The Greatest Old Skool Kung Fu Movies Of ALL Time!

[Guest DADJMAN]

Hi

Here's the DJ's list of well liked Old-Skool Kung Fu!

-HAPKIDO (Angela Mao,Sammo Hung,Carter Wong, Pai Ying)

-CHINESE BOXER (Jimmy Wang Yu, Lo Lieh, Chiu Hung)

-FIVE DEADLY VENOMs (Chiang Sheng, Philip Kwok & Sun Chien)

-QUEEN BOXER (Chia Ling [aka Judy Lee], Wong Ping)

-BROKEN OATH (Angela Mao, Sammo Hung, Bruce Leung )

-RIGHTING WRONGs (Yuen Biao, Cynthia Rothrock, Melvin Wong)

-THE HOT, THE COOL & THE VISCIOUS (Don Wong, Dorian Tao)

-CHINESE PROFESSIONALS [aka 1 Armed Boxer](Jimmy Wang Yu, Lung Fei)

-10 BROTHERs OF SHAOLIN (Yi Chang, Judy Lee, Don Wong)

-FIVE FINGERs OF DEATH [aka KING BOXER](Lo Lieh)

-YES MADAM!(aka IN LINE OF DUTY II)(Michele Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock)

-BORN INVINCIBLE (Carter Wong, Lo Lieh)

-ROYAL WARRIORS [a.k.a In The Line of Duty I] (Michele Yeoh, M.Wong)

-ENTER THE DRAGON [bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly)

-LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER II (Jackie Chan, Ti Lung )

-SECRET RIVALs (Don Wong,John Liu)

-FIST of FURY[aka CHINESE CONNECTION] (Bruce Lee,Nora Miao,James Tien)

-FOUR REAL FRIENDS(Yi Chang, Jimmy Wang yu, Kam Kong, Chen Sing) aka[original dragon squad]

*more ..later

chow

[Guest KidwiththeGoldenArm]

Favorite Old School Non Shaws

Master of the Flying Guillotine

Magnificent Butcher

Shaolin V Lama

Drunken Master

Snake in Eagles Shadow

5 Element Kung Fu

Knockabout

Born Invincible

Return of the Deadly Blade

18 Fatal Strike

Kung Fu of 8 Drunkards

18 Jade Arhats

Fists and Guts

Fury in Shaolin Temple

10 Magnificent Killers

Duel of the Tao Tough

[Guest rockandrolltroy]

Prodigal Son

Fist of Legend

7 Grandmasters

Mad Monkey Kung Fu

The 36th Chamber

Knockabout

Drunken Master I and II

Legend of a Fighter

The Victim

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

Chinese Super Ninjas

Shaolin vs. Lama

Master of the Flying Guillotine

[Guest vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

This is in response to Punt44's ignorant remarks... Mystery Of Chess Boxing w/ Lee Yi Min (who has seen far better days performing in kung fu films). I have this movie, and have gone through hundreds of these mediocre, boring, fake/over-choreographed fight sequenced, films that may or may not have any, if one or two actors who can actually act, even in them. But who can blame extras (that's all these characterless actors are) for not even given a chance, for want of any type of storyline and ad-lib dialogue, where almost all these no-name wanna be's just goof off with anyhow. It's been so long since I've actually tortured myself with viewing such trash, that I don't rightly remember if Chang Yi, (one of the greats, along with the immortal, Chen Kuan Tai-who was actually KING BOXER OF SOUTHERN CHINA before even performing in these films-only a retard who did not know what they were talking about would ditch Chen Kuan Tai, Punt44!) actually shamed himself with appearing in such a weak picture! Punt44, you are a babbling fool! You have so much to learn about realism in kung fu cinema. :evil

[Guest vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

In response to Violento, regarding Punt44's comments, right on brother!

[Guest Don G]

I'm still new to the genre but I can't imagine any list not including The 36th Chamber of Shaolin aka The Master Killer & The 5 Deadly Venoms.

[Guest EAGLE CLAW MASTER]

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posted the below intro to Forum earlier this week, and I was directed to this forum. I like what I see....

I'm fairly new to this community; however, I am an old school kung fu movie fan since I was very young. One who believes that the best of the Genre was from 73 - 79, with a few exceptions of course. I have been going through the past communications about the best movies of all time, and though there are some valid selections, there were also a few mentions of barely-average movies being in the "best movie" category. First of all, no top ten is complete without Invincible Armor, Oath of Death, Born Invincible, Swordsman of All Swordsman, and Secret Rivals 2. Am I crazy here?

By the way, those valid selections were Dual to the Death, 8 Diagram Pole Fighter and Snake in the Eagle Shadow...

My Top 10.

10. Enter the Dragon, just because - he has to have one in the top 10 - right?

9. Secret Rivals 2

There more action in this film than I have seen in 3 highly regarded classics combined.

8. Seven Grand Masters

A none-stop entertainment, with a story.

