The Greatest Old Skool Kung Fu Movies Of ALL Time!

[odioustrident]

Yang Wu Liang's swordplay list is about as accurate as it gets imo.

[ShaOW!linDude]

For me:

Heroes of the East ---- I first saw this at a drive-in as a teenager.

Drunken Master ----- this is Chan at his best

Close Encounters of a Spooky Kind ----- Sammo Hung and the supernatural

The Prodigal Son ------ favorite of Yuen Biao

The Buddhist Fist ----- the physicality in this movie blows my mind

Honorable Mention:

Secret Master ------ directed by Yuen Woo ping and starring Leung Kar Yan and Kurata. I've seen this mentioned on any page (unless I glommed over it). If you've never seen this, find it. I've never been able to find a DVD but I have it on VHS.

[ShaOW!linDude]

Reading through the pages of this thread, I saw raves for the movie "Legend of a Fighter". After my post, I went searching for it on the internet only to learn that it is the movie "Secret Master" which I listed as honorable mention.

D'OH! (Regardless, it's still a great film.)

[Guest medhateeko]

what about :

Four Real Friends

[TripMasterMunky]

Pretty self-explanatory. Shaw Brothers was obviously a dominant force of the 70s. And the films of Bruce Lee were also a force in their own. So besides those, what are some of your favorite, possibly must-see, classic martial arts films?

I'm not well informed when it comes to this stuff, so I'd like to experiment outside of SB for a bit and check out some other favorites, whether it be from Golden Harvest, Seasonal or wherever.

I'm sure Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master will be popular choices no doubt, but I'm curious to see what else is out there. I've also seen Warriors Two, which was alright but I didn't care for it as much as other people.

[Iron Boat]

Prodigal Son, Iron Monkey 77, The Loot, Ninja in the Dragons Den, Last Hurry for Chivalry, Crystal Fist

[Wing Kong]

36th Chamber is a classic and Legendary weapons of China is kind of a funky.

[Truecos2]

Mystery of Chessboxing .... Ghost Face is the man!

others...

Invincible Armor

Shaolin vs Lama

Fist of the White Lotus

World of the Drunken Master

Drunken Arts And Crippled Fist

Rebellious Reign

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow 2

Crystal Fist

[ChineseSausage]

I have to agree with:

- 5 Pattern Dragon Claws (AKA Dragon's Claws)

- Drunken Master

- Enter The Dragon

- Shaolin vs Lama

- Snake In The Eagle's Shadow

- The Big Boss

- The Prodigal Son

- The Victim

- To Kill A Mastermind

- Way Of The Dragon

[66 Mantis]

Some of my favorite "independents" (non Bruce Lee, non Shaw Brothers, non Golden Harvest)

Goose Boxer

Thundering Mantis

13 Poles from Shaolin

Invincible Armor

A Fistful of Talons

The Invincible Kung Fu Legs

Showdown at the Cotten Mill

Tiger Force

Superior Youngster

Queen of Fist

[Dragons Fury]

my favourites gotta be the following:

Druken Master

Snake in the eagles shadow

five fingers of death

the 36th chamber of shaolin

warriors two

one armed boxer

5 deadly venoms

[Idiot]

This seems like a likely place for my first post. I'll stick with the Shaw vs. non Shaw theme.

Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang

Mystery Of Chess Boxing

Fatal Needles Fatal Fist

7 Grandmasters

Hit Man In The Hand Of Buddha

Thundering Mantis

Drunken Master

Buddhist Fist

Dance Of The Drunk Mantis

Born Invincible

Shaolin vs Lama

8 Diagram Pole Fighter

Fist Of The White Lotus

Crippled Avengers

Avenging Eagle

Killer Constable

5 Deadly Venoms

Executioners From Shaolin

Chinese Super Ninjas

Kung Fu Instructor

Master Killer

Return To The 36th Chamber

Shaolin Challenges Ninjas

Death Chambers

Kung Fu Instructor

Savage 5

Masked Avengers

Invincible Shaolin

Damn these lists are hard to narrow down. Anyway, I joined here to delve a bit deeper into some non SB stuff as I've been a bit biased since my VHS days. Those damn Celestial prints make it hard to resist.

[fistoffury]

1.game of death

2.big boss

3.enter the dragon

4.way of the dragon

5.young master

6.dragon lord

7.game of death 2

8.snake in the eagle shadow

9.the 36 crazy fists

10.young tiger

11. drunken master

12.dreadnought

13.knockabout

14.iron monkey

15.once upon a time in china

[Apanblod]

Can I recommend some of the WORST?

