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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhod of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteroric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charasmatic action heroes in cinema history.
Style: uplifting, serious, captivating, realistic, inspirational, cult classic, touching, psychotronic, exciting, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, biopic, master warrior, actor's life, filmmaking, culture clash, training, father son relationship, american dream, prodigy, rising to stardom, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, human spirit, follow your dream, haunted by the past, racism, rivalry, cultural icon, against the odds, uninhibited rivalry, karate, prejudice, martial artist, interracial romance ...
Time: 1940s, year 1993, 70s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1966 ...
Place: hong kong, los angeles, seattle, california, usa, asia, thailand ...
Keyword: bruce lee, retrospective, chinese, challenge, movie poster, gangsters, dreams, movie theatre, buddy movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and cult classic films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fight, heroes, master warrior, rivalry and martial artist mostly in Drama, Action and Biography genres. Some movies like Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: Ip Man (2008), Bloodsport (1988), Birth of the Dragon (2016), Li Xiao Long chuan qi (2008), Bruce Lee, My Brother (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ip Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: heroic, epic, exciting, tense, uplifting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, human spirit, master warrior, courage, bravery, training, warrior, martial artist, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1937 ...
Place: china, east asia, seattle, asia, ancient china
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Bloodsport (1988)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, grindhouse, cult classic, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, kung fu, tournament, underdog, master warrior, revenge, hand to hand combat, karate, underground fighting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Birth of the Dragon (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, factual, suspense, inspirational ...
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu, karate, kung fu master, destiny, heroes, athlete's life, fight scenes, kung fu fighting, jeet kune do, martial artist ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa
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100%
Li Xiao Long chuan qi (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee following him from Hong Kong to America and back again, leading up to his tragic death at the age of 32.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, tough guy, follow your dream, actor's life, rising to stardom, rivalry, lifestyle, society, cultural icon, instructor, filmmaking ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: asia, hong kong, usa, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Bruce Lee, My Brother (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bruce Lee, My Brother is an action-dramatic biopic of the eponymous martial arts legend as told by his younger brother, Robert Lee. It revolves around Bruce Lee's life as a rebellious adolescent in Hong Kong before he sets off for the USA and ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, mind blowing
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, actor's life, ambition, lifestyle, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, heroes, celebrity culture, showbiz, wing chun, biopic ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ip Man 4 is an upcoming Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed by Wilson Yip and produced by Raymond Wong. It is the fourth in the Ip Man film series based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster of the same name and features Donnie Yen ...
Style: poignant, inspirational, uplifting, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, master warrior, fight, human spirit, immigrant, hand to hand combat, philosophy, medieval, cancer, mentor ...
Time: 60s, 2010s
Place: china, usa, san francisco, hong kong, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
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37%
Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A highly fictionalized biography of the famous Bruce Lee, this movie traces his college life, his marriage to Linda Lee, his relationship with his master, and his untimely death.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, grindhouse
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, asian, heroes, master warrior, biopic, family relations, couples, rise to the top, society, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: seattle, east asia, hong kong, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Best of the Best (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?
Style: inspirational, emotional, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, teens
Plot: martial arts, martial artist, martial arts tournament, underdog, culture clash, redemption, vengeance, taekwondo, violence, kung fu, fight scenes, fight ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: seoul, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Grandmaster (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip ...
Style: visually stunning, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu master, kung fu, wing chun, vengeance, heroes, fight, opponent, instructor, rivalry, contests and competitions, heir ...
Time: 1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place: china, japan, hong kong, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Least Among You (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, ...
Style: emotional, touching, uplifting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: racism, college, rebellion, human spirit, against the odds, self discovery, life is a bitch, social relations, hopes, student life, clergy, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Featuring some of the most spectacular, innovative and explosive martial arts ever staged, The Legend Is Born is the remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor.Beginning ...
