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Movies that feel like The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

If you loved The Karate Kid Part II, the closest films we have are Rocky V (1990), Arn: The Knight Templar (2007) and Enchanted April (1991). All three share The Karate Kid Part II's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John G. Avildsenepiccontemplativekineticromantictenderwarm
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Karate Kid (1984) · The Karate Kid (2010)

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Rocky V
1990 · dir. John G. Avildsen
🍅 31%5.4drama · action

John G. Avildsen directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: None of the scale The Karate Kid Part II is built on

A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.

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Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 · dir. Peter Flinth
6.6action · adventure · drama

The same mix in both: scale, then stillness

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

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Enchanted April
1991 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 85%7.3romance · drama

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

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A Knight's Tale
2001 · dir. Brian Helgeland
🍅 60%7adventure · drama · romance

Kinetic adventure in both cases

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

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City Hunter
1993 · dir. Wong Jing
🍅 50%6.3action · adventure · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than The Karate Kid Part II does

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 96%7.9adventure · drama · action

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Karate Kid Part II does

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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The Bodyguard
1992 · dir. Mick Jackson
🍅 38%6.4action · drama · romance

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.

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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998 · dir. Darrell Rooney
🍅 67%6.5adventure · animation · drama

Warm romance, and it commits to that

The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?

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I Want You
2012 · dir. Fernando González Molina
6.7drama · romance

Action built on romance, twice over

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.

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Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
6adventure · action · comedy

Common ground: martial arts

When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.

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Talk to Her
2002 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 91%7.9drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on family

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

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Cinderella Man
2005 · dir. Ron Howard
🍅 80%8romance · drama · history

One thread runs through both: sports

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

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