List of martial arts films

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Following is an incomplete list of films, ordered by year of release, featuring depictions of martial arts.

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YearTitleMartial Art/s Depicted
1925Orochi
1928The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple
1943Sanshiro Sugata
1944The Fighting Seabees
1945Objective, Burma!
Blood on the Sun
Sanshiro Sugata Part II
1949The True Story of Wong Fei Hung
1950Rashomon
1951Ten Tall Men
1954Seven Samurai
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1957A Fantastic Tale of Naruto
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1961Yojimbo
1962Sanjuro
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Harakiri
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki
Shinobi no Mono[1]
1963New Tale of Zatoichi
1964Three Outlaw Samurai
1965Sword of the Beast
1966Come Drink with Me
The Sword of Doom
Dragon Inn
1967The One-Armed Swordsman
Eleven Samurai
1969Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1970The Chinese Boxer
Vengeance
1971The Big Boss (a.k.a. Fists of Fury)
Billy Jack
The Chase (a.k.a. The Shanghai Killers)
The Duel (1971 film) (a.k.a. Duel of the Iron Fist)
One Armed Boxer
A Touch of Zen
1972Fist of Fury (a.k.a. The Chinese Connection)
Hapkido (a.k.a. Lady Kung-fu)Kung Fu
King Boxer (a.k.a. Five Fingers of Death)
Way of the Dragon
1973Enter the Dragon
Little Tiger of Canton
The Awaken Punch
Fist of Unicorn
Karate Kiba
1974Yellow Faced Tiger
Fist to Fist
Black Belt Jones
The Street Fighter series
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1975Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death
Champion of Death
Karate Bearfighter
The Super Inframan[2]
The Valiant Ones[3]
1976Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
New Fist of Fury
Shaolin Wooden Men
Hand of Death
Killer Meteors
Dirty Ho
Master of the Flying Guillotine
1977The Dragon Lives Again
Doberman Cop
To Kill With Intrigue
Executioners from Shaolin
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
The Invincible Armour
Karate for Life
1978 Circle of Iron
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
Magnificent Bodyguards
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow[4]
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East
Crippled Avengers
Return of the Tiger
Way of the Dragon 2 (a.k.a. Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge)
Enter the Game of Death
Enter the Fat Dragon
Drunken Master
Spiritual Kung FuKung Fu
Half a Loaf of Kung FuKung Fu
Shaolin Mantis (a.k.a. The Deadly Mantis)
Five Deadly Venoms
Game of Death
Shogun's Samurai
Warriors Two
1979Re-Enter the Dragon
The Fearless Hyena
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
The True Game of Death
Dragon Fist
Master With Cracked Fingers (a.k.a. Snake Fist Fighter)
Mad Monkey Kung FuKung Fu
G.I. Samurai
Kid with the Golden Arm
Knockabout
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Magnificent Butcher
A Force of One
Mystery of Chessboxing
Sleeping Fist
Duel of the Dragon (a.k.a. Of Cooks and Kung Fu)
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
BoloKung fu
Writing Kung FuKung fu
1980Bruce's Fist of Vengeance
The Young Master
The Big Brawl
3 Evil Masters (The Master)
Clan of the White Lotus
The Octagon
1981Masked Avengers
The Prodigal Son
Samurai Reincarnation
Enter the Ninja
Game of Death II
Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Lovely But Deadly[5]
1982Dragon Lord
Kill Squad
Legendary Weapons of China
Five Elements Ninjas
Ninja In The Dragon's Den
Raw Force
Shaolin Temple
1983Fearless Hyena Part II
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Revenge of the Ninja
Project A
Shaolin and Wu Tang
Shaolin vs Lama
Winners and Sinners
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Legend of the Eight Samurai[6]
1984 Opium and the Kung-Fu MasterKung Fu
Wheels on Meals
The Karate Kid
Ninja III: The Domination
1985Disciples of the 36th Chamber
American Ninja
Commando
Gymkata
The Last Dragon
Mr. Vampire
Police Story
Yes, Madam[4]
1986No Retreat, No Surrender
Righting Wrongs (a.k.a. Above the Law)
Big Trouble in Little China
The Karate Kid Part II
The Seventh Curse[7]
1987American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
A Chinese Ghost Story[8]
Miami Connection[9]
1988Dragons Forever
Above The Law
BloodsportNinjutsu
Tiger on the Beat
1989Best of the Best
Kickboxer
Cyborg[10]
The Karate Kid Part III
Pedicab Driver
