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Movies that feel likeBloodsport (1988)

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

If you loved Bloodsport, the closest films we have are Fist of Legend (1994), Once Upon a Time in China (1991) and Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013). All three share Bloodsport's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Enter the Dragon (1973).

πŸ… 48% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Newt Arnoldkineticcontemplative
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Fist of Legend
1994 Β· dir. Gordon Chan
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5actionPrime VideoPeacock

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, fistfight

The difference: Reviewed even better

Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

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Once Upon a Time in China
1991 Β· dir. Tsui Hark
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.2action Β· dramaMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

In late 19th-century Canton, legendary hero Wong Fei-Hung battles foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee returns from America totally westernised, Wong assumes the role of protector. This proves difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local governments. As violence escalates, even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?

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Ip Man: The Final Fight
2013 Β· dir. Herman Yau
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.1action Β· dramaPrime Video

Common ground: biography

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Ip Man reluctantly begins a series of challenges from rival kung fu schools and is soon drawn into the dark and dangerous world of the Triads.

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Shaolin
2011 Β· dir. Benny Chan
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.8action Β· dramaPrime Video

The same mix in both: momentum, then stillness

China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.

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Enter the Dragon
1973 Β· dir. Robert Clouse
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6action

Hong Kong shapes both of them

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Bloodsport

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

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Rocky III
1982 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.9drama Β· actionPrime VideoParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: sports

Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.

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Flash Point
2007 Β· dir. Wilson Yip
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.7actionPrime Video

Kinetic action in both cases

Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!

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The Protector 2
2013 Β· dir. Prachya Pinkaew
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.3action

Kinetic drama, and it commits to that

Kham finds himself in trouble when he is accused of killing a trader. While on the run from the trader's nieces who are martial artists, Kham meets a friend who warns him of a terrorist plot.

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The Big Boss
1971 Β· dir. Lo Wei
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.9action

Action in the same key

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

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The Rebel
2007 Β· dir. Charlie Nguyen
β˜… 6.8action Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

In French ruled Vietnam in 1922, the French and Vietnamese officers plot to sniff out arch-rebel De Canh.

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Invisible Target
2007 Β· dir. Benny Chan
β˜… 6.7action

The action is handled with the same confidence

When the Ronin Gang robs an armored car, three cops β€” Chan, Fong and Wai β€” go on the warpath. Each has a personal interest in bringing down Ronin leader Tien: he killed Chan's fiancΓ©e, humiliated Fong and kidnapped Wai's brother.

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Flight Crew
2016 Β· dir. Nikolay Lebedev
β˜… 6.6actionPrime Video

The same action instincts

A story about bravery, self-sacrifice and human dignity put on trial by the merciless power of nature. A young pilot is fired from military air force after disobeying an absurd order. He gets a job as a co-pilot with a civil airline. Being brutally honest and direct, he is not on best terms with his new colleagues. During a flight to Asia his crew receives a distress message from a volcanic island and makes a decision to attempt a rescue mission. Will it be a success? Will they survive the disaster? They have a single chance to find that out: by being a team and sticking up for one another.

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