Top 10 favorite "The Best of the Rest" kungfu film

[Guest pressureworld]

We have many new members on this board who aren't quite as hardcore and knowledgable as many of us after Jackie Sammo, Secret Rivals, Hot Cool Vicious, Invincible Armour then what? I would like to ask everyone to name their top 10 or even top 5 indi kungfu films that may of fell under the radar. Lets stay away from the really popular ones. Many of you have hundreds of kungfu films in other words, whats good besides the obvious for the newbies please no Shaws

[Guest jmungus]

tough one. do we assume lesser experienced kf fans already know about the back catalogue of genre legends like sammo, HJL or the yuen clan ?

have they heard of "broken oath", "snuff bottle connection" or "buddhist fist", "eagles claw"... yet, or does it need something more obscure ?

this list can never be complete or perfectly accurate, but here goes anyways.

master and the kid

leg fighters

shaolin king boxer

two great cavaliers

heroes of the wild

imperial sword

deadly challenger

the heroes

death duel of kung fu

demon strike

ninja hunter

rebellious reign

exciting dragon

mask of death

shaolin kf mystagogue

faster blade poisonous darts

fist from shaolin (for a fun new wave experience)

hells wind staff

shaolin red master

death games (to throw in some wicked modern ma)

7 steps of kf

wu tang magic kick

stranger from shaolin

deadend of besiegers (old skool made in the new wave era)

i would consider these kinda flix quite good - ace quality standard material for the slightly 'advanced' kung fu-natics, so maybe thats a nice way to start if one is past the jackie/sammo/YWP/SB classics stage, knows the essential indie gems like "invincible armour", "the loot", "7 grandmasters", "duel to the death" or "secret rivals" et al and wants to delve deeper into the indie fu extravaganza now.

[Guest stormybman]

I have a fav 5 I'd like to recommend to the newbbies...

How about:

1. Big Boss of Shanghai

2. 18 Bronzemen

3. 7 Grandmasters

4. Mystery of Chessboxing

5. Bruce D-Day at Macao (AKA Little Superman)

"Will you tell me what Teacher died of..?"

[Guest TheManInWhite]

Outside of what's been given, here is a few more to chew on:

Blooded Treasury Fight

Buddha Assassinator

Crystal Fist

Daggers Eight

Green Jade Statuette

Hitman in the Hand of Buddha

Incredible Kung Fu Mission

Iron Monkey (1977)

The Loot

Long Step Mantis

Of Cooks and Kung Fu

Shaoiln vs. Lama

Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

Super Power

Ten Tigers of Shaolin

Woman Avenger

[Guest VonHumboldtFleischer]

Just about all those films you fellows listed are awesome... I thought 'nonpopular' meant films generally disliked within the fandom community, but which we happen to like personally. Like, say, STONER or FANTASY MISSION FORCE (both of which I enjoy enormously).

[Guest killer meteor]

The Jackie Chan/Lo Wei films

Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger

Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu

Game Of Death

Imperial Sword

Double Double Crosser

Master With Cracked Fingers

The Magnificent

Revenge Of The Drunken Master

The Traitorous

[Guest thundered mantis]

Master Killers aka Master Avengers

Shaolin vs Ninja (Robert Tai´s)

Two Toothless Tigers

Two Wondrous Tigers

Instant Kung Fu Man

Kung Fu On Seven Steps

Killer Wears White

Warriors of Sung Dynasty

Cutthroat Struggle (Mainland)

Fierce Boxer

The Gold Connection

Of Cooks and Kung Fu

Fist from Shaolin

Shaolin Disciple (Liu Chia Yung)

Dynamite Trio

Mysteryous Footworks of Kung Fu

Blind Fist of Bruce

My Life´s On The Line

I think there´s more room for this in the modern kung fu forum. Lots of modern gems unnoticed out there!

[Guest ironfistedmonk2003]

Hows about

Jade Fox

Shaolin Heroes (Doris Lung)

Beggars Have No Equal

Bloody Mission

Gold Hunters

Mission Kiss & Kill

My Lifes on the Line

Strife For Mastery

[Guest shadow kick]

My kinda list you've made there mr. iron.

These are some dynamite flicks.

Bloody mission........swordplay to rival any shaws.

Beggars of no equal...........hand to hand combat that only chen hsing knows how to dish out.Doris lung is pretty good in this one too.

all top tier stuff !

[Guest morgoth]

Legend of a Fighter (also known as Secret Master). That is my favorite movie.

