Martial Arts Movies with the Most Fight Scenes
by The_Phantom_Projectionist | created - 11 Apr 2013 | updated - 10 Aug 2017 | PublicIf a martial arts film has more than a dozen brawls in it, I'm including it.
Counting fights is a matter of personal discretion, but in general, I'll consider a scene if it includes at least some semblance of back-and-forth choreography (no one-hit knockouts) and lasts at least ten seconds. Montages composed of short matches count as single fights.
Because I'm not as well-versed in Asian cinemas, I've included mainly North American films for now, but feel free to mention any other qualifiers in a private message.
Thanks a bunch, DeathViperKhan, for helping me with the tallying!
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1. Intergalactic Combat (2007)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Aliens appear at the UN and invite Earth to join the Galactic Federation, there is a catch though, Earth has one year to send a team of it's best fighters to represent the planet in an ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Brady | Stars: Gordon Alexander, Elizabeth Tan, Neil Rayment, Adrian Rayment
Votes: 255
Fight Count: 35
2. Bloodsport 2 (1996)
R | 90 min | Action, Sport
Alex Cardo is imprisoned and disciplined by one of the inmates. His new master also tells him about the brutal yet illegal Kumite tournament - but how will they get there?
Directors: Alan Mehrez, Philip Tan | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, James Hong, Pat Morita, Donald Gibb
Votes: 3,530 | Gross: $0.68M
Fight Count: 28
3. Capital Punishment (1991)
89 min | Action
Project K.I.C.K was a drug given to cattle to make them grow quicker, if the meat is eaten from these cattle it has horrible side effects. James is a martial artist hired by the DEA to find... See full summary »
Director: David Huey | Stars: Gary Daniels, David Carradine, Tadashi Yamashita, Mel Novak
Votes: 251
Fight Count: 26
4. Lady Kung Fu (1972)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Three graduated Hapkido students return to China from Japanese-occupied Korea in order to set up their own school. However, problems start to arise when a local Japanese martial arts school tries to run the new school out of town.
Director: Feng Huang | Stars: Angela Mao, Carter Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Han Jae Ji
Votes: 1,018
Fight Count: 25
5. Fist 2 Fist (2011)
R | 92 min | Action
A mixed martial arts teacher is haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of young couple years earlier.
Director: Jino Kang | Stars: Jino Kang, Bill Duff, Michael Bauld, Gina Beretta
Votes: 189
Fight Count: 24
6. Sci-Fighter (2004)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A computer virus has invaded a virtual reality fighting game leaving a rebellious teen trapped within. Now the boy's father must enter the tainted program and battle his way through a deadly maze of martial arts fighters to save his son.
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Lorenzo Lamas, Aki Aleong
Votes: 696
Fight Count: 23
7. Bloodfist 2050 (2005 TV Movie)
R | 78 min | Action
Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Matt Mullins, Joe Sabatino, Glen Meadows, Beverly Lynne
Votes: 197
Fight Count: 22
8. Superfights (1995)
TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Cody has always wanted to enter the world of the Superfights, a free fighting tournament. One night, he rescues a girl from a mugging and he becomes a national hero. Then, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Siu-Hung Leung | Stars: Brandon Gaines, Feihong Yu, Keith Vitali, Kelly Gallant
Votes: 342
Fight Count: 22
9. Tiger Claws II (1996)
R | 92 min | Action
The Tiger Claws killer is broken out of jail by a former colleague, who acquires a large shipment of weapons and schemes to open a portal to the past into an ancient martial arts temple.
Director: J. Stephen Maunder | Stars: Jalal Merhi, Bolo Yeung, Cynthia Rothrock, Ong Soo Han
Votes: 716
Fight Count: 22
10. Bloodsport (1988)
R | 92 min | Action, Biography, Drama
"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.
Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton
Votes: 93,981 | Gross: $11.81M
Fight Count: 21
11. The Circuit 2 (2002 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Prisoners are dying at the Ogden Correctional Institution, a prison where a corrupt Warden has taken justice and business into his own hands.
Director: Jalal Merhi | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Jalal Merhi, Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Blanks
Votes: 264
Fight Count: 21
12. The Process (1998)
R | 90 min | Action
A martial arts champion saves the life of a street fighter and must fight for him in the ultimate fight to the death.
