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Movies that feel likeShogun Assassin (1980)

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.

If you loved Shogun Assassin, the closest films we have are The Mask of Zorro (1998), Ran (1985) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). All three share Shogun Assassin's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rolling Thunder (1977).

🍅 82% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Houstonkineticepicrelentless
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If Shogun Assassin hit the spot, these will too

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The Mask of Zorro
1998 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 86%★ 6.8action · adventure

Common ground: revenge

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.

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Ran
1985 · dir. Akira Kurosawa
🍅 96%★ 8.2action · drama · history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Shogun Assassin does

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 96%★ 7.8adventure · drama · actionPrime Video

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 · dir. Toshiya Fujita
🍅 100%★ 7.6action · crime · dramaMax

Relentless action, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the scale of Shogun Assassin for an angle of its own

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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Rolling Thunder
1977 · dir. John Flynn
🍅 82%★ 6.9drama · thriller · action

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Shogun Assassin does

A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 · dir. John Woo
🍅 95%★ 7.4action · crime · drama

Action with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%★ 6.2adventure · action · thrillerPrime Video

Epic adventure in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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Killer Elite
2011 · dir. Gary McKendry
🍅 26%★ 6.4action · adventure · thrillerPeacock

Action built on momentum, twice over

The difference: 31 years apart, and the 2010s show

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

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Fan
2016 · dir. Maneesh Sharma
🍅 83%★ 6.8action · adventure · thrillerNetflix

Adventure built on scale, twice over

A man who bears a striking resemblance to a renowned movie star becomes an obsessive fan, but when his fierce love is spurned by the star, he decides to destroy the star's life and reputation.

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Game of Death
1978 · dir. Robert Clouse
🍅 38%★ 5.9drama · action · thriller

The shared currency is relentlessness

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
★ 6.9action · thrillerNetflix

Action approached the same way

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

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Fist of Fury
1972 · dir. Lo Wei
★ 7.2drama · action · thriller

The action is handled with the same confidence

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.

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