Movies like Ninja
If Ninja's mix of martial arts, ninja and gaijin stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ninja's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 · Directed by Isaac Florentine · 95 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Isaac Florentine · With Scott Adkins and Mika Hijii · Shares: martial arts, ninja, gaijin · Also action and crime
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence.
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
2006 · Directed by Isaac Florentine · 93 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Isaac Florentine · With Scott Adkins and Valentin Ganev · Shares: martial arts · Also action and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death.
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Ninja Assassin
2009 · Directed by James McTeigue · 99 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, ninja · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is…
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El Gringo
2012 · Directed by Eduardo Rodríguez · 99 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Scott Adkins and Valentin Ganev · Also drama and action
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
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Batman Begins
2005 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 140 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, ninja · Also drama and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City.
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Predator: Killer of Killers
2025 · Directed by Dan Trachtenberg · 85 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: ninja · Also action and thriller
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of…
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Blood and Bone
2009 · Directed by Ben Ramsey · 93 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also action and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
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In Hell
2003 · Directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
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Assassination Games
2011 · Directed by Ernie Barbarash · 101 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Scott Adkins · Also action and crime
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma.