Here is my favorite MA Fiction movies list. It is not a complete list, and I will update it occasionally. I will be glad to get suggestions and working links from you and promise to try to watch and form an opinion about the MA movies or the episodes.
I recommend each of the items on this list. Some reflect warrior spirit, endurance, and striving to stay human and companionate in a middle of stressful even horrible situations. Some reflect great MA choreographic and techniques; some are simply a fun to watch; many comprise all the above dimensions. Those that I designated as "Must" are really to my mind great and a MUST, but it does not reduce the importance and the greatness of other titles in the list.


Zatoichi -Shintaro Katsu. (Must)

22 movies – (1960-1989)

TV series 100 episodes, (1974-1979)

Akira korasawa

Seven Samurai (1954), (Must)

Yojimbo (1961(, (Must)

 Sanjûrô (1962), (Must)

The Hidden Fortress - (1958)

Rashômon - (1950).

After the Rain – (1999), (Great)

Kong Fu Hustle – (2004), (Must)

The Twilight Samurai  - (2002), (at least Imp)

Blind Fury - (1989), (Must)

The long Kiss goodnight  - (1996), (Must)

Taken – (2008), (at least Imp)

Musa the Warrior  - (2001), (Great)

Drunken and Monkey Boxing

Drunken Master (1978) – Jackie Chen (Classic)

(The Legend of) Drunken Master 2 (1994( - Jackie Chan (Must)

Mad Monkey (1979)

Story of drunken Master – (1979)

The Shaolin Drunken Monk  - (1982), (Gordon Liu)

Shaolin Drunk Fighter – (1983) (especially 25 last minutes – long stick)

The Iron Monkey – (1993) – (Donnie Yen), (Must)

Drunken Monkey (2002), (Must)

Jet Li (Must)

Once Upon a Time in China – (1991)

Tai Chi Master – (1993)

Fist of Legend – (1994)

The Defender – (1994)

The Enforcer – (1995)

Red Dragon – (1994)

Kiss of the Dragon – (2001)

Romeo Must Die – (2000)

Unleashed – (2005), (Danny the dog)

Hero – (2002)

Fearless – (2006)

War - (2007) (with Statham)

Bruce Lee:

Enter the Dragon, (Must)

The way of the Dragon, (Classic)

Fist of Fury, (Classic)

The Green hornet (TV series)

Animation

Samurai Champloo (24 episodes (2004). (Must)

Samurai Jack – (Around 50 episodes), (at least Imp)

Dragon ball & Dragon ball Z – (1986-), (Must)

Jackie Chan

The Forbidden Kingdom – (2008), (with Jet Li)

Karate Kid – (2010)

Master with the cracked fingers – (1974)

Shanghi Noon – (2000), (kind of funny)

Shanghi Knights – (2003), (kind of funny)

Jean Claude Van Damme 

Bloodsport – (1988)

Desert Heat – Inferno – (1999)

Six Bullets – (2012)

Hard Target  – (1993)

The Shepherd – (2008)

Steven Seagal 

Under Siege, 1,2

On Deadly Ground

Hard to kill

Donnie Yen

Yip Man 1,2,3 – (2008,2010,2015)

Dragon – (2010)

Tony Jaa

Ong-bak - (2003)

The Protector – (2005)

Denzel Washington

The book of Eli – (2010)

Man on Fire – (2004)

The Equalizer – (2014)

Dolph Lundgren

Showdown in Little Tokyo – (1991), (with Brandon Lee)

Command Performance – (2009)

Jason Statham

The transporter – (2002)

Safe – (2012)

Valuable movies (inspiring & entertaining (Spirit, plot, Techniques, etc.)

Miyamoto Musashi - (1954-1956), Toshiro Mifune (3 parts)

The Grandmaster – (2013)

Besouro (Beetle) – (2009), (Capoeira)

House of Flying Daggers – (2004)

The Six String Samurai – (1998)

The warrior's Way – (2010)

Hunt to Kill - (2010)

Jian-yu – (2010)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – (2000)

The Hidden Blade - (2004)

The last Samurai – (2003)

Valdez is coming - (1971)

Walking Tall - (1973(

Ladyhawke - (1985)

The princess bride – (1987)

Karate Kid – (1984)

Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman – (2003),(Takeshi Kitano)

Bulletproof Monk – (2003)

Stranger from Shaolin – (1977) (Especially last 10 minutes)

The 36 Chambers of Shaolin – (1978), (Gordon Liu)

Moon warriors – (1992)

Sleeping Fist – (1979)

Rooftops - (1989), Street fighting & Capoeira

The 13th Warrior – (1999)

Yamada the Samurai from Hyothaya – (2010)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance - (1972) and more.

The Magnificent Seven – (1960)

Road House – (1989), (Patrick Swayze)

The Wrestler – (2008)

In the Blood – (2014), (Gina Carano)

Guardians of the Galaxy – (2014)

Chuck Norris – I respect him. Many movies combining MA action including TV series" Walker".

Sylvester Stallone – Rocky – (1976)

MA Series (Fiction)

The Lone Wolf and cub, Japanese TV series – (1972)

Kong Fu, The TV series (fiction) – (1972)

Raven - TV Series about a Modern Ninja – (1992-1993)

Martial Law TV series (Sammo Hung) – (1998)

Ninja fiction Movies

Ninjutsu 1 + 2 – (1957, 1958)

Western Ninja Movies: (Don't really represent Ninjutsu, but OK even so)

Revenge of the Ninja – (1983)

Enter the Ninja – (1981)

Beverly Hills Ninja – (1997) - funny


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