
Movies that feel likeA Touch of Zen (1970)
If you loved A Touch of Zen, the closest films we have are Come Drink with Me (1966), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) and Highlander (1986). All three share A Touch of Zen's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Five Venoms (1978).
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If A Touch of Zen hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: King Hu
The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than A Touch of Zen does

Kinetic and dreamlike in the same breath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Common ground: martial arts

Both lean on scale more than on action

Adventure built on momentum, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to drama than A Touch of Zen does

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts
The difference: Leans harder into drama than A Touch of Zen does

Epic fantasy in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Adventure with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

Another one that scratches it

Dreamlike action, and it commits to that

Adventure approached the same way
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