1990Hard to Kill
The Swordsman
The King of the Kickboxers
1991Once Upon a Time in China
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Out For Justice
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Samurai Cop[11]
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1992American Samurai
Rapid Fire
Once Upon a Time in China II
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
Supercop (a.k.a. Police Story 3: Supercop)
A Kid From Tibet
1993The Bride With White Hair[4]
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Hard Target
Iron Monkey[4]
Kung Fu Cult MasterKung Fu
Ninja Scroll[12]
Only the Strong
Once Upon a Time in China III
Last Hero in China
1994Drunken Master II (a.k.a. The Legend of Drunken Master)[4]
Fist of Legend
On Deadly Ground
Wing Chun
Street Fighter: The MovieKarate,Wu Shu,Sumo and Boxing
The Next Karate Kid
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
1995Cutthroat Island
Fist of the North Star
Mortal Kombat
Rumble in the Bronx
The Blade
1996Barb Wire
Iron Monkey 2
Dragonheart
Indian
The Quest
Night Hunter[13]
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1997Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Drive
Once Upon a Time in China and America
1998Rush Hour
The Storm Riders
Who Am I?
2000Bichunmoo
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[4]
The Duel
Romeo Must Die
Shanghai Noon
Versus[14]
2001Aśoka
Kiss of the Dragon
Rush Hour 2
The Legend of Zu (a.k.a. Zu Warriors)
Musa (a.k.a. The Warrior)
The One
Shaolin SoccerShaolin kung fu
Volcano High
2002Hero
Undisputed Boxing
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
2003Kill Bill: Volume 1
Shanghai Knights
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
2004Arahan
Fighting Fish
Fighter in the Wind
House of Flying Daggers
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kung Fu HustleKung Fu
New Police Story
District 13
2005Duelist (a.k.a. Hyeongsa)
House of Fury
Seven Swords
The Myth
SPL: Sha Po Lang (a.k.a. Kill Zone)
Tom-Yum-Goong
Unleashed
2006City of Violence
Hak kuen
Fearless
The Rebel
The Restless (Korean)
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
DOA: Dead or Alive
2007Flash Point
Sword of the Stranger
Muay Thai Chaiya
Rush Hour 3
The Warlords
Crows Zero
2008Chocolate
The Forbidden Kingdom
Ip Man
Kung Fu PandaKung Fu
Never Back Down
Ong Bak 2
Red Cliff
Redbelt
2009Black Dynamite
Blood and Bone
Bodyguards and Assassins
Clash
Merantau
Ninja
Ninja Assassin
Raging Phoenix
Tekken
Crows Zero 2
201013 Assassins
Bangkok Knockout
Bunraku
Ip Man 2
Last Kung Fu MonkKung Fu
The Karate KidKarate
The Legend Is Born – Ip Man
The Man from Nowhere
Ong Bak 3
Little Big Soldier
Reign of Assassins
True Legend
Undisputed III: Redemption
Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya
2011Always
Dragon
Shaolin
Kung Fu Panda 2Kung Fu
The Resistance
Tekken: Blood Vengeance
Warrior Mixed Martial Arts
2012Dragon Eyes
The Man with the Iron Fists
The Raid: Redemption Pencak silat
Tai Chi 0
Wu Dang
The Girl from the Naked Eye
2013Police Story 2013
Commando: A One Man Army
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
The Grandmaster
Journey to the West
Man of Tai Chi
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2014Brotherhood of Blades
High Kick Angels
Kung Fu Jungle (a.k.a. Kung Fu Killer)Kung Fu
The Raid 2 Pencak silat
Skin Trade[15]
2015Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Ip Man 3
Kung Fury
Wolf Warrior
The Final Master
2016Headshot
Kung Fu Panda 3Kung Fu
The Warriors Gate
Boyka: Undisputed
2017Commando 2: The Black Money Trail
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Beyond Skyline
2018Bleeding Steel
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
The Night Comes for Us
Shadow
2019Furie
Junglee
John Wick: Parabellum
Ip Man 4
Triple Threat
Wira
Avengement
2020BuyBust
Extraction
Jiu Jitsu
2021Mortal Kombat
The Paper TigersKung Fu
Snake Eyes
Raging Fire
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kung Fu GhostKung Fu
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4
Extraction 2
Boy Kills World
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4Kung Fu
The Shadow Strays
Monkey Man
Life After Fighting
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
The Prosecutor
2025 Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
Karate Kid: Legends Karate and Kung Fu
Ballerina
Blood Brothers: Dragon Embers
Forbidden City (film)
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Highest grossing films

