The Greatest Old Skool Kung Fu Movies Of ALL Time!

[Guest ggblue]

American names of my favorite old school Kung Fu Films (so far):

The Five Masters of Death - David Chiang, Ti Lung, Fu Sheng

Queen Boxer - Chia Ling (aka Judy Lee)

Ten Tigers from Kwantung - venoms plus Ti Lung

Two Champions of Shaolin - venoms

Shaolin Rescuers - venoms

Magnificant Ruffians - venoms

Stranger From Shaolin - Wong Hang Sau

Killer Bs - Hsia Kwan Lee (famous female high-kicker)

Wu Tang Death Squad - Barry Tze, Chan Wing Bo

Return of the Dragon - Bruce Lee

Enter the Dragon - Bruce Lee

Lady Whirlwind - Angela Mayo Ying

Dragon Inn & other films - Carter Wong, Polly Shang Kwan Lee Fung

Just purchased Shaw Brothers 'Killer Army' on DVD and I understand that Kuo Chui (aka Philip Kwok) was in charge of the action. I allowed a friend to view it first (he begged me) so I'll have to wait a couple days to view it.

[Guest hainz]

My list:

-Prodigal Son

-Warriors Two

-Clan of the White Lotus

-Shaolin Temple

-Born Invincible

-Incredible Kung Fu Mission

-Drunken Master

-Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

-The Young Master

-Mad Monkey Kung Fu

-The Loot and The Challenger

-My Young Auntie

-Shaolin Master Killer

-8 Diagram Pole Fighter

-Invincible Armour

-Magnificent Butcher

-The Secret Rivals 1 and 2

-One Armed Boxer

-Martial Club

-The Victim

-7 Grandmasters

-Mystery of Chess Boxing

-Heroes of the East

-Legendary Weapons of China

-Legend of a FIGHTER

-Hitman in the Hand of Buddha

-Dirty HO

[Guest SDKungFu]

These lists are awesome! How about some help remembering the name of an old Black Belt Theater fav of mine?

It is a movie in which a master who spit a lot trained his pupil by making him push a millstone, and another trained by jumping out of pits of water.

Any idea which film this is? I don't know if it was a Shaw Bros flick or not. I saw it on BBT as a wee pup. Help!! Please!!

[Guest peringaten]

Just checked for you, SDKungFu... you're looking for Shaw Brothers' flick Marco Polo. Classic film.

[Guest pressureworld]

Here are Pressure's favorites

The Prodigal son

Warriors two

Shaolin Iron Claws

Magnificent Butcher

The Odd Couple

tower of Death Game of Death 2

The Victim

Hot cool vicious

Challenge of Death

Fistfull of Talons

Shaolin vs Lama

Secret Rivals 1&2

Drunkin Master

[Guest stormybman]

I like your list, however, for the best of all time you cannot exclude ANY Shaws, for they made the best films overall. I'd like to add to your list my personal alltime favorite old school kung fu movies with a shortened list, my personal top five. Tell me what you think, everyone...

1.) The 36TH Chamber of Shaolin

2.) Fist of Fury

3.) Drunken Master

4.) Legend of A Fighter

5.) Master of The Flying Guillotine

I believe this list is as great a top 5 you will ever see. My selections are based in facts of how each film effected the genre, all in different ways: from choreography, ( Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury), to story, ( Legend of A Fighter), special effects/gimmicks, ( Master of The Flying Guillotine), new stylized focus on S8) haolin, ( The 36TH Chamber), and new elemental martial arts technique/training, ( Drunken Master).

I bet there has been few who walked away from each of these films feeling somewhat changed after first viewings, especially, Master of The Flying Guillotine and Drunken Master!

As a kid leaving the theater, everyone was emulating Drunken Fist, The Flying Guillotine was forever etched in our consciousness, we suffered through each chamber right along with Gordon Liu, we never quite had a story and action parallel such as Legend of a Fighter, and who'd thought a Chinese guy could be as cool and kick arse like Bruce Lee: the Japanese found that " ...The Chinese are NOT the 'sick men of Asia'!

[Guest monwobobbo]

some of my favs (try not to kill me to bad for some of these)

FISTS OF FURY - bruce's best

AVENGING EAGLE- great plot and fights

8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER- gordon liu's best

EDGE OF FURY-bruce li proves that a great flick can be made in a modern setting.

