
Movies that feel likeOnce Upon a Time in China (1991)
If you loved Once Upon a Time in China, the closest films we have are Fist of Legend (1994), Shaolin (2011) and Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010). All three share Once Upon a Time in China's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Iron Monkey (1993).
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If Once Upon a Time in China hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, kung fu
The difference: Less contemplative, more its own thing

Both keep coming back to the same thing: china
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Tsui Hark working the same nerve twice
The difference: Leans further into adventure


The same preoccupation in both: martial arts
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both are built on the same subject: kung fu

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases


Action built on stillness, twice over


Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Drama in the same key
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