Movies like Drunken Monkey
If Drunken Monkey's mix of martial arts, kung fu and opium stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Drunken Monkey's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Return to the 36th Chamber
1980 · Directed by Lau Kar-leung · 101 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Lau Kar-leung · With Gordon Liu · Shares: martial arts · Also a Chinese action film
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Directed by Daniel Scheinert · 140 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, kung fu · Also action and adventure
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
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Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Directed by John Carpenter · 100 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, kung fu · Also action and adventure
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to…
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 111 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Gordon Liu · Shares: martial arts, kung fu · From the same decade (2000s)
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 136 min7.9
Why you'll like itWith Gordon Liu · Shares: martial arts, kung fu · From the same decade (2000s)
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child.
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Reign of Assassins
2010 · Directed by Su Chaobin · 117 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also a Chinese action film
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places…
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Double World
2020 · Directed by Teddy Chan Tak-Sam · 110 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also a Chinese action film
Keen to bring honor to his clan, young villager Dong Yilong embarks on a perilous journey to compete in a tournament that selects warriors for battle.
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Kung Fu Panda
2008 · Directed by Mark Osborne · 90 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, kung fu · Also action and comedy · From the same decade (2000s)
Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of Peace.
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The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · Directed by Lilly Wachowski · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, kung fu · Also adventure and action · From the same decade (2000s)
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix.
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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · Directed by Simon McQuoid · 116 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also action and adventure
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the…
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Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday
2022 · Directed by Harry Kirby · 96 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also action and comedy
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father…
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Batman: Soul of the Dragon
2021 · Directed by Sam Liu · 83 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts · Also action and adventure
Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.