If you are a Kung Fu movies enthusiast, then you must know all of these movies listed here. Here’s the top 10 Kung Fu Movies of all time:
10. Kung Fu Hustle
Kungfu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle is a 2004 action comedy film directed and produced by, and starring Stephen Chow.
Storyline:
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing’s actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.
9. The Shaolin Temple
The Shaolin Temple
The Shaolin Temple movie is directed by Xinyan Zhang and starred by Jet Li, Yan Di Hua and Lan Ding.
Storyline:
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor, who killed his father. The monks have to help him, and in the process, they save the true emperor, who rewards them greatly. Based on a true story from Shaolin folklore, but highly fictionalized.
8. Fearless
Fearless
The Fearless Movie is directed by Ronny Yu and starred by Jet Li, Shidô Nakamura and Betty Sun.
Storyline:
Martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made, inspired his nation. The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to fight – and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another master’s death, members of Huo’s family are slain in revenge. Grieving and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium over a period of several years.
7. Iron Monkey
Iron Monkey
The Iron Monkey Movie is directed by Woo-ping Yuen and starred by Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen and Jean Wang.
Storyline:
A Hong Kong variation on Robin Hood. The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by a masked bandit know as “Iron Monkey” named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician (Donnie Yen) into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt government.
6. Ip Man
Ip Man
The Ip Man movie is directed by Wilson Yip and starred by Donnie Yen, Simon Yam and Siu-Wong Fan.
Storyline:
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.
5. Hero
Hero
Hero is directed by Yimou Zhang and starred by Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung.
Storyline:
In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory
4. Drunken Master 1 (1978) & 2 (1994)
Drunken Master 1 (1978) & 2 (1994)
Drunken Master is directed by Woo-ping Yuen and starred by Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen and Jang Lee Hwang.
Storyline:
Two young students of a drunken master fight against an evil kung fu master and gang. Evil kung fu master had previously lost to the students’ master. The movie is a set up for the incredibly long fight scene at the end of the movie.
3. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is directed by Ang Lee, and starrd by Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang.
Storyline:
The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China’s magnificent landscape.
2. Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon A Time in China
Once Upon A Time in China is directed by Hark Tsui, and starred by Jet Li, Biao Yuen and Rosamund Kwan.
Storyline:
Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces’ (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America totally westernised, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector. This proves to be difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local government. As violence escalates even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?
1. Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury is directed by Wei Lo, and starred by Bruce Lee, Nora Miao and James Tien.
Storyline:
Chen Chen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher’s death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher’s murder.
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