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Magnificent Guardsmen (1978)
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Magnificent Guardsmen (1978)
Original name: 飛渡捲雲山
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Chan is asked by a young, wealthy lady to take her sick brother to a particular doctor in order to be cured. To reach this doctor, Chan and a handful of travelling companions must pass through bandit-infested wild country. They meet and kung-fu-fight several gangs of thugs along the way.
Style: humorous, semi serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, heroes, battles, on the road, escapades, rivalry, danger, clergy, siblings relations, race against time, obsessive quest, heroic mission, violence, warrior, tough guy, villain, master warrior, martial artist, kung fu master, brawl, fistfight, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, hand to hand combat ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, cult classic and fast films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fistfight, martial artist, master warrior, kung fu fighting and violence mostly in Action, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Magnificent Guardsmen: Last Hero in China (1993), Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978), Last Tiger from Canton (1973), In Eagle Dragon Fist (1979), Shao Lin men (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Last Hero in China (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Style: scenic, romantic, cult classic, humorous, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, kung fu fighting, wong fei hung, wire fu, wuxia, one man army, master warrior, heroes, folk hero ...
Time: 19th century
Place: china, asia
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100%
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan (Chan) until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the "snake fist" fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, cult classic, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, vengeance, wuxia, fight, heroes, hand to hand combat, medieval, master warrior, mentor, martial artist, orphan ...
Time: year 2016
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Last Tiger from Canton (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Young Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice. One day, he meets an old beggar who offers to teach Jackie how to fight. Jackie grows up to be quite good though he keeps his knowledge a secret ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, kickass, asian, one man army, heroes, violent content, power relations, rivalry, youth, bare chested male ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
In Eagle Dragon Fist (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A dishonored student of the Dragon Fist Sect seeks revenge for the death of his teacher.
Style: action adventure, cult classic, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, blaster, heroes, master warrior, violent content, violence spree, rivalry, vengeance, danger, village ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
47%
Fearless Hyena 2 (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
Style: serious, exciting, stylized
Plot: martial arts, medieval, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, superhuman powers, pirate, vengeance, hotshot hero, tough law enforcer, chase, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
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The Fearless Hyena (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jackie Chan is a youngster, living in a remote vllage with his grandfather who teaches him Kong-Fu (naturally). He keeps getting into fights, even though his grandfather warns him not to show their Kong-Fu to others. Jackie, though, is tempted by ...
Style: slapstick, action adventure, cult classic, serious, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, school, fight, kung fu classic, wuxia, asian, karate, heroes, wing chun, vengeance ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
To Kill with Intrigue (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.
Style: surreal, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, asian, kung fu, pregnancy, gory, heroes, fall in love, intrigue, gang, leadership, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: 70s
Place: east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Little Mute is an orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father at the hands of a vicious fighting master. Living at the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous prisoner who teaches him a secret form of deadly kung fu. Seeing his ...
Style: cult classic, action adventure, semi serious, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin monk, tough heroes, sexual abuse, kung fu classic, master warrior, asian, buddhist, shaolin kung fu, rivalry, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The noble Ten Tigers, one woman and nine men, protect their Cantonese region the villainous Lord Yung and his underlings. When Yung kidnaps the wife of one of the Tiger's students, the Tigers disguise themselves as a Princess and her followers ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu, female martial artist, tough guy, tough girl, village, female fighter, fistfight, kung fu master, kung fu classic, hand to hand combat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
Style: anamorphic, cult classic
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, medieval, wong fei hung, good versus evil, violence, revenge, fight, sword fight, sword duel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, heroes, master warrior, wartime life, school, murder, heroic mission, against the odds, tough heroes ...
Place: taiwan, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Death Duel (1972)
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Story: The Death Duel is a Taiwan Martial Arts movie
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, heroes, jeet kune do, karate, villain, kung fu fighting, kung fu master, kung fu, fistfight, violence, martial artist ...
