Movies Like Spiritual Kung Fu
If you liked Spiritual Kung Fu (1978), a action movie directed by Lo Wei, 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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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
★ 7.3/10Also actionEveryone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle…
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Drunken Master (1978)
★ 7.4/10Also actionAfter getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also actionA movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main…
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)
★ 7/10Also actionWhile battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.
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Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also actionIt is the story of an average, popular American teenager named Wendy Wu who discovers that in order to win the coveted crown she must first learn the way of the warrior. Wendy Wu has a one track mind, and that track…
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Love on Delivery (1994)
★ 7/10Also actionAfter being humiliated in front of a love interest, delivery boy Ho Kam-An seeks help from a retired martial arts master for self-improvement, unaware that he might actually be a fraud.
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Future Cops (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also actionIn the year 2043, an evil crime lord is trying to take over the world. Only one government official stands in his way, and plans to send him to prison, so The General and his minions Kent, Thai King, and Toyota travel…
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The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also actionAn American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King…
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Dragon Lord (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also actionDragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's…
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The Master (1992)
★ 6.6/10Also actionWhen old martial arts master Master Tak disappears, his best student, Jet, steps in to find him. However, when he learns that Tak's life is in danger, he decides to protect him at all costs.
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Legend of the Dragon (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also actionChow Siu-lung leaves his hometown in order to study kung fu in the city but ends up getting conned by his own uncle instead.
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Tai Chi Hero (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also actionChinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second…
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Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also actionLau Ching, a Mainlander with an incredibly powerful right arm, arrives in Hong Kong to find his cousin. He befriends with a drifter named Handsome, and a martial artist girl named Mandy. In order to woo her, Ching…
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The Legend (1993)
★ 7/10Also actionThe secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile…
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Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also actionTwo pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path. When the young Emperor and his sister contrive to leave the palace, they meet the loves of their lives in the town of…
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The Karate Kid (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also action12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such…
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
★ 6.8/10Also action"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.
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47 Ronin (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also actionKai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the…
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The Mad Monk (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also actionThe gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.
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King of Beggars (1992)
★ 7.1/10Also actionThe heir to a noble and influential family finds the love of his life, but she will only accept him if he becomes a kung-fu master. He becomes a legendary folk hero who tries to save the emperor.