Invincible Super Chan

Chessboxing Matrix

Flash Future Kung-Fu

9 Demons

Spiritual Kung-Fu

The Lost Kung-Fu Secrets

Champ against Champ

Killer of Snake, Fox of Shaolin

Filthy Guy

Attack of the Joyful Goddess

Revenge of the Patriots

9 Demons? Ok it's not great but it has some amazing talent involved and the fights aren't all that bad (although the print of my DVD truly is). The dubbing is hilarious and the story is crazy enough to keep my interest at least.

I just saw some clips from The Lost Kung-Fu Secrets and I agree, that was embarrassing Slowest Kung Fu that I can remember..

The absolute worst movie I've seen is "Mantis under Falcon Claws". It had some favourable reviews on IMDB so I thought I'd give it a try but I literally feel sick when thinking about it, I'm not kidding.

[Elvenefris]

Everyday I look at a new thread here, there are atleast 30 movie titles mentioned that I know nothing about. The passion of the guys on the board here is seriously awesome. Thanks a ton for all the members posting their opinions here

[TMAC]

OK, I have 219 Shaw films in my possession. I am also well versed in Jackie/Sammo/Yuen B/Bruce Lee/Jet Li/Jaa films.

My question is what am I missing in the way of old school flicks? What are some of the best that are not Shaw or Golden Harvest, etc?

Anything that is must see from other studios or independents?

I'd love to experience some new stuff!

Thanks in advance.

[teako170]

My question is what am I missing in the way of old school flicks? What are some of the best that are not Shaw or Golden Harvest, etc? Anything that is must see from other studios or independents?

Without knowing what's in your collection, this is hard to answer. The original poster created a very nice list to get anyone going. If you go through this thread, you will get a good idea of what other titles to pick up. Many titles are repeated over and over again, so start out with a few of those.

[QueMuchita]

I started to write a list but it was just getting too long and hard to narrow down, i would say there is at least 50-60 that you must own, at least thats how i am.

[skillz masta5]

my list can go on and on this is my top 10 in no specific order:

super power

snake in the eagles shadow

shaolin vs lama

shaolin vs wutang

the sword

duel to the death

shaolin temple strikes back

7 steps of kung fu

mystery of chess boxing

dance of the drunking master

im not gonna put my shaw bros flicks on here becuz it will go on and on

[shootgringoshoot]

I was just wondering...........how do the kung-fu movie fans react on the kung-fu/spaghetti western cross-over gerne?

their are only a handfull of titles:

-fighting fist os shang-ai joe

-kung-fu brothers in the wild west

-return of shangai joe

-kid and the gunfighter

-the silent stranger

-red sun

-karate fist and beans

-death walks in laredo (has a kung-fu guy in it)

and probably 1 or 2 titles i forgot

[iron flag]

The problem is none of those have good Kung Fu.. They're also not particularly good SWs either. I like Stranger and the Gunfighter but its not an all time great. Back to the topic, I'm surprised more people dont like Shanghai 13. Either that or The Loot would be my pick for #1 old school movies.Last Hurrah for Chivalry, Legend of a Fighter and Invicible Armor and Warriors 2 would round out my top 5..

[Kennedy Il Sung]

I'm gonna just give my top ten(In No Particular Order) non-Shaw ,non-Golden Harvest

Snuff Bottle Connection

The Mystery of Chessboxing

World of Drunken Master

The Hot, The Cool, and The Viscous

Dance Of the Drunken Mantis

He Has Nothing But Kung Fu

Born Invincible

Shaolin Monk

Drunken Master

Shaolin Vs. Ninja

[bigscore]

Here are a few of my favs...

Chinese Professionals

Hammer Of God

Lighting Swords Of Death

Invincible Shaolin

Fist Of The White Lotus

Chinese Connection

Master Killer

Shaolin vs Ninja

1 for Angela Mao (1st lady of Kung Fu)

Shaolin vs LLama

[Wheat Thin Man]

Can anyone comment on the Fox release of Warriors Two? I know it reworked audio, but how are the subtitles? Are they accurate? I'm just trying to figure out if I should pick that up or keep searching for the OOP Deltamac version. Thanks!

[Apanblod]

Top 10: (regardless of studio, what is up with the division, everyone?)

1. Shaolin Mantis

2. Masked Avengers

3. The Loot

4. Five Shaolin Masters

5. Kung Fu Genius

6. Dirty Ho

7. Sword Stained with Royal Blood (Venom Mob)

8. Snake Deadly Act

9. The Challenger

10. Warriors Two