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38%
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: 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. ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, martial artist, kung fu classic, boxing, fight scenes, fight, kung fu fighting, wuxia, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1994, 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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The Executioner (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, sexploitation, heroes, gangster, drug dealing, leadership, rivalry, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: tokyo, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Fury of the Shaolin Master (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A government law officer is dispatched to bring his brother's killers to justice. On his bloody mission, untold assassins are thrown at him, but to no avail. One by one they are done away with in a most militant style.
Style: exciting, rough, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shaolin monk, shaolin kung fu, revenge, karate, master warrior, martial arts, violent content, lone wolves, vengeance, rivalry, danger, one man army ...
Place: asia
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Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So (2016)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Due to a conspiracy, the wealthy So Chan loses everything but is saved by the Beggars' Sect. He learns the long lost martial art - Drunken Fist, to defeat the person who framed him.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, stylized
Plot: martial arts, martial artist, master warrior, drinking, heroes, kung fu fighting, hand to hand combat, master, drunkard, silly humor, kung fu, fistfight ...
Place: china
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After the murder of two kung fu experts, Bruce, a Police Inspector from New Zealand, decides to get involved in the case despite only being on vacation in Hong Kong. At the scene of the most recent murder, the victim managed to tear off a Buddha ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, cop, villain, fistfight, karate, one against many, kung fu classic, fight, kung fu master, assassination, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Young Master (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
Style: humorous, stylized, tense, light, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, on the run, wuxia, mentor, fighter, kung fu master, chase, nothing goes right, contests and competitions, orphan, down on your luck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, fast
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, heroes, master warrior, rivalry, escapades, adventurer, obsessive quest, treasure hunt, ghost, heroic mission ...
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Place: hong kong, asia
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
Style: fast, semi serious, stylized, humorous, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, tough heroes, righting the wronged, working undercover, against the odds, heroic mission, danger, save the day, master warrior, one man army, gang ...
Time: 70s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Dragon Strike (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, ...
Style: semi serious, touching, captivating, tense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, one against many, partner, cons and scams, against the odds, righting the wronged, rivalry, wing chun, one man army, hand to hand combat ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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35%
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, ...
Style: realistic, exciting, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, heroes, gangster, rivalry, danger, kickboxing, violence, martial artist, fistfight, love interest, warrior ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1979)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Eight thieves steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, vowing to regroup three years later. But they'll have to deal with a deadly-kicking cop.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, heroes, betrayal, blind woman, partner, violent content, dishonesty, escapades, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Fist of Anger (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Historical movie set during the Japanese occupation of China during WWII. Jackie Chan is one of the good guys but has nothing much more than a supporting role.
Style: fast paced, serious, realistic
Plot: martial arts, world war two, japanese occupation of china, heroes, kung fu classic, military, life is a bitch, escapades, rivalry, good versus evil, war, soldier ...
Time: 1940s
Place: china, japan, asia, hong kong
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33%
Call Me Dragon (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Golden Sand City is filled with brothels and casinos funded by drug lord Yim Kung Ho (evil Mr. Yem) and policed by the iron fist of his henchman Panther (Leopard Head). Vigilantes Inspector Big Dragon (Bruce Liang), Little Mouse, and Black Cat plan ...
Style: independent film
Plot: fight, master warrior, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, kung fu, kung fu master, martial arts, martial artist, fistfight, violence, young, fighting
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The Steel Fisted Dragon (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A kung-fu master hunts down the villain who killed his mother.
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, bare chested male, martial artist, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, brawl, kung fu master, violence, fight, villain, kung fu classic ...
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33%
Image of Bruce Lee (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A band of counterfeiters wants to make Hong Kong their new territory. The disgraced leader of the Special Squad will have to team-up with a group of Hong Kong police officers in an attempt to stop the dirty business of crime lord Han Tin Lung, but ...
Style: fast, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, partner, undercover, master warrior, forgery, heroes, rivalry, gang, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Himalayan (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only ...
Style: action adventure
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, warrior, tough guy, kung fu classic, kung fu master, martial artist, fistfight, duel, fight, brawl, kung fu fighting ...
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33%
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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the ...
Style: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, betrayal, vengeance, violence, master warrior, sword fight, rivalry, obsessive quest, danger, human spirit ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: thailand, asia
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