Movies Like Kid with the Golden Arm
If you liked Kid with the Golden Arm (1979), a action and drama movie directed by Chang Cheh, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Crippled Avengers (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaA group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.
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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaIp Man’s promising career as a Policeman is ruined after he is framed for murder and targeted by a mob boss’s daughter.
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Blood Brothers (1973)
★ 6.4/10Also action and dramaSet in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial arts tale of betrayal and revenge explores one of the most sensational scandals in Chinese history and marked the true…
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaMMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
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Embattled (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and dramaThe eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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Invincible Shaolin (1978)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaThree North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general…
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also actionAfter the events of The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), a retired Fang Gang is drawn back into the jianghu to protect various young apprentices whose swordsmanship schools have been terrorized by 8 evil swordsmen seeking…
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Fist of Legend (1994)
★ 7.5/10Also actionChen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.
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Hand of Death (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also actionA young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin.
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Eye for an Eye 2 (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and dramaThe blind swordsman, skilled in martial arts, named Cheng Xiazi (Xie Miao), accidentally saves Zhang Xiaoyu (Yang Enyou), who has suffered from the destruction of his family. Under the persuasion of the orphan Xiaoyu…
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Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also action and dramaThe Qing emperor releases all detained Shaolin disciples, but the vindictive White Lotus clan decides to exterminate all the disciples. One martial artist survives the onslaught, and constantly trains while in hiding…
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Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)
★ 6/10Also actionTang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series…
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also action and dramaAfter a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaA former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…
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The Challenge (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also action and dramaRick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and…
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14 Blades (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and actionCommander Qinglong is the loyal leader of the assassin group that serves the emperor. But when his allies plan a rebellion against the ruler, he finds himself in danger.
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Five Fingers of Death (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also action and dramaA young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a…
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also action and dramaA former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaJesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also actionWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.