Director: Ernie Reyes Jr. | Stars: Ernie Reyes Jr., Corin Nemec, Ernie Reyes Sr., Shishir Inocalla
Votes: 111
Fight Count: 21
13. The Quest (1996)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of gentlemen of fortune visits a legendary "Lost City", located in Tibet. They plan to steal a priceless statue "Golden Dragon" during the martial arts tournament.
Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn
Votes: 28,097 | Gross: $21.60M
Fight Count: 21
14. Bloodsport III (1996 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Sport
After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
Director: Alan Mehrez | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, John Rhys-Davies, Amber Kelleher-Andrews, Uni Park
Votes: 1,698
Fight Count: 20
15. Dian zi ge men zhan shi (1998)
86 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the future, a computer bug sets a new breed of armed and dangerous villains loose on an unsuspecting world. Digital game characters who govern their own destiny and with global ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Ko | Stars: Darren Shahlavi, Tamara Guo, Karin Perathoner, Monsour Del Rosario
Votes: 75
Fight Count: 20
16. Heatseeker (1995)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A kickboxing champion is forced to fight cyborgs in a tournament when the company kidnaps his fiancee.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Keith Cooke, Tina Cote, Norbert Weisser, Gary Daniels
Votes: 1,358
Fight Count: 20
17. Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
R | 90 min | Action, Sport
David Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage drug lord who's also an old nemesis.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Sasha Mitchell, Kamel Krifa, Brad Thornton, Jill Pierce
Votes: 3,790
Fight Count: 20
18. Eternal Fist (1992)
95 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a man helps a beautiful young girl get revenge against a roving gang of renegades that destroyed her village.
Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Dale Cook, Don Nakaya Neilsen, Greg Douglass
Votes: 118
Fight Count: 19
19. The Ultimate Game (2001)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Sport
"SATO" a sinister Asian warlord puts up $1 million dollar prize and attracts martial arts fighters to his remote island. He entraps them as they fight to the death.
Director: Jack Kaprielian | Stars: J.D. Rifkin, Paul Logan, T.J. Storm, Jennifer Doubleday
Votes: 78
Fight Count: 19
20. Warrioress (2013)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two powerful female warriors must journey across a post-apocalyptic land to fight a ritual duel, and fulfill an ancient prophecy.
Director: Ross Boyask | Stars: Cecily Fay, Joelle Simpson, Helen Steinway Bailey, Christian Howard
Votes: 312
Fight Count: 19
21. Fists of Iron (1995)
R | 94 min | Action
A skillful fighter who works as a mechanic goes with his friend to a rich guy's villa where illegal fighting is being organizes. It should be easy money, but the friend gets killed and now the mechanic wants revenge on the people involved.
Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Michael Worth, Jenilee Harrison, Sam J. Jones, Marshall R. Teague
Votes: 333
Fight Count: 18
22. Sun Dragon (1979)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western
When a Black Panther's whole family is wiped out by a ruthless band of assassins, he's determined to avenge their murder. The gang think he's weak but they didn't reckon with him employing the aid of a martial arts genius.
Director: Shan Hua | Stars: Billy Chong, Carl Scott, Louis Neglia, Joseph Jennings
Votes: 155
Fight Count: 18
23. American Streetfighter (1992)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Thriller
There are battles fought in the ring, in the streets, for love and for honor.... but now Jake Tanner (Gary Daniels) faces the battle of his life. To save his brother (Ian Jacklin) he must make the ultimate sacrifice.
Director: Steven L. Austin | Stars: Gary Daniels, Ian Jacklin, Gerald Okamura, Tracy Dali
Votes: 266
Fight Count: 17
24. Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young Asian-American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fighting competition.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Jackie Chan, Kristine DeBell, José Ferrer, Mako
Votes: 5,838
Fight Count: 17
25. Blood Ring (1991)
90 min | Action
Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.
Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Dale Cook, Andrea Lamatsch, Don Nakaya Neilsen, Steve Tartalia
Votes: 105
Fight Count: 17
26. The Raid 2 (2014)
R | 150 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara
Votes: 131,244 | Gross: $2.63M
Fight Count: 17
27. To Be the Best (1993 Video)
R | 99 min | Action
A member of the U.S. kickboxing team recruits his father and his fellow teammates to help stop a ruthless gambler from rigging the World Kickboxing Championship in Las Vegas.
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Michael Worth, Martin Kove, Phillip Troy Linger, Brittney Powell
Votes: 348
Fight Count: 17
28. Deadly Bet (1992)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jeff Wincott plays a gambler who puts his life on the line to buy his way out of the clutches of a mobster.
Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Jeff Wincott, Steven Vincent Leigh, Charlene Tilton, Michael DeLano
Votes: 399
Fight Count: 16
29. Dragon Fire (1993)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To... See full summary »
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Dominick LaBanca, Pamela Pond, Kisu, Harold Hazeldine
Votes: 226
Fight Count: 16
30. Fighting Spirit (1992)
92 min | Action, Fantasy
Billy is a young fighter whose sister, Judith was blinded after a near gang rape. When he learns she must have eye surgery, crime boss Russell has Billy compete in illegal street fights. ... See full summary »
Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Loren Avedon, Sean P. Donahue, Greg Douglass, Michelle Locke
Votes: 146
Fight Count: 16
31. Never Surrender (2009)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
From the cage to the big screen, the world's greatest Mixed Martial Arts Champions come together for the first time in a major motion picture. When an MMA world champion is lured into the ... See full summary »
Director: Hector Echavarria | Stars: Hector Echavarria, Patrick Kilpatrick, James Russo, Georges St-Pierre
Votes: 1,916
Fight Count: 16
32. Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
R | 96 min | Action
Fight matches, that end when a man is either unconscious or dead, are fought in Tijuana. 2 naive friends, hoping to make a quick buck, go there. One owes money to a loan shark - giving them plenty of practice in no rule fights.
Director: Patrick Alan | Stars: Bolo Yeung, Maryam d'Abo, William Zabka, Michael Bernardo
Votes: 1,473
Fight Count: 16
33. Bangkok Adrenaline (2009)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy
Four backpackers arrive in Thailand to party and drink. A gambling game goes wrong and with their lives on the line they desperately decide to kidnap a billionaires daughter. Things go ... See full summary »
Director: Raimund Huber | Stars: Daniel O'Neill, Praya Lundberg, Gwion Jacob Miles, Conan Stevens
Votes: 1,027
Fight Count: 15
34. Dragonwolf (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action
The Devil's Cauldron, a city where depravity and violence has forged a society in which only the lethal and callous can survive, two young men who possess the intellect and ferocity to ... See full summary »
Director: Raimund Huber | Stars: Kazu Patrick Tang, Johan Kirsten, Macha Polivka, David Winters
Votes: 550
Fight Count: 15
35. Full Contact (1993)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Luke Powers travels to L.A. to find that his brother has been murdered in a back alley martial arts tournament. Luke enters the tournament circuit to try to flush out his brother's killer. ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Jerry Trimble, Howard Jackson, Alvin Prouder, Gerry Blanck
Votes: 391
Fight Count: 15
36. Virtual Combat (1995 Video)
R | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Scientist brings virtual reality characters to life. Two are women from the cybersex game site. The third is a warrior who wants to unleash the rest of the bad guys from the virtual reality... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Stevens | Stars: Don Wilson, Michael Bernardo, Ken McLeod, Dawn Ann Billings
Votes: 731
Fight Count: 15 (I'm counting the final fight as a two separate ones)
37. Attack of the Yakuza (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action
On an isolated ranch in the desert, one man must protect his wife from a secret past that he is now forced to confront. With the sun towering in the sky overhead, the ranch sits beneath the... See full summary »
Director: Kôichi Sakamoto | Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Dan Southworth, Pamela Walworth, Motoko Nagino
Votes: 242
Fight Count: 14
38. Brawl (2012)
R | 92 min | Action
A former boxer, Mike, moves to Thailand to start a new life when he is robbed and left with nothing...until he meets Yo, a skilled Muay Thai boxer, and his beautiful wife. The new friends ... See full summary »
Directors: Julaluck Ismalone, David Ismalone | Stars: Jawed Berni, David Ismalone, Jakkrit Kanokpodjananon, Yuhkoh Matsuguchi
Votes: 198
Fight Count: 14
39. Death Fighter (2017)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action
When an American cop witnesses his mentor's murder in a trade deal gone wrong, he finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Thailand. But despite the bounty on his head and pressure to leave the country, he teams up with an ex-military mercenary out to settle a score of his own to bring the killers to justice. Their quest for vengeance brings them face-to-face with a band of notorious ... See full summary »
Director: Toby Russell | Stars: Matt Mullins, Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Chiranan Manochaem
Votes: 1,160
Fight Count: 14
40. Fatal Contact (2006)
110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.
