Movies Like Lady Detective Shadow

If you liked Lady Detective Shadow (2018), a adventure movie directed by Shi Shubin, 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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Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak…
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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
3
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce…
4
Reign of Assassins (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places…
5
Blades of the Guardians (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also adventure
Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive" to Chang'an.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
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Raining in the Mountain (1979)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure
In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the…
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Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)
★ 6/10Also adventure
Tang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series…
9
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what…
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The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure
An 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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A Touch of Zen (1970)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure
Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.
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Hero (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
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Come Drink with Me (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure
Golden Sparrow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from…
14
Dragon Inn (1967)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure
China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them…
15
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
If one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable? Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out…
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The Assassin (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt…
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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure
A 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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Welcome to the Punch (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
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…
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Weekend in Taipei (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.