Shaolin movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant shaolin movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, cult classic and intense films and TV shows about / with shaolin, martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, heroes, rivalry, hand to hand combat, shaolin monk, fight and fistfight plots mostly in Action, Drama and Comedy genres shot in Hong Kong, China, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as shaolin: The Last Kung Fu Monk (2010), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), Kung Fu League (2018), Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986), Shaolin (2011), Iron Fingers of Death (1982), Kung Fu Invaders (1974), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Shaolin Temple (1982), The Wrath of Vajra (2013).
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a car accident orphans his young nephew, a Shaolin monk journeys to the United States to look after the lad and open his own martial arts academy, but he soon gets caught up in a dangerous kung fu underworld.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, martial arts, shaolin kung fu, shaolin monk, orphan, fish out of water, master warrior, save the day, rescue, misfit, contests and competitions, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, china, new york
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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, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, kung fu, martial arts, shaolin kung fu, martial artist, revenge, wuxia, samurai, kung fu master, training, fight, kung fu classic ...
Time:
year 1978, 18th century
Place:
china, asia, japan, tokyo, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A poor comic book artist summons four legendary Kung Fu masters to learn the highest level of martial arts and help him get his girl.
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
master warrior, shaolin, hand to hand combat, martial artist, shaolin monk, kung fu, medieval, shaolin kung fu, martial arts, friendship, mentor, good versus evil ...
Place:
asia, china
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration. Two other men from the south Shaolin temple also set out to assassinate the ruler, but all three fail and are ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, shaolin monk, shaolin, kung fu, master warrior, kung fu master, soldier, heroes, wuxia, vengeance, one against many, shaolin kung fu ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. ...
Style:
serious, stylized, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, shaolin monk, shaolin, shaolin kung fu, monk, martial artist, wu shu, dictatorship, conquering, kung fu, political unrest, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine there forces to defeat the evil 9th Prince.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, tense, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, ninja, kung fu classic, shaolin, wuxia, shaolin monk, violent content, good versus evil, escapades, heroes, master villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
asia, china
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Director Chang Cheh begins his Shaolin Cycle with this solid kung fu actioner about a band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state and driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty ...
Style:
action packed, intense, suspense, cult classic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, wuxia, qing dynasty, rescue mission, hand to hand combat, escape, trick, ming dynasty, choreography, betrayal ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Style:
tense, cult classic, grindhouse, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, martial arts tournament, shaolin monk, master warrior, revenge, island, one against many, strong man, final showdown, drug lord ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, fictional island, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor who killed his father. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, master warrior, heroes, kung fu master, fight, coming of age, vengeance, monastery, renegade, tough heroes ...
Time:
7th century
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the 1930s , a Japanese cult called The Temple of Hades was ordered to cooperate with the Japanese military to destroy China. They buy so many young children from poor family , who will be trained as a lethal killing machine and serve the Empire ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, scenic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, medieval, martial arts, mortal combat, vengeance, danger, imaginary, master warrior, escapades, superhuman powers, good versus evil, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 2010s
Place:
china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During the Republic of China pirate leader Cai Yan was framed. Later, under the guise of amnesia, he was taken in by the abbot of the South Shaolin Temple, Huiyuan. In the face of pirates chasing and killing the Southern Shaolin disciples, they used ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense, heroic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
shaolin, pirate, amnesia, martial arts, temple, kung fu, battles, buddhist monk, memory lapse, monastery, monk, repressed memory ...
Place:
china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular and hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences ...
Style:
serious, stylized, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, good versus evil, shaolin, kung fu, wuxia, parents and children, rivalry, danger, rebelliousness, righting the wronged, heroic mission, shaolin monk ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
china, hong kong
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, wild west, on the run, temple, haunted by the past, vegetarian, flashback, kung fu classic, fugitive, man with no name ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
usa, new mexico, arizona
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ximen Debao is an innkeeper without big ambitions. In order to attract business, he instructs his younger brother Tu Hao and his friends to pose as robbers and rob passers-by, and at critical moments he assists them by posing as a saviour and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, action packed, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
shaolin, martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, kung fu classic, folk hero, master warrior, rivalry, heroes, vengeance, fight, dishonesty ...
Place:
asia, china
Is relevant?
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, cult classic, funny, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, wu shu, kung fu master, teacher, drinking, female martial artist, alcoholic, master, redemption, karate ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
china, asia, east asia, tokyo, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The High Abbot of Shaolin Temple sends the Ten Brothers, newly finished with their Shaolin training, as escorts to one Master Chu. Master Chu has been living in the Temple for two years waiting for the right time to leave and renew his fight against ...
Style:
grindhouse, action adventure
Plot:
shaolin, shaolin monk, karate, kung fu classic, martial arts, inn, dead body, kidnapping, fight, threat, betrayal, waiter ...
Place:
china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
Style:
action adventure, serious, stylized, crying, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, kung fu, fight, ghost, tough heroes, belief in ghosts, skinny dipping, training, temple, rivalry, master villain, vigilantism ...
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, forbidden love, master warrior, shaolin kung fu, heroes, dealing with death, uninhibited rivalry, gang, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, fast, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, medieval, kung fu master, kung fu classic, shaolin monk, heroes, fight, martial artist, shaolin, violent content ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin ...
Style:
cult classic, fast, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, martial arts, shaolin, kung fu, shaolin monk, wuxia, fight, master warrior, heroes, tough heroes, love affair, legends and myths ...
Time:
80s
Place:
asia, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, shaolin monk, wuxia, revenge, shaolin kung fu, exploitation, battles ...
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
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:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, martial artist, kung fu fighting, hand to hand combat, violence, shaolin monk, shaolin kung fu, heroes, police officer, kung fu master ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their ...
Style:
cult classic, fast, exciting, serious, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, medieval, shaolin, female warrior, tai chi, wuxia, monk, fight, shaolin monk, kung fu master, woman with a gun ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
china
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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, wuxia, boxing, fight scenes, fight, kung fu fighting, heroes, showdown ...
Time:
year 1994, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, tokyo
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, master warrior, redemption, qing dynasty, childhood, medieval, friendship, mentor, biopic, exile ...
Time:
year 2006, ancient times, 1800s, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
asia, china, japan, shanghai, east asia ...
Is relevant?
242K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second ...
Style:
tense, captivating, heroic, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
martial arts, wing chun, human spirit, master warrior, kung fu, warrior, courage, bravery, training, martial artist, fistfight, sino japanese war ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1937 ...
Place:
china, east asia, seattle, asia, ancient china ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, sword fight, young heroes, monkey king, good versus evil, warrior, friendship, time travel, mentor, shaolin, prophecy ...
Time:
year 2008, medieval times, middle ages, 21st century
Place:
china, boston, asia, usa, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The young Chor Lau-heung learns martial arts from Tuk-ku Kau-pai and has attained a high level of skill. His teacher sends him to Shaolin Monastery to attend a contest that is held once every ten years. On the journey, Chor meets Wu Tit-fa and ...
Style:
heroic, action packed, period drama
Plot:
wuxia, martial arts, shaolin, swordplay, weapons, honor, quest, chivalry, palace intrigue, female warrior, loyalty, friendship ...
Place:
ancient china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Five kids fled from a mafia who abused them as beggars. They ended up meeting the great kung fu master who adopted them and taught them how to fight. Now, the kids are grownups and become the magnificent five kung fu fighters who have only one ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, vengeance, youth, shaolin, rivalry, revenge, justice, mafia, assassination, loyalty, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand, asia
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