Movies Like The Proud Youth

If you liked The Proud Youth (1978), a action and drama movie directed by Sun Chung, 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.

1
Crippled Avengers (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also action and drama
A group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.
2
Eye for an Eye (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also action and drama
A highly trained and exceptionally deadly swordsman looks for revenge after being caught in the middle of a power struggle that results in the assassination of an innocent woman's family.
3
Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also action and drama
Ip Man’s promising career as a Policeman is ruined after he is framed for murder and targeted by a mob boss’s daughter.
4
The Final Master (2015)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
Determined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master’s dying wish.
5
Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
★ 6.8/10Also action and drama
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present…
6
Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
The 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…
7
Tai Chi Zero (2012)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to…
8
Blood Brothers (1973)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
Set 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…
9
The Chinese Boxer (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several…
10
Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action and drama
MMA 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…
11
Birth of the Dragon (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also action and drama
Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.
12
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also action
After 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…
13
In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also action
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
14
Eye for an Eye 2 (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
The 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…
15
Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also action and drama
A 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.
16
Invincible Shaolin (1978)
★ 6.5/10Also action and drama
Three 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…
17
The Five Venoms (1978)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
18
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
19
A World Without Thieves (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also action and drama
A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
20
Hand of Death (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also action
A young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin.