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The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung-shun
One of the classics of martial arts cinema, this is often referred to as the first real martial arts film, focusing as it does on techniques and style... Read more
The 12 Golden Medallions (1970)
Director: Cheng Kang
Starring: Chin Ping, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung Hsin, Ching Miao, Yao Hua
In this kung fu classic from the Shaw Brothers, Traitorous minister Chin Kuei tries to halt General Yueh Fei's victorious battles against the country'... Read more
The Assassin (1967)
6.7/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Tien Feng, Li Hsiang-chun, Huang Tsung-shun
In this character-driven, kung-fu classic from the world famous Shaw Brothers Studios, Jimmy Wang Yu stars as Nieh Chen, a champion sword-fighter forc... Read more
Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
7.2/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Tiet Wo Chu, Liu Chia-Liang, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Hsiao Hou
In the history of kung fu, dozens of weapons have been developed to meet practically any combat need. 18 primary weapons include basics like the staff... Read more
The Lady is the Boss (1983)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Liu Chia-Liang, Kara Hui, Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Hsiao Hou
Veteran director Liu Chia-Liang plays a martial arts teacher whose old-fashioned ways threaten to close down his school. He calls his daughter back f... Read more
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
7.7/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Winston Chao, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein
Gay Taiwanese-American Winston Chao tries to fool his parents via a fake wedding, with unexpected complications. This grand comedy knowingly and poign... Read more
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
7.8/10
Director: Chi-Leung Law
Starring: Chia Hui Gordon Liu
A true milestone in martial arts movie history, this action-filled drama from director Lau Kar Leung ("Drunken Master II") stars Gordon Liu as a shall... Read more
The King of Masks (1996)
7.6/10
Director: Wu Tianming
Starring: Chu Yuk, Chao Yim Yin
"The King of Masks" tells a tale steeped in ancient tradition, simultaneously challenging the socio-sexual inequity still plaguing China today. On the... Read more
My Young Auntie (1981)
7/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Liu Chia-Liang, Kara Hui, Hsiao Hou, Lung Wei Wang, Chia Hui Gordon Liu
A triumph of kung fu comedy with a female lead who knows how to kick butt, this Shaw Brothers classic sees Kara Hui marrying the dying patriarch of a... Read more
Assembly (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Zhang Hanyu, Yuan Wenkang, Deng Chao
Acclaimed Chinese director Feng Xiaogang brings the little known Chinese Civil War into light with this powerful and unflinching film based on a true... Read more
Heroes of the East (1979)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Yuka Mizuno
A Chinese man (Gordon Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issu... Read more
The Mermaid (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Deng Chao, Yun Lin, Show Luo, Yuqi Zhang, Pierre Bourdaud
From Stephen Chow, director of Kung Fu Hustle, comes The Mermaid: the comedic action-filled phenomenon that has become China's biggest film of all ti... Read more
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Deng Chao
When the mysterious deaths of a series of loyal subjects threaten to delay the 690 A.D. inauguration of Empress Wu Zetian (Carina Lau), she summons th... Read more
The Visitors (1972)
6.5/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: James Woods, Steve Railsback, Patrick McVey, Chico Martinez, Patricia Joyce
Bill Schmidt (James Woods) is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and wants to take it easy. His father-in-law Harry Wayne (Patrick McVey), who ha... Read more
Vive L'Amour (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Starring: Lee Kang-Sheng, Kuei-Mei Yang, Chao-jung Chen
Three city folk unknowingly share a city apartment in Taipei. May is the real estate agent using it for romantic liaisons while it's on the market, A... Read more
Monga: Gangs of Taipei (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Doze Niu Chen-Zer
Starring: Ethan Juan, Mark Chao, Ma Ju-Lung, Rhydian Vaughan
Set in 1980s Taiwan, after the end of military dictatorship, "Monga" centers around the troubled lives of five boys coming of age together. When 17-ye... Read more
Last Hero in China (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Wong Jing, Yuen Woo Ping
Starring: Jet Li, Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Man Cheung
Village girls have been mysteriously going missing. The elders request Wong Fei Hung (Jet Li) to investigate. Wong does not want to get involved, but,... Read more
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (2009)
2.5/10
Director: Jack Perez
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Deborah Gibson, Vic Chao, Sean Lawlor, Dean Kreyling
Ludicrously shonky creature feature with two gigantic prehistoric sea critters released from their icy slumber in very bad moods. Giant Octopus goes f... Read more
The Meg (2018)
6/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Winston Chao, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose
Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pa... Read more
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Liu Chia-Liang, Karl Maka, Carrie Ng
Hong Kong comedy legend Sammo Hung is a cop obsessed with the legacy of Bruce Lee (the Little Dragon), he teams up with the infamous Skinny Tiger and... Read more
The Scorpion King (1991)
5.5/10
Director: David Lai
Starring: Kar Lok Chin, Liu Chia-Liang, May Lo Mei-Mei, Jung Yuen
A.k.a. "Operation Scorpio". Yu Shu (Chin Kar-lok), an aspiring swordplay comic book artist, daydreams about the world portrayed in his comics. But his... Read more
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
6.9/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Jimmy Wang Yu, Lily Li, Chen Kuan-tai
After ruining his school's attempt to win a "Pao" competition, a young Wong Fei-hung (Gordon Liu) is sent away with Master Luk Ah-choy (Chen Kuan-tai)... Read more
Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom (Blu-Ray) (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Amrish Puri, Dan Aykroyd, Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Philip Stone, Ric Young,...
A prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) set in 1935, the year before, the professor, archaeologist and adventurer by the name of Indiana Jones is... Read more
The Meg (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose
Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pa... Read more
Room Service / At the Circus (1938)
Director: Edward Buzzell, William A Seiter
Starring: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Eve Arden, Marga...
The Marx Bros. appear back to back in this hilarious twofer! "Room Service" - A cash-strapped theatrical troupe reasons no one would bounce a sick man... Read more
The Odd Couple (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Ka-Yan Leung , Liu Chia-Liang, Chan Lung, Chung Fat, Ching-Ying Lam
Every ten years the King of the Sword (Sammo Hung) and the King of the Spear (director Liu Chia-liang) meet for a duel that inevitably ends in a draw.... Read more
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
8/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Chia Hui Gordon Liu,...
The Bride (Uma Thurman) had five on her list. Now there are three. O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green were the first to fall, now The Bride is out to finis... Read more
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
8/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Chia Hui Gordon Liu,...
The Bride (Uma Thurman) had five on her list. Now there are three. O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green were the first to fall, now The Bride is out to finis... Read more
1911: Revolution (2011)
5.9/10
Director: Jackie Chan, Zhang Li
Starring: Jackie Chan, Jiang Wu, Joan Chen, Ning Jing, Sun Chun, Winston Chao, Duobuji , J...
Aka "Xinhai Geming". Martial arts legend Jackie Chan reaches his 100th film milestone with this historical drama set in the year 1911, as the Chinese... Read more
Seven Swords (2005)
6.2/10
Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Liwu Dai, Duncan Lai, Liu Chia-Liang, Yi Lu...
Donnie Yen heads an all-star martial arts cast in this period actioner set in 1660s China where a ban on martial arts has lead to vicious bands of bou... Read more