Review Your Favorite Martial Arts Films

[chainsaw_metal1]

I'm just going to list my ten favorites, in no particular order. I'll also take suggestions for other films to check out.

Enter The Dragon
Fearless
Rapid Fire
Ip Man
The Chinese Connection/Fist of Legend (I'm counting them both as one, because both versions are terrific)
Black Mask
Bloodsport
The Legend of Drunken Master
Best of the Best
The Last Dragon

 

[elanor]

Sorry to be so late, I just found this thread.

Your favourite (my rating)
Enter The Dragon (not seen)
Fearless (6/10)
Rapid Fire (not seen)
Ip Man (7/10)
The Chinese Connection/Fist of Legend (I'm counting them both as one, because both versions are terrific) (6/10)
Black Mask (4/10)
Bloodsport (not seen)
The Legend of Drunken Master (7/10) I slightly prefer Drunken Master
Best of the Best (not seen)
The Last Dragon(not seen)

I prefer Martial Arts films with an interesting story and high production values. Probably you would not call them Martial Arts films. But, the normal pure martial arts films get usually a lower rating from me. For instance, most Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan films I've seen have no story lines that appeal to me. Thus, our preferences are quite different.

Ordered by my preference:

Time and Tide (2000)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Aragami (2003)
Crows Zero (2007)
Crows Zero II (2009)
Little Big Soldier (2010)
Arahan (2004)
Dororo (2007)
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
The Storm Warriors (2009)
Hero (2002)
Chocolate (2008)
Reign of Assassins (2010)
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
2002 (2001)
My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Bichunmoo (2000)
Memories of the Sword (2015)
Duelist (2005)
Sandaô (2004)

 

[Hux]

 

[divemaster13]

Period kung-fu and wuxia movies:

4.5 to 5 stars
Bichunmoo
Bride with White Hair, The
Butterfly & Sword
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Drunken Master
Drunken Master II
Fist of Legend
Five Deadly Venoms, The
Flying Dagger
Fong Sai Yuk
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
Iceman Cometh, The (I know, I know)
Ip Man
Iron Monkey
Last Hero in China
Legendary Weapons of China
Mr. Vampire
One-Armed Swordsman, The
Return to the 36th Chamber
Wing Chun
Young Master, The

4 stars:
36th Chamber of Shaolin, The (aka Shaolin Master Killer)
7 Grand Masters, The
Clan of the White Lotus
Come Drink With Me
Deadful Melody
Dreadnaught
Fearless
Handsome Siblings (1992 movie)
Handsome Siblings, The (2004 TV series)
Have Sword, Will Travel
Ip Man 2
Legend of the Wolf
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Millionaire's Express
Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy
Project A
Return of the Five Deadly Venoms
Shaolin Temple, The
Swordman II
Tai-Chi Master, The

I also like a number of the modern martial-arts action films, such as Police Story, Supercop, Royal Warriors, Yes Madam!, In the Line of Duty, etc.

 

[Doctor Omega]

Shameful on my part, but, not having seen too many, I have no choice but to opt - as my favourite - for......

A strange hybrid of genres, if ever there was one....

A couple of others I have seen are Game of Death, which I believe was somehow choppily put together after Bruce Lee's passing, so that would be my second choice.

And Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, although I know that's technically more of a biography film.