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Shanghai Express (1986)
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Shanghai Express (1986)
Original name: 富貴列車
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
Style: funny, slapstick, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, fast, spaghetti western, spoof, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, train, railway, fight, organized crime, fight club, unlikely hero, wuxia, samurai, bank robbery, heist, heroes, gang, master criminal, chase, chases and races, rivalry, danger, passenger, train travel, save the day, cons and scams, tough heroes, horse ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Shanghai Express

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy and exciting films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fight, heroes, rivalry, kung fu classic and hand to hand combat mostly in Action, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Shanghai Express: Eastern Condors (1987), Pedicab Driver (1989), Nutty Kickbox Cops (1990), Twin Dragons (1992), Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Eastern Condors (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A motley group of Asian prisoners held in the US are given one chance for freedom. They are to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missles that the US left behind during the pull-out. The group, led by Lt. Lam and convict Tung, hook ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, military, kung fu, battles, vietnam war, danger, military life, heroic mission, jungle, tough heroes, race against time, save the day ...
Time: 70s
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pedicab Driver (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. ...
Style: slapstick, slapstick comedy, eighties
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, prostitution, wuxia, abusive boss, foreplay, revenge, violence, implied sex, stick fight
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, heroes, memory loss, rescue, danger, medieval, fish out of water, society, fighting crime, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, china, asia, hong kong, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Nutty Kickbox Cops (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair of police detectives who soon find themselves on the outs with their boss when they accidentally ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, partner, kung fu, fight, wedding, cop, vacation, working undercover, kidnapping, police detective, friends, hitman ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Twin Dragons (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
Style: humorous, entertaining, realistic, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, farce, twins, brutality, chase, gunfight, siblings relations, goofy hero, disorder, wuxia ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: hong kong, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Yes, Madam! (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass ...
Style: stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female martial artist, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, women, police detective, espionage, fish out of water, undercover, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Winners & Sinners (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the ...
Style: cult classic, action comedy, fast, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gang, fight, exploitation, karate, fight scenes, wuxia, forgery, gangster, disorder, hitman ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Magnificent Butcher (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A plump butcher student of 'Wong Fei Hung', Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as 'Five Dragons'. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, wong fei hung, fight, master warrior, wuxia, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, heroes, vigilantism, master criminal ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Prodigal Son (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a ...
Style: cult classic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wing chun, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, fight, ninja, hand to hand combat, kung fu classic, anti hero, tough heroes, power relations, rebelliousness ...
Time: year 1981, 19th century, 1880s
Place: hong kong, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
My Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985)... The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their ...
Style: action adventure, cult classic, slapstick, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, wuxia, fight scenes, karate, transvestism, gang, disorder, undercover, chases and races, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Million Dollar Heiress (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
Style: exciting, humorous, stylized, action comedy, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, private detective, kung fu, van, chase, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, buddies, femme fatale, escapades, danger, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: italy, spain, europe, barcelona, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
My Lucky Stars (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky ...
Style: cult classic, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kidnapping, fight, ninja, police, mafia, yakuza, karate, comedian, wu shu, undercover ...
Time: 80s
Place: japan, tokyo, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Project A (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
Style: perverse, cult classic, slapstick comedy, fast, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, pirate, fight, kung fu, chase, warrior, bicycle, coast guard, british empire, sea, police, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
45%
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Dreadnaught (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A short-tempered, violent criminal named "White Tiger" is on the run from the police and joins a theater troupe for disguise, killing anyone who angers him or who suspects his identity. One person he unsuccessfully tries to kill several ...
Style: serious, exciting, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, criminal, psychopath, heroes, vengeance, gang, undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Knockabout (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Yuen Baio and Ka-Yan Leung play brothers Yipao and Taipao, lovable rogues who convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students. When Yipao discovers that their teacher is actually a wanted criminal, Silver Fox (Chia Yung Liu), he is ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, kung fu classic, wuxia, fight, beggar, bare chested male, betrayal, dishonesty, buddies, heroes ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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 ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
41%
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Warriors Two (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In an attempt to save his village from being taken over by brutes, Wah is beaten to a pulp and his mother brutally murdered. Determined to take revenge, Wah learns the art of Wing Chun and enters into a showdown with the nasty villains.
Style: fast, serious, realistic, stylized, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, fight, wuxia, karate, kung fu classic, dishonesty, master criminal, womanizer, vengeance, heroes ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Heart of a Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
Style: cult classic, perverse, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu fighting, kung fu, karate, mitsubishi, mental health, disabled person, wuxia, gang, mental disorder, brother, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
39%
The Iceman Cometh (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: During the Ming dynasty, Yuen Biao is a royal guard charged to capture a dangerous criminal. The battle which opposes them will make them fall into ice. Three centuries later, nowdays, the archaeologists give them again the life. Only a black jade ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, time travel, wuxia, weapons, fight, frozen body, fish out of water, violent content, chases and races, master warrior, imaginary ...
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Master (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Gao Jian is a lazy and arrogant student of the martial arts school ran by vain Si Fu Shi Chen-chung. One night after his punishment in his school a wounded man reaches his house. He is Jin Tien-yun, a legendary warrior fleeing from a fight in which ...
Style: serious, grindhouse, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, orphan, fight, karate, revenge, martial arts training, daring rescue, imaginary, vigilantism, escapades ...
Time: 70s
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Once a Cop (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is ...
Style: slapstick, cult classic, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu, police, fight scenes, police investigation, violence, gunfight, buddy cop, woman with a gun, strong female lead, hot chick ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Hard Way to Die (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sung Shao Chong (Billy Chong) traverses the Arizona desert, helping those in need on the way to meet his old friend Kum (Lam Hak-Ming) in a small western town. Once there, he runs into a group of men who terrorize the town and extort the local ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu, revenge, danger, criminal heroes, vengeance, heroes, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, heroic mission ...
Time: 70s
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ...
Plot: martial arts, leadership, mistaken identity, gangster, gang, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, triad, gay son, mafia, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Foggy. He tries to train Foggy but to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber ...
Style: slapstick, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, kung fu classic, drunken style kung fu, drunk, adopted son, tough heroes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, master warrior ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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