“What are the best Martial Arts movies of all-time?” We looked at 296 of the top Martial Arts films and ranked them so we could answer that very question!

The top 37 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Martial Arts” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 250+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

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Top 37 Best Martial Arts Movies

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37 .) 13 Assassins (2010) directed by Takashi Miike

Lists It Appears On:

• Cool Material
• Goliath
• IMDB
• Nech Gear

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

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36 .) Chocolate (2008) directed by Prachya Pinkaew

Lists It Appears On:

• Bitch Media
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Rate Your Music

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial skills, gets money to pay Zin’s treatment, her sick mother, seeking out all the people who owe Zin money.

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35 .) Drunken Master II (1994) directed by Chia-Liang Liu

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Trendrr

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don’t want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father’s antagonism as well.

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34 .) House of Flying Daggers (2004) directed by Yimou Zhang

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Cheer Sheet
• IMDB
• The Guardian

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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33 .) Legendary Weapons of China (1982) directed by Lau Kar-leung

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• Hi Consumption
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine

Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him.

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32 .) The Big Boss (1971) directed by Wei Lo

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine

Chen is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at an ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

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31 .) The Prodigal Son (1981) directed by Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Lists It Appears On:

• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine

A rich man’s son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son’s safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher. Furious kung fu battles and slapstick comedy.

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30 .) The Street Fighter (1974) directed by Shigehiro Ozawa

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Rate Your Music
• Screen Rant

Terry is a tough mercenary and a master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family’s blood-feud with Terry over a disputed debt.

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29 .) A Touch of Zen (1971) directed by King Hu

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Jezebel
• Paste Magazine
• The Cinemaholic
• The Guardian

Ming dynasty noblewoman Yang must escape from the evil eunuch Hsu. She seeks refuge at a decrepit town where she gets assistance from a naive scholar & a group of mysterious yet powerful monks.

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28 .) Drunken Master (1978) directed by Woo-Ping Yuen

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• Cheer Sheet
• Goliath
• IMDB
• Ranker

A mischievous young man is sent to hone his martial arts skills with an older, alcoholic kung fu master.

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27 .) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 directed by Quentin Tarantino

Lists It Appears On:

• Bitch Media
• Box Office Mojo
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• The Cinemaholic

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there’s nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

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26 .) One-Armed Swordsman (1967) directed by Chang Cheh

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• Hi Consumption
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• The Cinemaholic

An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Young Fang Kang grows up in the school and treasures his father’s broken sword and the memory of his father’s sacrifice. The other students (including the teacher’s daughter) resent him and try to drive him away. The teacher’s daughter challenges him to a fight and when he refuses she becomes enraged and recklessly chops off his arm! He retreats, broken and bloody, and is found by a young poor girl living alone who nurses him back to health. Meanwhile, the evil gang who originally attacked the Golden Sword school develops a weapon that renders the Golden Sword useless and starts killing off all of the schools students. Fang Kang eventually recovers with the girl’s help but must now face a life with only one arm. Will he be able to recover and live to defend the school as his father did?

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25 .) Seven Samurai (1957)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cool Material
• Nech Gear
• Ranker
• The Cinemaholic
• Trendrr

A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.

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24 .) The Matrix (1999) directed by Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• The Guardian

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

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23 .) Bloodsport (1988) directed by Newt Arnold

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Goliath
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Rate Your Music

Frank Dux has entered the “kumite”, an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favorite, but then again Dux has not fought him yet.

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22 .) Fearless (2006) directed by Ronny Yu

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• IMDB
• Martialaets Slab
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Rate Your Music

Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn’t wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight – and win.

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21 .) Fist of Legend (1994) directed by Gordon Chan

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Martialaets Slab
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker

Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.

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20 .) Kickboxer (1989) directed by Mark DiSalle

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• IMDB
• Kung Fu Kingdom
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Rate Your Music

If your enemy refuses to be humbled… Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

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19 .) Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) directed by Jimmy Wang Yu

Lists It Appears On:

• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Kotaku
• Paste Magazine
• Screen Rant
• Time Out

A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters (the Tibetan Lamas) who were killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates competing in the tournament: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.

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18 .) Rumble in the Bronx (1995) directed by Stanley Tong

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Rate Your Music
• Screen Rant

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle’s wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.

