I love martial arts movies! It’s one of my favorite film genres and it’s been far too long since I’ve talked about it, so I’m doing a deep dive on the classics with a focus on the 70s, 80s, and a little 90s.
MOVIE LIST (In basic order)
Fist of Fury/ Chinese Connection (1972)
Winners and Sinners (1983)
Police Story (1985)
Millionaire’s Express/ Shanghai Express (1986)
In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
She Shoots Straight (1990)
Drunken Master (1978)
Drunken Master 2 / Legend of- (1994/ 2000)
My Lucky Stars (1985)
The Young Master (1980)
The Magic Crystal (1986)
Twinkle Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1985)
Righting Wrongs/ Above the Law (1986)
Knockabout (1979)
Wheels on Meals (1984)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)
The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Tower of Death/ Game of Death 2 (1981)
Invincible Armour (1977)
The Big Boss/ Fists of Fury (1971)
Who Am I (1998)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Mr. Olympia (1975)
Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
First Strike / Police Story 4 (1996)
Kung Fu Vs Yoga (1979)
Yes, Madam/ In the Line of Duty 2 (1985)
Dragons Forever (1988)
Family Matters S7E15 Random Acts of Science (1996)
Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979)
The Chinese Stuntman (1982)
Black Belt Jones (1974)
Day Dreams (1922)
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Zorro’s Fighting Legion (1939)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
SuperCop/ Police Story 3 (1992)
Project A (1983)
Sherlock Jr (1924)
Safety Last (1923)
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Shaolin Vs Llama (1983)
Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Karate Kid 2 (1986)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky 2 (1979)
Ring of Death (1980)
Iron Monkey (1993)
The Matrix (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)
Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)
Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Fearless Hyena (1979)
Full Contact (1993) US
Karate Kid (1984)
Gorgeous (1999)
Dragon Lord (1982)
Ninja in the Dragon’s Den (1982)
Royal Warriors / In the Line of Duty (1986)
Royal Warriors / Hands of Death, etc. (1988)
Full Contact (1992) HK
Above the Law (1988)
Family Matters S6E14 The Substitute Son (1995)
Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Game of Death (1978)
Super Lady Cop (1993)
City Hunter (1993)
Shaolin And Wu Tang / Vs Wu Tang (1983)
Taoism Drunkard / Drunken Wu Tang (1984)
The Dragon Lives Again (1977)