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Movies Like Ninjas and Dragons

If you liked Ninjas and Dragons (1984), a comedy and action movie directed by Ding Cheuk-Lun, 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. 1The Paper Tigers

    The Paper Tigers (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy

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

  2. 2Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday

    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…

  3. 3Return to the 36th Chamber

    Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy

    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…

  4. 4Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

    Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and action

    A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.

  5. 5Disciples of the 36th Chamber

    Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy

    Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.

  6. 6Batman and Harley Quinn

    Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and action

    Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.

  7. 7Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

    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…

  8. 8Any Which Way You Can

    Any Which Way You Can (1980)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and comedy

    Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he's pushed into…

  9. 9Kids from Shaolin

    Kids from Shaolin (1984)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and comedy

    Romance blossoms between two rival families practicing Shaolin and Wudang kungfu respectively. despite familial opposition - until they overcome a gang of scheming bandits together.

  10. 10Sherlock Jr.

    Sherlock Jr. (1924)

    ★ 8/10Also action and comedy

    A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

  11. 11Die Hart

    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.

  12. 12Airborne

    Airborne (1993)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy

    Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to…

  13. 13Henry Danger: The Movie

    Henry Danger: The Movie (2025)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action and comedy

    Henry Hart meets a superfan—eager to fight crime with Kid Danger—who comes into possession of a device that can open up alternate realities. Facing a wild ride, Henry will need his best friend Jasper and his new…

  14. 14Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

    Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and comedy

    It is the story of an average, popular American teenager named Wendy Wu who discovers that in order to win the coveted crown she must first learn the way of the warrior. Wendy Wu has a one track mind, and that track…

  15. 15Detective Chinatown

    Detective Chinatown (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and mystery

    After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.

  16. 16Showdown in Little Tokyo

    Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and comedy

    An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his…

  17. 17Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

    Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy

    Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance…

  18. 18Accident Man

    Accident Man (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy

    Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

  19. 19Crazy Racer

    Crazy Racer (2009)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and action

    Assassins, scammers, gangsters, cops, a washed-up bicycle racer, and a body continually cross paths; usually with negative outcomes.

  20. 20Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and mystery

    While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…

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