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Top Fu Movies

by rkschell-361-408514 • Created 13 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
All time best in the martial arts genre. Movies that should be in the collection.
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  • Jet Li in Fist of Legend (1994)

    1. Fist of Legend

    19941h 43mR
    7.5 (26K)
    In 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.
    DirectorGordon ChanStarsJet LiShinobu NakayamaSiu-Ho Chin
  • Adam Cheng and Chia-Hui Liu in Shaolin and Wu Tang (1983)

    2. 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
  • Jackie Chan, Dean Shek, and Siu-Tin Yuen in Drunken Master (1978)

    3. 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)

    4. 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
  • Crippled Avengers (1978)

    5. Crippled Avengers

    19781h 44mR
    7.3 (3.3K)
    Three men who have been physically disabled by a vindictive martial arts master and his physically-disabled son ally together and learn kung fu from an elderly martial-artist and his mentally-disabled pupil, so they can avenge themselves.
    DirectorCheh ChangStarsChen Kuan-TaiFeng LuPhillip Chung-Fung Kwok
  • Jet Li in Fearless (2006)

    6. Fearless

    20061h 44mPG-1370Metascore
    7.6 (80K)
    A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.
    DirectorRonny YuStarsJet LiLi SunYong Dong
  • Chia-Hui Liu in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

    7. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

    19781h 56mR
    7.6 (20K)
    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
  • The Master (1980)

    8. The Master

    19801h 32m
    6.7 (485)
    Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.
    DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsChen Kuan-TaiTak YuenHsueh-Erh Wen
  • Lightning Fists of Shaolin (1984)

    9. Lightning Fists of Shaolin

    19841h 30mNot Rated
    6.5 (711)
    A Kung Fu master finds out that an opium den is destroying the lives of the town he lives in, and vows to put an end to the den, but first he must try to defeat the strongest enemy he has ever faced: his addiction to the drug itself.
    DirectorTang ChiaStarsLung TiTe-Lo MaiLeanne Lau
  • Bridget Fonda and Jet Li in Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

    10. Kiss of the Dragon

    20011h 38mR58Metascore
    6.6 (68K)
    A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.
    DirectorChris NahonStarsJet LiBridget FondaTchéky Karyo
  • Martial Club (1981)

    11. Martial Club

    19811h 50mR
    7.0 (666)
    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
  • Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, and Jet Li in Unleashed (2005)

    12. Unleashed

    20051h 43mR58Metascore
    7.0 (110K)
    A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.
    DirectorLouis LeterrierStarsJet LiBob HoskinsMorgan Freeman
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

    13. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    20002hPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (289K)
    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
  • The Shaolin Temple (1982)

    14. The Shaolin Temple

    19821h 40mNot Rated
    6.8 (5K)
    A young man, hounded by a psychopathic general, learns martial arts at the Shaolin temple to avenge his father's death. To achieve this he forgoes a budding romance with his kungfu master's daughter, a shepherdess.
    DirectorHsin-Yen ChangStarsJet LiHai YuChenghui Yu
  • Heroes of the East (1978)

    15. Heroes of the East

    19781h 45mR
    7.5 (2.9K)
    A Chinese man marries a Japanese martial artist, and they begin to bicker over which country has the better martial arts. It reaches a point where he has to go against Japanese martial artists in different styles to prove who's the best.
    DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuYuka MizunoYasuaki Kurata
  • Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, and Biao Yuen in Wheels on Meals (1984)

    16. Wheels on Meals

    19841h 40mTV-14
    7.0 (16K)
    Two Chinese friends, who operate a food truck in Barcelona, Spain, use their martial arts expertise to help their private investigator friend protect the pickpocket Sylvia, who's been targeted by a ruthless gang.
    DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsJackie ChanBiao YuenSammo Kam-Bo Hung
  • Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II (1994)

    17. Drunken Master II

    19941h 42mR74Metascore
    7.5 (51K)
    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
  • Bruce Lee, Ahna Capri, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Shih Kien, and Robert Wall in Enter the Dragon (1973)

    18. Enter the Dragon

    19731h 42mR83Metascore
    7.6 (118K)
    A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
    DirectorRobert ClouseStarsBruce LeeJohn SaxonJim Kelly
  • Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon (1972)

    19. The Way of the Dragon

    19721h 30mR58Metascore
    7.1 (43K)
    A country bumpkin martial artist visits his relatives in Rome, Italy, where he must defend them and their restaurant against harassment from brutal gangsters.
    DirectorBruce LeeStarsBruce LeeChuck NorrisNora Miao
  • The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)

    20. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

    19841h 38mNot Rated
    7.4 (3.9K)
    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
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in Seven Samurai (1954)

    21. Seven Samurai

    19543h 27mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.6 (388K)
    Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko Tsushima
  • Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

    22. Once Upon a Time in China

    19912h 14mR
    7.2 (21K)
    Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
    DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiRosamund KwanBiao Yuen
  • Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

    23. Once Upon a Time in China II

    19921h 53mR
    7.3 (11K)
    Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.
    DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiRosamund KwanMok Siu-Chung
  • Once Upon a Time in China III (1992)

    24. Once Upon a Time in China III

    19922h 5mR
    6.7 (8K)
    Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
    DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiRosamund KwanMok Siu-Chung
  • Fists of the White Lotus (1980)

    25. 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

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