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Top 25 Best Kung Fu Movies

by kungfilms • Created 6 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
The all-time best kung fu / wu xia movies presented in chronological order
Honorable Mention: Fist of Fury (1972), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), Heroes of the East (1978), Crippled Avengers (1978), To Kill a Mastermind (1979), Legendary Weapons of China (1982), Hero (2002)
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  • Pei-Pei Cheng, Yueh Hua, and Hung-Lieh Chen in Come Drink with Me (1966)

    1. Come Drink with Me

    19661h 35mNot Rated
    6.9 (5.3K)
    Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.
    DirectorKing HuStarsPei-Pei ChengYueh HuaChih-Ching Yang
  • Feng Hsu in A Touch of Zen (1971)

    2. A Touch of Zen

    19713h 20mNot Rated
    7.5 (7.8K)
    A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
    DirectorKing HuStarsFeng HsuChun ShihYing Bai
  • Lo Lieh, Ping Wang, and Chin-Feng Wang in Five Fingers of Death (1972)

    3. Five Fingers of Death

    19721h 44mR
    7.1 (4.4K)
    As two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target the rival school's best fighter.
    DirectorChang-hwa JeongStarsLo LiehPing WangHsiung Chao
  • Marco Polo (1975)

    4. Marco Polo

    19751h 48mR
    6.3 (404)
    After a failed assassination attempt on the Mongol emperor, four martial artists train to learn advanced kung fu techniques in order to kill the Khan and avenge their falling comrades, and Marco Polo is sent by the emperor to kill them.
    DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiSzu Shih
  • The 7 Grandmasters (1977)

    5. The 7 Grandmasters

    19771h 29mUnrated
    7.0 (1K)
    An aging martial arts expert is gifted a plaque from the Emperor declaring him the Kung Fu World Champion. Unsure of whether or not be is deserving of this title, he embarks on a journey to defeat the 7 Grandmasters.
    DirectorJoseph KuoStarsYi-Min LiJack LongKuan-Wu Lung
  • Jeong-lee Hwang in The Invincible Armour (1977)

    6. The Invincible Armour

    19771h 30mUnrated
    6.9 (1.2K)
    A corrupt official frames a man for murder. The man studies a martial arts style that makes his body as strong as iron, so he can counter the official's own incredible fighting skills.
    DirectorSee-Yuen NgStarsJohn LiuJeong-lee HwangTino Wong
  • Jackie Chan, Jeong-lee Hwang, and Siu-Tin Yuen in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)

    7. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

    19781h 30mPG
    7.3 (14K)
    An orphan who has been raised at a kung fu school, where he is treated as little more than a dogsbody and practice target for the students, has a life-changing experience after helping an old peripatetic beggar.
    DirectorYuen Woo-PingStarsJackie ChanSiu-Tin YuenJeong-lee Hwang
  • Jackie Chan, Dean Shek, and Siu-Tin Yuen in Drunken Master (1978)

    8. Drunken Master

    19781h 51mPG-1368Metascore
    7.4 (46K)
    Wong Fei-Hung is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.
    DirectorYuen Woo-PingStarsJackie ChanSiu-Tin YuenJeong-lee Hwang
  • Five Deadly Venoms (1978)

    9. Five Deadly Venoms

    19781h 41mR
    7.0 (8.4K)
    The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.
    DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng ChiangChien SunPhillip Chung-Fung Kwok
  • Chia-Hui Liu in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

    10. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

    19781h 56mR
    7.6 (19K)
    A school student who conspires with his teacher and others to overthrow the Qing Dynasty sees his family slaughtered at the hands of his enemies. He joins the Shaolin Temple and rigorously studies martial arts to avenge his beloved ones.
    DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuLo LiehYue Wong
  • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fung Hak-On, Yuet-Sang Chin, Ka-Yan Leung, Hoi-Sang Lee, Liu Chia-Yung, Dean Shek, and Ho Wang in Warriors Two (1978)

    11. Warriors Two

    19781h 36mR
    7.2 (1.7K)
    A bank cashier discovers a plot to kill the mayor. His attempt to warn the mayor is foiled, and he almost gets killed, but a mumbling Shaolin disciple rescues him and takes him to his master to teach him a formidable form of kung fu.
    DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsKa-Yan LeungHo WangSammo Kam-Bo Hung
  • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fat Chung, Tak-Hing Kwan, and Biao Yuen in The Magnificent Butcher (1979)