[Guest Yakuza954]

The Himalayan

Exciting Dragon

4 Invincibles

Two Cavaliers (Jimmy Wang Yu)

Fighting Ace

Brutal Boxer

Shaolin Incredible Ten

Shaolin Incredible Guys

Ninja Supremo

Kill the Shogun

[Guest pressureworld]

Just about all those films you fellows listed are awesome... I thought 'nonpopular' meant films generally disliked within the fandom community,

nonpopular is a poor choice of words I ment great films outside of the really popular ones the list so far are great

[Guest killer meteor]

Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave

[Guest Kwok Choi]

Yes my friend "unpopular" threw us a bit but from your first post I gathered that it could be about good films that people might not be aware of.This depends because most of the films mentioned in the posts above could be very popular to some.Anyway the thing is that 100s could be listed according to your last post as one would have to comb all the genres and eras for proper justice to be done to your thread but since you asked for ten,here goes off head:

Manda Vs Kung Fu aka Devil Woman

Tiger Tiger Tiger

The Fearless Duo

Challenge Of The Tiger

The Magnificent 3

Mission Kiss And Kill

The Killer Wears White

Smart Cavalier

The Best Of Shaolin Kung Fu

The Secret Of Chinese Kung Fu

[Guest Chen Zhen]

5 greatest unpopular kf movies of all time..think about it..

The Loot...

The Loot..

The Loot

The Loot

The Challenger

[Guest schleg64]

My 10 favorite little gems are...

Born Invincible

Green Dragon Inn

Invincible Super Chan

Hit Man in the Hand of Buddha

Shaolin vs Lama

Born to Defence

Dragon Princess

Yellow River Fighter

Hell's Windstaff

Shaolin Traitorous

[Guest monwobobbo]

a few

SHAOLIN KUNG FU MYSTAGOGUE

EDGE OF FURY (bruce li)

KUNG FU EMPEROR (ti lung)

FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINES

INHERITOR OF KUNG FU (ti lung)

THE HEROES (ti lung)

SECRET OF TAI CHI

ENTER THE INVINCIBLE HERO (dragon lee, cassanova wong)

RETURN OF THE DEADLY BLADE (not the shaw film)

SILVER SPEAR (wang yu)

[Guest iron flag]

Some favorites of mine (classics imo) that dont get enough mention are Imperial Sword, Strife for Mastery,The Heroes, and Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.

All great flicks!!

[Guest morgoth]

I haven't seen Silver Spear and The HEroes, but Secret of Tai Chi kicks the sh!t out of all the other movies on that list. The only part I liked in Inheritor of Kung Fu is where John Ladaski shows up carrying that huge cross.

[Guest shukocarl]

Wits to Wits

Fist of the Double K

Village on Fire

Bandits from Shantung

Soul Brothers of Kung fu

He Walks Like a Tiger

Lady Whirlwind

Deaf & Mute Heroine

Tiger & Crane Fists

Point the Finger of Death

[Guest Markgway]

Of the ones mentioned thus far... I'd recommend these.

the heroes

rebellious reign

hells wind staff

stranger from shaolin

deadend of besiegers (old skool made in the new wave era)

18 Bronzemen

7 Grandmasters

Green Jade Statuette

Iron Monkey (1977)

Shaoiln vs. Lama

The Challenger

And strongly suggest avoiding....

Of Cooks and Kung Fu

Master With Cracked Fingers

The Gold Connection

Because they're crap...

[Guest morgoth]

Chang Shan hater!

[Guest W Hong]

Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin(Jackie Chan)

Operation Scorpio

Kick Boxer(Yuen Biao)

Enter the Eagles(Shannon Lee)

Legend of the Wolf

Circus Kids

The Deaf and Mute Heroine

POSSIBLE SPOILERS

BTW, do you think that "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" had a slight connection or salute to "The Deaf and Mute Heroine"? I'm asking because of those scenes where Uma uses her sword's reflection to look at the enemies who were behind her. Those scenes look similar to what Helen Ma did in "TDaMH". Also, did any of you ever get the chance to see the Chinese language version of "TDaMH"? I remember seeing it at SF's 4 Star Theatre, which seems to show TDaMH again every now and then.

[Guest Chen Zhen]

i forgot about the heroes...thats a magnificent film

[Guest VonHumboldtFleischer]

Also, did any of you ever get the chance to see the Chinese language version of "TDaMH"? I remember seeing it at SF's 4 Star Theatre, which seems to show TDaMH again every now and then.

I thought everyone had ONLY seen the Mandarin version. Is there an English dub around? I know there's a German dub.

Pretty much all of the movies mentioned so far are just terrific. I'd just like to chip in with QUEEN BOXER for now.

...oh, and GREEN DRAGON INN.