Movies Like The Kung Fu Scholar
If you liked The Kung Fu Scholar (1994), a comedy and action movie directed by Norman Law Man, 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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Legend of the Dragon (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and 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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Love on Delivery (1994)
★ 7/10Also comedy and 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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Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
★ 6.6/10Also action and comedyAh Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when…
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Fight Back to School 2 (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedyStar Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to complete the case and realizes a bumbling detective is also undercover…
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Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also action and comedyLau 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 II (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedyThe hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's…
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The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also action and comedyA power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.
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Fearless Hyena (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedyLung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from…
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The Legend (1993)
★ 7/10Also action and comedyThe 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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All for the Winner (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedySing, a dumb, lovable mainlander with supernatural powers comes to China to visit his uncle Tat. When it's revealed that Sing can see through objects, Tat employs him as "The Saint of Gamblers," and proceeds to set him…
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Future Cops (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also action and comedyIn 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 Paper Tigers (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedyThree middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.
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House of Fury (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedyTeddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent demands to know the whereabouts…
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Die Hart (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and actionKevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
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Gallants (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also action and comedyMaster Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos
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Fearless Hyena 2 (1983)
★ 5.8/10Also action and comedyA pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
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Enter the Fat Dragon (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also action and comedyAfter being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting convicts to Japan. When a convict in his custody mysteriously dies…
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The Prodigal Son (1981)
★ 7/10Also action and comedyA rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor…
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The Magnificent Butcher (1979)
★ 7.2/10Also action and comedyA plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the…
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and 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…