Movies like The Great Hero
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The Great Hero (1978)
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Original name: 大英雄
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During World War II, Japanese soldiers invade a small Chinese town. Li immediately takes out four of the soldiers who want to steal some chickens. The story then follows the bumbling Japanese soldiers and their commander until Li shows up again for a big forest brawl in yet another classic foot and fist battle. The film finally ends when the mean spirited Japanese give up on the war!
Style:
fast paced, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, fight, kung fu, karate, heroes, violence, gunfight, master warrior, martial artist, kung fu master, brawl, hapkido, showdown, fistfight, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, two man army, jeet kune do, pistol, shootout, hand to hand combat, disarming someone, stylized violence, karate chop, fighting style ...
Most similar movies to The Great Hero
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, surprise ending, fast paced and action adventure films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fistfight, kung fu fighting, fight, brawl and kung fu classic mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Great Hero: Deadly Strike (1978), Conspiracy (1976), Kung Fu Fever (1979), Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers (1978), Fist of Fury 2 (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
He's just a hotheaded, rude and violent young man who loves punching people. His family are killed in a revenge attack and he seeks revenge.
Plot:
martial arts, anti establishment, anti hero, martial artist, kung fu classic, fistfight, kung fu fighting, fight, hand to hand combat, tattoo, kung fu master, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The new police chief (Bruce Li) arrives in a small provincial town. He's been charged with bringing a dangerous gang to justice. But within seconds, the chief provokes a showdown with his lazy deputies. Realizing that they are not up to the ...
Style:
surprise ending, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, jail, gangster, criminal, massacre, murder, violence, brutality, blood, showdown, jeet kune do ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
To gain control of a gold mine, the owner Ho Kwai-Shan is poisoned by the Lee family. His daughter Yu-Ling is staying with her uncle at his martial arts school and was due to return home. Just before she leaves, the masters son, Sha Yu-Lung, returns ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
fight, hand to hand combat, kung fu master, martial arts, hapkido, kung fu classic, wu shu, karate, violence, kung fu fighting, kung fu, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly sought after by good and evil alike.
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, friend, violence, master warrior, kung fu fighting, karate, martial artist, hand to hand combat, kung fu master, fistfight, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Dragon Lee takes on five warriors who were sent by the emperor to discover who's behind the rebels plotting his downfall.
Plot:
martial arts, brutality, violence, showdown, fistfight, duel, warrior, kung fu master, hand to hand combat, brawl, hapkido, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Films like Only the Strong
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After Chen Zhen's execution in Shanghai, the Japanese feared that his death would unite all Chinese kung fu schools against them. Fearing this, the Japanese gave orders to the head of the Hong Ku School, Miyamoto (Lo Lieh) to surpass all ...
Style:
fast paced, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, karate, kung fu, fight, bare chested male, master warrior, heroes, showdown, jeet kune do, vengeance, murder ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bruce returns to Manila to investigate the murder of his sister, Susan Chang. On the night of her attack she was helped by an amateur-boxer, Ramon "Rocky" Roblado. Behind Susan's death is the 'Black Dragon Society', who are ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, karate, hand to hand combat, bare chested male, death, night, boxer, jeet kune do, violence, martial artist, fistfight, kung fu fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After avenging the death of his brother, Chen Shen (Bruce Li) returns home from Shanghai. He tells his mother (who went blind from crying over her son's death) that he will no longer fight. However, being a movie with the words "fist" ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, kung fu, bare chested male, vengeance, brother, mother, heroes, wing chun, master warrior, duel, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Li Tai must endure terrible hardship under his sadistic Kung-fu master in order to perfect his fighting technique. The ambitious young man finally has a chance to prove himself when his old master meets his match and Li has to use the eighteen ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, brawl, fight, fistfight, martial artist, kung fu classic, kung fu fighting, master warrior, fighting, roundhouse kick ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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 ⇓
79%
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Films like Fist of Legend
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While transporting funds for independence movement, Lee Han-saeng is shot in the legs by the Japanese military police. He recovers from his wounds with the help of Jang Geo-chil, an independence fighter, and his daughter, Wan-ah. When the Japanese ...
Plot:
bare chested male, violence, martial arts, karate, beefcake martial arts, kung fu, beefcake, tough guy, kung fu classic, fight, taekwondo, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The members of an illicit organization called The Black Hand placed a lot of money on Bruce Lee. When Bruce, however, costs them a million dollar they are not happy and plot revenge.
Plot:
brawl, fistfight, judo, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, martial arts, fight, action violence, karate, kung fu, violence, jeet kune do ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Bruce Le stars as Bruce Lee, a young teenager who is the leader of the Liu City gang, who gets into trouble and street fights every now and again. Bruce is a student in the style of Chinese boxing, but when his skills are not enough to fend off a ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, chinaman, martial artist, fight, kung fu, asian, kung fu classic, kung fu master, hand to hand combat, fistfight, bully, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A kung-fu master hunts down the villain who killed his mother.
