# The best martial arts movies of all time

From Bruce Lee to The Raid: the kung fu, wuxia and fight films that top critics' lists (Paste, Collider, The Week).

- 643 votes · 12 items
- May 26, 2026 · justmixtape
- https://even.best/en/l/1896/the-best-martial-arts-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)** (64 · ▲69 ▼5) — Ang Lee's wuxia, Oscar for best foreign language film.
2. **Enter the Dragon (1973)** (59 · ▲67 ▼8) — Bruce Lee's most famous film, the mirror room fight.
3. **The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)** (51 · ▲60 ▼9) — Gordon Liu trains through the Shaolin chambers.
4. **The Raid (2011)** (44 · ▲50 ▼6) — Iko Uwais fights his way up a tower block.
5. **Drunken Master II (1994)** (44 · ▲49 ▼5) — Jackie Chan's drunken boxing at its peak.
6. **Ip Man (2008)** (40 · ▲43 ▼3) — Donnie Yen as Bruce Lee's Wing Chun master.
7. **Police Story (1985)** (38 · ▲44 ▼6) — Jackie Chan's stunts at full speed.
8. **Fist of Legend (1994)** (32 · ▲42 ▼10) — Jet Li in the remake of Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury.
9. **Kung Fu Hustle (2004)** (22 · ▲33 ▼11) — Stephen Chow's cartoonish kung fu comedy.
10. **Iron Monkey (1993)** (22 · ▲31 ▼9) — Yuen Woo-ping's Robin Hood of kung fu.
11. **Hero (2002)** (21 · ▲32 ▼11) — Zhang Yimou's colour-coded wuxia with Jet Li.
12. **Ong-Bak (2003)** (18 · ▲29 ▼11) — Tony Jaa and Muay Thai without wires.

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