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17 .) The Karate Kid (1984) directed by John G. Avildsen

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Box Office Mojo
• Hi Consumption
• Kung Fu Kingdom
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine

Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel … and ends up teaching him much more than self-defense. Armed with newfound confidence, skill and wisdom, Daniel ultimately faces off against his tormentors in this hugely popular classic underdog tale.

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16 .) Come Drink with Me (1966) directed by King Hu

Lists It Appears On:

• Bitch Media
• Black belt Mag
• Cheer Sheet
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Jezebel
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Trendrr

Cheng Pei-pei plays Golden Swallow, a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor’s kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat (Yueh Hua) who aids her in her mission.

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15 .) Fist of Fury (1972) directed by Wei Lo

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Kotaku
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• The Cinemaholic

Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher’s death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher’s murder.

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14 .) Five Deadly Venoms (1978) directed by Cheh Chang

Lists It Appears On:

• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• IfC
• IMDB
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Screen Rant
• The Cinemaholic

A kung-fu student is instructed by his dying teacher to track down five of the teacher’s ex-students. Each of the five is equipped with a lethal martial arts skill, and the teacher fears this might be used for evil purposes. However, not only does the teacher not know the identity of the students (who all wore masks under his training), but some of the students also don’t know each other!

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13 .) Kung Fu Hustle (2004) directed by Stephen Chow

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• IMDB
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Screen Rant

Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing’s actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.

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12 .) Police Story (1985) directed by Jackie Chan

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• Cheer Sheet
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Softonic
• The Guardian
• Trendrr

A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.

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11 .) The Legend of Drunken Master (1994) directed by

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Cool Material
• Hi Consumption
• IfC
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Ranker
• Screen Rant
• The Cinemaholic

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don’t want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father’s antagonism as well.

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10 .) Iron Monkey (1993) directed by Woo-Ping Yuen

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Screen Rant
• The Cinemaholic

Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as “Iron Monkey”, named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt government.

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9 .) Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) directed by Quentin Tarantino

Lists It Appears On:

• Bitch Media
• Box Office Mojo
• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Hi Consumption
• Kotaku
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• The Cinemaholic

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

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8 .) Hero (2002) directed by Yimou Zhang

Lists It Appears On:

• Box Office Mojo
• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• IfC
• IMDB
• Kotaku
• Nech Gear
• Ranker
• The Cinemaholic

One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.

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7 .) Once Upon a Time in China (1991) directed by Hark Tsui

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Screen Rant
• Softonic
• The Cinemaholic
• The Guardian

Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces’ (English, French and American) plundering of China.

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6 .) The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) directed by Chia-Liang Liu

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• Cheer Sheet
• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• The Cinemaholic
• Time Out
• Trendrr

The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.

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5 .) Ip Man (2008) directed by Wilson Yip

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• IfC
• IMDB
• Kotaku
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• The Cinemaholic

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

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4 .) The Raid: Redemption (2011) directed by Gareth Evans

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• Kotaku
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Rate Your Music
• Screen Rant
• Softonic
• The Cinemaholic
• The Guardian

Deep in the heart of Jakarta’s slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building’s lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city’s worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

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3 .) Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) directed by Prachya Pinkaew

Lists It Appears On:

• Black belt Mag
• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Rate Your Music
• Screen Rant
• Softonic
• The Guardian

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

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2 .) Enter The Dragon (1973) directed by Robert Clouse

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Goliath
• Hi Consumption
• IfC
• IMDB
• Kung Fu Kingdom
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Softonic
• The Cinemaholic
• The Guardian
• Trendrr

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

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1 .) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) directed by Ang Lee

Lists It Appears On:

• Bitch Media
• Box Office Mojo
• Cheer Sheet
• Cool Material
• Hi Consumption
• IMDB
• Kotaku
• Martialaets Slab
• Nech Gear
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Screen Rant
• Softonic
• The Cinemaholic
• The Guardian
• Trendrr

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman’s daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

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The 250+ Additional Best Martial Arts Movies Of All-Time