7. Legend of a Fighter

Good story, well choreographed fight scenes

6. Duel to the Death

Not the biggest swordplay fan, however, this is a top notch movie

5. Snake in the Eagle Shadow

Clearly his Best and most pure Kung Fu Film, I do not like comedy in my Kung Fu.

4. Swordsman of All Swordsman

A rare classic (it's difficult to find a high quality copy, good luck).

Needs no explanation or support.

3. Invincible Armor

2. Oath of Death

1. Born Invincible

10. Notable mentions:( maybe 11-20)

36 Chambers of Shaolin

Warriors 2.

Prodigal Son

Last Hurrah of Chivalry

Mystery of Chess boxingVictim

8-Diagram Pole Fighters

Victim

Drunken Master

Wu Tang Clan

Spearmen of Death

Bring in on....

The: ECM.

[Guest kermit]

i could be wrong but i dont think i saw anyone mention 'Iron Fisted Monk'.

top film with a fantastic end fight.

[Guest jadebadger]

To satisfy my own curiousity, and to help me to decide which kung fu goodness to add to my already endless want list, I have very carefully and painstakingly (ok it only took a few hours) tallied up all or your favorites/mentions on this thread and here's the top 20 results:

Title        Votes

Prodigal Son        14

7 Grandmasters        13

Drunken Master         13

Magnificent Butcher        13

Snake In The Eagles Shadow 12

The Loot        12

Warriors Two        12

Legend Of A Fighter         11

Shaolin Vs. Lama        11

Knockabout        10

Mystery Of Chess Boxing        10

Born Invincible        9

Hellz Windstaff        9

Master Of The Flying Guillotine 9

The Victim        9

3 Evil Masters        8

Invincible Armour 8

Iron Monkey        8

The Hot The Cool & The Vicious 8

36th Chamber Of Shaolin        7

[Guest Ninja Sinai]

Great work Jade Badger!

Its cool to know which movies got the most mentions from the fans.

Although I still think that Born Invincible was a really poor movie.. only a 4/10!

[Guest theportlykicker]

Yeah, when I watched Born Invincible again recently I really couldn't see why I liked it so much in the first place. I would definitely take it off my list now if i could. (old profile that I can't get into anymore)

[Guest jadebadger]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to revisit 'Born Invincible' too, as it's been a while. I'm afraid I've never seen 'Prodigal Son'. It being the number one pick and all, I need to check that out ASAP. What's the best version out there? Same goes with 'The Loot', but that's on another recently opened thread. And what about 'Warriors Two'? I've seen a lot of mixed reviews about that one.

[Guest JewLung]

Hello my top films are in no particular order :

Magnificent Butcher

Knockabout

Iron Fisted Monk

8 diagram pole fighter

South Shaolin Master

Once Upon a time in China 1 & 2

Iron Monkey

Hells Windstaff

Drunken Master

Shaolin Master Killer

Enter the Dragon

Prodigal Son

The Victim

Dance of the Drunk Mantis

Fearless

[Guest Kara Hui]

:eek :eek :eek jadebadger youve never seen prodigal son?

thats almost a crime, you have to get the fortune star version

and for warrior two fortune star also remastered that film

its not a video transfer its a total remaster of the film

Tino -

I ordered some movies from playasia and a woman just called and said customs has my package

and said she will send me something I need to fax. This hasnt happened to me before has it

happened to anybody else? What the heck!

KarHui -

heheh:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin what! :| -> :hat <- i think there is no customs, this is

the person who wants to steal your movies. :smokin but dont worry he will put them back in the

dvd cases NEATLY after watching and send them on their way. he just wanted to see that movie for a long time.

[Guest jadebadger]

Ran down to BestBuy on Tuesday and picked up 'Prodigal Son' for the insanely lowwwwww price of $6.99. Thanks Fortune Star! I'll watch it this weekend. Now I'm on the hunt for some of these other classics that have escaped me over the years. Got my eye out for 'Warriors Two'.

My want list and movie watching cue are both getting out of control. I grew up watching a lot of these when I was a kid (I'm an old man now, heh) on Saturday afternoon's 'Kung Fu Theater' & then 'Ninja Theater: Hosted by Sho Kosugi', and now it's time to recapture my youth...and classics from my favorite film genre.

[Guest DRAGONCLAWS]

OK DUDES my top films are in no particular order:smokin

HELL'S WIND STAFF

five deadly venoms

the victim

super ninjas

shaolin chaaenges ninjas (gordon liu awesome)

knockabout

invincible pole fighter

36th chamber of shaolin

dragon claws

drunken master

mad monkey kung fu

warriors two

fearless fighters

legend of a fighter

sleeping fist

born invincible

fist of legend

[Guest talgoma1]

I'm a newcomer to these posts and i've read some of the lists so i would like to put my 2 cents in. my top 10 are

7 grandmasters

7 steps of kung-fu

snake in the monkey's shadow

world of drunken master

mystery of chess boxing

hells windstaff

shaolin vs. lama

snake in the eagles shadow 1

shaolin and wu-tang

superpower

with honorable mention going to: snake in the eagles shadow 2,the buddhist fist,of cooks and kung fu, shaolin iron claw , death dual of kung fu and 36th chamber

As you can probably see here that i am an old schooler from the 42nd street(n.y) days of the 80's where we saw these movies shortly after there releases,no disrespect to the jet li fans and the new schoolers but with all the special effects that the new age has brought on it just ain't the same.Also I've seen some of sammo hungs films and i admit that the technique's marvelous however the onslaught of overbearing comedy was something left to be desired ie: prodigal son,magnificient butcher great technique but tooo much foolishness.Comedy ain't bad all the time but in this case it was as with "my young auntie" great cast but you talk about bad costumes and just straight up corny! how the hell do you put gordon liu in some @#%$ like this ,shame on you shaw brothers.

