Master apprentice relationship movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant master apprentice relationship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, epic and intense films and TV shows about / with master apprentice relationship, martial arts, fight, death, rivalry, coming of age, heroes, violence, warrior and flashback plots mostly in Action, Drama and Fantasy genres shot in USA, China, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as master apprentice relationship: Cobra Kai (2018), The Disciple (2013), Edo Porn (1981), The Karate Kid (1984), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Jiu Jitsu (2020), The Last Airbender (2010), Seventh Son (2014), Drunken Master (1978), Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016).

List of master apprentice relationship movies

 8.4
 240K
Cobra Kai (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the ...
Style: captivating, light, motivational, exciting, epic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: karate, martial arts, dojo, martial arts training, master apprentice relationship, martial artist, starting over, coming of age, father son relationship, fight, bullying, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, 2020s
Place: california, north america, thailand, los angeles, southern california
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 6.5
 480
The Disciple (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives on an isolated island in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, bleak
Plot: lighthouse keeper, isolation, family relations, discipline, teenage life, bullying, friendship, family in crisis, youth, family problems, parents and children, favoritism ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: finland, eastern europe
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 6.4
 529
Edo Porn (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai, a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Style: manga, jidai geki, erotic
Plot: female nudity, nude model, painter, master apprentice relationship, suicide by hanging, single father, obsession, father daughter relationship, art, biopic, japanese culture, erotic art ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: japan, mount fuji
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 7.3
 269K
The Karate Kid (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, teenager, karate, teacher, fight, high school student, underdog, coming of age, childhood, bullying, human spirit, high school ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, north america, canada ...
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as ...
Style: visually appealing, fairy tale, exciting, stylized, gothic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, witch, good versus evil, magical, sorcerer, wizards and magicians, apprentice, witchcraft, supernatural ability, book of magic, sorceress, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: middle ages, year 2010, medieval times, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, usa, britain, manhattan new york city ...
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 2.9
 11K
Jiu Jitsu (2020)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.
Style: light, stylized, intense, exciting, perverse ...
Plot: martial arts, female warrior, nunchaku, chosen one, mission, martial artist, battles, alien invasion, chase, heroes, danger, escapades ...
Place: burma
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The Last Airbender (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Denmark, Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, stylized, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, destiny, master warrior, danger, youth, imaginary, supernatural ability, supernatural, young heroes, good versus evil, chosen one, heroic mission ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010
Place: philadelphia
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 5.5
 84K
Seventh Son (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story: John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an ...
Style: dark fantasy, exciting, epic, fairy tale, scenic ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: witch, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, supernatural, chosen one, medieval, black magic, curses spells and rituals, destiny, supernatural ability, monster ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england
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 7.4
 47K
Drunken Master (1978)
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
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Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a well-known Venice, California-based family of martial artists. Kurt, the younger of the two, has always been in his brother Eric’s shadow, and despite his talent has been told he lacks the instinct ...
Style: inspirational, suspenseful, tense, exciting, road movie ...
Plot: martial arts, revenge, mixed martial arts, vengeance, brother brother relationship, kickboxer, master warrior, martial arts training, mentor, fistfight, hand to hand combat, muscleman ...
Place: thailand, venice beach california
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Enter the Dragon (1973)
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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The Snow Woman (1968)
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, mystical, period piece, black and white ...
Plot: youkai, sculptor, snow, winter, supernatural, ghost story, master apprentice relationship, folk horror, haunting, macabre, isolation, death ...
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Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.
Style: sexy, realistic, sincere, costume drama, factual ...
Plot: art, biopic, painter, separation from family, unfulfillment, art history, artist, nervous breakdown, faith, paranoia, sculpture, painting ...
Time: 20th century, year 1915, 1910s
Place: france, europe
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The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: While escaping from a tortured experience under Quan Zhen Sect's Zhao Zhi Jing, the trouble-maker Yang Guo meets the girl who will become his martial arts master and eventually the love of his life: Xiao Long Nu. Their story moves along filled ...
Style: suspense, period drama
Plot: wuxia, martial arts, forbidden love, master apprentice relationship, kung fu, swordplay, revenge, tragic romance, star crossed lovers, betrayal, female martial artist, loyalty ...
Time: 13th century
Place: ancient china, china
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The Master of Tai Chi (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Master of Tai Chi is a Hong Kong martial arts television drama that aired on Jade and HD Jade from 25 February to 28 March 2008. Produced by Tommy Leung and Raymond Chai, The Master of Tai Chi is a TVB production. The drama was filmed in early ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, action packed ...