SHAOLIN TEMPLE STRIKES BACK- fav joseph kuo film.

9 DEMONS- great fun, cool fights features the demon joey

MARTIAL MONKS OF SHAOLIN TEMPLE - dragon lee vs wang jong lee

FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINE- carter wongs best, heads cut off left and right.

[Guest TheDrunkenRabbit]

This must be the hardest question of all time for a Kung Fu movie fanatic because there are so many good flicks, but one things for sure, Snake in Eagles Shadow and Drunken Master are in the list along with Fist of Fury. This is almost scientific fact for the genre. I wish there was a theater that would play the list back to back and the fans can sit down and watch the greatest in action while eating dumplings & noodles.

[Guest will91XingYu]

Hi im new to the forums, just like to say these forums are really cool! My faviroute classic kung fu films have to be...

Shaolin vs Lama

War of the shaolin temple

Crippled Avengers

Magnificent Ruffians

The Master Strikes

Warriors Two

Knockabout

Prodigal Son

Shaolin vs Ninja

7 Steps of kung fu

Five Superfighters

Disciples of the 36th chamber.

Would Project A count?

[Guest myspace/hkactioncinema]

Good List! although i would put Drunken master above Snake In The Eagles Shadow. also Sammo's Magnificent Butcher i would have put that higher up to!

[Guest Drunken Master]

my top ten would be:

Drunken Master (kind of obvious looking at my nick)

Warriors Two

Snake in the eagle shadow

The prodigal son

The 36th chamber of shaolin

Disciples of the 36th chamber of shaolin

Crippled avengers

18 legendary weapons of china

Heroes of the east

Shaolin drunkard (funny as hell!)

[AlbertV]

Here's my list:

1) Fist of Fury

2) Way of the Dragon

3) Duel of Fists

4) Drunken Master

5) Challenge of the Masters

6) 7 Grandmasters

7) The Old Master (the only film from Sifu Yu Jim-Yuen)

8) The Five Venoms

9) Chinatown Kid

10) Master Killers

11) 36 Deadly Styles

12) King Boxer

13) 36th Chamber of Shaolin

14) The 18 Bronzemen

15) Hap Ki Do

16) When Tae Kwon Do Strikes

17) Lady Whirlwind

18) Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

19) Crippled Avengers

20) Disciples of Shaolin (The Invincible One)

21) Knockabout

22) The Prodigal Son

23) Enter the Fat Dragon

24) Duel of the Seven Tigers

25) Showdown at the Cotton Mill

[Guest GhostFaceKiller]

There are way too many amazing Gung Fu movies out there, but I'll list a couple in no particular order. Anything made by Lau Kar Leung is amazing, and Sammo has done some breathtaking stuff too. I'm sure I've missed so many absolutely amazing movies, but these are all must see Gung Fu.

-Drunken Master

-Legend of Drunken Master (Drunken Master II)

-Snake in Eagle's Shadow

-Invincible Armor

-Secret Rivals

-Magnificent Butcher

-Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog

-Warriors 2

-Eternal Conflict

-Knockabout

-Mystery of Chess Boxing

-7 Grand Masters

-My Young Auntie

-Heroes of the East

-36th Chamber of Shaolin

-Return to the 36th CHamber of Shaolin

-Disciples of the 36th Chamber of Shaolin

-Mad Monkey Kung Fu

-Challenge of the Masters

-Martial Club

-18 Legendary weapons of China

-8 Diagram Pole Fighter

-5 Shaolin Masters

-Fist of Fury

-Shaolin vs. Lama

[Guest Rezkicage]

Here's some of my favorites:

7 Grand Masters

Drunken Master

Prodigal Son

Magnificent Butcher

Snake in the Eagle Shadow

Dreadnaught

Duel to the Death

Shaolin Wooden Men

Five Deadly Venoms

The Shaolin Prince

[Guest theportlykicker]

The Victim, nuff said.

