best martial arts movies ever made

How could you not put ENTER THE DRAGON on there?!?!?!? That is easily one of the greatest martial arts films of all time. Def one of Lee's best.

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Great list most of those are my personal favorite.

@Dangerous_Lee_Handsome

1. Fist of Legend
2. Drunken Master
3. Martial Arts Of Shaolin
4. Drunken Master II
5. Fist of Fury
6. Ong-Bak
7. 36th Chamber of Shaolin
8. Iron Monkey
9. Enter The Dragon
10. Once Upon A Time In China

I picked these titles because they're all my favorites and you shouldn't have too hard of a time finding them. See ya!

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That's pretty close to my list as well.

1. Fist of Legend
2. Drunken Master II
3. Enter The Dragon
4. Once Upon A Time In China
5. 36th Chamber of Shaolin
6. Ip Man
7. Tai-Chi Master
8. Fist of Fury
9. Once Upon A Time In China 2
10. Iron Monkey
11. Tai Chi Master 2
12. Fearless Hyena
13. Ong-Bak
13. Fong Sai Yuk
14. Dragon Tiger Gate
15. Once Upon A Time In China 3
16. Kung Fu Hustle
17. The Protector
18. Ip Man 2
19. The Buddhist Fist
20. Game of Death

Other notables worth seeing. Winners and Sinners, Project A, 14 Blades, Flashpoint, 13 Assassins, Return to 36 Chambers of Shaolin, The Rebel, Challenge of the Ninja, Cantonen Iron Kung Fu, 5 Deadly Venoms, Shaolin vs Lama, Flashpoint, Shaolin Soccer, Wing Chun & Eight Diagram Pole Fighter.

Most of my Top 20 list should have been seen by everyone who's a martial arts fanatic. If you haven't see ALL of these movies, find them and watch them immediately. The 2 you might not have hear of "Dragon Tiger Gate (Donnie Yen)" & The Buddhist Fist (Shun-Yee Yuen & Siu Ming Tsui) are must see films. Even the flix not on my Top 20 are worth seeing. Everyone should have seen Shaolin Soccer and Wing Chun by now, but seek out "Shaolin vs Lama", Flashpoint (Donnie Yen), Challenge of the Ninja (Gordon Lui) & The Rebel (Johnny Nguyen & Dustin Nguyen).

not saying its a top 10 contender. But Operation Scorpio/Scorpion King is a very underrated movie. The fights of Jung Yuen were just frickin amazing.

Theres some wirework, but very seamless so it doesnt feel that bad as you might think it will

Heres a few clips to get you acquainted with it

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JUttuR8-7xU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eWAsmKX9wfI

In the 2nd clip just look at the move he does at 1:33

Guess what they say about Taekwondo is true, it truly does look good.

What the hell did you do to your haaaand?

You are all wrong. Undeafeatable is, without any doubt, the greatest film ever made, let alone the greatest martial arts film ever made.

Great list!

I know this is an old post but I hope this is not a real list of best martial arts films. Half of these films don't even countain any martial arts.

What is your function?

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I have to take issue with ebossert's assertion that Bruce Lee's movies were mediocre and borderline inept in terms of fight action. Those movies were made at a time when most martial arts action was alot of swordplay and wires in period pieces and not part of the pop culture in the US and other parts of the world until the arrival of Lee riding his popularity as Kato from the Green Hornet. Lee revolutionized and modernized fight choreography and brought where it is today. Of course, most of his movies don't really stand up to what Chan and Ping have updated and capitalized on since but without his popularity and creativity, the art of fight action in movies around the rest of the world would still be in the dark ages with alot fisticuffs, stereotypical karate chops and the occasional judo throw while chinese cinema would still be using alot of wirework and fast motion comic camera work. His movies paved the way for the kind of action we see today from everything from Jackie Chan to Tony Jaa. Just about every fight scene in all types of movies over the last 40 yrs or more bears the influence of Bruce Lee. Obviously if you've grown up on more recent movies then watch Lee's movies, you would think them to be inferior and I wouldn't expect anyone to put them on a list if they didn't like them but please respect the history of the movie fight game.

I don't know if these are the best but they are my favorites:


Fist of Legend
The Legend of Drunken Master
Ong Bak
Iron Monkey
Once Upon A Time in China
Flashpoint
Way of the Dragon
Game of Death (original unreleased)
Blade II
The Protector

Glad to see Way of the Dragon get a mention.

Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there...facing Mecca, of course.

Another goodie is executioner from shaolin, Check it out!