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- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsBruce LeeJohn SaxonJim KellyA 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.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi ZhangA 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.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
- StarsBrian BowlesJeff CurranUrijah FaberImpressionistic documentary that follows the intersecting lives of a group of mixed martial arts fighters before, during and after a Las Vegas title fight. The film humanizes the brutal profession and illuminates the primal struggle for survival in a cold, emotionless, post-industrial America.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
- DirectorNgai Choi LamStarsSiu-Wong FanMei Sheng FanKa-Kui HoRiki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
- DirectorDavid LaiJeffrey LauCorey YuenStarsAndy LauAnita MuiAaron KwokA graying black-clad swordsman slays palace guards, as he flies through the air to an uncertain purpose. Centuries (or is it days?) later, gun-toting, Armani-clad super policemen -- Hong Kong's Saviours -- are devastated by a cloaked assassin. Kinetic medieval fantasy; overstructured, outgunned urban nightmare. And that's only the first ten minutes! A highly entertaining, eye-popping genre bender in every way.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuShirley YuSusan Yam-Yam ShawAfter getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man (Fu Sheng) flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of a rival gang, and eventually decides to play them against each other in order to clean up the town.
- DirectorMar LoStarsBetty Ting PeiDanny LeeSha WangThe story of action star Bruce Lee's life in the days leading up to untimely death.
- DirectorRonny YuStarsBrandon LeeMichael WongRegina KentBrandon Ma is an average Joe but his best friend, Michael, is a sinister drug dealer with a crush on Brandon's girlfriend, May. When Michael murders a dirty cop and frames his friend, sending him to jail, Brandon returns for vengeance.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungBiao YuenHaing S. NgorA group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its location.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsJackie ChanKristine DeBellJosé FerrerA young Asian-American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fighting competition.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiRosamund KwanBiao YuenLegendary 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.
- DirectorDavid ChungStarsMichelle YeohRichard NgTung-Shing YeeAction film about Chinese resistance after Japanese invasion in 1930's.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsJet LiMichelle YeohSiu-Ho ChinTwo 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.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsMichelle YeohRongguang YuEmil ChauAs a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call on Jessica Yang, a rising star in their ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves.
- DirectorMichael MakStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMichelle YeohJoey WangDynamo Michelle Yeoh stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsMichelle YeohCynthia RothrockJohn ShamTwo unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from HK and UK get the case.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungBiao YuenOlivia ChengIn early twentieth century China, various criminals with different goals are connected to a Shanghai train, with many rich people on-board.
- DirectorJing WongStarsAndy LauCynthia RothrockPak-Cheung ChanThe Russians and the Hong Kong authorities are after a mysterious rock discovered in Athens, Greece, which holds strange powers.
- DirectorChia-Yung LiuStarsMichael Kiu Wai MiuCynthia RothrockKen TongMartial arts adventure about a tough FBI cop (Cynthia Rothrock) high-kicking her way to the final showdown with a Chinese Mafia boss.
- DirectorHoi MangStarsCynthia RothrockSiu-Ho ChinHoi MangAn FBI agent works undercover as a journalist to track counterfeiters.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsBiao YuenCynthia RothrockMelvin WongYuen Biao plays Jason Chan, a lawyer angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys. He decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will survive.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungJoyce GodenziTony Ka Fai LeungWorking in a police precinct full of her in-laws, inspector Mina Kao and her colleagues are assigned a dangerous case involving Vietnamese criminal refugees, right after getting married to her fellow inspector Huang.
- DirectorSiu-Hung LeungStarsJade LeungAnita LeeRussell WongJade Leung, a deadly and gorgeous cop, teams with another sexy policewoman Ellen Cheng, track arms dealers in Singapore.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsLeslie CheungChow Yun-FatCherie ChungA romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
- DirectorShin Jae MyungKim Su-Jin-IHa YooStarsZo In-sungJu Jin-moSong Ji-hyoA historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungSiu Chung MokHoi MangLo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection--one a baker, the other a prostitute--are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
- DirectorClarence FokStarsChingmy YauSimon YamCarrie NgA young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsPan Pan YeungDick WeiPhillip KoFemale agents battle a gang of diamond thieves.
