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Project A (1983)
 7.2
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Project A (1983)
Original name: A計劃
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, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, pirate, fight, kung fu, chase, warrior, bicycle, sea, police, british empire, coast guard, rivalry, fight scenes, wuxia, combat, kung fu fighting, treasure, epic battle, exploitation, buddy, buddy cop, fighter, heroes, gambling, ship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
Keyword: chinese, fighting movie, partners, gangsters, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, cult classic, semi serious and exciting films with plots about kung fu, martial arts, hand to hand combat, heroes, kung fu fighting, fistfight and fight mostly in Action, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Project A: The Young Master (1980), Last Hero in China (1993), Million Dollar Heiress (1984), The Legend of Drunken Master (1994), Dragon Strike (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Young Master (1980)
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 ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, on the run, wuxia, mentor, fighter, kung fu master, chase, nothing goes right, contests and competitions, orphan, down on your luck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bungling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle / ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: treasure hunt, martial arts, chase, kung fu, treasure, desert, treasure hunter, car chase, adventurer, heroes, wu shu, rivalry ...
Place: spain, sahara, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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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 ⇓
80%
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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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 ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
41%
 6.2
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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, action adventure ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, gang, journalist, drug dealer, kung fu, escapades, cooking, fight scenes, wuxia, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: china, australia, usa, new york, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, police, gangster, buddy cop, drug lord, undercover cop, undercover, heroes, police detective, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, malaysia, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.5
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Police Story (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
Style: light, humorous, stylized, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight scenes, car chase, murder, drug lord, chases and races, police officer, gangster, justice, wuxia, tough guy ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
My Lucky Stars (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky ...
Style: cult classic, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
Place: japan, tokyo, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Encounter of the Spooky Kind II (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherous advances of the wealthy but repulsive Master Shi. The two men's romantic rivalry ...
Style: eighties
Plot: zombie, vampire, martial arts, kung fu, cockroach, ghost, male nudity, dog, snake, monkey, possession, pig ...
⇓ 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 ⇓
39%
 7.1
 22K
Police Story 2 (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
Style: stylized, intense, humorous, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, police investigation, investigation, police officer, violence, fight scenes, police station, police detective, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, china, usa, california, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.0
 24K
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 ⇓
39%
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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 ⇓
39%
 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 ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
 7.4
 44K
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 ⇓
38%
Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka-Kui (also known in some versions as Jackie) yet again as a Hong Kong cop who works with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Later Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, secret agent, chase, fight scenes, terrorism, one man army, heroes, undercover, hitman, race against time, danger, rescue ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Shanghai Express (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, ...
Style: funny, slapstick, fast, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, train, railway, fight, wuxia, organized crime, fight club, unlikely hero, samurai, bank robbery, tough heroes ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.6
 16K
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 ⇓
37%
Shanghai Knights (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but ...
Style: entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, buddy, murder, fight scenes, chase, good versus evil, creativity, friends, partner, two man army, female martial artist, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2003, 1880s
Place: china, england, new york, nevada, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
My Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985)... The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their ...
Style: action adventure, cult classic, slapstick, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, wuxia, fight scenes, karate, transvestism, gang, disorder, undercover, chases and races, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Heart of a Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
Style: cult classic, perverse, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu fighting, kung fu, karate, mitsubishi, mental health, disabled person, wuxia, gang, mental disorder, brother, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
36%
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