    12. The Magnificent Butcher

    19791h 48mPG-13
    7.2 (2.7K)
    A hot headed young butcher, who is also a kung fu disciple, gets embroiled in a feud with a rival shaolin temple.
    DirectorYuen Woo-PingStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungTak-Hing KwanBiao Yuen
  • Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Kuan-Wu Lung, and Siu-Tin Yuen in The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979)

    13. The Mystery of Chess Boxing

    19791h 30mNot Rated
    6.7 (822)
    Supposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five Elements fighting style is deadly. Meanwhile, young Ah Pao joins a martial arts school in order to become a great fighter in order to take revenge on the man who killed his father. He gets very good quickly but timing is everything and his arrival at the school in relation to the return of the Ghost Face Killer sees him suspected of being connected and thus put out of the school. He falls under the tutelage of an elderly chess master in the town while all the time the focus of his vengeance kills his way closer and closer.
    DirectorJoseph KuoStarsJack LongYi-Min LiKuan-Wu Lung
  • Fists of the White Lotus (1980)

    14. Fists of the White Lotus

    19801h 35mPG-13
    7.1 (2.4K)
    The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.
    DirectorLo LiehStarsChia-Hui LiuLo LiehLung-Wei Wang
  • Dreadnaught (1981)

    15. Dreadnaught

    19811h 35m
    7.1 (1.2K)
    A foul-tempered mute fugitive hides out amongst a theater troupe after his criminal wife got killed by the police. He sets his sights on a cowardly laundry man, and will not rest until he kills him, while donning a theatrical face paint.
    DirectorYuen Woo-PingStarsBiao YuenKa-Yan LeungShun-Yee Yuen
  • Martial Club (1981)

    16. Martial Club

    19811h 50mR
    7.0 (655)
    Wong Fei-Hong and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools pitted against a rival school which uses a Kung Fu expert from the North to do their dirty work.
    DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuKara Ying Hung WaiTe-Lo Mai
  • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Frankie Chan, Lung Chan, Ching-Ying Lam, and Biao Yuen in The Prodigal Son (1981)

    17. The Prodigal Son

    19811h 40mR
    7.3 (3.7K)
    A young man discovers that his reputation as a fearsome martial artist is manufactured by his rich father, after meeting a real martial arts master, who's also a master thespian, and is determined to apprentice under him to learn kung fu.
    DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsBiao YuenChing-Ying LamSammo Kam-Bo Hung
  • Duel to the Death (1983)

    18. Duel to the Death

    19831h 26mR
    7.2 (2.5K)
    The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?
    DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsNorman ChuDamian LauFlora Chong-Leen
  • Adam Cheng and Chia-Hui Liu in Shaolin and Wu Tang (1983)

    19. Shaolin and Wu Tang

    19831h 27mUnrated
    7.0 (1.1K)
    Two friends from rival schools are turned against one another by a jealous chief who wants to eliminate those whose fighting styles may rival his own.
    DirectorChia-Hui LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuAdam ChengLi Ching
  • Shaolin vs. Lama (1983)

    20. Shaolin vs. Lama

    19831h 28m
    7.0 (776)
    Skilled fighter Sung Li Ting is looking for a Kung Fu master who can beat him in battle and teach him new techniques. Shaolin monk Shao Si Yer introduces Sung Li to the Shaolin teachings, but Sung Li is not allowed to enter the school until the return of a Lama monk who stole a secret scroll containing every known fighting style from the monastery 12 years earlier.
    DirectorTso Nam LeeStarsAlexander Rei LoShan CharngHui-Yun Li
  • The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)

    21. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

    19841h 38mNot Rated
    7.4 (3.8K)
    Mongols with the help of an insider, ambush the influential Yang Family, defenders of the dynasty. The Mongols must hunt down all Yang survivors so their insidious plot to overthrow the dynasty will not be uncovered.
    DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuSheng FuLily Li
  • Iron Monkey (1993)

    22. Iron Monkey

    19931h 25mPG-1379Metascore
    7.5 (18K)
    A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.
    DirectorYuen Woo-PingStarsRongguang YuDonnie YenJean Wang
  • Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II (1994)

    23. Drunken Master II

    19941h 42mR74Metascore
    7.5 (50K)
    A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.
    DirectorsChia-Liang LiuJackie ChanStarsJackie ChanHo-Sung PakLung Ti
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

    24. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    20002hPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (288K)
    A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi Zhang
  • Stephen Chow, Siu-Lung Leung, Qiu Yuen, and Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan in Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

    25. Kung Fu Hustle

    20041h 39mR78Metascore
    7.7 (157K)
    In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
    DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu Yuen

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