Style: serious, exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wing chun, master warrior, kung fu, fight, teacher, training, ambition, social differences, talented, rivalry, society ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, 1900s, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Chinese Connection (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, murder, violence, kung fu classic, fight scenes, samurai, revenge, wuxia, fight, mentor, karate ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 1910s, 70s
Place: japan, bolivia, asia, china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Ip Man 3 (2015)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
Style: breathtaking, entertaining, stylized, scenic, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, fight scenes, martial arts school, culture clash, cancer, fight, gang, mentor, gangster, medieval ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
No Retreat, No Surrender (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Young Jason Stillwell (Kurt McKinney) moves with his parents to Seattle, where local bullies harass them without mercy. Jason's father Tom (Tim Baker) does not believe in violence, so the family takes it on the chin. One day Jason enrolls in a ...
Style: serious, cult classic, exciting, action adventure, retro ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, karate, martial arts training, kickboxing, training, ghost, vengeance, kung fu, mixed martial arts, fighter, fight, jeet kune do ...
Time: 80s
Place: seattle, washington state, usa, russia, los angeles ...
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35%
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat ...
Style: stylized, cult classic, epic, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, martial artist, samurai, kung fu master, fight, master warrior, kung fu fighting, wuxia, dalmatian, hopes, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, ancient times, 1890s
Place: china, asia
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34%
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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 ⇓
34%
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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 ⇓
34%
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Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. he leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. he comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, exploitation, fight, wuxia, martial arts tournament, karate, competition, gangster, power relations, tough heroes ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Game of Death (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Billy Lo is a Hong Kong-based movie actor, who is a box office draw. His girlfriend, Ann Morris, is a singer who is also climbing to the top. Now it seems the syndicate wants Billy and Ann to join their "management firm". But Billy knows ...
Style: grindhouse, suspenseful, cult classic, psychotronic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, martial artist, tough heroes, betrayal, fight scenes, revenge, motorcycle, exploitation, karate, fight ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: hong kong, east asia, china, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 34K
Fighting (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When ...
Style: intense, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: street fighter, boxing, martial arts, boxer, battles, streetfighting, athlete and trainer, mixed martial arts, life philosophy, rags to riches, brutality, hip hop ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right!
Style: independent film, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, righting the wronged, tough heroes, rivalry, philosopher, asian man, movie star, martial artist, fistfight ...
Time: 70s
Place: california, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 8.0
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Cinderella Man (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style: touching, inspirational, motivational, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, biopic, boxer, athlete's life, poverty, depression, motivation, financial problem, family bonds ...
Time: 1930s, year 2005, year 2006, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place: new jersey, netherlands, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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33%
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 6.8
 79K
Hitchcock (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: biopic, showbiz, obsession, secrets, filmmaking, hollywood, manipulation, investigation, couple relations, love and romance, talented, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1950s, year 1959, 1940s, year 2012, 1900s ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.2
 39K
Lionheart (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, on the run, drug dealer, french foreign legion, bet, rivalry, opponent, contests and competitions, family relations, kung fu, karate, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, north africa, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Great Debaters (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Style: inspirational, realistic, touching, political, emotional ...
Plot: racism, teacher, debate, mentor, african american, professor, biopic, segregation, college, discrimination, black american, racial segregation ...
Time: 1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place: texas, africa, oklahoma, harvard university, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.9
 2K
Black Belt (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: karate, martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, battles, vengeance, rivalry, against the odds, military life, instructor, tough heroes, self defense ...
Time: 1930s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Four fighters different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in heir midst.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, martial arts tournament, fight, streetfighting, boxer, kickboxing, kickboxer, cage fighting, athlete and trainer, martial arts training, bully, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America ...
Style: political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot: interracial relations, white male black female relationship, interracial marriage, biracial, miscegenation, racism, civil rights, love, interracial, interracial romance, supreme court, interracial couple ...
Time: 90s, 60s
Place: america, virginia, usa, southern usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ...
Style: serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, tough heroes, fight scenes, good versus evil, terrorism, heroes, master warrior, one man army, mortal combat, vengeance, island ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, usa, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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