Director: Dennis Law | Stars: Jing Wu, Ronald Cheng, Miki Yeung, Theresa Fu
Votes: 1,812
Fight Count: 14
41. Fist of Glory (1991)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, War
During Vietnam War, a member of US special forces is shanghaied and forced to participate in an underground street fight tournament where losers die. His teammate discovers this and enters the tournament to save him and end it.
Director: Joe Mari Avellana | Stars: Cris Aguilar, Joseph Al, Dave Allen, Mike Anton
Votes: 60
Fight Count: 14
42. Forced to Fight (2011)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action
Blackmailed back into the arena by a ruthless crime boss, a former underground fighting legend must survive a gauntlet of savage matches where losing just one fight... means losing it all.
Director: Jonas Quastel | Stars: Peter Weller, Gary Daniels, Arkie Reece, Alexandra Weaver
Votes: 822
Fight Count: 14
43. Kill 'em All (2012)
86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Captured international assassins are locked up inside a high-tech bunker known as the Killing Chamber. To break out of this concrete hell they must duel each other, fight deadly ninjas and ... See full summary »
Director: Raimund Huber | Stars: Johnny Messner, Chia-Hui Liu, Ammara Siripong, Joe Lewis
Votes: 1,500
Fight Count: 14
44. Ninja Apocalypse (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Framed for assassinating the Grandmaster, the Lost Ninja Clan must fight their way up an underground nuclear bunker filled with hordes of supernatural enemies, mutants, and flesh-eating zombies.
Director: Lloyd Lee Barnett | Stars: Christian Oliver, Les Brandt, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ernie Reyes Jr.
Votes: 971
Fight Count: 14
45. Ong Bak 2 (2008)
R | 98 min | Action
A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.
Directors: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai | Stars: Tony Jaa, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Sorapong Chatree, Primrata Dej-Udom
Votes: 31,902 | Gross: $0.10M
Fight Count: 14 (I'm counting the final battle as several separate ones)
46. Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel (1993)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A martial-arts fighter battles murderous gang members and the henchmen of an evil underground fighting champion to save his girlfriend.
Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Don Wilson, Maria Ford, Sy Richardson, Dale Jacoby
Votes: 656
Fight Count: 14
47. Shootfighter II (1996)
R | 91 min | Action
Shingo and the boys (Nick and Ruben) are blackmailed into helping Rawlins infiltrate an underground shootfighting ring in Miami
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Bolo Yeung, William Zabka, Michael Bernardo, Chase Randolph
Votes: 801
Fight Count: 14
48. Bangkok Revenge (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Drama
After witnessing the brutal murder of his parents, a young boy is raised by a martial arts master who grooms him to be a lethal killer. Some 20 years later, it's time to take revenge on the assassins who destroyed his childhood.
Director: Jean-Marc Minéo | Stars: Jon Foo, Caroline Ducey, Michaël Cohen, Apiradee Pavaputanont Na Mahasarakam
Votes: 774
Fight Count: 13
49. Breathing Fire (1991)
R | 74 min | Action, Drama
Michael, a Vietnam vet with two kids, pulls off a bank heist with his gang, which includes the bank's manager. To ensure the loyalty of everyone involved, Mike makes a special set of keys, ... See full summary »
Directors: Lou Kennedy, Brandon Pender, Brandon De-Wilde | Stars: Ke Huy Quan, Eddie Saavedra, Ed Neil, Jerry Trimble
Votes: 669
Fight Count: 13
50. Death Match (1994)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama
A kickboxing champ and a reporter are searching for a missing man, but they turn up a series of illegal kickboxing matches run by an arms dealer.
Director: Joe Coppoletta | Stars: Ian Jacklin, Martin Kove, Matthias Hues, Renee Allman
Votes: 294
Fight Count: 13
51. Fatal Deviation (1998 Video)
90 min | Action
A classic good versus evil action flick, mixed with kicks, guns, motorcycles and a hot babe!
Directors: Shay Casserley, Simon Linscheid | Stars: James P. Bennett, Mikey Graham, Johnny Murray, Michael Regan
Votes: 592
Fight Count: 13
52. Beauty Investigator (1992)
86 min | Action
A cop goes undercover as a nightclub singer to catch a professional hitman.
Director: Tso Nam Lee | Stars: Yukari Ôshima, Moon Lee, Chi-Ji Chin, Melvin Wong
Votes: 108
Fight Count: 13
53. Street Warrior (2008 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action
An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Max Martini, Nick Chinlund, Jane Park Smith, Max Perlich
Votes: 607
Fight Count: 13
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