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The Karate Kid(1984)

3.6/5 (with 1,780 votes)

Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and becomes the object of bullying by a gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader’s ex-girlfriend, so Daniel asks Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to help him learn karate.

Double Impact(1991)

1h 50min | Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 477 votes)

Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

The Man with the Golden Gun(1974)

3.2/5 (with 854 votes)

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

The Next Karate Kid(1994)

2.7/5 (with 436 votes)

Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother and fellow pupils.

Dangerous Minds(1995)

1h 39min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 493 votes)

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

DOA: Dead or Alive(2006)

2.6/5 (with 346 votes)

Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.

Dragonball Evolution(2009)

1.4/5 (with 893 votes)

On his 18th birthday, Goku receives a mystical Dragonball as a gift from his grandfather. There are only six others like it in the whole world, and legend has it that whoever possesses all seven will be granted one perfect wish. When the arrival of a dark force triggers a tragedy, Goku and his companions are propelled into an epic quest to collect the seven Dragonballs and save the Earth from destruction.

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead(2011)

1h 25min | Comedy, Horror
2.4/5 (with 32 votes)

Wracked with guilt over her younger sister's suicide, pretty young karate student Megumi accompanies a group of older friends on a camping trip into the woods, where they're attacked by feces covered undead.

Directed by Noboru Iguchi - With Sugiura Asami

No Retreat, No Surrender(1986)

1h 25min | Action
3.1/5 (with 229 votes)

Young Jason Stillwell moves with his parents to Seattle, where local bullies harass them without mercy. Jason's father Tom does not believe in violence, so the family takes it on the chin. One day Jason enrolls in a martial arts class and quietly rises in rank to be a major contender. His mettle is tested in an international match against Ivan, a Russian champion.

Assassination Games(2011)

1h 41min | Action
3.1/5 (with 161 votes)

Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.

Little Manhattan(2005)

3.6/5 (with 321 votes)

Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.

Ip Man 4: The Finale(2019)

1h 47min | Action, Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 838 votes)

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.

Directed by Wilson Yip - With Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Kent Cheng, Lynn Hung, Chris Collins, Simon Shiyamba, ...
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War(2019)

3.4/5 (with 94 votes)

Khalid, is entrusted with the task of eliminating Kabir, a former soldier turned rogue, as he engages in an epic battle with his mentor who had taught him everything.

The Art of Self-Defense(2019)

1h 44min | Comedy, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 286 votes)

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers(1990)

1h 41min | Action
3.1/5 (with 26 votes)

Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by the mafia.

Directed by Lucas Lowe - With Loren Avedon, Keith Vitali, Joseph Campanella

Sidekicks(1992)

2.6/5 (with 73 votes)

An otherwise rejected or ignored boy creates a fantasy pal from his martial arts movie hero.

The Master(1992)

1h 32min | Action
3.3/5 (with 49 votes)

Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United States. To accomplish this, he tries to kill Uncle Tak. Chuck, Uncle Tak's best student from Hong Kong, comes to Los Angeles to find his master. Chuck is willing to let Johnny have his way, and tries to take Uncle Tak back to Hong Kong. But Johnny and his men will not leave Chuck alone. Chuck, on his way back to Hong Kong, returns for the showdown.

The Street Fighter(1974)

1h 31min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 38 votes)

Terry is a tough mercenary and a master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family's blood-feud with Terry over a disputed debt.

Joe Somebody(2001)

2.9/5 (with 80 votes)

When underappreciated video specialist Joe Scheffer is brutally humiliated by the office bully Mark McKinney in front of his daughter, Joe begins a quest for personal redemption. He proceeds by enduring a personal make-over and takes martial arts lessons from a B-action star. As news spreads of his rematch with Mark, Joe suddenly finds himself the center of attention, ascending the corporate ladder and growing in popularity. He's determined to show everyone in his life that he is not a nobody, but a force to be reckoned with.

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge(1974)

1h 23min | Action, Crime, Drama
2.8/5 (with 15 votes)

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.

High Kick Girl!(2009)

1h 21min | Adventure, Action
2.5/5 (with 9 votes)

High schooler Kei Tsuchiya joins The Destroyers when she decides that her longtime karate master is holding her back. She realizes her mistake but it's too late.

Directed by Fuyuhiko Nishi - With Rina Takeda, Ryuki Takahashi, Sayaka Akimoto, Tatsuya Naka

Black Belt(2007)

1h 35min | Action, Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and Giryu face a company of kempeitai military police come to requisition their dojo for use as a military base.

The Empty Hands(2017)

1h 27min | Drama, Action
3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

Half-Chinese and half-Japanese Mari Hirakawa is the daughter of a Karate coach. Since her childhood, she was forced under her father's training, and has resented Karate for as long as she can remember--her only wish is to sell the dojo after her father passes away. Following his death, Mari starts fantasizing about her life of freedom; however, she finds out from her lawyer that her father has only left her 49% ownership of the property, the other 51% was left to one of his worst pupils, Chan Keung. The two clash, and Chan has a proposition – if Mari is able to win a match in a legitimate martial arts competition, he will unconditionally give her his share of the property. Mari is trapped in a dilemma, and will have to make a choice that will change her life...

The Return of Sister Street Fighter(1975)

1h 17min | Action, Crime
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails stranger to join her for a dangerous rescue mission.

A Force of One(1979)

2.5/5 (with 42 votes)

Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.

Gymkata(1985)

1h 30min | Action, Drama
2.8/5 (with 27 votes)

U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.

Heroes of the East(1978)

1h 45min | Action
3.6/5 (with 20 votes)

Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's 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.

Directed by Lau Kar-leung - With Gordon Liu

TNT Jackson(1974)

1h 12min | Action, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 13 votes)

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

Directed by Cirio H. Santiago

Bloodfist(1989)

1h 25min | Action, Thriller
2.1/5 (with 12 votes)

To avenge the brutal murder of his brother, Jake Ray journeys to the Philippines, where his search for truth finds him battling both in and out of the ring. But the weapons are always the same: bare fists, bare feet. And the rules never change: last man standing wins.

Karate Bear Fighter(1975)

1h 27min | Action, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.

Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi - With Sonny Chiba
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