Movies Like Roar in the Woods
If you liked Roar in the Woods (1975), a action and drama movie directed by Chang Pei-Cheng, 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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Eye for an Eye (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also action and dramaA 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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Tai Chi Zero (2012)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaIn 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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Birth of the Dragon (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also action and dramaSet 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.
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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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The Final Master (2015)
★ 7/10Also action and dramaDetermined 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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Only the Strong (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaFormer Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses…
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A World Without Thieves (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also action and dramaA 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.
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Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaJin 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…