
Movies that feel likeThe Karate Kid (1984)
If you loved The Karate Kid, the closest films we have are Rocky IV (1985), In a Better World (2010) and Bloodsport (1988). All three share The Karate Kid's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Wendy and Lucy (2008).
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If The Karate Kid hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Β· The Karate Kid (2010)

Both are built on the same subject: friendship
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Two things both keep coming back to: bullying and bully
The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Karate Kid

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, sensei


Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

The same mix in both: stillness, then warmth

Action built on momentum, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Karate Kid does

The same preoccupation in both: friendship
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Kinetic drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Karate Kid does

One thread runs through both: martial arts master

Contemplative family in both cases

Drama with a pulse of warmth, in both cases
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