Movies Like The Thunderbolt Fist
If you liked The Thunderbolt Fist (1972), a action movie directed by Jang Il-ho, 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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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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New Fist of Fury (1976)
★ 6/10Also actionA brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has…
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Fist of Fury (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also actionDuring the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.
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Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also actionWhen Ryu returns to pay homage to his deceased mentor, Gouken, he is tormented by disturbing memories of his master's killer (Gouki). In a quest to become a true martial arts master, he sets out to hone his street…
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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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Tai Chi Zero (2012)
★ 6/10Also actionIn 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…
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Mortal Kombat (2021)
★ 7/10Also actionWashed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of…
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The Storm Riders (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also actionHeeding a prophecy, a warlord trains two orphans after killing their parents. But the skills he teaches could lead to his downfall.
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The Four 3 (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also actionThe reputation of the Four constables survives, but since Emotionless’s departure, there have been changes at the Divine Constabulary. The four Coldblood, Iron Hands, Life Snatcher, rescue Zhuge Zhengwo from An…
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The Grandmaster (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also actionThe fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted…
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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also actionA martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return…
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Five Fingers of Death (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also actionA 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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No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987)
★ 6/10Also actionIn this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.
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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also actionFight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…
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Mortal Kombat II (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also actionThe fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the…
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Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also actionAn amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
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Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also actionNick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and teacher of Nick and Ruben) Shingo.
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Bloodsport (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also actionAn American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.
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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also actionA peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
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Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also actionAn aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.