The following is a list of highest grossing martial arts films of all time.

The Kung Fu Panda franchise is the most frequent franchise with 4 films on the list.

2024 is the most frequent year with 3 films on the list, all films on the list have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1972. Films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket price inflation, population size, and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.

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RankFilmWorldwide grossYearRef
1Kung Fu Panda 2$665,692,2812011[16]
2Kung Fu Panda $632,384,7872008[17]
3Kung Fu Panda 4$547,946,4282024[18]
4Kung Fu Panda 3$521,170,8252016[19]
5John Wick: Chapter 4$447,142,5212023[20]
6Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings$432,243,2922021[21]
7Enter the Dragon$400,000,0001972[22]
8Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves $390,493,9081991[23]
9The Karate Kid $359,126,0222010[24]
10Rush Hour 2$347,325,8022001[25]
11John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum $328,349,9082019[26]
12Rush Hour $244,721,0641998[27]
13Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons$215,000,0002013[28]
14Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon$213,979,4052000[29]
15Raging Fire $205,842,3932021[30]
16Kill Bill: Volume 1$180,899,0452003[31]
17Hero$177,395,5572002[32]
18Ip Man 4: The Finale$176,345,9662019[33]
19Ip Man 3$157,029,6182015[34]
20Kill Bill: Volume 2$152,159,4612004[35]
21Everything Everywhere All at Once$147,946,6702022[36]
22The Karate Kid Part II$130,000,0001986[37]
22'The Lego Ninjago Movie'$123,681,5552017[38]
23The Karate Kid$91,138,0751984[39]
24The Way of the Dragon$130,000,0001972[40]
25The Prosecutor$128,154,1022024[41]
26Dragon Ball Super: Broly$124,000,0002018[42]
27Mortal Kombat $122,195,9201995[43]
28Karate Kid: Legends$117,105,4662025[44]
29DragonHeart$115,267,3751996[45]
30Kung Fu Hustle$104,830,4862004[46]
31Fist of Fury$100,000,0001972[47]
32Street Fighter $99,433,4361994[48]
33Shanghai Noon$99,274,4672000[49]
34Police Story: Lockdown$94,249,0252013[50]
35House of Flying Daggers$92,863,9452004[51]
36Shadow $91,708,3742018[52]
37Romeo Must Die$91,036,7602000[53]
38Wolf Warrior$89,900,0002015[54]
39Shanghai Knights$88,323,4872003[55]
40Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In $87,169,2002024[56]
41Mortal Kombat $84,426,0312021[57]
42The One $79,630,1782001[58]
43Hard to Kill$75,000,0001990[59]
44Hard Target$74,189,6771993[60]
45Kiss of the Dragon$64,437,8472001[61]
46The grandmaster$73,933,2552013[62]
47Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story $63,513,7431993[63]
48Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'$61,768,1902015[64]
49Commando$57,491,0001985[65]
50The Quest $57,400,5471996[66]
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