Martial art movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant martial art movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, independent film, exciting, stylized, rough and realistic films and TV shows about / with martial arts, boxing, women fight, rivalry, female fight, heroes, violence, fight, vengeance and danger plots mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Hong Kong, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as martial art: The Next Karate Kid (1994), Man of Tai Chi (2013), Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004), Shaolin Soccer (2001), Nikita (1990), Tekken (2010), UHF (1989), The Arena (1974), Fists of Iron (1995), Mortal Kombat (1995).
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Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both ...
Style:
teen, action packed, cult classic, absurd, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
martial arts, high school, karate, teenage girl, high school student, bullying, hawk, bully, teen angst, showdown, training, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
boston, los angeles, massachusetts, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.
Style:
meditative, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, master warrior, kung fu, tai chi, medieval, revenge, competition, brutality, abuse, violent, mortal combat, police corruption ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, beijing china, tokyo
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
martial artist, martial arts, chase, heroes, gangster, danger, rivalry, kickboxing, violence, tough guy, warrior, love interest ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
soccer, martial arts, kung fu, underdog, football, silly humor, love story, fight scenes, shaolin, champion, wuxia, fight ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, east asia, asia, hong kong, tokyo ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, stylized, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, female assassin, female killer, hitman, professional killer, woman with a gun, espionage, female agent, working undercover, spy, femme fatale, secret government organization ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
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30K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, martial artist, tough girl, kung fu, violence, female assassin, vengeance, brutality, fantasy world, heroes, master warrior ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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34K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Style:
parody, cult classic, spoof, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, television, janitor, mad scientist, fired from the job, filmmaking, gambling, workplace, imagination, loser, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
oklahoma city
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom.
Style:
stylized, serious, realistic, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, blaxploitation, exploitation, roman empire, ancient history, female nudity, arena, rape victim, sword, peplum, sword fight, female fighter ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Dale Hartwell's best friend gets killed, he swears revenge on the bloodthirsty promoter and fighter who did it.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, competition, fight, female fight, kickass, underground fighting, flashback, bare breasts, blood, revenge, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
131K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must ...
Style:
intense, saga, exciting, suspense, disgusting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, good versus evil, underground fighting, monster, tournament, heroic mission, mortal combat, warrior, ninja, island, fight, parallel world ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 80s
Place:
hong kong, los angeles, china, thailand
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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
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Cody has always wanted to enter the world of the Superfights, a free fighting tournament. One night, Jack rescues a girl from a mugging and becomes a national hero. Only then is he given his opportunity to become a Superfighter. Jack soon meets ...
Style:
independent film, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, tough heroes, woman fights a man, underground fighting, kung fu master, kung fu, female fight, intergender wrestling, surrender, prodigy, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
William Rockman, a champion "Terminal Combat" fighter who retired from the sport after accidentally killing a young man while training. Five years after his retirement, Terminal Combat has been banned by the government and has gone ...
Plot:
intergender wrestling, underground fighting, female fight, woman fights a man, death match, female nudity, fighter, voice over narration, bare chested male, police officer, female police officer, police ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With the future of the world hanging in the balance, one fearless hero's quest to solve "The Riddle of the Chosen". As the Lord Protector makes his way through a land of magic and mystery, his allies grow stronger and his enemies more ...
Style:
dark fantasy, independent film
Plot:
female warrior, medieval, sword and sorcery, sorcery, female fight, ancient, clone, wizard, evil, violence, love, blonde ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Dark, mysterious and sensual, Vampirella (Talisa Soto) is a princess from the Planet Drakulon. Like all vampires, she needs blood to live, but she will not kill to get it - a synthetic substitute keeps her alive. After journeying across space and ...
