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The Legend II (1993)
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The Legend II (1993)
Original name: 方世玉續集
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 conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, saddled with two presumptive wives.
Style: cult classic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, cult film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wu shu, medieval, fight, kung fu fighting, swashbuckler, exodus, wire fu, wuxia, heroes, betrayal, rescue, escapades, rivalry, danger, redemption, dishonesty, master villain, daring rescue, heroic mission, horse, combat, revenge, violence ...
Time: middle ages
Keyword: chinese

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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, fight, kung fu fighting and violence mostly in Action, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Legend II: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011), Last Hero in China (1993), Once Upon a Time in China II (1992), Hero (2002), Tai-Chi Master (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Legend (1993)
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 ...
Style: cult classic, stylized, humorous, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, medieval, wu shu, martial artist, fight, kung fu fighting, violence, hardcore, exodus, wire fu ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, battles, mistress, heroes, danger, eunuch, kung fu, medieval, desert, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 15th century
Place: china, ancient china, seattle, asia
⇓ 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%
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Hero (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Style: breathtaking, epic, visually stunning, serious, visual ...
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, kung fu, swords and armor, master warrior, female warrior, betrayal, vengeance, twists and turns, desert, wu shu ...
Time: year 2002, ancient times, medieval times, middle ages, 2000s
Place: china, ancient china, east asia, asia
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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%
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
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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
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35%
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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 ⇓
35%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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
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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
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31%
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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
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, tough heroes, transgender, wire fu, kung fu fighting, martial artist, ancient, hardcore, fight ...
Place: china, asia
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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
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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 ...
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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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29%
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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
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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, stylized, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, kung fu, martial arts, master warrior, chase, kidnapping, treasure, redemption, adventurer, daring rescue, danger, heroic mission ...
Place: europe, africa
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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 ...
Time: 1930s, 90s
Place: hong kong, asia
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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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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
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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28%
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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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 ...
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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 ⇓
26%
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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
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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
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Time: 20th century, 1900s
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, one against many, fight, warrior, hand to hand combat, sword fight, mixed martial arts, fistfight, martial artist, corruption ...
Time: 1910s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the ...
Style: exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, good versus evil, young heroes, wuxia, monkey king, medieval, friendship, time travel, shaolin, master warrior, immortality ...
Time: year 2008, medieval times, middle ages, 21st century
Place: china, boston, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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