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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
The "Second Coming" is upon us and Jesus has returned to Earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead, he has to contend with an army of vampires that can walk in the daylight. Combining Kung Fu action with Biblical prophecy and...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
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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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Legend of the Drunken Tiger
It's the year 1898 and government reformists are aggressively sought out and publicly executed by the Ching Dynasty officials. Master Wang, a leader of the reformist party, enlists the help of skilled fighters for reinforcements, including Cheong San, a longtime enemy of the...Watch Movie
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Treasure Hunt
International action superstar Chow Yun Fat (BULLETPROOF MONK) stars in this action adventure shot entirely on location in China's famous Shaolin Temple and co-starring legendary kung fu star Gordon Liu. CIA agent Jeff Chang (Chow) is assigned to China to bring a mysterious treasure back to the...Watch Movie
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The Three Swordsmen
Three master swordsmen come together in this dazzling martial arts swordplay actioner starring Andy Lau (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS), Brigitte Lin (DRAGON INN) and Elvis Tsui (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS). On the eve of a showdown between "Smiling Man" Siu Sams-siu (Lau) and "Shining...Watch Movie
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The Steel-Fisted Dragon
Steve Lee's mother and family are attacked by a group of thugs. They brutally murder his mother and burn her home to the ground. Lee pursues the deadly gang and mercilessly unleashes his kung fu expertise in a series of Jeet Kune Do battles. His ultimate opponent is his...Watch Movie