Plot: martial arts, tai chi, medieval, revenge, vengeance, changing lives, lifestyle change, direction and purpose, master warrior, bereavement, fight, martial arts tournament ...
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 5.7
 7K
Earthsea (2004)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A reckless youth is destined to become the greatest sorcerer that the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known...
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, epic, epic fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: prophecy, magic, wizards and magicians, dragon, wizard, heroic mission, island, imaginary kingdom, medieval, evil king, chosen one, master apprentice relationship ...
Place: fictional island
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
Style: epic, visually stunning, colorful, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, master warrior, sword, kung fu, female martial artist, tough girl, swords and armor, warrior, hand to hand combat, unspoken love ...
Time: 18th century, year 2000, 2000s, 19th century, 17th century ...
Place: china, beijing china, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Krabat, a beggar boy, is lured to become an apprentice to an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. With a number of other boys, he works at the sorcerer's mill while learning black magic. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical ...
Style: christmas horror, cult classic, anime, fairy tale, psychotronic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christmas, forbidden love, evil sorcerer, apprentice, raven, sorcerer, folk horror, warlock, master apprentice relationship, death, metamorphosis, death of friend ...
Time: middle ages
Place: czech republic, czechoslovakia
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 7.0
 10K
Crows Zero (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: gang, youth, gang war, teenage life, yakuza, high school, juvenile delinquent, high school life, teenage gang, street fight, friendship, rivalry ...
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, stylized, predictable ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, gi joe, martial arts, president, superhero, terrorism, vengeance, military, bodyguard, revenge, betrayal, maximum security prison ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., seattle, pakistan, pentagon, london ...
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 6.4
 23K
Chained (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
Style: psychological, disturbing, scary, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, captivity, misogynist, abuse, kidnapping, slave, serial rapist, psychopath, escape attempt, childhood trauma, isolated house, strong violent content ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, canada
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 8.2
 2K
Khemjira (2025)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story: With a deadly curse set to claim him at 21, a young man flees to a master of ancient magic—only to face ghosts more dangerous than his fate.
Style: mystical, suspenseful, sinister, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot: ghost, curse, supernatural, boys love, haunting, gender disguise, superstition, identity, tragic hero, gender roles, identity crisis, desire for fame ...
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Alchemy of Souls (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
Style: dorama, captivating, tense, disturbing, hilarious ...
Plot: destiny, martial arts, sword and sorcery, soul transference, magical power, elite, nobility, assassin, strong female lead, female assassin, secret, royalty ...
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Strangers From Hell (2019)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Yoon Jong-Woo is a man in his 20's. He has lived in a small town for all of his life, but he gets a job at a small office in Seoul. Yoon Jong-Woo moves out to Seoul and stays at a cheap apartment which shares its kitchen and bathroom with other ...
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, dorama, psychotronic ...
Plot: psychopath, murderer, sociopath, graphic violence, murder investigation, victim, who done it, society, uncover truth, investigation, murder, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul
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 7.3
 620
Gen Z (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Ren Xinzheng, a professor at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is dedicated to spreading Chinese medicine. He resigned to set up a traditional Chinese medicine inheritance class, hoping to train successors who can truly pass on the way ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot: apprentice, life lesson, medical, youth, acupuncture, teacher student relationship, chinese culture, medicine, teachers and students, teacher, medical profession, japanese culture ...
Time: 2020s
Place: china
Is relevant?
 8.0
 140
Mare (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto. The family rents a couple's home who run a salt pond. ...
Style: sincere, captivating, disturbing, humorous, emotional ...
Plot: food, slice of life, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, family relations, coming of age, female protagonist, family drama, family bonds, village life, dysfunctional family ...
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time: 18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place: france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
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 7.5
 872K
Doctor Strange (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Nepal
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Style: entertaining, visually stunning, witty, breathtaking, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, magic, parallel universe, wizard, sorcerer, fantasy world, time, good versus evil, time loop, multiverse, mentor, neurosurgeon ...
Time: year 2016, future, year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, hong kong, london, north america, nepal ...
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 7.3
 72K
Excalibur (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
Style: cult classic, epic, fairy tale, exciting, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: knight, king arthur, sword fight, arthurian legend, mythology, sex scene, sword and shield, legend, medieval, black magic, sword and sorcery, sorcerer ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 1981, 6th century ...
Place: europe, england, britain
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Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story: Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.
Style: anime, shounen, adult animation
Plot: dragon ball, dragon ball z, villain, vampire, friendship, martial arts, quest, thief, nude boy, teenage girl, diamond, night ...
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