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Movies that feel like The Man from Hong Kong (1975)

If you loved The Man from Hong Kong, the closest films we have are Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), xXx (2002) and Iron Monkey (1993). All three share The Man from Hong Kong's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, ARROW and Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Brian Trenchard-Smithkineticgrittyepiccontemplative

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If The Man from Hong Kong hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Man from Earth (2007)

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 Β· dir. Kinji Fukasaku
β˜… 7.4crime Β· action Β· drama

Both land momentum and grit at once

The difference: Not nearly as epic as The Man from Hong Kong

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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xXx
2002 Β· dir. Rob Cohen
πŸ… 48%β˜… 5.9action Β· adventure Β· thriller

The same mix in both: scale, then stillness

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.

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Iron Monkey
1993 Β· dir. Yuen Woo-ping
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.5action Β· crime Β· drama

Martial arts sits at the heart of each

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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King Kong
2005 Β· dir. Peter Jackson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· drama Β· action

Action built on momentum, twice over

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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Training Day
2001 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.8action Β· crime Β· drama

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

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Kick-Ass 2
2013 Β· dir. Jeff Wadlow
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.5action Β· adventure Β· crime

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist β€” reborn as The Mother Fucker β€” only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

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Gladiator II
2024 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.4action Β· adventure Β· drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

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Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6adventure Β· drama Β· action

Kinetic action in both cases

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 Β· dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
πŸ… 19%β˜… 6.1action Β· adventure Β· drama

Adventure built on scale, twice over

As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegadesβ€”Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Saraβ€”set out to stop them.

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Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 Β· dir. H.B. Halicki
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.3action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both keep circling back to police

The difference: Plays it as thriller more than The Man from Hong Kong does

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.

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13 Assassins
2010 Β· dir. Takashi Miike
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· drama Β· action

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 Β· dir. Toshiya Fujita
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· drama

Gritty crime in both cases

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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