- DirectorLouis TanStarsSharla CheungAlfred CheungCynthia KhanThe story of an aging gigolo, his two rebellious daughters and their friend "Little Bun".
- DirectorChris Kin-Sang LiStarsCynthia KhanHon Chi LaiAdrian Tang
- DirectorJing WongWai-Yip YeungStarsAaron KwokChingmy YauSharla CheungFragrant Chu and his three sisters are sent to compete with Shaolin fighter Flowerless. During their journey, they face many dangers and confront the evil Batman, who has stolen the Sacred Water from Jellyfish, the Master of Water.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatTony Leung Chiu-waiTeresa MoA tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
- DirectorYeung-Wah KamStarsMike AbbottCheuk Yan ChanCollin CheungA Hong Kong police detective investigating weapons smuggling through the airport runs into a corrupt customs officer. Things escalate to a ruthless munitions smuggler kidnapping two security officers' daughter.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatSimon YamAnn BridgewaterTwo disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.
- DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsLeslie CheungJoey WangWu MaAfter a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.
- DirectorRonny YuStarsBrigitte LinLeslie CheungFrancis NgCho Yat-Hang, the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against an evil cult, falls in forbidden love with Lien Ni-Chang, a killer for the evil cult.
- DirectorTony RandelStarsGary DanielsMalcolm McDowellCostas MandylorBased on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsGina CaranoCam GigandetIsmael Cruz CordovaWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGina CaranoEwan McGregorMichael FassbenderA black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsShin'ichi ChibaGoichi YamadaYutaka NakajimaAfter 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.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsEtsuko ShihomiShin'ichi ChibaAsao UchidaA young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeGeoffrey LewisAlonna ShawTwin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order to avenge their parents' death.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsMichelle YeohDonnie YenKing-Tan YuenWing Chun's village is yet again being plundered by bandits. This time she uses kung fu to defeat them. The fighting doesn't end here.
- DirectorSiu-Tung ChingJohnnie ToStarsMaggie CheungMichelle YeohAnita MuiSet some time after the original 'Heroic Trio' the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over both a popular leader and a militarist colonel. The trio of Chat the Thief catcher, Ching and Wonder Woman (along with her young daughter) have to avert a military takeover and find clean headwaters to save the city.
- DirectorRaymond LeeSiu-Tung ChingHark TsuiStarsTony Ka Fai LeungBrigitte LinMaggie CheungDuring the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsJet LiJosephine SiaoAdam ChengThe Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, saddled with two presumptive wives.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsJet LiJosephine SiaoMichelle ReisMartial artists join Red Lotus Flower Society to overthrow evil emperor. Governor hunts society members. Kung fu practitioner falls for merchant's daughter amid kung fu contest for her hand. Gender role reversal comedy ensues.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsBrigitte LinSally YehCherie ChungThe movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together. One young woman grabs a box of jewels during the looting when one warlord takes Peking. A deserting soldier joins her, but the jewels end up at the Peking Opera. Here we meet the daughter of the head of the troupe, who dreams of being an actress. But even female roles are played by men in the opera. Soon, the daughter of the currently ruling warlord and a male agent of the democratic underground are involved.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatDanny LeeSally YehA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsLung TiLeslie CheungChow Yun-FatA reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsKa-Yan LeungHo WangSammo Kam-Bo HungA 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.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiMing Li ChenImpetuous young martial arts master Kuan takes a job at a textile factory where another disciple of the revered Shaolin discipline warns him about the rival Manchu clan, who run another nearby mill.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsKuan Tai ChenSheng FuHsin FangHung escapes Shaolin after the temple is attacked by the Ching, only to be jailed with the help of Fang (also of Shoalin) who mistakes him for a bandit. Fang must now help Hung escape so they can challenge the Ching together.
