Movies like The Big Fight
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The Big Fight (1972)
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Original name: 擂台
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This film is set during the Japanese occupation of China circa WWII. In it, the Japanese occupiers (and the Chinese Quislings who work for them) are portrayed as total monsters who kill children and rape all women. The heroes are resistance fighters who oppose the occupation.
Style:
cult film
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, world war two, fight, brawl, fistfight, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, jeet kune do, japanese occupation, fighting, cult
Place:
china, hong kong
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, suspenseful, grindhouse and fast paced films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fight, fistfight, kung fu classic, fighting and brawl mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Big Fight: Chinese Stuntman (1982), The Dragon's Showdown (1980), Lost Swordship (1977), Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1978), Sakra (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
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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 ...
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88%
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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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:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Qiao Feng is the respected leader of a roving band of martial artists. After he is wrongfully accused of murder and subsequently exiled, Qiao Feng goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story—and the unknown enemies ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action
Country: Turkey, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
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Story:
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Story:
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