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Amazon Prime Video
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7.6
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75
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4.0
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83
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88
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.
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70
7.5
/17973/
76
/660/
74
/319/
3.8
/10628/
39
/16/
79
/28/

Iron Monkey (1993)
In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.
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76
68
7.4
/4041/
73
/162/
70
/107/
4.0
/11361/
86
/69/

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.
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75
62
7.5
/3042/
75
/115/
73
/67/
3.8
/5272/
77
/119/

Heroes of the East (1978)
When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife is forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
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Criterion Channel
73
62
7.1
/3485/
71
/103/
72
/112/
3.8
/8528/
79
/1115/

Eastern Condors (1987)
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
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Hoopla
62
6.3
/10708/
66
/430/
64
/316/
3.2
/4949/
55
/105/

Thunderbolt (1995)
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
61
7.1
/2500/
75
/144/
66
/44/
3.6
/5250/
86
/58/

Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
The Qing emperor releases all detained Shaolin disciples, but the vindictive White Lotus clan decides to exterminate all the disciples. One martial artist survives the onslaught, and constantly trains while in hiding for revenge.
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68
61
6.9
/4531/
70
/194/
68
/235/
3.4
/6338/

Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
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64
58
6.3
/5736/
64
/207/
69
/173/
3.2
/4121/
61
/6099/

Heart of Dragon (1985)
A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.
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70
57
6.9
/2482/
66
/100/
67
/59/
3.6
/4357/
80
/44/

Millionaires' Express (1986)
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
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74
56
7.1
/1792/
73
/79/
73
/52/
3.8
/6070/
79
/907/

Dirty Ho (1979)
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
54
6.1
/4868/
66
/123/
66
/136/
3.2
/2474/
57
/116/

High Risk (1995)
After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?
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69
53
6.8
/2037/
71
/86/
70
/51/
3.6
/3314/
67
/656/

Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him.
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77
52
7.3
/1375/
73
/62/
69
/42/
3.8
/4736/
94
/29/

Pedicab Driver (1989)
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
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70
52
7.1
/2927/
66
/59/
67
/62/
3.6
/1322/
75
/126/

One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
A gangster's son is accidentally killed during a drunken dispute with a rival gang, and Officer Milo's task force is assigned to the case. He soon learns that a hitman has been hired to take out the rival gang leader. While Milo and his crew desperately try to find and stop the hired gun, fearing all-out war in the streets, Lai Fu, a smart but inexperienced killer from a small town in the mainland, arrives in Hong Kong to do his job.
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Kanopy
77
51
7.3
/1691/
68
/55/
72
/44/
3.9
/4650/
100
/8/
76
/5/

Raining in the Mountain (1979)
In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.
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46
6.3
/2343/
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/126/
63
/83/
3.2
/3332/
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/37/

Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985)
Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.
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45
6.7
/1291/
71
/49/
66
/41/
3.5
/1907/
71
/32/

Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
44
6.7
/1056/
72
/37/
64
/38/
3.6
/1930/
79
/31/

My Young Auntie (1981)
Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei, but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao, her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.
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38
6.6
/1465/
63
/52/
63
/57/
3.3
/906/
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/41/

Aces Go Places II (1983)
An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by King Kong's new girlfriend, nearly committed to a mental hospital by their devious boss, and forced to battle Filthy Harry's weaponry-laden robot while covered with time bombs.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
33
6.4
/1133/
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/29/
64
/32/
3.5
/1096/
59
/26/

Moon Warriors (1992)
A kind-hearted fisherman, content with simple life, is reluctantly drawn into helping a noble emperor regain his throne from his evil brother.
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6.6
/1130/
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/46/
61
/30/
3.3
/1356/

The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)
Husker is a student of the Shaolin monks, learning kung fu so that he can avenge his uncle who was murdered by the Manchus who control the province. He leaves his training early, desperate to teach the killers a lesson, and teams up with a martial artist monk who is teaching a group of factory workers how to defend themselves. When the Manchus strike again, Husker and his Buddhist pal decide it's time to even the score.
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32
6.0
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/30/
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/22/
3.1
/1754/
50
/1534/

Lady Reporter (1989)
Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.
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7.1
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/27/
65
/25/
3.6
/1041/
55
/36/

Martial Club (1981)
Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist. In an excellent battle of skill, he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
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The Roku Channel
73
19
7.3
/359/
76
/41/
73
/15/
3.6
/578/

Kung Fu Stuntmen (2021)
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
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fuboTV
57
16
5.5
/410/
53
/24/
61
/24/
3.1
/319/

Lucky Stars Go Places (1986)
Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the Lucky Stars series. It was an attempt to combine the original Lucky Stars troupe with the similar action comedy ensemble from the Aces Go Places series.
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13
6.4
/215/
53
/13/
61
/12/
3.5
/573/

The Lady Is the Boss (1983)
Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.
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58
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6.2
/108/
53
/9/
60
/6/