- DirectorJimmy Wang YuStarsJimmy Wang YuYeh TienHsin TangAfter his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsDavid ChiangLung TiPing WangChina 1925, a man returns to track down a kill the men who murdered his brother.
- DirectorSandra WeintraubStarsJohn SaxonKareem Abdul-JabbarChris CasamassaA review about martial arts films as well as some of its biggest movie stars.
- DirectorKeith R. ClarkeStarsSamuel L. JacksonDavid CarradineJackie ChanA look at the history of martial arts films from their chinese roots to the present, presented by Samuel L. Jackson.
- DirectorSteve WebbStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarJackie ChanMargaret ChoHow Bruce Lee Changed the World explores the amazing multitude of ways that Bruce Lee - the first international Asian superstar - has influenced pop culture.
- DirectorPete McCormackStarsBruce LeePaul BowmanDaniele BolelliBruce Lee is universally recognized as the pioneer who elevated martial arts in film to an art form, and this documentary will reveal why Bruce Lee's flame burns brighter now than the day he died over three decades ago.
- DirectorJohn LittleBruce LeeStarsBruce LeeKareem Abdul-JabbarPeter ArcherA documentary showing the life of Bruce Lee up-close.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsTao-Liang TanJames TienJackie ChanA 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.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsJackie ChanSiu-Tin YuenJeong-lee HwangAn orphan who has been raised at a kung fu school, where he is treated as little more than a dogsbody and practice target for the students, has a life-changing experience after helping an old peripatetic beggar.
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsTony JaaJing WuSimon YamWhile undercover officer Kit is taken prisoner by the syndicate, he befriends his keeper and discovers an organ trafficking ring.
- DirectorJian Yong GuoStarsJun CaoZhihui ChenMingyang JiangMaster of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So. Due to a conspiracy, the wealthy So Chan loses everything but is saved by the Beggars' Sect. He learns the long lost martial art - Drunken Fist, to defeat the person who framed him.
- DirectorJing WongStarsJackie ChanRichard NortonJoey WangA self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
- DirectorClarence FokStarsSamuel HuiMaggie CheungNina Li ChiMay Yip and Yao are both orphans and have been friends since youth, but they're torn apart when the leader of the 8 Hundred Dragons Kung Fu cult abducts Yao and erases his memory.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanYixing ZhangMiya MuqiTwo professors team up to locate a lost treasure and embark on an adventure that takes them from a Tibetan ice cave to Dubai, and to a mountain temple in India.
- DirectorSheng DingStarsJackie ChanJaycee ChanZitao HuangA railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsShin'ichi ChibaClaude GagnonYôko IchijiMercenary karate master Tsurugi gets mixed up in a plot by the American mafia to take over the karate dojos in Asia, aided by a corrupt dojo master.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsEtsuko ShihomiTamayo MitsukawaMichiyo BandôThis time Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly if unhappily involved with the gangsters.
- DirectorWoo-sang ParkStarsJun ChongPhillip RheeJames LewA Korean immigrant in L.A. encounters difficulties when he refuses to join the all-Korean gang in his highschool.
- DirectorToby RussellStarsJoel CutraraJackie ChanSing ChenWelcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema, from the beginning in China in the 6th Century B.C. by a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, until the actual time and the influence in the world, with interviews to actors like Gordon Liu and Jackie Chan and historians like David Weeden, and a review to the most important movies of all times and to the most famous action movies actors. A magnificent jewel of this genre what nobody wouldn't lose.
- DirectorToby RussellStarsShenagh CameronJackie ChanLing ChangWomen too can fight! The sequel of "Top Fighter" focuses in the importance of the women in the martial-arts movies, from her first characters as "hero's girl" until becoming superstars by themselves. A voyage by the times and the most famous beauty fighters from this genre: Angela Mao, Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock and much more.
