What is the 5 best Martial Arts movies of all time?

[LordRaiden]

What would you say are the 5 best martial arts movies of all time, or even just your 5 favorites?

These can be anything from action movies with light martial arts to full blown kick butt, numbchuck, throwing star, ninja sword type martial arts movies.

My favorites are:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Matrix/Matrix Reloaded
3. Iron Monkey
4. Shanghai Noon
5. Shanghai Knights

What about you guys?

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
What would you say are the 5 best martial arts movies of all time, or even just your 5 favorites?

These can be anything from action movies with light martial arts to full blown kick butt, numbchuck, throwing star, ninja sword type martial arts movies.

My favorites are:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Matrix/Matrix Reloaded
3. Iron Monkey
4. Shanghai Noon
5. Shanghai Knights

What about you guys?

I don't see how any of those movies (save for Iron Monkey since i haven't seen it) can even be as remotely good as a Bruce Lee film?? Or even Jet Li's films.

Btw, can anyone recommend any Jackie Chan movies (the older ones) that are in english or atleast have english subtitles? I heard there is a car related movie of his, but I dunno the name.

 

[weirdichi]

1. Drunken Master II (Legend of Drunken Master in the US)
2. Fong Sai Yuk series
3. Once Upon a Time in China series
4. Iron Monkey
5. Police Story series

I think Bruce Lee's movies don't portray his actual martial arts skills as much as they could. That one with Chuck Norris is pretty awesome though.

 

[fatbaby]

Karate Kid I
Karate Kid II
Karate Kid III
Beverly Hills Ninjas
Ecks vs Eckers

 

[cpals]

Matrix??? Not sure if that ranks up there... you're listing more new stuff. Most of the "best" are older ones like Bruce Lee and stuff.

 

[ed21x]

Iron Monkey
Legend of the Drunken Masters
Enter the Dragon
Shaolin Soccer
Hero

 

[weirdichi]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
Karate Kid I
Karate Kid II
Karate Kid III
Beverly Hills Ninjas
Ecks vs SEVERS

Hehehe!

 

[Judgement]

MORTAL COMBAT!!!!!

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: cpals
Matrix??? Not sure if that ranks up there... you're listing more new stuff. Most of the "best" are older ones like Bruce Lee and stuff.

Well, I did say those were my favorites, not nessisarily the best out there. I mentioned that you could list either your favorites, or which ones you thought were best.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: weirdichi

Originally posted by: fatbaby
Karate Kid I
Karate Kid II
Karate Kid III
Beverly Hills Ninjas
Ecks vs SEVERS

Hehehe!

lol ur joking right..?


and i agree w/ most of you...bruce lee films and the older jet li films should rank way up there...

 

[bolomite]

Ninja Turtles
Little Ninjas
Beverly Hills Ninja
Perfect Weapon
The Last Dragon

 

[boyRacer]

Power Rangers
Street Fighter

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
What would you say are the 5 best martial arts movies of all time, or even just your 5 favorites?

These can be anything from action movies with light martial arts to full blown kick butt, numbchuck, throwing star, ninja sword type martial arts movies.

My favorites are:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Matrix/Matrix Reloaded
3. Iron Monkey
4. Shanghai Noon
5. Shanghai Knights

What about you guys?

I don't see how any of those movies (save for Iron Monkey since i haven't seen it) can even be as remotely good as a Bruce Lee film?? Or even Jet Li's films.

Btw, can anyone recommend any Jackie Chan movies (the older ones) that are in english or atleast have english subtitles? I heard there is a car related movie of his, but I dunno the name.

i think the car one you are thinknig of is cannonball run? it's an old movie wiht burt reynolds. kinda cheezy if you ask me. a good jackie chan flick is drunken master. i think it's subtitled.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: boyRacer
Power Rangers
Street Fighter

:Q

 

[Ferocious]

not in any order.

Bloodsport
Enter the Dragon
Perfect Weapon
Game of Death
Master Killer

EDIT: Any top 5 list without 'Enter the Dragon' is totally absurd.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Storm Riders
Enter the Dragon
Tai Chi Master
Drunken Master
Iron Monkey

 

[UncleWai]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
1. Drunken Master II (Legend of Drunken Master in the US)
2. Fong Sai Yuk series
3. Once Upon a Time in China series
4. Iron Monkey
5. Police Story series

I think Bruce Lee's movies don't portray his actual martial arts skills as much as they could. That one with Chuck Norris is pretty awesome though.

We have a wiNnAr

But without Bruce Lee's films, kung fu movies most likely wouldn't exist right now.

p.s. I would rank Once Upon a Time in China series above the rest because no films can compare to the choreography in this series.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: Judgement
MORTAL COMBAT!!!!!

Kombat, perhaps?

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: UncleWai

Originally posted by: weirdichi
1. Drunken Master II (Legend of Drunken Master in the US)
2. Fong Sai Yuk series
3. Once Upon a Time in China series
4. Iron Monkey
5. Police Story series

I think Bruce Lee's movies don't portray his actual martial arts skills as much as they could. That one with Chuck Norris is pretty awesome though.

We have a wiNnAr

But without Bruce Lee's films, kung fu movies most likely wouldn't exist right now.

p.s. I would rank Once Upon a Time in China series above the rest because no films can compare to the choreography in this series.

So the Model T has to be in everyone's top 10 production car list?

 

[idNut]

I always liked Rumble in the Bronx, I thought that had some good martial arts.

 

[TheInvincibleMustard]

(in no particular order)
Iron Monkey
Legend of the Drunken Master
Enter The Dragon
Bloodsport

Hmm ... that's only four ... oh well.

Oh wait, Princess Mononoke is pretty good ... not really sure if it's a "martial arts" movie, but "eh" ...

 

[yoda291]

In no order

1. five venoms
2. chinese super ninjas
3. emperor and the assassin
4. Invincible armor
5. Drunken Master II

unsure if 3 counts.

 

[GhettoFob]

Kung Pow > *

 

[weirdichi]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
What would you say are the 5 best martial arts movies of all time, or even just your 5 favorites?

These can be anything from action movies with light martial arts to full blown kick butt, numbchuck, throwing star, ninja sword type martial arts movies.

My favorites are:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Matrix/Matrix Reloaded
3. Iron Monkey
4. Shanghai Noon
5. Shanghai Knights

What about you guys?

I don't see how any of those movies (save for Iron Monkey since i haven't seen it) can even be as remotely good as a Bruce Lee film?? Or even Jet Li's films.

Btw, can anyone recommend any Jackie Chan movies (the older ones) that are in english or atleast have english subtitles? I heard there is a car related movie of his, but I dunno the name.

That car movie is called Thunderbolts. It wasn't really all that great. It's about racing ricers. If you like rice burners, then it's pretty cool to look at all those cars.

Originally posted by: yoda291
In no order

1. five venoms
2. chinese super ninjas
3. emperor and the assassin
4. Invincible armor
5. Drunken Master II

unsure if 3 counts.

Chinese Super Ninjas!! The best is when that one d00d was fighting the Earth Elemental and his intestines were hanging out. He still killed a couple of ninjas before getting the big axe himself. I used to watch this all the time at my friend's house when I was little!

 

[Storm]

Umm helloooo? No one mentioned Fist of Legend? cmon gimme a break...