Movies like The Heroic Ones

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The Heroic Ones (1970)
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The Heroic Ones (1970)
Original name: 十三太保
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals (who he treats as sons) to embark on the mission. However, jealously amongst them sparks a treacherous family feud that could lead to catastrophic consequences for all involved.
Style: grindhouse, epic, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, ninja, asian history, heroes, military, gang, betrayal, battles, gory, master warrior, royal family, leadership, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, good versus evil, rebelliousness, political unrest, siblings relations, assassination, state affairs, daring rescue, heroic mission ...
Time: 9th century
Place: asia, hong kong

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and stylized films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fight, rivalry, heroes, master warrior and wuxia mostly in Action, Drama and History genres. Some movies like The Heroic Ones: The Deadly Duo (1971), The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971), Brothers Five (1970), 5 Masters of Death (1974), The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Deadly Duo (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, kung fu classic, wuxia, fight, partner, revolution, friends, daring rescue, danger, master warrior ...
Place: asia, china
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The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, kung fu classic, handicapped, violent content, disability, danger, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1971
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Brothers Five (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
Style: grindhouse, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
5 Masters of Death (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, medieval, fight, karate, martial arts training, fistfight, violent content, master warrior, vengeance, danger ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 4th, 5th, and 6th brothers are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother, takes refuge ...
Style: perverse, grindhouse, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Crippled Avengers (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Crippled Avengers is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh and starring four members of the Venom Mob. It has been released in North America as Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. The film follows a group of martial ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
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Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort/guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
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Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: china, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Shaolin Temple (1976)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, master warrior, rivalry, betrayal, heroes, dishonesty, vengeance, shaolin, medieval, kung fu classic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Two Champions of Shaolin (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Duel of the Iron Fist (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Tan Jen-chieh’s life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following the murder of his adopted father. He’s hunted in the streets. His lover, Butterfly, turns to prostitution. And his father’s likely killer – a ...
Style: bloody, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Brave Archer (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet ...
Style: serious, realistic, epic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, archer, archery, wuxia, violent content, power relations, family relations, love and romance, heroes, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
White Vengeance (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, became leaders of the ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, serious ...
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Time: ancient times
Place: china, seattle, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Chinese Vengeance (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial arts tale of betrayal and revenge explores one of the most sensational scandals in Chinese history and marked the true ascension of its director and ...
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48%
Three Kingdoms (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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48%
Five Element Ninjas (1982)
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
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Kingdom of War: Part 2 (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 165 min.
Story: Prince Naresuan is now the crown prince of Ayutthaya and the king of Burma is dead. While the new Burmese king is waging war, the crown prince plots to assassinate Naresuan. Hearing this, the prince decides to evacuate Thais out of the Burmese ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Shadow Whip (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 78 min.
Story: This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in ...
Style: fast, serious
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Story: In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, stylized, epic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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7-Man Army (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated ...
Style: grindhouse
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Time: 1930s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
Style: captivating, stylized, tense, serious, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, swordsman, state affairs, political unrest, female warrior, medieval, daring rescue, assassination, leadership, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time: ancient times
Place: ancient china, china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Shaolin Mantis (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Skilled martial arts director Lau Ka Leung offers you another Kung Fu treat! this Asian classic introduces viewers to the Shaolin Mantis way of fighting! The tale takes you back to the Qing dynasty & Wei Feng, the son of a Qing official who ...
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, touching, exciting ...
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Savage Five (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A pacifist village is beset by bandits in this martial arts thriller. "Savage Five" hands-down rivals the ornateness of "Kid With The Golden Arm" and the twist-heavy "Five Deadly Venoms". The always great David Chiang ...
Style: grindhouse
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Kung Fu Invaders (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Director Chang Cheh begins his Shaolin Cycle with this solid kung fu actioner about a band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state and driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, wuxia, qing dynasty, patriotism, heroic bloodshed, exile, kung fu master, kung fu classic, escape
Time: 18th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Four Riders (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This prime example of director/co-writer Chang Cheh's mastery takes place in Seoul right after the Korean War, as a kung-fu master, combat instructor, explosives expert, and missile specialist must take on a venal drug smuggling gang. ...
Plot: kung fu, korean war, martial arts, nightclub, loose woman, military, gym, corruption, smoking, drinking, pantyhose, black pantyhose ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.6
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Bang Rajan (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Thailand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies. With no support from the Royal army, the villagers drives the invading Burmese ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, captivating ...
Plot: battles, battlefield, massacre, warrior, resistance, army, sword fight, leader, rebelliousness, military, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 18th century
Place: burma, massachusetts, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: grindhouse, educational, fast paced, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1978
Place: east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Patrol Horse (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four heroes embark on a secret mission for Dr Sun Yat Sen's Nationalist Guard. Relentlessly pursued by the warriors of notorious Warlord Yue Sai Hoi, they have seven days to reach the Lo Yang Pass with their secret cargo.
Style: realistic, serious, tense
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, ninja, battles, politics, heroes, soldier, state affairs, rivalry, escapades, chase, military ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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