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Wushu (2008)
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Wushu (2008)
Original name: 武术之少年行
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ten years ago, five students joined a martial arts school and learned the disciplines of Wushu and the bonds of friendship. Today, both will be put to the test after they and a former student stumble into a child kidnapping ring
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kidnapping, coach, friends, friendship, escapades, medieval, rivalry, ambition, young heroes, teaching the ways of the world, teenager, combat, salvation, sword, duel, picture, tournament, staff, medal, heroes, coming of age, youth, family relations, master warrior ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: china, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, fight, rivalry and hand to hand combat mostly in Action, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Wushu: Rise of the Legend (2014), Mulan (2020), Hapkido (1972), Fight the Fight (2011), Fist of Legend (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rise of the Legend (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of ...
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, tense, perverse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, hand to hand combat, harbor, chinese mafia, medieval, friendship, undercover, gang, danger, wuxia ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
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Mulan (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, stylized, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot: female warrior, martial arts, heroine, woman dressed as man, tough girl, cross dressing, sword, mythical creature, woman with a gun, chinese woman, female protagonist, princess ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ancient china, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
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Hapkido (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair way of students that side up with the invasors, when ...
Style: cult classic, stylized, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, kung fu classic, dojo, female fight, rivalry, heroes, master warrior, murder, society, hopes ...
Time: 1930s
Place: china, korea, hong kong, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Fight the Fight (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Having taken his father's advice, one man decides to return home in pursuit of a fresh start. While training at his father's martial arts school, he learns that his father has given consent to sell the school to a rival martial arts school.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, love and romance, contests and competitions, family relations, parents and children, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, athlete and trainer, unlikely couple, siblings relations, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Fist of Legend (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: harsh, intense, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, violence, martial artist, fight scenes, fight, brutality, samurai, wuxia, master warrior, kung fu classic ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, medieval, kung fu classic, wuxia, revenge, exploitation, battles, heroes, one man army ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wing chun, martial arts, master warrior, ambition, teachers and students, rivalry, heroes, instructor, medieval, kung fu, biopic, kickass ...
Time: 2010s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.0
 2K
Shao Lin men (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A 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.
Style: cult classic, fast, serious, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, exploitation, fight, master warrior, samurai sword, wing chun, secret agent, daring rescue, undercover, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Snake-Crane Secret (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Snake and Crane Secret is a fast paced martial arts action film about a familys battle for survival. A family tries to uphold their honor while keeping their Sacred Kung Fu book from getting into the wrong hands. A tale of deceit mistrust and ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, kung fu, kung fu classic, family relations, heroes, master warrior, qing dynasty, gangster, violent content, tough heroes, master villain ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.8
 20K
Shaolin (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. ...
Style: serious, stylized, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, shaolin, shaolin monk, monk, shaolin kung fu, wu shu, kung fu, conquering, martial artist, dictatorship, refugee, fight ...
Time: 2010s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Honor (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: streetfighting, martial arts, gang, urban ghetto life, friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, organized crime, showdown, gang war, underground tournament, underground fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor who killed his father. ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, touching ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 7th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
New Fists of Fury (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung-Fu school in Taiwan has designs on bringing all other ...
Style: action adventure, cult classic, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: taiwan, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Guy with Secret Kung Fu (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: fast, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Shaolin practitioners and brothers Wu and Hung kill the merciless Pai Mei. However, Pai Mei's even more merciless brother White Lotus takes revenge; killing most of the Shaolin disciples, including Wu and Hung's girlfriend, leaving only ...
Style: grindhouse, stylized, perverse, exciting, offbeat ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Once Upon a Time in China V (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Epic adventure set during a tumultuous time in China, when left without a leader, the cavalry is attacked by the powerful allies and pirate bands. A martial arts master, Wong Fei-Hong and Aunt Yee return to do battle against these evil forces.
Style: intense, suspense, brutal
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Time: 1910s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Style: grindhouse, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the ...
Style: heroic, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
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Place: hong kong, china, east asia, asia
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: During the Ming Dynasty one man will request a competition when his weapon is rejected. After a series of fights he is determined to prove his sword is invincible.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, disorder, master warrior, against the odds, medieval, contests and competitions, ambition, mysterious character, heroes, mistaken identity, kung fu ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
33%
 4.8
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Kung Fu Killer (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, revenge, kung fu, escapades, medieval, tough heroes, rivalry, race against time, village, chase, love, warlord ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, violent content, best friend, hopes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration. Two other men from the south Shaolin temple also set out to assassinate the ruler, but all three fail and are ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin monk, shaolin, master warrior, one against many, soldier, heroes, kung fu master, vengeance, fight, kung fu fighting ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Crippled Masters (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn to combine their martial arts skills and seek revenge ...
Style: cult classic, disturbing, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, handicapped, cripple, exploitation, heroes, disability, misfit, confined, master criminal, danger ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.7
 7K
Damage (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
Style: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, cult classic ...
Plot: martial arts, fight, danger, fall in love, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, underground tournament, wrestler, violence, love, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Once Upon a Time in China III (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
Style: stylized, serious, cult classic, harsh, anamorphic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, samurai, culture clash, wuxia, master warrior, battles, heroes, medieval, heroic mission, wong fei hung, assassination ...
Time: 1800s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: One year after the events of "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. However, while gearing up for a MMA title shot, he finds himself sedated and forced back into Thailand, this time in prison. He is there ...
Style: brutal, suspenseful, exciting, bleak, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kickboxing, martial arts, kickboxer, muay thai, muscleman, violence, master warrior, brutality, fight, mentor, vengeance, friendship ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.0
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Man of Tai Chi (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.
Style: meditative, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, kung fu, tai chi, revenge, competition, mortal combat, police corruption, martial artist, betrayal, brutality, justice ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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