20 movies like Fist of Legend, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear(2013), A Touch of Zen(1971), Kickboxer: Retaliation(2018), Ip Man 4: The Finale(2019), Drunken Master(1978), House of Flying Daggers(2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004), Ocean Waves(1993), Mr. Right(2015), Blood and Bone(2009), Hero(2002) ...
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.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Sports & Fitness, Action
Thailand|USA
2013
94 Minutes
Scott Adkins Kane Kosugi Vithaya Pansringarm Shun Sugata Mika Hijii Tim Man Mukesh Bhatt Jawed El Berni
ninja master pregnant wife suspenseful japan revenge murder revenge
Ninjitsu master Casey is back and out for revenge when his pregnant wife is murdered.
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, 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.
Action, Sports & Fitness
Hong Kong|China
2019
105 Minutes
Donnie Yen Scott Adkins Kwok-Kwan Chan Chris Collins Vanness Wu Mark Strange Jim Liu Nicola Stuart-Hill
kung fu master martial artist martial arts master martial arts student brash brutal cool engaging san francisco martial arts school school rivalry teaching kung fu rivalry rescue underdog 21st century
The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.
Action, Sports & Fitness, Comedy
Hong Kong
1978
107 Minutes
Jackie Chan Siu Tien Yuen Jang Lee Hwang Chin Chiang Ging Man Fung Hsia Hsu Chiao Lin Linda Lin
student martial arts master assassin father son amusing rousing china student-teacher relationship redemption martial arts father/son relationship training underdog growing up rise 19th century
Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Siu-Tin Yuen), a Master of drunken martial arts.
Action, Sports & Fitness
China|Hong Kong
2004
119 Minutes
Takeshi Kaneshiro Andy Lau Zhang Ziyi Dandan Song Hongfei Zhao Jun Guo Shu Zhang Jiusheng Wang
police officer dancer thief dreamy thrilling spectacular china brothel headquarters revolution crime forbidden love love triangle love quest sacrifice 9th century
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA
2004
137 Minutes
Uma Thurman David Carradine Michael Madsen Daryl Hannah Gordon Liu Michael Parks Perla Haney-Jardine Helen Kim Claire Smithies Clark Middleton Laura Cayouette
bride assassin martial arts master brother daughter woman brutal suspenseful frenetic wedding car mexico small town trailer china revenge unfinished business murder madman training
The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
Adventure, Anime
1993
72 Minutes
student teacher young girl young boy lover friend amusing charming confident dreamy heartwarming passionate asia japan tokyo osaka, japan school college friendship friends vs girlfriend
The arrival of a pretty transfer student from Tokyo sets in motion a change in the relationship between two best friends.
Romance, Action
USA
2015
93 Minutes
Sam Rockwell Anna Kendrick Tim Roth James Ransone Anson Mount Michael Eklund RZA Katie Nehra Jaiden Kaine Douglas M. Griffin Luis Da Silva Jr.
young woman single woman single man love interest lover friend rival assassin hitman romantic interest amusing hilarious lighthearted playful quirky shocking united states romance love love at first sight
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Michael Jai White Julian Sands Eamonn Walker Dante Basco Nona Gaye Michelle Belegrin Bob Sapp Richard Williams Ron Yuan
prisoner fighter enemy manager man engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping brutal los angeles ghetto fighting underground scene prison released from prison danger anger rivalry
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Drama, History
2002
93 Minutes
Jet Li Tony Leung Maggie Cheung Donnie Yen Chen Daoming Zhang Ziyi Liu Zhongyuan Tianyong Zheng
king warrior assassin gripping incredible spectacular rousing china palace desert love assassination betrayal revenge quest adventure rivalry 2nd century b.c.
Flashbacks reveal how a warrior (Jet Li) stopped the elusive assassins (Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) who tried to kill the emperor of China.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA|Japan
2003
110 Minutes
Uma Thurman Lucy Liu Vivica A. Fox Michael Madsen Daryl Hannah David Carradine Sonny Chiba Chiaki Kuriyama Michael Parks Julie Dreyfus Gordon Liu
bride hit man murderer enemy villain gory frenetic thrilling hospital wedding house tokyo murder violence revenge pursuit rise quest 2000s
After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
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.
Action, Sports & Fitness
UK|USA
2018
96 Minutes
Scott Adkins Michael Paré Tony Todd Louis Mandylor Vladimir Kulich Robert Rusler Selina Lo David William No
former lover crime boss goon martial artist alcoholic gangster amusing brutal raw gritty suburb car street los angeles big city criminal underworld unintended consequences relationships moral dilemma corruption
A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a mob debt collector. The job seems easy enough, until a client drags him into a situation deeper than could ever be anticipated.
Drama, Action, Sports & Fitness
Taiwan|China|Hong Kong|France
2015
105 Minutes
Qi Shu Chang Chen Satoshi Tsumabuki Sheu Fang-yi Dahong Ni Zhen Yu Lei
young girl kidnapped child kidnapper nun female assassin love interest thrilling suspenseful engaging intense brutal emotional assassination plot true love martial arts conflict of interest romance adventure pursuit rivalry
A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
2013
100 Minutes
Jason Statham Agata Buzek Vicky McClure Benedict Wong Victoria Bewick David Bradley Siobhan Hewlett Lee Asquith-Coe Senem Temiz Ian Pirie
soldier ex-soldier homeless person fighter british man girl dead person nun romantic interest love interest criminal crime boss dark gripping gritty gutsy intense shocking suspenseful tense
A damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
Japan
1975
85 Minutes
Sonny Chiba Gerald Yamada Doris Nakajima Tony Cetera Teijo Shikeharo King Stone Masishi Ishibashi Akira Shioji Yuseph Osman Angel Cordero Etsuko Shihomi
assassin martial artist billionaire daughter sibling convict spirited brutal uplifting jail japan hong kong boat kidnapping betrayal protection brother/sister relationship violence martial arts revenge
After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karate master decides to protect the daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate that's after her inheritance.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Sports & Fitness
2015
120 Minutes
Tony Jaa Jing Wu Jin Zhang Louis Koo Simon Yam Ken Lo Philip Keung Jun Kung Aaron Chow Babyjohn Choi
undercover cop prisoner gang members prison guard daughter thrilling gritty suspenseful tense prison thailand hong kong crime pursuit 2010s
When his cover gets blown, a Hong Kong cop (Wu Jing) lands in a Thai prison where the warden (Zhang Jin) works with a criminal mastermind (Louis Koo) to harvest organs.
Adventure, Sports & Fitness, Action
Taiwan|Hong Kong|USA|China
2000
120 Minutes
Chow Yun-Fat Michelle Yeoh Zhang Ziyi Chang Chen Sihung Lung Cheng Pei-Pei Li Fazeng Xian Gao Hai Yan Wang Deming Li Li
warrior love interest fugitive heroine mentor bandit creative striking thrilling china desert cave forest sword martial arts love theft betrayal showdown pursuit
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.