Movies like American Kickboxer
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American Kickboxer (1991)
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Kickboxing champion B.J. is jailed for an accidental murder thanks to the testimony of his arch-nemesis Denard. A year later, B.J. is released and then challenged by Denard for $100,000. Will B.J. accept and get even with Denard?
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, grindhouse, independent film, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxing, martial arts, heroes, master warrior, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, beefcake martial arts, cannon, martial artist, homoerotic fight, boxer, beach, competition, journalism, relationship problems, jail, gym, arrogance, dojo, training, teaching, courtroom, egotism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to American Kickboxer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about martial arts, master warrior, heroes, rivalry, hand to hand combat, fistfight and violence mostly in Action, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like American Kickboxer: Kickboxer (1989), The Ultimate Game (2001), Bloodsport III (1996), To Be the Best (1993), Bloodfist (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless ...
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, kickboxer, fight, martial arts tournament, muay thai, heroes, kickboxing, vengeance, kung fu, mentor, combat ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An annual contest brings together the fiercest fighters on a remote island to earn the title of the Ultimate Champion. Two fighters must join forces to win the tournament and escape with their lives.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
martial arts, competition, tough guy, heroes, warrior, kickboxing, abduction, wrestler, male female relationship, underground tournament, duel, cage fighting ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, independent film, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, tournament, heroes, fistfight, ambition, vengeance, rivalry, mixed martial arts, hand to hand combat, master warrior, violence ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Eric Kulhane, a member of the U.S. Kickboxing Team, lets his quick temper and obsessive love for beautiful Cheryl make him the perfect target for blackmail. In order to stop ruthless gambler from rigging the World Championship and killing Cheryl, ...
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, tough heroes, drug abuse, wedding, female fight, underground fighting, kickboxing, kung fu, violent content, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
To avenge the brutal murder of his brother, Jake Ray journeys to the Philippines, where his search for truth finds him battling both in and out of the ring. But the weapons are always the same: bare fists, bare feet. And the rules never change: last ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master warrior, siblings relations, one man army, martial arts, righting the wronged, ambition, contests and competitions, against the odds, vengeance, rivalry, combat, tough guy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, manila philippines
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jeff Wincott plays a gambler who puts his life on the line to buy his way out of the clutches of a mobster.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, martial arts tournament, underground fighting, gangster, gang, obsession, redemption, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, tough heroes, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds himself imprisoned and beaten up by the crowd there. One of the guards, Demon, feels upset by Alex appearance and tortures him as often as he gets the ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, prison brawl, master warrior, martial arts tournament, tough heroes, rivalry, contests and competitions, prison life, prison, prison violence, tournament, fistfight ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
martial arts, prison, boxing, redemption, accidental death, boxer, martial artist, hand to hand combat, tough heroes, epic battle, widow, religion ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A former kick-boxing world champion discovers a young fighter, and believes together they can win back the world crown.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, tough heroes, underground fighting, swimming pool, training, relationship problems, gambling, gym, nightclub, championship, competition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ohio, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Four fighters different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in heir midst.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts tournament, martial arts, streetfighting, fight, kickboxing, boxer, martial artist, cage fighting, kickboxer, athlete and trainer, martial arts training, bully ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
Duel of Legends is directed by Hector Echavarria and is about a Chinese boy who is left to survive by himself because his parents were murdered by rebels. The boy is raised by a Temple Monk who teaches the boy the secrets of the Martial arts. When ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
karate, tough guy, fight, master warrior, hand to hand combat, martial arts, showdown, fistfight, wrestler, warrior, fighter, combat ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
karate, martial arts, martial artist, dojo, martial arts tournament, heroes, battles, rivalry, vengeance, tough heroes, self defense, against the odds ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he's fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, master warrior, underground fighting, mixed martial arts, martial arts tournament, parents and children, contests and competitions, family relations, siblings relations, heroes, ambition, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, boxing, fight, boxer, training, opponent, contests and competitions, rivalry, boxing match, loan shark, athlete and trainer, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Max, having forsaken his life as a former world kick-boxing champion to redefine himself as a world class photographer, is on his way to photograph top tennis star and athlete Suzy Blaine. While on assignment, Max uncovers a crime ring and relies on ...
