Kung fu fighting movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant kung fu fighting movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, humorous, cult classic, semi serious, realistic and captivating films and TV shows about / with martial arts, kung fu fighting, kung fu, master warrior, fight, kung fu master, heroes, martial artist, hand to hand combat and rivalry plots mostly in Action, Comedy and Fantasy genres shot in Hong Kong, China, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as kung fu fighting: Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993), Iron Protector (2016), Ong Bak 3 (2010), Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993), Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002), The Legend of Drunken Master (1994), Afro Ninja (2009), Tiger Claws III (1999), Around the World in 80 Days (2004).

List of kung fu fighting movies

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 7.7
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. ...
Style: humorous, stylized, surreal, parody, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, kung fu fighting, master warrior, heroes, mob boss, wuxia, gang, murder, contests and competitions, tough guy ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: china, east asia, shanghai, asia
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Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
Style: anamorphic, cult classic
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, medieval, wong fei hung, good versus evil, violence, revenge, fight, sword fight, sword duel ...
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 5.4
 844
Iron Protector (2016)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death of his master, Wu-Lin leaves his rural village for the City of Stone-Cold looking for his fellow apprentice Jiang Li. Along the way, he ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: martial arts, fight, medieval, love, kung fu, male female relationship, battles, warrior, conspiracy, showdown, kung fu fighting, master warrior ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china
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 4.9
 15K
Ong Bak 3 (2010)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 had left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, muay thai, kung fu, master warrior, mixed martial arts, one man army, heroes, martial artist, supernatural, medieval, vengeance ...
Time: year 2010, 15th century
Place: asia, thailand
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
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: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, violence, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, martial artist, shaolin kung fu, shaolin monk, heroes, police officer, master warrior ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, satirical, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, silly humor, one against many, heroes, female martial artist, brutality, irreverent, violence, hand to hand combat, fistfight, kung fu master ...
Time: 20th century
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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
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 4.2
 145
Afro Ninja (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: disturbing, visually appealing, humorous, feel good, tense ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, corruption, kung fu fighting, kung fu, ninjitsu, male female relationship, corrupt, police, lawyer, friend, mayor ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Tiger Claws III (1999)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a psychotic martial artist called Stryker resurrects the long-dead spirits of three ancient Chinese master assassins in an effort to take over the New York underworld, it's up to supercops Tarek Richards and Linda Masterson to stop him. ...
Style: surprise ending
Plot: martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu classic, kung fu, master warrior, tough girl, hand to hand combat, ritual, kung fu fighting, martial artist, kung fu master, heroine ...
Place: new york
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Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: steampunk, martial arts, inventor, scientist, journey, friendship, road trip, train, on the road, one against many, chase, travel ...
Time: 19th century, year 2004, victorian era, 2000s, 1890s ...
Place: paris france, london, china, turkey, san francisco ...
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Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995)
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, heroes, master warrior, kung fu fighting, heroine, warrior, villain, cartoon violence, super villain, female fighter ...
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Birth of the Dragon (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, factual, suspense, inspirational ...
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu, karate, kung fu master, destiny, heroes, athlete's life, fight scenes, kung fu fighting, jeet kune do, martial artist ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa
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Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So (2016)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Due to a conspiracy, the wealthy So Chan loses everything but is saved by the Beggars' Sect. He learns the long lost martial art - Drunken Fist, to defeat the person who framed him.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, stylized
Plot: martial arts, martial artist, master warrior, drinking, heroes, kung fu fighting, hand to hand combat, master, drunkard, silly humor, kung fu, fistfight ...
Place: china
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 3.9
 168
Kung Fu Kid (2007)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.
Style: exciting, sincere, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: child martial arts, shaolin monk, martial arts, restaurant, master warrior, escapades, prodigy, danger, rivalry, school, kung fu master, kung fu classic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Master Kim vs Master Kim vs Master Kim (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The plot is instantly familiar in the great martial arts tradition, being set in a small town which is home to two rival masters, one who practices Taekkyun (Shin Hyun Jun, also in the likes of “Shadowless Sword” and the “Marrying the Mafia” ...
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, relationship problems, fight, love affair, romantic rivalry, countryside, master warrior, kung fu master, kung fu fighting, villager, rivalry ...
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Princess and Seven Kung Fu Masters (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During the early years of the Republic era, in the North-East region of China, the people are suffering from the power struggle among the local Warlords, bandits, and Japanese invaders. Warlord Lam (Sammo Hung), is not a leader of great vision, but ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical
Plot: kung fu, medieval, martial arts, master warrior, battles, kung fu fighting, princess, fight, satire, warrior, kung fu master
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Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~ (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Shin-chan is all set to challenge Kung Fu in the Chinatown of Kasukabe city, known as Aiyā Town. He and the Kasukabe Defence Force are going to put up a totally no-stunt Kung Fu challenge on the stage.
Style: anime, captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, fight, kung fu classic, martial arts tournament, showdown, kung fu fighting, kung fu master, battles, drug dealer, kung fu
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The Paper Tigers (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Three Kung Fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men, now one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must juggle their dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge his death.
Style: funny, humorous, buddy comedy, parody, exciting ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu master, murder, fight, tai chi, medieval, showdown, vengeance, kung fu, master warrior, martial artist, farce ...
Place: seattle
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Swords of Legends (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: Set during the Tang Dynasty, a young and quiet swordsman name Baili Tusu is infected by the aura of an ancient demonic sword known as the Sword of Burning Solitude. Living with the dark energy, he grew up without family. Until one day, he meets a ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic ...
Plot: romantic relationship, martial arts, love, supernatural, magic, relationships, master warrior, fantasy world, love and romance, supernatural power, best friend, conflict between friends ...
Place: ancient china
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 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 ...
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The Shaolin Temple (1982)
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, master warrior, heroes, fight, coming of age, vengeance, monastery, medieval, renegade, tough heroes, monk ...
Time: 7th century
Place: china, asia
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Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
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, kung fu, shaolin monk, shaolin, master warrior, one against many, soldier, heroes, kung fu master, vengeance, fight, kung fu fighting ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, asia, beijing china
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The Chinese Connection (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, murder, violence, kung fu classic, fight scenes, samurai, revenge, wuxia, fight, mentor, karate ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 1910s, 70s
Place: japan, bolivia, asia, china, shanghai
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Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
Style: fairy tale, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, nightclub, kung fu fighting, coming of age, fight, combat, fight scenes, epic battle, mafia, gangster, lucky charm ...
Time: 1930s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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The Legend II (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral ...
Style: cult classic, semi serious, stylized, humorous
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wu shu, medieval, kung fu fighting, fight, swashbuckler, wire fu, wuxia, exodus, heroes, danger ...
Time: middle ages
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 7.1
 8K
The Legend (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list ...
Style: cult classic, stylized, humorous, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, medieval, wu shu, martial artist, fight, kung fu fighting, violence, hardcore, exodus, wire fu ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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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
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The Accidental Spy (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero ...
Style: suspenseful, humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, spy, organized crime, kung fu classic, heroic mission, goofy hero, amateur detective, private detective, good versus evil, kung fu, one man army, bio weapon ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: asia, china, turkey, seoul, hong kong ...
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 7.2
 18K
Project A (1983)
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, fast, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, pirate, fight, kung fu, chase, warrior, bicycle, coast guard, british empire, sea, police, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
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 7.0
 11K
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
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