Movies and TV shows like The Master

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The Master (1984)
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The Master (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Master is a ninja-themed action-adventure TV series created by Michael Sloan which aired on NBC. The show focuses on the adventures of John Peter McAllister, an aging ninja master, and his young pupil, Max Keller. Most episodes focus on the mismatched pair driving around in a custom van, helping people in need along the way, similar to its more well-known contemporary, The A-Team. The Master lasted only 13 episodes before cancellation. The series was edited into seven movies that were released on video in 1984 and 1985.
Style: grindhouse, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, ninjitsu, heroes, master warrior, kung fu, martial artist, kung fu master, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, crime fighter, teachers and students, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, danger, good versus evil, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, violent content, superhero, sword, drifter, martial arts training, katana ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia

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Most similar movies to The Master

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about martial arts, heroes, master warrior, rivalry, escapades, danger and ninja mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Master: Raven (1992), Kamui (2009), American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989), Shogun's Ninja (1980), Ninja Terminator (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Raven (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Raven is an American TV series
Style: detective, suspenseful, humorous, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, vigilante, revenge, ex special forces, special forces, private detective, secret movement, rivalry, missing child, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: hawaii, usa
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95%
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Kamui (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe -- if you are born as Ninja, you ...
Style: exciting, rough, stylized, epic, anime ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, redemption, heroes, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry, tough heroes, on the run, escapades, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ...
Style: serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, tough heroes, fight scenes, good versus evil, terrorism, heroes, master warrior, one man army, mortal combat, vengeance, island ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, usa, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
TV show
Story: The most successful and most loved fighting video game of all time, Street Fighter', is finally being given the epic, and faithful treatment it deserves. Street Fighter: Assassins Fist takes us back to the formative years of the iconic ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, street fighter, heroic mission, rivalry, fight for supremacy, ancient, opponent, mortal combat, good versus evil, master warrior, villain, danger ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Shogun's Ninja (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the ...
Style: jidai geki, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, shogun, ancient, clan, kung fu, karate, master warrior, ninja master, revenge, warlord, violent content ...
Time: 16th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Style: bloody, grindhouse, atmospheric, stylized, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, martial arts, master warrior, sword fight, ninja, father son relationship, weapons, ronin, kung fu, fight, gory, martial artist ...
Time: year 1972
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Ninja Terminator (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers. Ninja mayhem by Godfrey Ho intercut with multiple scenes from Stafferyui Bulcheonggaek
Style: funny, fast, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, terminator, master warrior, magic, good versus evil, fighting crime, escapades, undercover, heroes, superhero ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, serious
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, kung fu, yakuza, katana, exploitation, ancient, wuxia, swordplay, drifter ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
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 ...
Audience: 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 ⇓
76%
Ninja Vengeance (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Traveling from California to Houston, a martial arts expert suffers a motorcycle breakdown in a small Texas town. But his bad luck proves to be a blessing in disguise for the local townspeople when he discovers the corrupt sheriff and his KKK ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: ninja, revenge, martial arts, sexual content, violent content, nudity, small town, racism, master warrior, vengeance, society, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Zatoichi monogatari (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Blind masseur Zatôichi travels from town to town gambling, drinking, and fighting off the local gangs.
Style: exciting, rough, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: zatoichi, handicapped, ronin, martial arts, one man army, danger, attempted murder, heroes, escapades, wise man, village, violent content ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, swordplay, handicapped, ancient, ronin, katana, sword, violent content, gangster ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: zatoichi, chess, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, sword, samurai, violent content, escapades, hopes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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 ⇓
70%
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Patrol Horse (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four heroes embark on a secret mission for Dr Sun Yat Sen's Nationalist Guard. Relentlessly pursued by the warriors of notorious Warlord Yue Sai Hoi, they have seven days to reach the Lo Yang Pass with their secret cargo.
Style: realistic, serious, tense
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, ninja, battles, politics, heroes, soldier, state affairs, rivalry, escapades, chase, military ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, medieval, shaolin, kung fu classic, cannon, revenge, assassin, wanted, violent content ...
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, ancient, handicapped, swordplay, samurai, gangster, violent content, escapades, moral dilemma, friendship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
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 ⇓
68%
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Pray for Death (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American ...
Style: retro, cult classic, manga, independent film, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, medieval, chainsaw, mafia, mixed martial arts, guy, kidnapping, crooked cop, ninjitsu, blood ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
Style: cult classic, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, ronin, katana, snake, gangster, violent content, village ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Into the Badlands (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, warrior, danger, master warrior, post apocalypse, murder, death, heroes, fantasy world, enlightenment, vengeance, blood ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: southern usa, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, violence, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, martial artist, shaolin kung fu, shaolin monk, heroes, police officer, master warrior ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Rage of Honor (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Japanese cop, Shiro, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Singapore.
Style: retro, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, medieval, mixed martial arts, drug lord, shootout, explosions, law enforcement, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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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 ⇓
63%
The Executioner (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, sexploitation, heroes, gangster, drug dealing, leadership, rivalry, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: tokyo, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Shaolin Mantis (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Skilled martial arts director Lau Ka Leung offers you another Kung Fu treat! this Asian classic introduces viewers to the Shaolin Mantis way of fighting! The tale takes you back to the Qing dynasty & Wei Feng, the son of a Qing official who ...
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, touching, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, kung fu classic, shaolin, praying mantis, kung fu master, marriage, violent content, romancing a suspect, heroes, moral dilemma ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
Style: intense, serious, grindhouse, light hearted, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, fight scenes, genetics, one man army, soldier, heroes, danger, rescue, mortal combat, kidnapping, one against many ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, new year's eve, sword, swordplay, ronin, handicapped, village, one man army, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former ...
Style: serious, stylized, suspenseful, perverse, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, ninja, martial arts, danger, rivalry, superhuman powers, heroic mission, medieval, battles, military, good versus evil, chase ...
Place: japan, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.
Style: cult classic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ronin, swordplay, mafia, handicapped, katana, gangster, heroes, good versus evil, lone wolves ...
Time: 19th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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