[Guest kinetik]

Shaolin vs Wu Tang

The Buddhist Fist

Magnificent Butcher

Chinese Superninjas

My Young Auntie

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

Drunken Master

36th Chamber of Shaolin

Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

Shaolin Challenges Ninja(aka Heroes of the East)

Duel To The Death

The Victim

The Prodigal Son

Shanghai 13

5 Deadly Venoms

Crippled Avengers

5 Superfighters

Killer Army

Return to the 36th Chamber

Legend of a Fighter

[Bus]

enter the dragon

36th chamber of shaolin

incredible kung fu mission

master of the flying guillotine

ninja in the dragon’s den

legend of a fighter

5 deadly venoms

8 diagram pole fighter

a touch of zen

return of the 5 deadly venoms

the secret rivals 1&2

magnificent butcher

the prodigal son

shogun’s samurai

drunken master

boxer from shantung

fist of fury

five element ninjas

the hot, the cool, the vicious

king boxer

incredible kung fu mission

street fighter

7 grand masters

mystery of chess boxing

snake in the eagle’s shadow

knockabout

invincible armor

[Guest shaolinblade]

Here are 10 of my faves in no particular order.

Challenege Of The Masters

36 Chambers Of Shaolin

8 Diagram Pole Fighter

Shaolin vs lama

Prodigal Son

Master Of The Flying Guillotine

Fist Of fury

Crippled Avengers

Warriors Two

Mystery Of Chess Boxing

[Guest irons]

No real order.

Master Of The Flying Guillotine.

Hapkido.

Legend Of A Fighter.

Magnificent Butcher.

Secret Rivals 1+2.

Prodigal Son.

[Guest Drunken Monk]

Dirty Ho

Chinese Super Ninjas

Crippled Avengers (I believe it's better than Five Venoms)

The Odd Couple

Drunken Master

Mystery of Chess Boxing

The Magnificent Butcher

Prodigal Son

Young Master

8 Diagram Pole Fighter

3 Evil Masters

Born Invincible

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

[Sifu]

My list!

1) Drunken Master

2) 36th Chamber of Shaolin

3) Legendary Weapons of China

4) 7 Grandmasters

5) The Water Margin

[Guest Iron_Jinon]

Here is a list of the Ninjas ALL time FAV Old Skool Kung Fu movies, that every die hearted Kung Fu movie fan has to have in his collection! (please note: only titles with scores of 8/10 or higher are must haves and Shaw Bros titles are excluded from my list).

MUST HAVES - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Those that I think deserve 9/10 or higher are:

1. Snake In The Eagles Shadow simply awesome

2. Drunken Master thunder kicks vs drunken fist

3. Snake In The Monkeys Shadow terrific,3 awesome styles.double snakes are really tough

7. Ninja In The Dragons Den saw this well over 20 years ago,conan lee kicks ass big time

9. The Young Master this one is ok,jackie has done lot better though.

10. The Secret Rivals II does not compare to part 1 but still 8.5/10

1. The Secret Rivals read above

5. The Victim I dun remember this now..samo hung and beardy in end fight=

6. 7 Grandmasters not one of jopeph kuos best

8. Snuff Bottle Connection 10/10

9. Invincible Armour 8/10 hwang jang lees armour gets destroyed and those 2 kids who take their revenge

11. Hellz Windstaff - I dun remember this anymore tho...another hwang jang lee?if yes it cannot be bad

The Leg Fighters � 7/10<==7?????there is that awesome long chinese actress who can kick like hell

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2. World Of Drunken Master - 5/10<==woohoo among drunks this is one of best.8/10

6. Mars Villa - 5/10<=what the fuck?john liu in action and 5/10???

4. The Master With Cracked Fingers<=jesus christ!old drunk,hwang jang lee and jackie chan!blindfolded fight was awesome and so it beginning when hwang shows his kicking skill by breaking jars

[AlbertV]

My favorites:

1) Fist of Fury

2) Enter the Dragon

3) The Secret Rivals

4) Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

5) 36th Chamber of Shaolin

6) Shaolin Temple (Jet Li)

7) The Young Master

8) Chinatown Kid

9) Showdown at the Cotton Mill

10) Drunken Master

[Sifu]

I just bought and saw the Cotton Mill, I enjoyed it very much. It had a spectacular finale and great production values for an independent feature, but why is it in your top ten? AND ABOVE DRUNKEN MASTER NO LESS!

[Guest WhiteTiger1]

I just bought and saw the Cotton Mill, I enjoyed it very much. It had a spectacular finale and great production values for an independent feature, but why is it in your top ten? AND ABOVE DRUNKEN MASTER NO LESS!

This guy must be the biggest jerk on this forum

Who are you to tell anybody what there favorite's should be, to each his own...

I think this guy should be banned from this site for all the trouble making he is causing.What a Loser!!