List of 10 Great Martial Arts Movies
- Joseph Fanning
- Jul 29, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 5
Fists of Fury - Although it may seem cliche to rank one of Bruce Lee's movies at the top, his influence is undeniable. Really? He broke down racial barriers and became the first Asian Superstar the world had ever seen. His work ethic and workout regimen were ahead of their time. He founded his own form of Martial Arts and came up with the concept of mixing different aspects from different forms from all over the world to make the most effective use in any situation, basically to adapt to any fighting. Yes, there had been martial arts films prior to him, but he is the only reason the genre exploded in the 1970s and even today and for many more years to come.
2. Rush Hour - Starring Jackie Chan - In 1998, Brett Ratner directed the buddy police action comedy Rush Hour, which was written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna based on a scenario by LaManna. Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker play mismatched police officers tasked with finding the kidnapped daughter of a Chinese official. Elizabeth Peña, Chris Penn, and Tom Wilkinson all have supporting parts. After its September 18, 1998 release, the movie brought in more than $244 million worldwide. Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007) are the two sequels that resulted from its box office commercial success.
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3. Fearless - 2006 martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jet Li, is also known as Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) in Chinese, Spirit in Japan, and Jet Li's Fearless in the UK and the US. The story of Huo Yuanjia, a Chinese martial artist who faced off against foreign fighters in widely reported events and helped China regain its pride and nationalism during the last years of the Qing Dynasty before the Republic of China was founded, is largely based on her life. Li said in an interview that the movie was his final wushu martial arts epic; this was also mentioned in other press materials and television commercials for the movie.
Robert Mark Kamen and John G. Avildsen directed the 1984 American martial arts drama film The Karate Kid. William Zabka, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, and Elisabeth Macchio star in the first Karate Kid movie. The Karate Kid tells the tale of Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), an Italian-American adolescent from New Jersey who relocates to the Reseda district of Los Angeles with his mother, who has passed away. There, LaRusso is harassed by his new attackers, including Johnny Lawrence (Zabka), the ex-boyfriend of Ali Mills (Shue), LaRusso's love interest. Mr. Miyagi (Morita), a handyman and war veteran, teaches LaRusso karate so he may defend himself against his bullies and compete in a karate tournament.
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5. John Wick - The 2014 American action thriller film John Wick was written and directed by Derek Kolstad and Chad Stahelski. Starring as John Wick, Keanu Reeves is a famed hitman who, when his wife passes away, decides to take revenge on the criminals who killed his puppy as a parting gift. Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe are among the other actors who appear in the movie.
Kolstad found inspiration for his work from his love of neo noir, action, and revenge movies. Purchasing the rights was producer Basil Iwanyk's first independent film production.
6. The Matrix - The Wachowskis are the writers and directors of the 1999 science fiction action movie The Matrix. Featuring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano, it is the first film in the Matrix film series. The film portrays a dystopian future in which humanity is unwittingly imprisoned inside the Matrix, a virtual world that intelligent machines have created to divert people's attention while using their bodies as a source of energy. After discovering the reality, computer programmer Thomas Anderson—a hacker going by the name "Neo"—joins other Matrix escapees in a revolt against the machines.
is an animated superhero movie released in 2023 in the United States that is based on the Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman characters from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This relaunch of the Turtles film series was helmed by Jeff Rowe and co-directed by Kyler Spears. Rowe, Dan Hernandez, and Benji Samit were also attributed to the former, and Brendan O'Brien to the latter. The screenplay and story were created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Rowe. Ayo Edebiri, Maya Rudolph, John Cena, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Natasia Demetriou, Giancarlo Esposito, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, and Paul Rudd are among the ensemble voice cast members that feature in the movie as the titular squad, which also includes Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon.
Daniel Lee wrote and directed the 2015 Chinese historical action movie Dragon Blade, which starred Jackie Chan. Chan portrays Huo An in the movie, who led the Western Regions' Protection Squad during the Han period. On February 19, 2015, the first day of the Chinese New Year break, Dragon Blade was released in IMAX 3D. On September 4, 2015, Lionsgate Premiere released the movie in the US. Critics gave it mostly mediocre to negative reviews, praising its action sequences, performances, and cinematography but criticizing its story, writing, editing, and special effects.
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Ip Man, also called Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster who was born Ip Kai-man on October 1, 1893, and died on December 2, 1972. At the age of 20, he started teaching Wing Chun, a martial art. Bruce Lee is the most well-known of his disciples who went on to become independent martial arts experts.
Michael Allin wrote the script and Robert Clouse directed the martial arts movie Enter the Dragon (徍䈭虎鬥), which was released in 1973. Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Shih Kien, and Jim Kelly are among the movie's actors. Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973, at the age of 32. Enter the Dragon was his last finished motion picture appearance. A month after Lee's passing, on August 19, 1973, the American-Hong Kong co-production had its Los Angeles premiere.
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