Movies like The Young Master

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The Young Master (1980)
 7.1
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The Young Master (1980)
Original name: 師弟出馬
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, semi serious, cult classic, funny, sexy, thought provoking ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, on the run, mentor, wuxia, fighter, kung fu master, chase, school, orphan, down on your luck, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, fight, mistaken identity, combat, violence, redemption, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, heroes, police, prisoner, betrayal, adoption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: china, japan, hong kong, tokyo
Keyword: chinese, gangsters

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Most similar movies to The Young Master

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, exciting and cult classic films with plots about martial arts, heroes, kung fu, rivalry, fight, hand to hand combat and violence mostly in Action, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Young Master: Drunken Master (1978), Project A (1983), Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978), Project A 2 (1987), Magnificent Butcher (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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100%
 7.4
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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 ⇓
100%
 7.2
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
 6.8
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Who Am I? (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Martial-arts megastar Jackie Chan wrote, directed and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie ...
Style: light, semi serious, suspenseful, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, secret agent, kung fu, chase, spy, master warrior, fight, on the run, danger, fight scenes, amnesia, female agent ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: hong kong, africa, east asia, south africa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 88K
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Style: absurd, humorous, feel good, witty, parody ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: soccer, martial arts, kung fu, football, underdog, champion, silly humor, fight, love story, mentor, humiliation, coach ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: china, hong kong, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
34%
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
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 ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
30%
 6.9
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Armour of God (1986)
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Little Big Soldier (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon a wounded general from an enemy state, and he kidnaps him, intending to claim credit for the ...
Style: stylized, humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ancient history, pow, ancient, medieval, survival, rivalry, kung fu, dark hero, tragic hero, barbarian, antiquity ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, 5th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
29%
 6.4
 13K
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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
28%
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Robin-B-Hood (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min.
Story: For never-do-well compulsive gambler Fong, there's only one thing more fearsome than debtors at his doorstep - having to coax a crying baby. But what if the baby becomes his golden goose to fend off his debtors? Can he overcome his phobia of ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, poignant ...
Plot: babies and infants, martial arts, kidnapping, gangster, nothing goes right, partner, ransom, debt, cons and scams, rivalry, chase, gang ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
26%
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Chinese Zodiac (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in ...
Style: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: artifact, martial arts, treasure hunt, kung fu, adventurer, treasure, relic, hopes, imaginary, ancient mystery, legends and myths, tombs and skeletons ...
Time: year 2012, 1850s, 21st century
Place: china, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
 7.2
 2K
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 ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
25%
 6.0
 14K
Gorgeous (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: martial arts, friendship, love and romance, love triangle, fall in love, looking for love, love affair, fight, combat, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, kung fu, homosexual ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
Style: humorous, slapstick, action adventure, action comedy, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, gangster, mixed martial arts, vengeance, violence, mafia, organized crime, combat, heroes, street fight ...
Time: 1930s, year 1980, 1920s
Place: chicago, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Bodyguard (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his Choti, most successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his fathers company but is then targets by assassins who want to gain control of the estate. He is forced to ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, one man army, bodyguard, tough heroes, gang, danger, gangster, assassination, fight, muay thai, kung fu, hitman ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: bangkok thailand, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an ...
Style: humorous, slapstick comedy, funny, parody, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, toddlers
Plot: ninja, martial arts, fish out of water, amateur detective, dojo, crazy, misfit, clumsiness, adoptive father adopted son relationship, hotel, disguise, fistfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: japan, beverly hills, usa, california, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 12K
City Hunter (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Style: semi serious, realistic, spoof, freeze frame, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, terrorist, one man army, womanizer, cruise, hostage, private detective, heroes, spy spoof, ocean liner, danger, fight ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Last Tiger from Canton (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Young Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice. One day, he meets an old beggar who offers to teach Jackie how to fight. Jackie grows up to be quite good though he keeps his knowledge a secret ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, kickass, asian, one man army, heroes, violent content, power relations, rivalry, youth, bare chested male ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
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