[Guest talgoma1]

has anyone here seen the brave archer series....where all my shaw bros. fans at.I haven't seen that on anyones list as i can remember,as a matter of fact i just thought about that today after submitting my list yesterday

[Guest WarBeer1]

Hi,

I'm looking for some good old classic "master student" kung fu movies. You know the kind....old master with long white hair and beard....good old cheezy "grasshopper student" relationship....hehe..

Any suggestions?

Please feel free to email me at jediguitar101@yahoo.com

Scott

[Guest morgoth]

Legend of a Fighter

[Guest SnowyWhite]

Some good films listed, many of which I would put in a personal list. I can't see the point of listing more than 10 in a list of 'greatest' though.

I would not put any of Jackie Chan's filsm in a list of 'greatest old school' kung fu films. Mainly because, for me, kung fu means kung fu. Not kung fu comedy, or swordplay (although understand that weapons based kung fu films count, but not the wuxia style, like Duel To The Death for example).

My top 10 list would be (in no Particular order):

King Boxer

Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu

Legend of a Fighter

The Prodigal Son

Kung Fu Genius

The Killer

Snake Deadly Act

The Odd Couple

36th Chamber of Shaolin

Shaolin and Wu-Tang

I would like to make a point though that I have not seen a fair few of the films people have suggested in their own lists.

Living in the UK is a real problem for kung fu film fans.

[Guest morgoth]

I know my favorite kung fu movie but when I try naming some more of my absolute favorites, I could go on for over 100 titles. SO sorry if this goes a little long.

Fav ever is Legend of a Fighter

Some others

Shaolin Vs. Lama

Shaolin Intruders

Chinese Connection

Killer Constable

Young Master

Ninja in the Dragon's Den

Seven Grandmasters

Avenging Eagle

Secret Rivals

Shaolin Challenges Ninja

Kid With the Golden Arm

Cripled Avengers

Dance of the Drunken Mantis

Dirty Ho

Knockabout

Prodigal Son

Warriors Two

World Of Drunken Master

36th Chamber of Shaolin

Rebellious Reign

One armed Boxer

True Romance

Golden Swallow

Shaolin Prince

Shaolin Temple Strikes Back

Magnificent Butcher

That should be about it for me.

[Guest Dashiell]

@Morgoth

I must agree... Lueng Kar Yan's performance is excellent in this film! The HK Legends DVD is also as good as it gets these days...

[Guest Dashiell]

@SnowyWhite

You can solve that problem in the UK by purchasing a region-free player and just ordering the Celestial DVDs from Hong Kong. I have done so in America...

Oppo makes great players strictly for this purpose.

[Guest DADJMAN]

Howdy..

Here's PART2 DJ's list of well liked Old-Skool Kung Fu!

Of course! Gordon Liu Master Killer could of been in PART1.

-Touch Of Zen (Roc Tien Peng,Hsu Feng,Pai Ying,Roy Chiao) 1970

-Boxer From Shangtung (Chen Kuan Tai,David Chiang,Guk Fung) 1972

-Prodigal Boxer 1 (Mang Fei,Yasuaki Kurata,Maggie Lee) 1972

-Grandmaster Of Death (Alex Fu Sheng,Johnny Wang,Shan Mao) 1976

-Lady Constables (Angela Mao,Chia Ling,Chang Yi) 1977

-Black Belt Karate (Lo Lieh,Larry Lee,Bruce Liang,) 1977

-Killer From Above (Carter Wong,Lo Lieh,Cliff Lok) 1977

-Green Dragon Inn (Polly Shan Kuan,Lo Lieh, Sze Ma) 1977

-Showdown At CottonMill (Chi Kuan Chun,Dorian Tao,Lee Keung) 1978

-Death Duel Of Kungfu (John Liu,Don Wong Tao,Phillip Ko Fei) 1978

-36th Chamber Of Shaolin (Gordon Liu,Lo Lieh,Wilson Tong) 1978

-10 Tigers from Kwangtung (Ti Lung,Phillip Kwok,Sun Chien) 1979

-Game of Death 2(Tung Lung,Bruce Lee,H.Jang-Lee,C.Wong) 1981

-Legend Of Drunken Master (Jackie Chan,Ti Lung,Anita Mui) 1994

-Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon (M.Yeoh,Cheng Pei Pei,Z. Ziyi) 2000