Highest-Rated Movies about 'Martial Arts', Sort by Popularity

Return of the Dragon (1972), Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003), The Man With the Iron Fists 2 (2015), The Chinese Connection (1972), Yip Man (2008), Wo hu cang long (2000), Enter the Dragon (1973), Against the Tide (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Martial Arts movies.

#5. Yip Man (2008)

Storyline: In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation.

Plot Keywords: boxer, fighter, superintendent, student, brooding, fiery, spectacular ...

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#7. Enter the Dragon (1973)

Storyline: Enter the Dragon revolves around 3 main characters; Lee, a man recruited by an agency to investigate a tournament hosted by Han, since they believe he has an Opium trade there. Roper and Williams are former army buddies since Vietnam and they enter the tournament due to different problems that they have. It's a deadly tournament they will enter on an island. Lee's job is to get the other 2 out of there alive.

Plot Keywords: hero, drug czar, gangster, mercenary, criminal, tense, thrilling ...

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#8. Against the Tide (2009)

Storyline: 'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little known story of Peter Bergson, who tirelessly stood up against American Jewish leaders in the late 30's and early 40's in an effort to save the Jews of Europe.—Richard Trank

Plot Keywords: american, jew, holocaust survivor, historian, expert, documentarian, activist ...

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#9. Serbuan maut (2011)

Storyline: In Jakarta, Indonesia, Lieutenant Wahyu organizes the invasion of an apartment building that is the safe house of the powerful and cruel drug lord Tama and his gang. The SWAT team breaks in the building but one lookout sees and warns the gangsters and the police force is trapped on the seventh floor. They learn that Lt. Wahyu has not informed his superiors about the operation. Now the police officers have to fight with limited ammunition against the armed and dangerous gangsters.

Plot Keywords: rookie, swat officer, criminal, lieutenant, brutal, intense, apartment building ...

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#10. Fearless (2006)

Storyline: Martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made, inspired his nation. The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another master's death, members of Huo's family are slain in revenge. Grieving and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium over a period of several years. Huo realizes that the future ...

Plot Keywords: hero, villain, villager, martial arts master, friend, martial artist, fiery ...

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#11. Zui quan (1978)

Storyline: The father of Wong Fei-hong, who has been attempting to teach his son kung-fu, but has found him too disobedient to teach and decides to send him off to his uncle, a cruel and torturous master of the 8-Drunken Genii kung-fu. After much suffering the son comes back to rescue the father from an assassin.

Plot Keywords: student, martial arts master, assassin, father, son, amusing, rousing ...

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#12. Jing wu ying xiong (1994)

Storyline: 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 Huo Yuan Jia in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa. While overcoming suspicion and ambition within the kungfu school, Chen exhumes his master to prove Hou's defeat was the result of poisoning. Both nationalities make the case a test of honor, so Chinese and Japanese pride are at stake when it culminates in Chen's final epic duel against the ruthless, undefeated Japanese general Fujita.

Plot Keywords: martial artist, girlfriend, japanese man, general, son, prostitute, spectacular ...

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#13. Ip Man 2 (2010)

Storyline: Ip Man 2 is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centers on Ip's movements in Hong Kong, which is under British colonial rule. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts.

Plot Keywords: teacher, boxer, fighter, superintendent, student, brooding, thrilling ...

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#14. Equilibrium (2002)

Storyline: In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.

Plot Keywords: special agent, partner, wife, girl, ruler, brooding, gripping ...

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#15. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)

Storyline: Hanzo Hasashi loses his clan, family, and his life during an attack by a rival ninja clan the Lin Kuei. He is given the chance by to compete in an inter-dimensional tournament to save his loved ones while other fighters try to save the Earth realm from annihilation.—redmiatazoomzoom

Plot Keywords: ninja, martial artist, hero, brutal, gripping, engaging, space ...

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