Martial Arts
see all genres ›Asian fighters of many stripes bring athletic beauty and deadly force to this popular genre. Hong Kong martial arts films began being exported widely in the 1970s but the genre is incredibly diverse. Every decade of martial arts filmmakers (many outside Hong Kong) have reinvigorated the action film with new choreography and new styles of storytelling.
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Oldboy
Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is locked up in a strange, private prison for 15 years. No one will tell him why he's there and who his jailer is, but he is kept in reasonably comfortable quarters and has a TV to...Watch Movie
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Master of the Flying Guillotine
The legendary Jimmy Wang Yu stars as the one armed boxer, a martial arts expert, who is targeted by the blind master of the flying guillotine, who has vowed revenge for the deaths of his two disciples. The MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE combines eye-popping visuals,...Watch Movie
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Yakuza
Kazuma Kiryu, once one of the most fearsome yakuza and known as the "Dragon of the Dojima Family," comes back to Kamuro-cho after a ten year jail sentence. His return means many things to many different people, but to one girl, it means she may have a chance of finding her mother. To one of...Watch Movie
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Onechanbara: Vortex
Our favorite bikini-clad, cowboy-hat-wearing zombie assassin returns in this follow-up to the Japanese exploitation hit ONECHANBARA. Once again, our clothing-challenged heroine Aya (this time played by the pouty pin-up model Yu Tejima, who brings a slightly, um, curvier...Watch Movie
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Dolemite
Dolomite is sent to prison on a frame-up by some crooked cops and his arch rival, the notorious Willy Green. He is offered an early release if he can bring down Green to stop him from terrorizing the city. Dolemite and his beautiful female army of kung-fu killers take on the mob in one of the...Watch Movie
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Incredible Kung-fu Mission
John Liu, a Kung-fu master, is hired to rescue a revolutionary agent from the fortress of an evil warlord. To help him are five unskilled mercenaries who are trained by him in the art of Kung-fu fighting. Disguised as a travelling acrobatic troupe, the "Dirty Half Dozen" set...Watch Movie
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Miami Connection
Motorcycle ninjas tighten their grip on Florida's narcotics trade, viciously annihilating anyone who dares move in on their turf. Multi-national martial arts rock band Dragon Sound have had enough, and embark on a roundhouse wreck-wave of crime-crushing justice. When not...Watch Movie
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Onechanbara
A cowboy-hat-wearing, bikini-clad zombie assassin mows down hordes upon hordes of the undead in this tongue-in-cheek Japanese exploitation film, perhaps best understood by its alternative English title: ZOMBIE BIKINI SQUAD. Seemingly dreamed up in some B-movie wish factory yet actually based on a...Watch Movie
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Riki-Oh
Ricky is sentenced to prison for the pulpy murder of a lowlife responsible for his girlfriend's suicide. In the dystopian future of 2001, the prison system has been privatized and run by monsters far worse than the criminals they keep locked up. Ricky finds himself up against the Gang of Four,...Watch Movie
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Karate Girl
Real-life black-belt Rina Takeda stars as an ordinary high school student turned martial arts master in this throwback action film with a refreshing lack of CGI and special effects and a surprisingly old-school focus on hand-to-hand martial arts action. Years ago, a murderous clan of ninjas...Watch Movie
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Petey Wheatstraw
Petey Wheatstraw was born during a tropical storm. From the moment he took his first breath he could walk, talk and kick ass. He grows up to become a famous comedian, so famous that his rivals cannot handle this competition and plan to do Petey in. When Petey is killed in a...Watch Movie
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The True Game of Death
A story of the circumstances behind the tragic death of the legendary Bruce Lee. Major studios struggle to obtain the services of the cult hero. The "big boss" intends to smash Bruce's small production company. A plot to drug Bruce backfires when he dies from the deadly...Watch Movie
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The Human Tornado
In this sequel to the smash hit DOLEMITE, Dolemite is on the run from a redneck sheriff who has caught him with his woman. Dolemite and his posse (including a young Ernie Hudson) dodge the sheriff and his bullets in a high-speed chase that takes them to LA. Upon Dolemite's...Watch Movie
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Budo
Filmed entirely in Japan, BUDO: THE ART OF KILLING is a highly acclaimed documentary and a favorite of martial arts practitioners and fans alike. Highlighting the various techniques of “Budo” (Karate, Judo, Aikido and so forth), this action-packed film is a visual feast exploring the spiritual...Watch Movie
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The New Math(s)
Two students and their teacher seem to be literally fighting over the proper solution to a complex mathematical equation. Is it the key to time and space or a coded instruction manual about their own secret urges? An alchemical action movie? A real life cartoon with original music by Dutch...Watch Movie
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Death Trance
Grave steals a mysterious coffin from a holy temple, a coffin said to contain a great and dangerous power. Imprisoned inside the coffin is the Goddess of Destruction, confined and held at bay from laying destruction to this world! Grave fearlessly travels the haunted forests dragging the coffin...Watch Movie
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Gallants
In a remote village, Dragon (Chen Kuan Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu-Lung) run Law's Teahouse, which was once a celebrated martial arts school. The middle-aged pair's skills have diminished in the thirty years they have waited for their Kung Fu master to awaken from his coma. When real estate...Watch Movie
