Hand to hand combat movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant hand to hand combat movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with hand to hand combat, martial arts, fistfight, violence, fight, heroes, brawl, rivalry, kung fu and revenge plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, China, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as hand to hand combat: The Foreigner (2017), Undisputed III: Redemption (2010), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Blood and Bone (2009), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Momentum (2015), The Raid 2 (2014), Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019), Warrior (2019), Kung Fu League (2018).

List of hand to hand combat movies

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 7.0
 123K
The Foreigner (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search ...
Style: suspense, exciting, harsh, independent film, political ...
Plot: revenge, terrorism, bomb, tough guy, one against many, ira, hand to hand combat, justice, ex special forces, battles, terrorist, martial arts ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: united kingdom, ireland, afghanistan, iraq, northern ireland ...
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Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison fight, boxing, martial arts, kickboxing, prison, hand to hand combat, mixed martial arts, contests and competitions, fight, capoeira, prison life, tournament ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style: brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, revenge, assassin, lone hero, one man army, one against many, weapons, tough guy, violence, hand to hand combat, dark hero, vengeance ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy
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 6.7
 36K
Blood and Bone (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
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: exciting, inspirational, brutal, harsh, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, streetfighting, prison fight, kickboxing, prison, hand to hand combat, kung fu, revenge, boxing, fight, gangster, boxer ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intellectual, serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, manly
Plot: spy, cia, conspiracy, amnesia, espionage, on the run, hitman, revenge, assassin, secret agent, tough heroes, dark past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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 5.5
 17K
Momentum (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, female protagonist, female assassin, heist, conspiracy, tough girl, hand to hand combat, female killer, one woman army, woman with a gun, bank, robbery ...
Place: cape town south africa, washington d.c.
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 7.9
 131K
The Raid 2 (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover ...
Style: brutal, stylized, bloody, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, brutality, kung fu, mafia, gangster, warrior, hitman, hand to hand combat, violence, police corruption, shooting, fight ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: indonesia
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Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ip Man 4 is an upcoming Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed by Wilson Yip and produced by Raymond Wong. It is the fourth in the Ip Man film series based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster of the same name and features Donnie Yen ...
Style: poignant, inspirational, uplifting, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, master warrior, fight, human spirit, immigrant, hand to hand combat, philosophy, medieval, cancer, mentor ...
Time: 60s, 2010s
Place: china, usa, san francisco, hong kong, california
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 8.4
 40K
Warrior (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious ...
Style: exciting, brutal, atmospheric, captivating, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: martial arts, gang war, rivalry, hand to hand combat, gang member, business, fistfight, fight, kung fu, smuggling, master warrior, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: san francisco
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Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: manly, teen drama
Plot: mixed martial arts, martial artist, hand to hand combat, rivalry, teenage life, troublemaker, buddies, youth, love and romance, love triangle, unfulfilled love, high school ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: seoul, asia, korea
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 4.9
 597
Kung Fu League (2018)
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: exciting, intense, semi serious, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing
Plot: master warrior, shaolin, hand to hand combat, shaolin monk, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, medieval, martial artist, mentor, martial arts, good versus evil, friendship ...
Place: asia, china
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway, UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story: When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style: action adventure, fast, action drama, action packed, political thriller ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: spy, terrorist, hand to hand combat, agent, plutonium, espionage, violence, tough guy, female spy, rogue agent, mission impossible, cia ...
Time: 2010s
Place: kashmir, london, ireland, rome italy, france ...
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The Night Comes for Us (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Style: brutal, exciting, tense, suspense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, assassin, one against many, fight, triad, chinese mafia, lone hero, massacre, hand to hand combat, organized crime, knife fight, fight scenes ...