- DirectorTien-Tai ChenSteve HarriesStarsTien-Hsiang LungAlice MeyerAli TaylerThis movie creates a fictional story around Bruce Lee's death. In it a villain known as "Big Boss" drugs Bruce Lee in order to destroy his production company and force him to work for him. But the drug accidentally kills Bruce and so a double is hired to pose as him. When Bruce's girlfriend discovers the double, the real Bruce's spirit takes him over to help him defeat the villain.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsWenzhuo ZhaoXun ZhouAndy OnChina, 1861: After rescuing the Qing prince from rebels, General Su retires to start a martial arts school. His foster brother betrays him and Su barely survives. Su has a new enemy to defeat.
- DirectorRob CohenStarsJason Scott LeeLauren HollyRobert WagnerA fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki DaimonA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
- DirectorMartha BurrMei-Juin ChenStarsDennis BrownTayari CaselDonald HambyThis film focuses on how a group of African American pioneers became respected masters in a subculture dominated by Chinese and white men.
- DirectorToby RussellStarsJackie ChanJohn WooBruce LiDocumentary that traces the history of Martial Arts in Cinema.
- DirectorAndrew CorveyAndrew W. RobinsonStarsYuri LowenthalThe history of the martial arts film genre.
- DirectorLung ChienStarsChin-Ju HsiehChing-Ching ChangJimmy Wang YuAfter the Boxer from Shantung is murdered by the Shanghai Axe Gang his mother gathers up the rest of her fighting brood and travels to Shanghai to have it out with the axe gang and avenge her son. Fantastic action in the tradition of Boxer from Shangtung and Man of Iron.
- DirectorPao-Shu KaoStarsAngela MaoDon WongLieh LoShang Li is fighting for the woman he loves, a prostitute he is trying to buy out of service. He plans to steal a large amount of silver, but when the plan backfires he is faced with severe opposition.
- DirectorFeng HuangStarsGeorge LazenbyAngela MaoBetty Ting PeiStoner, an Australian cop, has been investigating the spread of a mysterious addictive drug that acts like an aphrodisiac and a hallucenogen on anyone who takes it. When his own sister falls under its influence, he travels to Hong Kong to hunt down the man behind the drug trade, the evil billionaire Mr. Chin. At the same time, a Taiwanese officer has also been sent to stop Chin's drug empire. Together, She and Stoner battle the drug kingpin's dealers and henchmen.
- DirectorFeng HuangStarsAngela MaoCarter WongIl-bong YunCharming stranger Pai Chen arrives in a small town to settle an old score with nefarious local hoodlum Scarface Wu Hsu, who runs an opium smuggling ring. Hsu is planning a drug deal with another crime boss that Pai decides to thwart. Feisty young lass Hei Lu helps Pai out.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsGrant PageAngela MaoGeorge LazenbyAustralian stuntman/actor Grant Page investigates the burgeoning interest in martial arts, from students in Sydney to the action stars of the Hong Kong film industry.
- DirectorAlexander WraithStarsDanny TrejoSean WhalenCynthia RothrockThe biggest porn star of the 1970s must reclaim his mojo in the '80s by saving all male kind, fighting his way to the heart of a conspiracy to sell meat pumped full of estrogen to emasculate men.
- DirectorErken IalgashevStarsEric RobertsDanny TrejoMichael MadsenWho is the strongest man in the world?
- DirectorAdrian DeLudeStarsKimberly ArlandHallie BeauneStacy BrandenAfter her master is killed, a rogue FBI agent goes under cover into a world of violence, motorcycles, and deceit to discover the truth behind her samurai master's death. Not only does she find answers to her questions, but also finds her self in the middle of a power struggle between the DA and the head of a crime family.
- DirectorChris NahonStarsJet LiBridget FondaTchéky KaryoA betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiJacky CheungWaise LeeWhen three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
- DirectorTso Nam LeeStarsJim KellySing ChenTao-Liang TanAn American insurance investigator goes to Hong Kong to retrieve a famous diamond stolen by a local criminal organization.
- DirectorDaniel LeeStarsJet LiChing Wan LauKaren MokA survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.
- DirectorGordon ChanStarsJet LiShinobu NakayamaSiu-Ho ChinIn 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanAnita MuiFrançoise YipA 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.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.