Kung Fu Genius (1979)
A martial arts whiz and his ambitious friend open a kung fu school, but only draw the attention of an angry student from the town’s only other school. A confrontation leads to a fight in a brothel that causes both schools to become targets of the brothel owner’s wrath.
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50
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5.1
/220/
51
/9/
54
/7/

What a Hero! (1992)
Yuen Tak Wah (Andy Lau) has been practicing Taekwondo since he was a kid and becomes an expert at it with his best trick being the 720 Degree Whirlwind Kick. Wah later becomes a cop and uses his good skills to contribute in cracking cases which leads to the jealousy of Officer Cheung Yeung (Roy Cheung), the leader of the rival team. Cheung is also a Taekwondo expert who has a won a championship at the Hong Kong Police Force's Taekwondo Tournament.
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6.1
/19/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Spiritually a Cop (1989)
A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.
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66
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6.4
/115/
65
/2/
79
/5/

The Three Avengers (1979)
When two acrobats are fired for fighting with punks in the audience, they go live with an aunt who's being pressured to sell her house. The developer's nasty son, Lee Fu, decides to muscle the sale and soon he's at war with the acrobats.
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54
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6.0
/195/
54
/9/
50
/4/

Cat vs. Rat (1982)
Pai 'The Rat' always gets into trouble with Chan 'The Cat'. They always try to outsmart each other even when it threatens the lives of other people.
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6.8
/54/
50
/3/
55
/1/

Pursuit (1972)
Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.
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6.5
/66/
42
/4/
64
/5/

The Fake Ghost Catchers (1982)
This delightful action comedy came out a full two years before Ghostbusters premiered. Coincidence? You be the judge. Whatever the inspiration, nothing can compare to this amazing showcase of wushu and wizardry as one of the best all-star fighting casts take on spectres, spirits, and phantoms as well as each other.
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64
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5.6
/156/
67
/7/
70
/6/
3.3
/318/

The Leg Fighters (1980)
When South China martial artist Pan is defeated and killed by North China challenger Tan in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.
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63
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6.3
/290/
56
/12/
69
/9/
3.3
/325/

Paper Marriage (1988)
A washed up martial artist living in Los Angeles agrees to marry an illegal immigrant from Hong Kong to get her a Green Card and him some of her family fortune: but the odd couple are subjected to a whole lot of misfortune as their new life begins.
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Amazon Prime Video
40
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4.3
/123/
44
/5/
36
/5/

The Green Hornet (1994)
A Chinese reporter (Esther Kwan) attempts to find out the identity of a masked crime-fighter.
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60
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6.4
/239/
53
/15/
68
/8/

The Treasure Hunters (1981)
Fu Sheng and his real-life brother star as friends who are searching for a treasure that a Shaolin priest, a villainous traitor and his sister are also trying to find.
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Amazon Prime Video
51
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5.4
/121/
50
/4/
50
/3/

Carry on Wise Guy (1980)
Gordon Liu as the Master Killer has taken a vow not to use his superior fighting abilities, but he is put to the test when he must transport a valuable map across dangerous territory. Features amazing fight scenes choreographed by the Lau Brothers.
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61
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6.3
/191/
57
/7/
58
/5/
3.4
/378/

The Shadow Boxing (1979)
Lau Kar-leung returns to the success of his first directed film, "The Spiritual Boxer," which also stars the original film's bumbling ghost controller, Wong Yu. Hoping to make the lightning of success strike in the same place, Lau had his two brothers Lau Kar-Wing and Gordon Liu not only act but also help with the fights. The end result is a martial arts film masterpiece filled with breathtaking action and set pieces.
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5.2
/97/
47
/4/
50
/5/

Demoness from Thousand Years (1990)
When an evil demoness attempts to enter the realm of humans, a Taoist priest and his two fairies battle her and steal her Bead of Hell. The conflict re-emerges one thousand years later in modern-day Hong Kong, where a police captain unknowingly takes in one of the fairies who's being pursued by the demoness.
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5.8
/15/
10
/1/

Run for Life Ladies from China (1993)
Two sisters, Lin and Sen, and Lin's husband Ho come to Hong Kong looking for a better life. They are met by Ho's friend Kwan who works for a gangster Tian who offers them jobs in his nightclub and sauna. Sen is young and easily bored and soon takes up with Tian who offers her money and excitement. Ho falls for Sister a masseuse who works in the sauna and Lin is left wondering and unhappy. When Tian attempts to assault Lin, Ho seeks revenge but is killed along with Kwan and it is left to Sen and Sister to seek the help of a rival gangster in their revenge.
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5.1
/14/

Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword (1978)
Crazy Sword, Blind Fist and Queer Strikes are three kung fu fanatics who team up with Mung, the debonair master in white. Together the four real friends smash a massive kung fu gang led by Moose Face, Tsai Hung. Once smashed the girls are freed from vice and valuables returned to their rightful owners. A kung fu rare classic from Goldig Films.
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5.2
/18/
40
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Drugs Fighters (1995)
Yukari Oshima plays a traffic cop who gets promoted to the drug task force and faces Yuen Wah's syndicate.


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