Time: 2010s
Place: indonesia
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 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
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 6.1
 86K
Mile 22 (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorist, black ops, top secret, surveillance, cia, shootout, hand to hand combat, rogue agent, spy, computer cracker, machismo, political corruption ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: southeast asia, asia, indonesia
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 7.2
 12K
Hard Times (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Style: realistic, harsh, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Plot: boxing, streetfighting, street fighter, illegal fistfight, great depression, martial arts, hand to hand combat, contests and competitions, ambition, life is a bitch, tough heroes, drifter ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new orleans, usa, los angeles, louisiana
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Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016)
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, fight, hand to hand combat, mixed martial arts, tournament, martial artist, martial arts training, master warrior, fight scenes, friendship, kickboxing, kickboxer ...
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 6.3
 75K
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the ...
Style: brutal, bloody, exciting, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, assassin, vengeance, kung fu, one man army, revenge, martial artist, one against many, ninja master, sword fight, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: china, osaka japan, berlin germany, asia
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 8.6
 472K
Daredevil (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, spectacular, saga ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, secret identity, vigilante, heroic mission, one against many, lawyer, blind man, hand to hand combat, one man army, daredevil, ninja ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
 363K
Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style: detective, serious, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: investigation, sniper, loner, hitman, vigilantism, assassin, murder, tough guy, ex military, lone hero, one man army, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania ...
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 6.4
 139K
Iron Fist (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.
Style: exciting, semi serious, saga, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: superhero, martial arts, super powers, drug, fighting crime, good versus evil, corporation, supernatural power, danger, save the day, multiverse, hand to hand combat ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Rise of the Legend (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of ...
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, tense, perverse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, hand to hand combat, harbor, chinese mafia, medieval, friendship, undercover, gang, danger, wuxia ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s
Place: china
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 7.1
 74K
District B13 (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ghetto, gang, parkour, fight, undercover cop, tough guy, bomb, betrayal, urban ghetto, crime boss, heroes ...
Time: future, near future, year 2004, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Captain America (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Yugoslavia, Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, touching, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, world war two, hand to hand combat, martial arts, super villain, captain, heroes, fistfight, terrorist, comic book, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: year 1936, 20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1943 ...
Place: washington d.c., ohio, rome italy, california, italy ...
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The Bourne Identity (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style: political thriller, intense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, amnesia, cia, secret agent, secret service, hitman, tough heroes, espionage, one against many, on the run, escape, black ops ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
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300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster "300," this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield--on the sea--as Greek general ...
Style: epic, heroic, exciting, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: sword fight, ancient history, mythology, ancient, king, master warrior, greek, good versus evil, military, swords and armor, war, superhero ...
Time: year 2014, ancient times, middle ages, 2010s, 5th century
Place: ancient greece, greece, middle east, athens greece
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 6.8
 93K
Bloodsport (1988)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Frank Dux has entered the "kumite", an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favorite, but then again Dux has not ...
Style: exciting, grindhouse, cult classic, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, kung fu, tournament, underdog, master warrior, revenge, hand to hand combat, karate, underground fighting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, asia
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The Avenging Fist (2001)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the not too distant future, scientists begin to conduct research on the Power Glove, a device that will yield unimaginable power. But the gloves... In the not too distant future, scientists begin to conduct research on the Power Glove, a device ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: master warrior, hand to hand combat, good versus evil, save the world, vengeance, rivalry, one man army, superhuman powers, special agent, tough heroes, hopes, imaginary ...
Time: future, near future
Place: hong kong
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 6.4
 107K
Colombiana (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, female assassin, vengeance, revenge, female killer, vigilante, one against many, assassin, tough girl, haunted by the past, female protagonist, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1992, 90s, 21st century
Place: colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
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 4.7
 297
The Tracker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Spears, a private detective working in L.A. receives word from an old friend that the friend's sister (and Spears' ex-girlfriend), Kim, has been kidnapped by a criminal gang. At first, Spears doesn't want to get involved, especially ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tough heroes, kung fu, hand to hand combat, gunfight, russian mafia, gangster, gang, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, private detective ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
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