Best Martial Arts Movies?

[DarthWade]

I'm looking for some really awesome Martial Arts movies - stuff loaded with moments that make you go "holy shit, did you just see that???!!"

What are your top martial arts movies?

I haven't seen a lot, but of the ones I've seen I've loved:

Return of the Dragon

Fearless

Hero

Chocolate

Police Story

Drunken Master

[chasingbanky]

I forget the name, something like The Bear Fighter, was pretty awesome. It had Sonny Chiba. The Street Fighter was ten times more awesome, also with Sonny. He's pretty much the only Kung Fu movie actor I've ever watched (besides Bruce Lee).

[Mr. Creasy]

Enter The Dragon
Hero
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[bigred760]

I really enjoyed Danny the Dog (or Unleashed) with Jet Li, the action in that movie is awesome.

I also liked Who Am I? (great fight scene at the end) and The Legend of Drunken Master 2.

[scottmushroom]

I think my fave was The Prodigal Son. It has Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung in it and an awesome end fight.

[SAI]

Pretty much anything that Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan or Yuen Biao did in the late 70's and the 80's is worth a look, but I'd especially recommend...
Project A
Dragon's Forever
Wheels on Meals
Warriors Two
The Prodigal Son
Eastern Condors
Hapkido
Magnificent Butcher
Drunken Master
The Young Master
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor
Police Story 1, 2 and 3
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Others you might want to look at
Fist of Fury
Ong Bak
House of Flying Daggers
Mr Vampire
Azumi

[Rant]

- The 36th Chamber of the Shaolin (1978)
- Above The Law (1986)
- Armour of the Gods (1986)
- Armour of the Gods II: Operation Condor (1991)
- Best of the Best 1 & 2 (1989-93)
- Born to Fight (2004) [Especially Since You Liked Chocolate]
- Crime Story (1993)
- Double Impact (1991)
- Drunken Master 1 & 2 (1978-94)
- Drunken Monkey (2002)
- Fatal Contact (2006)
- Fearless [Director's Cut] (2006)
- Fist of Legend (1994) [Especially Since You Liked Fearless]
- Flash Point (2007) [Alongside Rambo, The Best Movie This Year, IMO]
- Gorgeous (1999)
- Heroes of the East (1979)
- High Risk (1995)
- House of Flying Daggers (2004)
- Invisible Target (2007)
- Iron Monkey (2003)
- Kickboxer (1989)
- Kill Zone (2005) [Prequel to Flash Point]
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
- The Magnificent Butcher (1979)
- Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
- My Father Is a Hero (1995)
- My Young Auntie (1981)
- New Police Story (2004)
- Once Upon A Time In China (1991) [Especially Since You Liked Fearless]
- Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)
- Once Upon A Time In China III (1993)
- Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993)
- Once Upon A Time In China V (1994)
- Once Upon A Time In China And America (1997)
- Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) [Especially Since You Liked Chocolate]
- Police Story (1985)
- Police Story II (1988)
- Police Story III: Supercop (1992)
- Police Story IV: First Strike (1996)
- Project A 1 & 2 (1983-87)
- Rapid Fire (1992)
- The Rebel (2006)
- Robin-B-Hood (2006)
- Rumble in the Bronx (1996)
- The Street Fighter (1974)
- So Close (2002)
- Tai Chi Master (1993)
- Tom Yum Goong (2005) [Especially Since You Liked Chocolate]
- Who Am I? (1998)

And I Agree With Sai, "Pretty much anything that Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan or Yuen Biao did in the late 70's and the 80's is worth a look"

[DarthWade]

Shit - thanks for all the suggestions!!! I'm going to go nuts here. I appreciate it a lot. Thanks guys.

[Donnie_Darko]

All the old Shaw Brothers flicks. Especially Super Ninjas... if you can find the uncut version. Nothing beats chop sockey!

And like already said, anything with the 3 Brothers (Sammo, Yuen, Jackie) rules.

[Rant]

Shit - thanks for all the suggestions!!! I'm going to go nuts here. I appreciate it a lot. Thanks guys.

No sweat. I realize that I made a mistake on my above post, Flash Point is the Prequel to Kill Zone, not the other way around. Don't know why I screwed that up. Anyways, happy kung-fu hunting. :D

[APzombie]

Most have been mentioned, here are my top 5

5 Fingers of Death
Come Drink with Me
Fist of the White Lotus
Iron Monkey
Once Upon a Time in China

[scottmushroom]

I liked all the Dragon Dynasty releases:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragon_Dynasty_releases

[scottmushroom]

No sweat. I realize that I made a mistake on my above post, Flash Point is the Prequel to Kill Zone, not the other way around. Don't know why I screwed that up. Anyways, happy kung-fu hunting. :D
I never realized that.....I knew it was the same star and director, but the character names are different.....

[breedppts2fight]

Havent seen a lot but my mouth was on the floor when watching the chase scene near the start of ong back.

If you can get hold of the dvd too cause in the special features Tony Jaa flip kicks a frying pan which is being held out by a guy who is standing on another guys shoulders which is pretty kool

[pinballwizard]

-Enter the Dragon
-A Touch of Zen
-Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
-Drunken Master II

[Tony_Montana]

Police Story
Mr Nice Guy
Unleashed/Danny the Dog
Kiss of the Dragon
The Legend (Jet Li, the fight where they can't touch the ground is amazing)
Operation Condor
Rumble in the Bronx
Bloodsport (it's cheesy as fuck but theres some cool fights)
The Matrix (hey, theres martial arts in there)

The Rush Hour films and Shanghai Noon are entertaining too.