Style:
independent film, gothic, serious, exciting, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
superheroine, vampire, sexy female vampire, female vampire, vampire hunter, female alien, superhero, space shuttle, supernatural, extraterrestrial, flashback, astronaut ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sao paulo brazil, las vegas, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, spy action ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, secret life, double agent, government agency, disguise, love, female assassin, femme fatale, female killer, kickass women, terrorist, true love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, death, fight scenes, transformation, mind control, hand to hand combat, alternate dimension, fight, save the world, kung fu, robot ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, known as Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series outside of the U.S., is a cartoon series based on the popular Mortal Kombat video game series. Produced by Threshold Entertainment and Film Roman, it aired on the USA ...
Style:
stylized, epic fantasy
Audience:
kids
Plot:
female warrior, superhero, mixed martial arts, master warrior, heroes, good versus evil, villain, kung fu fighting, villainess, violence, martial artist, super villain ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Kung Lao has triumphed in the Mortal Kombat tournament, defeating Shang Tsung and saving Earth Realm. Now, he must train a new generation of warriors for the next tournament. Meanwhile, an exiled Shang Tsung attempts to thwart Lao's efforts ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, master warrior, supernatural, contests and competitions, imaginary, save the world, danger, good versus evil, mortal combat, magic, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Morocco, Jordan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and ...
Style:
dark fantasy, costume drama, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, treasure, ancient egypt, supernatural, mythology, good versus evil, monster, chase, tomb, desert ...
Time:
year 2001, 1930s, jurassic, future, 20th century ...
Place:
egypt, london, africa, middle east, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Style:
captivating, independent film, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, kick-butt women, bullying, sexism, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, boxing trainer, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Patty Sullivan (Erica Eleniak) is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on ...
Style:
sincere, serious, rough, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete's life, lifestyle, rise to the top, life is a bitch, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
During the Roman Empire, General Crassius ruled a small province with an Iron fist. Serena, a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her parents. Crassius and Serena's destiny would lead them to the Gladiator ring; the Amazons Warrior ...
Style:
serious, captivating, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
amazon, female warrior, gladiator, female fighter, rivalry, sword fight, heroic mission, heroes, vengeance, roman empire, girl power, ancient rome ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Blond bombshell Filiz Akin is Zeynep, a mute girl who lives with her aging father at a farm. One day five criminals, who just escaped from prison, invades the homes and kills the father and rapes Zeynep. Because of the shock of being raped, she ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
female martial artist, revenge, female fight, deaf mute, policewoman, martial arts, belly dancer, chief of police, hippie, child kidnapping, femme fatale, police officer ...
Is relevant?
881
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Action
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In an age of Gladiators, the power that was Rome held its empire together with the might of its armies, the sweat and tears of its conquests, and the cheers and bloodlust of its citizens - glorified in the deadly spectacle of The Arena. Stolen from ...
Style:
serious, captivating, exciting, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
amazon, slave girl, gladiator, female fight, medieval, captivity, contests and competitions, ambition, rebellion, rivalry, rebelliousness, danger ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, stylized, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, interpol, superhuman powers, tough cop, warrior, chase, locket, lone hero, police detective, kung fu, wuxia, immortality ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, ireland, dublin ireland, asia, europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where she can take out her anger with her fists. In the tradition of 'Girlfight' comes a wildly ...
Style:
disturbing, erotic, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot:
female nudity, boxing, tough girl, teenage life, lifestyle, athlete's life, family relations, hopes, rivalry, anger, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
north america, canada, vancouver
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Offbeat sword-and-sandals comedy-adventure about three unlikely heroines (Doon Mackichan, Fiona Allen and Sally Phillips) who set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain in their own unique and outrageous style.
Style:
sexy, humorous, not serious, captivating, spoof ...
Plot:
female warrior, daring rescue, heroic mission, rivalry, danger, save the day, escapades, roman empire, medieval, seduction, sex, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2004, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, female killer, woman kills a man, female martial artist, contract killer, one woman army, yakuza, rape and revenge, assassination, terrorism, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, japan, the philippines, tokyo, china ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, an ex-con (White) takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Style:
inspirational, exciting, brutal, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, lone hero, streetfighting, prison fight, kickboxing, prison, fistfight, revenge, boxing, martial artist, hand to hand combat, gangster ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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