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#	Movies	Directors	Lists
38	Crippled Avengers (1978)	Cheh Chang	Hi Consumption
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39	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)	Rob Cohen	Box Office Mojo
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40	Duel to the Death (1983)	Siu-Tung Ching	Black belt Mag
–	–	–	IMDB
–	–	–	Screen Rant
41	Kiss of the Dragon (2001)	Chris Nahon	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
42	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	Mark Osborne	IMDB
–	–	–	Kung Fu Kingdom
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
43	Magnificent Butcher	Yuen Woo-ping	Cheer Sheet
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Screen Rant
44	Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky	Lam Nai-choi	Cheer Sheet
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Screen Rant
45	Shaolin Soccer (2001)	Stephen Chow	IMDB
–	–	–	Kung Fu Kingdom
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
46	Swordsman II (1992)	Ching Siu-tung	Black belt Mag
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Trendrr
47	Tai-Chi Master (1993)	Woo-Ping Yuen	Black belt Mag
–	–	–	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
48	The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)	Rob Minkoff	Box Office Mojo
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–	–	–	Kung Fu Kingdom
49	The Grandmaster (2013)	Kar-Wai Wong	Cheer Sheet
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–	–	–	Paste Magazine
50	The Last Dragon (1985)	Michael Schultz	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Rate Your Music
51	The Protector (2005)	Prachya Pinkaew	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	IMDB
–	–	–	Kotaku
52	The Raid 2 (2014)	Gareth Evans	Martialaets Slab
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Rate Your Music
53	The Way of the Dragon (1972)	Bruce Lee	Cheer Sheet
–	–	–	Hi Consumption
–	–	–	IMDB
54	Unleashed (2005)	Louis Leterrier	Box Office Mojo
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–	–	–	Paste Magazine
55	Wheels on Meals (1984)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
–	–	–	Kotaku
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
56	14 Amazons (1972)		Bitch Media
–	–	–	Jezebel
57	3 Ninjas (1992)		Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Kung Fu Kingdom
58	Above the Law		Box Office Mojo
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59	American Ninja	Sam Firstenberg	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
60	Black Belt (2007)	Shunichi Nagasaki	IMDB
–	–	–	Time Out
61	Blood and Bone (2009)	Ben Ramsey	IMDB
–	–	–	Rate Your Music
62	Broken Oath (1977)		Bitch Media
–	–	–	Jezebel
63	Brotherhood of the Wolf		Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Cool Material
64	Executioners From Shaolin	Lau Kar-leung	Bitch Media
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
65	Five Element Ninjas, aka Chinese Super Ninjas	Chang Cheh	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Screen Rant
66	Five Fingers of Death (1972)	Chang-hwa Jeong	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
67	Flash Point (2007)	Wilson Yip	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
68	Hard To Kill	Bruce Malmuth	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
69	Heroes of the East (1978)	Chia-Liang Liu	IMDB
–	–	–	Time Out
70	Ip Man 2 (2010)	Wilson Yip	IMDB
–	–	–	Ranker
71	Knockabout (1979)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
72	Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)	John Woo	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
73	Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)	Chia-Liang Liu	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
74	Man of Tai Chi	Keanu Reeves	Paste Magazine
–	–	–	Rate Your Music
75	Martial Club (1980)	Lau Kar-leung	Black belt Mag
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76	Ninja Assassin (2009)	James McTeigue	Box Office Mojo
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77	Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)	Hark Tsui	IMDB
–	–	–	Kotaku
78	Out for Justice (1991)		Box Office Mojo
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79	Rapid Fire (1992)	Dwight H. Little	Box Office Mojo
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80	Revenge of the Ninja (1983)		Box Office Mojo
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81	Romeo Must Die (2000)	Andrzej Bartkowiak	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	IMDB
82	Rush Hour (1998)	Brett Ratner	Box Office Mojo
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83	Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow	Yuen Woo-ping	Nech Gear
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
84	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)	Steve Barron	Kung Fu Kingdom
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
85	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)	Chia-Liang Liu	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
86	The Bride with White Hair (1993)	Ronny Yu	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
