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Movies that feel like Fist of Legend (1994)

If you loved Fist of Legend, the closest films we have are Flash Point (2007), Enter the Dragon (1973) and The Big Boss (1971). All three share Fist of Legend's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Philo and Fandor Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Gordon Chankinetic

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If Fist of Legend hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: I Am Legend (2007) Β· Legend (2015)

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

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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

Both keep circling back to kung fu

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1970s show

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

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

Martial arts is the engine of both

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

Kung fu sits at the heart of each

The difference: Plays it as drama more than Fist of Legend does

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

Kinetic action in both cases

The difference: Leans adventure where Fist of Legend 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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Speed
1994 Β· dir. Jan de Bont
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller

Action built on momentum, twice over

Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.

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Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995 Β· dir. John McTiernan
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

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

Cut from the same action cloth

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

The same action instincts

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

Both are action through and through

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

Action approached the same way

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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Taken
2008 Β· dir. Pierre Morel
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller

Cut from the same action cloth

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

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