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Movies that feel like Enter the Dragon (1973)

If you loved Enter the Dragon, the closest films we have are The Big Boss (1971), Fist of Legend (1994) and Flash Point (2007). All three share Enter the Dragon's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 88% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Robert Clousekinetic

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If Enter the Dragon hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Way of the Dragon (1972) Β· Pete's Dragon (1977) Β· Red Dragon (2002) Β· How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Β· How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Β· How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

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

Martial arts runs into kung fu in each of them

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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Fist of Legend
1994 Β· dir. Gordon Chan
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5action

Both built around martial arts

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1990s show

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

Hong Kong shapes both of them

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978 Β· dir. Lau Kar-leung
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.6action Β· adventure

The same preoccupation in both: shaolin

The difference: Leans adventure where Enter the Dragon does not

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· action

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8.4adventure Β· action

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

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Come Drink with Me
1966 Β· dir. King Hu
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.9action Β· adventure

Both keep circling back to kung fu

Golden Sparrow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Sparrow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.

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

Both trade on momentum more than on being action

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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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.2adventure Β· action

Cut from the same action cloth

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

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True Lies
1994 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller

Spy is the engine of both

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

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Die Hard 2
1990 Β· dir. Renny Harlin
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller

Both are action through and through

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

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Duel
1971 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· tv movie

Action approached the same way

Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.

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