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Best of the Best: Kickboxer: Cyborg [8] 1990: Hard to Kill: 1991: Once Upon a Time in China: Showdown in Little Tokyo: Out For Justice: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Samurai Cop [9] 1992: American Samurai: Rapid Fire: Shootfighter: Fight to the Death: Supercop (a.k.a. Police Story 3: Supercop) A Kid From Tibet: 1993: The Bride With White Hair ...
The first martial arts film The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (1928), a Chinese film directed by Zhang Shichuan. Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films that feature martial arts combat between characters. These combats are usually the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and ...
It is one of two martial arts films starring Bruce Lee to have held the title. Auto racing is the most frequent sport on the list with three films. † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 3 January 2025 in theaters around the world .
In his book Iceman: My Fighting Life, UFC champion Chuck Liddell cites Best of the Best as his personal favorite martial arts film. [11] Movie historian Leonard Maltin, on the other hand, dismissed the picture as "Yet another Rocky clone" and "An appalling waste of talent...a top-drawer cast in search of a script." [12]
House of Flying Daggers (2004) Zhang Yimou’s magnum opus, Daggers is maybe more love story than a martial arts film—and so the most action-packed love story of all time—but “love story ...
Best of the Best (1989 film) Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back; Best of the Best 4: Without Warning; Best of the Best II; Big Trouble in Little China; Birth of the Dragon; Black Belt Jones; Black Eagle (1988 film) The Black Ninja; Black Samurai; Blade of the 47 Ronin; Blind Fury; Blind Rage (film) Blood and Bone; Blood Street; Bloodfist ...
It is the most successful martial arts film ever and is widely regarded as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time. [4] In 2004, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
With the growing worldwide popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) as an athletic sport, numerous MMA films have come to theaters, television, and DVDs. The following is a list of live action MMA films where at least one character or martial artist fights in the MMA style or MMA is the central theme. For example, plot of the film may deal with ...