20 movies like Best of the Best II, ordered by similarity : Kickboxer: Retaliation(2018), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back(1991), Papillon(2017), Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back(1995), The Karate Kid Part III(1989), The Chinese Connection(1972), Confessions(2010), The Big House(1930), Sky Without Stars(1955), Fist of Legend(1994), White Heat(1949), A Touch of Zen(1971) ...
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1993
101 Minutes
Eric Roberts Phillip Rhee Chris Penn Edan Gross Rolf Muller Meg Foster Sonny Landham Wayne Newton Betty Carvalho Simon Rhee Claire Stansfield
martial artist friend texan son german grandmother unrestrained thrilling las vegas martial arts school arena desert hotel ambush martial arts murder brother relationship training crime revenge
The Colosseum is the fighting arena owned by the champion Bracus. Now after the death of their friend, Rhee and Roberts want revenge.
Action, Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Alain Moussi Jean-Claude Van Damme Christopher Lambert Mike Tyson Sara Malakul Lane Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Sam Medina Steven Swadling Miles Strommen Maxime Savaria Jessica Jann
martial artist bodybuilder mentor fighter prisoner martial arts master thrilling wild confident intense brutal gritty prison thailand yard training area martial arts fighting freedom confinement
Right after winning a fight in Las Vegas, Kurt Sloane is sedated and taken to a prison in Bangkok, where he's forced to fight a 6'10" giant for freedom and $1M - but this will require some intense training.
Sports & Fitness, Drama, Action
USA
1991
89 Minutes
Sasha Mitchell Peter Boyle Dennis Chan Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa John Diehl Michel Qissi Heather McComb Vince Murducco Matthias Hues
brother government official martial artist teacher martial arts master kickboxer thrilling tense suspenseful gritty gutsy fiery united states gym martial arts murder revenge fighting honor fight to the death
David's brother, Kurt, defeats Po in Kickboxer (1989). A year after Po kills Kurt, David, who has a kickboxing gym in LA, is manipulated into a match against Po.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1995
90 Minutes
Phillip Rhee Gina Gershon Christopher McDonald Anzu Lawson R. Lee Ermey Dee Wallace Michael Bailey Smith Barbara Boyd
martial artist sheriff sister schoolteacher white supremacist mother raw positive midwest small town family home sheriff's office school countryside siblings small-town life racism martial arts retribution revenge
A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1989
111 Minutes
Ralph Macchio Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Robyn Lively Thomas Ian Griffith Martin Kove Sean Kanan Jonathan Avildsen Randee Heller Christopher Paul Ford Pat E. Johnson Rick Hurst
martial arts master instructor martial artist young man girlfriend vietnam vet thrilling positive inspiring los angeles california dojo family home cliff schemes training martial arts competition intimidation redemption
Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.
Adventure, Sports & Fitness
1972
107 Minutes
Bruce Lee Mao Ke-hsiu James Tien Robert Baker San Chin Ying-Chieh Han Maria Yi Tony Liu
martial artist cousin mother crime boss teacher thrilling rousing china thailand vengeance family martial arts crime murder revenge rise 1900s
In turn-of-the-century China, a martial-arts student declares war against the rival fighters who murdered his mentor.
Drama
Japan
2010
106 Minutes
Takako Matsu Masaki Okada Yoshino Kimura Kaoru Fujiwara Kai Inowaki Hotaru Nomoto Mana Ashida Sora Iwata Daichi Izumi Karin Katô Takuya Kusakawa
mother grieving mother murderer murder victim student teacher dark intense gripping suspenseful chilling emotional japan school house murder confession psychopath investigation revenge
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Sports & Fitness, Action
Hong Kong
1994
103 Minutes
Jet Li Chin Siu Ho Billy Chow Yasuaki Kurata Paul Chiang Ada Choi Shinobu Nakayama Toshimichi Takahashi Jackson Liu
martial artist girlfriend japanese man general son prostitute spectacular rousing kyoto, japan shanghai school brothel japanese occupation martial arts jealousy murder cover-up racism rise love
In 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Adventure
Taiwan|Hong Kong
1971
180 Minutes
Feng Hsu Chun Shih Pai Ying Roy Chiao Tien Peng Cho Kin Cheung Bing-yuk Sit Hon Wang Shui Ying-Chieh Han Man Chung-san
artist mother princess monk general rival thrilling melodramatic suspenseful incredible china village forest countryside hideout ruins unusual romance on the run politics mother/son relationship
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
Action, Sports & Fitness
Germany|USA|France
2009
99 Minutes
Rain Naomie Harris Ben Miles Rick Yune Shô Kosugi Guido Foehrweisser Stephen Marcus Wladimir Tarasjanz Randall Duk Kim Sung Kang Eleonore Weisgerber
assassin ninja agent brother friend love interest thrilling gory gripping training area temple apartment orphanage crime martial arts murder secret society loyalty investigation quest
A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1993
95 Minutes
Billy Blanks Kenn Troum Christine Taylor Ken McLeod Patrick Kilpatrick Linda Dona Brion James John Asher
ex-policeman martial arts master martial arts student janitor uplifting inspiring intense high school phoenix martial arts training self-defense quest rise rivalry transformation 1990s
Ken has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that her boyfriend Tom is very possessive of her. Tom is learning karate from Lee, a sensei whose... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France
1962
108 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Cassel Claude Brasseur Claude Rich O.E. Hasse Jacques Jouanneau Sacha Briquet
corporal prisoner of war german soldier assistant waiter farmer suspenseful uplifting amusing prison camp train paris germany prison break world war ii bombing resilience capture cowardice escape
An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
97 Minutes
Gene Hackman Anne Archer James Sikking J.T. Walsh M. Emmet Walsh Susan Hogan Nigel Bennett J.A. Preston Harris Yulin
woman mobster district attorney crime boss tense gripping train canada vancouver, british columbia murder witnessing murder organized crime witness protection escape pursuit revenge 1990s
A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
126 Minutes
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Vicky Kaushal Sobhita Dhulipala Mukesh Chhabra Anuschka Sawhney
serial killer police chief psychopath murderer murder suspect murder victim intense disheartening disturbing thrilling suspenseful mumbai, india police station obsession serial murders psychopath investigation crime revenge discovery
Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.
Horror, Crime, Drama
2019
115 Minutes
Jonas Dassler Margarete Tiesel Adam Bousdoukos Marc Hosemann Katja Studt Martina Eitner-Acheampong Tristan Göbel Philipp Baltus Victoria Trauttmansdorff Hark Bohm
man serial killer murderer murder victim monster woman engaging shocking gripping suspenseful brutal thrilling germany hamburg, germany investigation serial murders fear murder danger suspicion
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
New Zealand
2006
102 Minutes
Karl Urban Matthew Sunderland Lois Lawn Simon Ferry Tandi Wright Paul Glover William Kircher Georgia Fabish Fayth Rasmussen
murderer older man mother daughter boyfriend survivor disturbing tense emotional profound new zealand small town house street beach mass murder violence arson david gray survival
Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
120 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie-France Pisier Bernard Blier Claude Brosset Daniel Ivernel
prisoner innocent man murderer criminal murder suspect emotional thrilling suspenseful engaging brutal melodramatic prison life after prison prison life innocence fight for justice framed for murder revenge mystery pursuit
A reporter for a gossip magazine stays at a beach house near that of a movie star to investigate reports that he had had a sex change operation.