87	The Chinese Connection (1972)		Black belt Mag
–	–	–	Trendrr
88	The Man From Nowhere		Cool Material
–	–	–	Nech Gear
89	The Next Karate Kid (1994)		Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Kung Fu Kingdom
90	The One (2001)	James Wong	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	IMDB
91	The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)	Cheh Chang	IMDB
–	–	–	Softonic
92	The Quest (1996)		Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Rate Your Music
93	The Shaolin Temple (1982)	Hsin-Yen Chang	Black belt Mag
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94	The Transporter	Louis Leterrier	Box Office Mojo
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
95	Undisputed 2	Isaac Florentine	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
96	Undisputed 3	Isaac Florentine	Paste Magazine
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97	Warriors Two (1978)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
98	Yojimbo		Softonic
–	–	–	The Guardian
99	Zu: Warriors From Magic Mountain (1982)	Tsui Hark	Black belt Mag
–	–	–	Paste Magazine
100	2 Champions of Shaolin	Chang Cheh	Paste Magazine
101	3 Evil Masters, aka The Master	Chin-Ku Lu	Paste Magazine
102	3 Ninjas Kick Back		Box Office Mojo
103	3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)		Kung Fu Kingdom
104	3 Ninjas: Kick Back (1994)		Kung Fu Kingdom
105	3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up (1995)		Kung Fu Kingdom
106	47 Ronin		Box Office Mojo
107	Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)	Jackie Chan	IMDB
108	Azumi (2003)	Ryûhei Kitamura	IMDB
109	Battle Creek Brawl		Rate Your Music
110	Battle Wizard	Hsueh Li Pao	Paste Magazine
111	BEAUTIFUL BOXER (2004)		Bitch Media
112	Best of the Best	Bob Radler	Paste Magazine
113	Best of the Best 2 (1993)		Rate Your Music
114	BKO: Bangkok Knockout (2010)		Time Out
115	Black Mask		Box Office Mojo
116	Blind Woman’s Curse (1970)	Teruo Ishii	IMDB
117	Born to Fight (2004)	Panna Rittikrai	IMDB
118	Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey (2000 Video)	John Little	IMDB
119	Bulletproof Monk		Box Office Mojo
120	Captain America: Civil War” (2016)		Kung Fu Kingdom
121	Clan of the White Lotus	Lo Lieh	Paste Magazine
122	Code of Silence		Box Office Mojo
123	Cradle 2 the Grave		Box Office Mojo
124	Crippled Masters	Joe Law	Paste Magazine
125	Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)	Yimou Zhang	IMDB
126	Cyborg		Box Office Mojo
127	Dance of the Drunk Mantis	Yuen Woo-ping	Paste Magazine
128	Death Warrant		Box Office Mojo
129	Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold		Box Office Mojo
130	District B13 (2004)	Pierre Morel	IMDB
131	Double Impact		Box Office Mojo
132	Double Team		Box Office Mojo
133	Dragon Gate Inn	King Hu	Paste Magazine
134	Dragon Lord	Jackie Chan	Paste Magazine
135	Dragonball Evolution		Box Office Mojo
136	Dragons Forever (1988)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
137	Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
138	Enter the Eagles		Rate Your Music
139	Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
140	Enter the Ninja	Menahem Golan	Paste Magazine
141	Equilibrium	Kurt Wimmer	Paste Magazine
142	Executioner (1974)		Kotaku
143	Exit Wounds		Box Office Mojo
144	Fighting		Box Office Mojo
145	Fighting Madam (1987)	Teresa Woo	IMDB
146	Fire Down Below		Box Office Mojo
147	First Strike” (1996)		Kung Fu Kingdom
148	Forced Vengeance		Box Office Mojo
149	Gorgeous (1999)	Vincent Kok	IMDB
150	Half Past Dead		Box Office Mojo
151	Hapkido (1972)	Feng Huang	IMDB
152	Hard Target		Box Office Mojo
153	Heroes of the East, aka Shaolin Challenges Ninja	Lau Kar-Leung	Paste Magazine
154	Honor and Glory		Rate Your Music
155	Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)		Time Out
156	Invasion U.S.A.		Box Office Mojo
157	Jackie Chan’s First Strike		Box Office Mojo
158	Jet Li’s Fearless		Box Office Mojo
159	Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons	Stephen Chow and Derek Kwok	Paste Magazine
160	Kid With the Golden Arm	Chang Cheh	Paste Magazine
161	Kill Zone – SPL	Wilson Yip	Paste Magazine
162	KING BOXER		Nech Gear
163	Knock Off		Box Office Mojo
164	Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)		Kung Fu Kingdom
165	Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)		Kung Fu Kingdom
166	Lady Dragon (1992)		Rate Your Music
167	Lady Snowblood (1973)	Toshiya Fujita	IMDB
168	Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires	Roy Ward Baker	Paste Magazine
169	Legend of the Fox (1979)		Black belt Mag
170	Lifetime Gross		Box Office Mojo
171	Lightning Fists of Shaolin (1984)	Chia Tang	IMDB
172	Lionheart		Box Office Mojo
173	Lone Wolf McQuade		Box Office Mojo
174	Marked for Death		Box Office Mojo
175	Maximum Risk		Box Office Mojo
176	Merantau (2009)	Gareth Evans	IMDB
177	Miami Connection	Richard Park	Paste Magazine
178	Missing in Action		Box Office Mojo
179	Missing in Action II: The Beginning		Box Office Mojo
180	Moon Warriors (1993)		Black belt Mag
181	Mortal Kombat		Box Office Mojo
182	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation		Box Office Mojo
183	Mr	Ricky Lau	Paste Magazine
