The best martial arts movies made?
 

What are some of you favorite martial arts movies?

IP Man.

But not really my favorite niche so I don't watch such movies often.

The original Karate Kid (1984)

Drunken Master 2

Iron Monkey

Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

Ong Bak

The Raid

The Raid 2

I really liked Kung Fu Hustle

I used to be obsessed with bruce lee when I was younger and I would say Way of the Dragon

Big Trouble in Little China


(that's what Jack Burton always says at a time like this)

ANY Bruce Lee film (think he did four - five if you include the half-finished Game Of Death)
ANY Jackie Chan film pre-2000
ANY Jet Li movie pre-1990

Came here to say IP Man. :)

Iron Monkey

I suppose it depends on what "best" means.

I was blown away with Ong Bak and The Protector. The choreography is incredible and The Protector is still home to the longest single cut fight scene every shot (9+ minutes). Both have amazing fight scenes which can be appreciated by someone who fights and someone who doesn't. Most fight scenes aren't realistic in terms of technique in movies, but his movies are full contact scenes with his own fighters and closer to real than choreographed and give a great look at Muay Boran / Muay Thai in use.


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All Bruce Lee and Jet Li movies

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is good too.

Toshiro Mifune's movies.....Sanjuro, Yojimbo, Seven Samurai.

Zatoichi, the original 47 Ronin (Chushingura), Lone Wolf & Cub, Musashi Minamoto and Ran are also worth a look.

The last film that I've seen was Raid and I liked it. And now, because of this thread, I need to see the second part!:1orglaugh

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Unleashed with Jet Li

This is the most expensive special effects made in Hollywood ever. Everybody knows that Chuck Norris can not be killed. He kills everyone who thinks that's even possible.

Don't know really ...

Raid 1 and 2 are very good. Also, The Man From Nowhere has some nice action scenes:

I have been in martial arts since I was 10 and most martial arts movies are unrealistic garbage IMO...bruce lee would probably get beat to a pulp by 90% of the guys I train with...

can remember the film...its about this guy who drags his dead master though the dessert...this was a good one...

Of course he would be, but we are talking about movies. They have nothing to do with the real life. They are fairy tales for teenagers. Personally I don't see anything wrong with that.

The Raid and The Raid 2 are my most recent favorites.

the way they undress in front of each other has something special

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Are you going to laugh at me if I say the Kill Bill films?..

Not only is Raid 2 a top notch martial arts movie, but it's also one of the best gangster stories of seen in a long time. There's some Shakespearean shit going on in this one.

Ong Bak for the win.

I agree with another poster - The original Karate Kid. Personally I think boys need bullies (to a certain extend).

Think about it.. If Johnny wasn't a bully to Daniel, Daniel would have never met Mr. Miyagi, never learned Karate and the life lessons that go along with it, and never earned the respect of his peers. In short, he would have remained a little pussy that no noticed.

In opposition to today's PC safe space pussy crowd, The Karate Kid could teach some valuable lessons..

Good replies here. I would agree about the old Jet Li movies. I haven't seen one I didn't like.

Here are a few that are reputed to be awesome, but I have not seen.
- Iron Monkey
- Five Deadly Venoms
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Karate Kid isn't as martial arts movie.

Kung Fu Panda....Hands down.

It was a good movie, but got a little repetitive with the same finishing move every time.

If you get Robert Rodriguez's El Rey network, they play a lot of old school kung fu movies.

+1 :thumbsup

Holy Fuck that guy is HOT!

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The Raid 1 and 2 mos def in the top 5.

If you can get past the 80's low-budget... Best of the Best 3 has some very tight Hapkido choreography and some decent TKD scenes.

The fight scene on the sporting goods store between Van Damme and Scott Adkins from Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is certainly worth a watch even though the movie was shit.

There was a couple of brutal fights in that movie. The motel room scene was crazy.

Agreed. Some critics labeled it more of a gore/horror flick than an action movie.