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, bare chested male, martial artist, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, brawl, kung fu master, violence, fight, villain, kung fu classic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for ...
Plot:
martial arts, fighter, vengeance, showdown, jeet kune do, kung fu master, fight, tough guy, kung fu classic, one man army, kung fu fighting, ambush ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Movies like The Shaolin Temple
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After the murder of two kung fu experts, Bruce, a Police Inspector from New Zealand, decides to get involved in the case despite only being on vacation in Hong Kong. At the scene of the most recent murder, the victim managed to tear off a Buddha ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, cop, villain, fistfight, karate, one against many, kung fu classic, fight, kung fu master, assassination, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
This martial arts movie tries to explain the strange death of the international movie star and kung fu master Bruce Lee. Most of the story centers on a former disciple of Lee who launches a private investigation and ends up avenging the brutal death ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, karate, drug cartel, rape and revenge, crime boss, gangster, violence, revenge, murder, rape, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, violence, murder, bicycle, heroes, wing chun, master warrior, fight, house fire, anti hero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Story:
The Death Duel is a Taiwan Martial Arts movie
Plot:
martial arts, master warrior, heroes, jeet kune do, karate, villain, kung fu fighting, kung fu master, kung fu, fistfight, violence, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted for harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members.
Style:
independent film, detective
Plot:
shootout, criminal, action violence, fight, undercover cop, police shootout, karate, brawl, gunfight, judo, kung fu, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Movies like The 18 Bronzemen
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father: his skills are good enough to defeat the 18 fighters and the ...
Style:
grindhouse
Plot:
martial arts, violence, jeet kune do, fistfight, kung fu, brawl, hand to hand combat, asian man, kung fu fighting, karate, fight, taekwondo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Kung Fu star Dragon Lee appears as 'Golden Dragon', who teams up with 'Silver Snake' to take revenge on the men responsible for his brother's murder...
Plot:
kung fu classic, jeet kune do, violence, karate, hand to hand combat, brawl, asian man, kung fu, fight, taekwondo, action violence, martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's approaching World War 2 and China is expecting an to be invaded by Germany and Japan. Mr Ang is hired by a Chinese group who are after a "secret document." Many other groups want to get their hands on it as well. It's on the ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, exploitation, fight scenes, master warrior, fight, kung fu fighting, martial artist, action violence, hand to hand combat, fistfight, asian ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Yakuza of Japan has infiltrated the universities of Hong Kong and are conducting illegal activities such as underground bare knuckle fights,gambling and drugs. Hong Kong Police team up with the Japanese Secret Service to bring down the ruthless ...
Plot:
martial arts, yakuza, violence, hand to hand combat, fistfight, martial artist, kung fu fighting, extreme violence, karate, asian, kung fu master, asian man ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The noble Ten Tigers, one woman and nine men, protect their Cantonese region the villainous Lord Yung and his underlings. When Yung kidnaps the wife of one of the Tiger's students, the Tigers disguise themselves as a Princess and her followers ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, fight, kung fu, female martial artist, tough guy, tough girl, village, female fighter, fistfight, kung fu master, kung fu classic, hand to hand combat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Movies like New Fists of Fury
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa has left L.A. after a gangfight which involved his brother Wago. Jian-wa travels to the south and finds that hatred comes in all forms as a group of ...
Style:
crime drama
Plot:
martial arts, triad, die hard, bare chested male, vigilante justice, irony of fate, showdown, master warrior, brother brother relationship, violence, brother, revenge ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Chinese Stuntman was a Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li released in 1981. It is largely based around the Bruce Lee classic Enter The Dragon. Chang Wei (Li), a stuntman, is called to the secret island owned by the mysterious Fu Chi (Yun Wen ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, jeet kune do, brawl, kung fu classic, action violence, kung fu fighting, hand to hand combat, fight, fistfight, martial arts training, fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lee Lung witnessed the murder of his parents by the ruthless bandit Shek King who in turn abducted Lee's infant sister. Lee wanders the land and learns martial arts from a drunken master. Once his skills are perfected, Lee sets out in search of ...
Plot:
fight, martial arts, kung fu, revenge, asian, kung fu classic, brawl, fistfight, action violence, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, jeet kune do ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Golden Sand City is filled with brothels and casinos funded by drug lord Yim Kung Ho (evil Mr. Yem) and policed by the iron fist of his henchman Panther (Leopard Head). Vigilantes Inspector Big Dragon (Bruce Liang), Little Mouse, and Black Cat plan ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
fight, master warrior, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, kung fu, kung fu master, martial arts, martial artist, fistfight, violence, young, fighting
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The bloodiest Kung Fu battles ever fought. The subtitle says it all, as there is hardly any story, but all the more raw fighting.
Plot:
heroes, master warrior, boxing, kickboxing, violence, combat, showdown, tough guy, kung fu, martial artist, martial arts, mixed martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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