Movies like Shao Lin men
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Shao Lin men (1976)
2K
Original name: 少林門
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, serious, fast, psychotronic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, fight, exploitation, master warrior, wing chun, samurai sword, school, heroes, legends and myths, undercover, chases and races, vigilantism, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, working undercover, culture clash, wooing, state affairs, daring rescue, heroic mission, tough heroes, secret agent ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Keyword:
attack
Most similar movies to Shao Lin men
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and stylized films with plots about martial arts, heroes, kung fu, master warrior, fight, rivalry and kung fu classic mostly in Action, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Shao Lin men: Fearless Hyena 2 (1983), Snake-Crane Secret (1976), 5 Masters of Death (1974), Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986), Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Snake and Crane Secret is a fast paced martial arts action film about a familys battle for survival. A family tries to uphold their honor while keeping their Sacred Kung Fu book from getting into the wrong hands. A tale of deceit mistrust and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, kung fu, kung fu classic, family relations, heroes, master warrior, qing dynasty, gangster, violent content, tough heroes, master villain ...
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, medieval, fight, karate, martial arts training, fistfight, violent content, master warrior, vengeance, danger ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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%
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%
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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 ⇓
39%
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 ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, heroes, siblings relations, heroic mission, on the road, escapades, clergy, race against time, obsessive quest, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, medieval, kung fu classic, wuxia, revenge, exploitation, battles, heroes, one man army ...
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, master warrior, secret agent, heroes, dealing with death, vigilantism, gang, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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996
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 ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort/guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
Style:
cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, fight, medieval, kung fu classic, sword, wuxia, shaolin, weapons, asian, sword fight, special agent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
china, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 4th, 5th, and 6th brothers are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother, takes refuge ...
Style:
perverse, grindhouse, realistic, serious, stylized ...
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boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, medieval, fight, wuxia, fight club, ninja, shaolin, sword, weapons, violent content ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
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boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, heroes, fight, coming of age, vengeance, monastery, medieval, renegade, tough heroes, monk ...
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china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Shaolin related movies
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. ...
Style:
serious, stylized, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, shaolin, shaolin monk, monk, shaolin kung fu, wu shu, kung fu, conquering, martial artist, dictatorship, refugee, fight ...
Time:
2010s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Shaolin practitioners and brothers Wu and Hung kill the merciless Pai Mei. However, Pai Mei's even more merciless brother White Lotus takes revenge; killing most of the Shaolin disciples, including Wu and Hung's girlfriend, leaving only ...
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, perverse, exciting, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, wuxia, ninja, karate, exploitation, monster, violent content ...
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn to combine their martial arts skills and seek revenge ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, handicapped, cripple, exploitation, heroes, disability, misfit, confined, master criminal, danger ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, medieval, shaolin, kung fu classic, cannon, revenge, assassin, wanted, violent content ...
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow related movies
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, kung fu classic, handicapped, violent content, disability, danger, heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter ...
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Plot:
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Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ming General Cheng (Wang Dao) and his band of soldiers escape to Taiwan after Ching forces topple the Ming Dynasty. Still fearing the deposed general's deadly potential, however, the Ching prince Ta orders his own band of ruthless mercenaries ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
taiwan, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One of the last of the Old School Hong Kong martial arts flicks, this one deals with a legendary competition in swordplay and fighting that ends up being fought between two great warriors, a Chinese man and a Japanese man, who, over the course of ...
Style:
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Plot:
ninja, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, samurai, kung fu classic, cannon, weapons, fight, swordplay, swordsman ...
Time:
middle ages
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23%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ho Mei Fong is a young woman in trouble, running from a gang of criminals with something of importance hidden in her purse. She dies in Chien Chen's taxi while trying to escape, but not before hiding the purse. Chien Chen is now involved ...
Style:
serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, heroes, tough heroes, fighting crime, gang, chases and races, partners against crime, race against time, rivalry, law enforcement, kung fu master ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
Style:
fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, violent content, best friend, hopes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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