Movies like The Legend 1993

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The Legend (1993)
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The Legend (1993)
Original name: 方世玉
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.
Style: cult classic, humorous, stylized, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, sexy, breathtaking, entertaining ...
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, medieval, wu shu, martial artist, fight, violence, kung fu fighting, samurai, swashbuckler, hardcore, exodus, wire fu, heroes, emperor, burned alive, tai chi, legends and myths, rescue, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, gender bending, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia, tokyo
Keyword: chinese, fighting movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult classic, exciting, stylized and serious films with plots about kung fu, martial arts, heroes, master warrior, rivalry, fight and stylized violence mostly in Action, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Legend: Last Hero in China (1993), Once Upon a Time in China II (1992), Once Upon a Time in China III (1992), Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986), Tai-Chi Master (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Legend II (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral ...
Style: cult classic, semi serious, stylized, humorous
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wu shu, medieval, kung fu fighting, fight, swashbuckler, wire fu, wuxia, exodus, heroes, danger ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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Tai-Chi Master (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their ...
Style: cult classic, fast, serious, exciting, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female warrior, tai chi, medieval, monk, fight, wuxia, revenge, martial artist, shaolin, wire fu ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Iron Monkey (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician ...
Style: stylized, funny, epic, freeze frame, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, robin hood, violence, martial artist, monk, combat, kung fu classic, wire fu ...
Time: year 1993
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Volcano High (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Volcano High School is marking its 108th. Every student is a martial arts expert, so it is not surprising to see tea leaves moving in the shape of dragons or hallway windows shattering into bits with no one touching them. At Volcano High, the legend ...
Style: humorous, stylized, semi serious, exciting, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, high school, vengeance, good versus evil, heroic mission, transformation, fish out of water, supernatural ability, kung fu, haunted by the past, teachers and students, youth ...
Place: asia, south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Wing Chun (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Martial arts expert Wing Chun battles bandits in this magical film that provides as many laughs as it does wallops. Besides horse thieves, Wing Chun must deal with the men around her who simply can't handle a strong, independent woman. ...
Style: cult classic, semi serious, stylized, humorous, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wing chun, martial arts, kung fu, female martial artist, female warrior, fight, kickass women, feminist, wuxia, wiretap, martial artist, sword ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Shaolin Temple (1982)
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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, heroes, fight, coming of age, vengeance, monastery, medieval, renegade, tough heroes, monk ...
Time: 7th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular and hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences ...
Style: serious, stylized, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, good versus evil, parents and children, medieval, rebelliousness, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, heroic mission, fight, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Evil Cult (1993)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying.
Style: serious, surreal, scenic, atmospheric
Plot: martial arts, revenge, kung fu, master warrior, supernatural ability, heroes, danger, imaginary, rivalry, vengeance, good versus evil, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages
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Swordsman II (1992)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jet Li plays Ling, a student from the Blue Mountain school of martial arts, who, along with fellow students and Kiddo, find themselves embroiled in a country-wide political/clan war with the Highlander clan in the forefront of the battle.
Style: cult classic, surreal, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
29%
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
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Time: year 2016
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
28%
Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Western
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Master (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United ...
Style: scenic, romantic, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
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28%
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 ...
Time: 1930s, 90s
Place: hong kong, asia
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Enter the Phoenix (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, fast, realistic ...
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Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China.
Style: colorful, intense, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
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Time: 19th century, year 1991, 1800s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Black Mask (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Chui Chik tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed "701." The 701 squad is used for many ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, bloody, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Fearless Hyena (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: slapstick, action adventure, cult classic, serious, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Dragons Forever (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jackie Chan stars as a hot-shot lawyer hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty ...
Style: neurotic, exciting, semi serious, humorous, slapstick ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, lawyer, factory, kung fu fighting, art, cons and scams, dishonesty, hand to hand combat, gangster, courtroom ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Project A 2 (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Style: cult classic, fast, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, frame up, kung fu fighting, karate, corruption, police, epic battle, combat, samurai, wuxia ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Drunken Master (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei-Hung, whose mischievous antics land him in hot water. Having tolerated enough of his son's mishaps, Fei-Hung's dad enlists his sadistic uncle, who specializes in drunken-style kung fu, to teach the lad some ...
Style: humorous, grindhouse, funny, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wu shu, wuxia, teacher, master, redemption, alcoholic, karate, fight, undisciplined, female martial artist ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place: china, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin ...
Style: cult classic, fast, semi serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, shaolin monk, fight, wuxia, village, master warrior, heroes, shaolin, tough heroes, legends and myths ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
12%
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