184	Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (1989)	Jackie Chan	IMDB
185	Mr. Nice Guy		Box Office Mojo
186	My Young Auntie (1981)		Jezebel
187	Mystery of Chessboxing, aka Ninja Checkmate	Joseph Kuo	Paste Magazine
188	Never Back Down		Box Office Mojo
189	Ninja 3: The Domination		Box Office Mojo
190	Ninja III: The Domination	Sam Firstenberg	Paste Magazine
191	Ninja in the Dragon’s Den (1982)	Corey Yuen	IMDB
192	Ninja Terminator	Godfrey Ho	Paste Magazine
193	Ninja the Protector (1986)		Rate Your Music
194	Nowhere to Run		Box Office Mojo
195	Odd Couple (1979)	Chia Yung Liu	IMDB
196	On Deadly Ground		Box Office Mojo
197	On-Bak 2 (2008)	Tony Jaa	IMDB
198	Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)	Ha Yoo	IMDB
199	Only The Strong	Sheldon Lettich	Paste Magazine
200	Operation Condor		Box Office Mojo
201	Pedicab Driver (1989)	Sammo Kam-Bo Hung	IMDB
202	Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)	Stanley Tong	IMDB
203	Prodigal Son (1981)		Black belt Mag
204	Project A (1983)	Jackie Chan	IMDB
205	Project A 2 (1987)	Jackie Chan	IMDB
206	Raging Phoenix (2009)	Rashane Limtrakul	IMDB
207	Red Cliff	John Woo	Paste Magazine
208	Return of the Dragon		Ranker
209	Return of the Street Fighter		Rate Your Music
210	Rush Hour 2		Box Office Mojo
211	Rush Hour 3		Box Office Mojo
212	Seven Grandmasters (1978)		Time Out
213	Seven Swords (2005)	Hark Tsui	IMDB
214	Shanghai Knights		Box Office Mojo
215	Shanghai Noon		Box Office Mojo
216	Shaolin	Benny Chan	Paste Magazine
217	Shogun Assassin	Robert Houston	Paste Magazine
218	Shôrinji kenpô (1975)	Norifumi Suzuki	IMDB
219	Showdown (1993)		Rate Your Music
220	Sidekicks” (1992)		Kung Fu Kingdom
221	Silent Rage		Box Office Mojo
222	Sister Street Fighter	Kazuhiko Yamaguchi	Paste Magazine
223	So Close (2002)	Corey Yuen	IMDB
224	SPL: Kill Zone (2005)	Wilson Yip	IMDB
225	SPL: Sha Po Lang		Rate Your Music
226	Stranger From Shaolin (1977)		Jezebel
227	Street Fighter		Box Office Mojo
228	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li		Box Office Mojo
229	Sudden Death		Box Office Mojo
230	Supercop		Box Office Mojo
231	Surf Ninjas (1993)		Rate Your Music
232	Sword Stained With Royal Blood	Chang Cheh	Paste Magazine
233	Tai Chi Zero	Stephen Fung	Paste Magazine
234	Tai quan zhen jiu zhou (1973)	Feng Huang	IMDB
235	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)		Kung Fu Kingdom
236	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time (1993)		Kung Fu Kingdom
237	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)		Kung Fu Kingdom
238	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)		Kung Fu Kingdom
239	The Art of War		Box Office Mojo
240	The Big Brawl		Box Office Mojo
241	The Blade (1993)		Black belt Mag
242	The Brave Archer	Chang Cheh	Paste Magazine
243	The Cave of Silken Web	Ho Meng Hua	Paste Magazine
244	The Crane Fighter (1979)		Jezebel
245	The Delta Force		Box Office Mojo
246	The Duel	Chang Cheh	Paste Magazine
247	The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter		Hi Consumption
248	The Game of Death		Ranker
249	The Glimmer Man		Box Office Mojo
250	The Good, the Bad, the Weird		Cheer Sheet
251	The Green Hornet (2011)	Michel Gondry	IMDB
252	The Invincible Armour	See-Yuen Ng	Paste Magazine
253	The Karate Kid (2010)		Kung Fu Kingdom
254	The Karate Kid II (1986)		Kung Fu Kingdom
255	The Karate Kid III (1989)		Kung Fu Kingdom
256	The Karate Kid Part II		Box Office Mojo
257	The Karate Kid Part III		Box Office Mojo
258	The Lady Assassin (1983)		Jezebel
259	The Last Airbender		Box Office Mojo
260	The Last Samurai		Box Office Mojo
261	The Legend (1993)	Corey Yuen	IMDB
262	The Legendary Weapons of China (1982)		Trendrr
263	The Magnificent Butcher (1979)		Kotaku
264	The Man with the Iron Fists		Box Office Mojo
265	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)		Kotaku
266	The Master		Rate Your Music
267	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)		Kotaku
268	The Medallion		Box Office Mojo
269	The Octagon		Box Office Mojo
270	The Perfect Weapon		Box Office Mojo
271	The Rebel (2007)	Charlie Nguyen	IMDB
272	The Spy Next Door” (2010)		Kung Fu Kingdom
273	The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge		Rate Your Music
274	The Tournament (1974)		Time Out
275	The Tuxedo		Box Office Mojo
276	The Victim	Sammo Hung	Paste Magazine
277	The Warrior (2001)	Sung-su Kim	IMDB
278	The Woman Avenger (1980)		Jezebel
279	Three Evil Masters (1980)		Black belt Mag
280	Throwdown (2004)		Time Out
281	TMNT (2007)		Kung Fu Kingdom
282	Tom-Yum-Goong, aka The Protector	Prachya Pinkaew	Paste Magazine
283	Transporter 2		Box Office Mojo
284	Transporter 3		Box Office Mojo
285	Twin Dragons		Box Office Mojo
286	Under Siege		Box Office Mojo
287	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory		Box Office Mojo
288	Universal Soldier		Box Office Mojo
289	Universal Soldier: The Return		Box Office Mojo
290	WAR		Box Office Mojo
291	Way of the Dragon, aka Return of the Dragon	Bruce Lee	Paste Magazine
292	Weapons of Death (1982)		Rate Your Music
293	Wing Chun	Yuen Woo-ping	Paste Magazine
294	Young Bruce Lee (2010)	Manfred Wong	IMDB
295	Young Master (1980)		Time Out
296	Zatoichi Challenged (1967)		Kotaku

