Movies like The Shaolin Temple

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The Shaolin Temple (1982)
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The Shaolin Temple (1982)
Original name: 少林寺
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. Based on a true story from Shaolin folklore, but highly fictionalized.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, tense, touching, cult classic, cult film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, heroes, fight, vengeance, coming of age, monastery, medieval, monk, renegade, obsessive quest, heroic mission, tough heroes, revenge, karate, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, hardcore, fighter, wuxia, shaolin, escapades, rivalry, combat ...
Time: 7th century
Place: china, asia
Keyword: fighting movie, chinese, oldies

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Most similar movies to The Shaolin Temple

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, cult classic and stylized films with plots about kung fu, martial arts, master warrior, heroes, rivalry, fight and violence mostly in Action, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Shaolin Temple: Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986), Tai-Chi Master (1993), Last Hero in China (1993), Hero (2002), True Legend (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
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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%
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%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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True Legend (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, good versus evil, vengeance, family relations, family feud, family in danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, rescue ...
Time: 2010s, 1900s, 1860s
Place: china, asia, ancient china
⇓ 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%
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
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 ⇓
100%
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5 Masters of Death (1974)
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%
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dragon Tiger Gate is a 2006 Hong Kong martial arts-action film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also stars in the film. The film is based on the popular Hong Kong manhua, Oriental Heroes, which bears the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, scenic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, superhero, triad, martial arts school, medieval, vengeance, leadership, rivalry, danger, gang, master villain ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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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 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to ...
Style: grindhouse, stylized, inspirational, fast paced, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: shaolin, kung fu, martial arts, revenge, samurai, shaolin kung fu, wuxia, martial artist, fight, medieval, monk, kung fu classic ...
Time: year 1978, 18th century
Place: china, 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 ⇓
100%
The Invincible Armour (1977)
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
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Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Come Drink with Me (1966)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Cheng Pei-pei plays Golden Swallow, a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in ...
Style: grindhouse, stylized, serious, exciting, spaghetti western
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu master, female martial artist, kidnapping, kung fu, heroes, strong female lead, superhero, feminist, female fight, organized crime ...
Time: year 1966
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
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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 ⇓
25%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Shaolin (2011)
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 ...
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Time: 2010s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, medieval, fight, tough heroes, wuxia, samurai, master warrior, heroes, bus, bank ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, asia, china, usa, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
22%
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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
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Time: year 2016
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.6
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Fearless (2006)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his ...
Style: inspirational, intense, epic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, friendship, childhood, qing dynasty, wuxia, biopic, redemption, exile, fight, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2006, ancient times, 1800s, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place: china, japan, asia, east asia, shanghai ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.1
 5K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
21%
 4.9
 15K
Ong Bak 3 (2010)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 had left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, muay thai, kung fu, master warrior, mixed martial arts, one man army, heroes, martial artist, supernatural, medieval, vengeance ...
Time: year 2010, 15th century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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