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Movies Like The Master Strikes Back

If you liked The Master Strikes Back (1985), a action movie directed by Sun Chung, 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. 1Eye for an Eye

    Eye for an Eye (2022)

    ★ 7.1/10Also action

    A 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.

  2. 2Fist of Legend

    Fist of Legend (1994)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action

    Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

  3. 3Dragon Fist

    Dragon Fist (1979)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    After the death of his master, martial arts student Tong Huo-wan travels with his adoptive family to seek redress from the man responsible but finds himself torn between righteousness and filial piety after becoming…

  4. 4No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder

    No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.

  5. 5Sword Master

    Sword Master (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, a powerful swordsman banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly…

  6. 6The Paper Tigers

    The Paper Tigers (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.

  7. 7Birth of the Dragon

    Birth of the Dragon (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action

    Set 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.

  8. 8New Fist of Fury

    New Fist of Fury (1976)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has…

  9. 9Hand of Death

    Hand of Death (1976)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    A young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin.

  10. 10Shaolin Wooden Men

    Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    Little Mute is an orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father at the hands of a vicious fighting master. Living at the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous prisoner who teaches him a secret form…

  11. 11The Grandmaster

    The Grandmaster (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted…

  12. 12Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

    Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    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…

  13. 13Crippled Avengers

    Crippled Avengers (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    A group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.

  14. 14Tai Chi Zero

    Tai Chi Zero (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    In 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…

  15. 15Clan of the White Lotus

    Clan of the White Lotus (1980)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    The 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…

  16. 16The Four 3

    The Four 3 (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    The reputation of the Four constables survives, but since Emotionless’s departure, there have been changes at the Divine Constabulary. The four Coldblood, Iron Hands, Life Snatcher, rescue Zhuge Zhengwo from An…

  17. 17Kung Fu Jungle

    Kung Fu Jungle (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    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…

  18. 18Batman: Soul of the Dragon

    Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.

  19. 19Return to the 36th Chamber

    Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate…

  20. 20American Shaolin

    American Shaolin (1991)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    After facing brutal humiliation in the ring, a young karateka travels to China in order to study the ancient art of Shaolin Kung Fu, becoming the first American Shaolin.

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