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Source	Article
Bitch Media	Eight Amazing Martial Arts Films Starring Warrior Women
Black belt Mag	Top 20 Martial Arts Films Of All Time
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Cheer Sheet	25 Martial Arts Movies Everyone Should See
Cool Material	The 14 Best Martial Arts Movies Every Guy Should See
Goliath	10 Movies That Are Martial Arts Masterpieces
Hi Consumption	The 25 Best Martial Arts Movies of All Time
IfC	The five greatest Martial Arts movies
IMDB	Martial Arts: The Top 250 Greatest Martial Arts Movies of All-Time
Jezebel	You Should Watch These Badass, Women-Led Martial Arts Films
Kotaku	The Best Martial Arts Movie Fights Of All Time
Kung Fu Kingdom	Top 10 Martial Arts Movies for Kids!
Martialaets Slab	Top 10 Martial Arts Movies of All Time
Nech Gear	The 25 Best Martial Arts Movies Of All Time
Paste Magazine	The 100 Best Martial Arts Movies of All Time
Ranker	Ultimate List of 400+ Best Martial Arts Movies of All Time
Rate Your Music	The Best Martial Arts Movies
Screen Rant	15 Martial Arts Movies Worth Fighting For
Softonic	8 Best martial arts movies of all time 2018
The Cinemaholic	15 Best Martial Arts Movies of All Time
The Guardian	Top 10 martial arts movies
Time Out	10 Best martial-arts movies of all time including kung fu films
Trendrr	Top 10 Best Martial Arts Movies Of All Time Until 2018