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, resort, gang, rivalry, tough heroes, criminal, kickboxing, showdown, fighting crime, martial artist, underground fighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
Style:
suspense, independent film
Plot:
kickboxing, martial arts, martial artist, covert operation, exploitation, spy, shootout, mixed martial arts, karate, kung fu, fistfight, hitman ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Master martial artist Masahiro Kai is a shadow of the champion fighter and trainer he once was. After his protégé was slain in a no-holds-barred, underground fight by the incomparable Chang Lee, Kai slips into a numbing alcohol-induced stupor to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, martial arts tournament, martial artist, underground fighting, hand to hand combat, battles, master warrior, tough heroes, contests and competitions, heroes, redemption, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
1865. A young French officer, travelling the U.S. in search of the murderer of his best friend, gets involved in a struggle between poor farmers and a rich landowner. To help the farmers, he offers them his "Savate" (French kickboxing) ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kickboxing, martial arts, one man army, fight, competition, french army, kickboxer, underground fighting, soldier, master warrior, revenge, best friend ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroes, underground fighting, female fight, boxer, violent content, working undercover, contests and competitions, vengeance, ambition, rivalry, master warrior ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
He' s been betrayed by his country, stripped of his honor and exiled to a foreign land. Now maverick Marine officer Frank Zagarino has found a way to get back what was stolen from him. And he'll get it-no matter what it takes.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
martial arts, underground fighting, bare chested male, ex marine, male nudity, torture, tough heroes, vigilantism, master warrior, dishonesty, innocence lost, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, asia, africa
Similarity:
100%
992
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Thailand, South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Korean family made up of taekwondo experts moves to Thailand, where they set up a taekwondo gym. However, one member of the family, Taeju, wants to become a famous pop singer instead. The family becomes famous after stopping treasure robbers.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
martial arts, taekwondo, family relations, follow your dream, family business, heroes, rescue, parents and children, family in danger, workplace, robbery, aspiring singer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Miles Keane pays the debts for his dancing bar back by illegal fighting. When his debt is paid, he refuses further collaboration. But the fight mafia forces him to continue by threating his mother,the murder of his former lover Joy and kidnapping ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
streetfighting, kickboxer, underground fighting, street fighter, fight, kidnapping, murder, tough guy, nightclub, martial arts, fistfight, hand to hand combat ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt into the ring for a rematch.
Style:
serious, rough, feel good, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, revenge, vengeance, tough heroes, kickboxing, mentor, fight scenes, master warrior, violence, fight, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The main character, Johnny Woo, is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher in a kick-boxing club. Johnny Woo fall in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kick-boxing club. Tension builds ...
Style:
independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, streetfighting, kickboxer, street fighter, street gang, tough heroes, martial artist, martial arts tournament, kickboxing, gang war, illegal fistfight, competition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sasha Mitchell ("Kickboxer 2&3") triumphanty returns to the ring as David Sloan, fighting not just for his survival, but for his beautiful wife, who has become the sexual captive of the despicable world champion, Tong Po. Framed, ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, fast, serious, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, martial arts, rape, underground fighting, tough heroes, kickboxing, martial arts tournament, kickass, female fight, boxer, intergender wrestling, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jake Ray gives up his title after killing a man in the ring. When Jake goes to Manila to help an old friend, trouble awaits him! After fending off multiple attacks, Jake is finally captured and chained to a half a dozen martial arts champions. Taken ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, fight, karate, martial artist, martial arts tournament, post apocalypse, underground fighting, exploitation, competition, kickboxing, beefcake martial arts, master warrior ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master warrior, redemption, haunted by the past, rivalry, moral dilemma, ambition, martial arts, fight, tough guy, martial arts training, guilty conscience, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
martial arts, mixed martial arts, fight, hand to hand combat, tournament, martial artist, martial arts training, friendship, master warrior, fight scenes, kickboxing, kickboxer ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
China O'brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is now struggling against the clutches of organized crime. ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, martial arts, kung fu, anti heroine, tough girl, cop, female fight, father daughter relationship, organized crime, women, kickass, corruption ...
Time:
year 2016, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, fight, master warrior, escapades, vengeance, contests and competitions, misfit, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, tough heroes, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, china, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
27%
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