Movies Like The Reckless Cricket

If you liked The Reckless Cricket (1979), a action and comedy movie directed by Kuei Chih-hung, 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.

1
Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also action and comedy
Lau 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…
2
The Prodigal Son (1981)
★ 7/10Also action and comedy
A 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…
3
The Paper Tigers (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy
Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.
4
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
★ 7.3/10Also action and comedy
Everyone 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…
5
Fearless Hyena (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy
Lung 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…
6
The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also action and comedy
The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues, as well as some serious criminals.
7
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also action
Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.
8
The Legend (1993)
★ 7/10Also action and comedy
The 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…
9
Dragon Lord (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedy
Dragon 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…
10
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and action
A 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…
11
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father…
12
Die Hart (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and action
Kevin 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.
13
Knockabout (1979)
★ 7/10Also action and comedy
After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students.
14
The Big Brawl (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also action and comedy
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
15
Fearless Hyena 2 (1983)
★ 5.8/10Also action and comedy
A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
16
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also action and comedy
A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.
17
Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend…
18
The Legend II (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy
The 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…
19
Love on Delivery (1994)
★ 7/10Also comedy and action
After 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.
20
My Young Auntie (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedy
Cheng Tai-nun is a young martial-arts champion. She marries an elderly landowner so that he can keep his estate from falling into the greedy and corrupt hands of his brother, Yu Yung-Sheng.