Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Martial Arts: 298 Films to Buy & Rent
Shaolin Prince (1982)
- Dir. Chia Tang
Feat. Ti Lung
- Respected fight choreographer Tang Chia helms one of his few films as director: two princes are separated at birth; one is raised by Shaolin monks…
Force Five (1981)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Joe Lewis
- Ultraviolent action, with Joe Lewis leading a skilled quintet of martial artists to rescue a girl from an island fortress ruled over by a religious…
Game of Death 2 (1981)
- Dir. Ng See Yuan
Feat. Bruce Lee
- Posthumous reworking of Bruce Lee's uncompleted final film utilises a lookalike and found footage to pad out the fight sequences already…
My Young Auntie (1981)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Kara Hui, Liu Chia Liang
- Screwball comedy fits like a glove in this kung fu farce concerning a family inheritance and the sexual tension between a side–kicking Aunt…
Battle Creek Brawl (Big Brawl, The) (1980)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Jackie Chan, Jose Ferrer
- Jackie Chan goes up against a merciless giant man named Kiss when he finds himself caught up in the middle of a giant small town brawl in Battle…
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui) (1980)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
- A groundbreaking Hong Kong blend of martial arts action, horror, and slapstick humour, set around Hung's attempts to battle the voodoo and hopping…
Octagon, The (1980)
- Dir. Eric Karson
Feat. Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef…
- Economical Chuck Norris martial arts adventure focusing on a retired karate champion recruited to take out a group of Central American terrorists he…
Young Master, The (Shi di chu ma) (1980)
- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen
- A fine early action–comedy from the phenomenal Jackie Chan, here trying to lure a wayward fellow student back to the 'right' side of martial…
A Force Of One (1979)
- Dir. Paul Aaron
Feat. Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager…
- Passable crime thriller with Chuck Norris near the start of his career playing a karate champion assisting the police to hunt down a…
Bushido Blade, The (1979)
- Dir. Shusei Kotani
Feat. Richard Boone, Frank Converse, James Earl Jones…
- Predating SHOGUN by a year, this martial arts adventure set in mid–19th century Japan, has an American marine (Boone) pledged to recover the…