
The Resistance
Warrior
2012 Dragon Eyes
The Man with the Iron Fists
Tai Chi 0
Wu Dang
2013 Police Story 2013
The Grandmaster
Journey to the West
Man of Tai Chi
2014 Brotherhood of Blades
High Kick Angels
Kung Fu Jungle (a.k.a. Kung Fu Killer)
The Raid 2
Skin Trade[12]
2015
Ip Man 3
Kung Fury
Wolf Warrior
2016 Headshot
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Warriors Gate
2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Beyond Skyline
2018 Bleeding Steel
The Night Comes for Us
2019 Furie
Junglee
John Wick: Parabellum
Ip Man 4
Triple Threat
Wira
2020 BuyBust
Extraction
2021 Mortal Kombat
Snake Eyes
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2022Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kung Fu Ghost
2023
Extraction 2

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shinobi No Mono (1962) - Satsuo Yamamoto | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie .
  2. Web site: Infra-Man (1975) - Hua-shan | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
  3. Web site: Lovely but Deadly (1983) - David Sheldon | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie .
  4. News: Klein. Andy. 2003-02-27. 10 classics provide visual poetry -- on video. Los Angeles Times. dead. 2011-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306185805/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/feb/27/news/wk-coverside27/2. March 6, 2016.
  5. Web site: The Seventh Curse (1986) - Ngai Kai Lam, Lan-Wei Tsang - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related. AllMovie.
  6. Web site: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) - Siu-Tung Ching - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related. AllMovie.
  7. Web site: Allmovie listing . www.allmovie.com. 2020-06-15.
  8. Web site: Cyborg (1989) - Albert Pyun | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
  9. Web site: Samurai Cop (1989) - Amir Shervan | User Reviews | AllMovie .
  10. Web site: Allmovie listing . www.allmovie.com. 2020-06-15.
  11. Web site: Allmovie listing . www.allmovie.com. 2020-06-15.
  12. Web site: Skin Trade (2015) - Ekachai Uekrongtham | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie .

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