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Plot Summary:
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: comedy drama
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Paper Marriage (1988)
Plot Summary:
An illegal immigrant in Hong Kong, unable to get a Green Card, is subjected to humiliation, and does odd things to survive - like taking part in a mud wrestling match.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Kung Fu Kids Break Away (1980)
Plot Summary:
The evil Mr. Chu's control of a village is challenged by a Korean wanderer named Eagle and the three Kung Fu Kids.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cult film
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My Rebellious Son (1982)
Plot Summary:
Here Chang Siu Tai (Alexander Fu Sheng) is the son of Master Chang (played by Ku Feng), a renowned chiropractor/bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Lucky Seven (1986)
Plot Summary:
Seven child martial arts experts try to return a stolen diamond to its rightful owner.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Anonymous Heroes (1971)
Plot Summary:
A perennial Chang Cheh favorite, Anonymous Heroes focuses on two vagabond brothers, Meng Kang (David Chiang) and Tieh (Ti Lung) who, in the search for fame and fortune, join in a rebellion against a provincial general. Used to shaking down local vendors for food and gambling away their limited funds, they are recruited by a local rebel leader (Ku Feng) who promises them a glorious adventure. The rebels plan is to steal a huge cache of new rifles set to be delivered to the barracks of the local army. With the help of an officer’s daughter (Ching Li), their plan starts out well, but inevitably slips toward a heroic but tragic finale.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Female Reporter (1989)
Plot Summary:
While celebrating the smashing of a big New York counterfeit ring, the G-men find out that the top funny money man, Wong, has slipped away. Blackbelt Cynthia Rothrock is ordered to Hong Kong to get Wong. In Hong Kong, Wong goes into the printing business. Ostensibly, he publishes a newspaper. But his real business is still the forging of bank notes.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sitcom, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Frenchie King (1971)
Plot Summary:
Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: UK, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, funny, euro western, realistic, semi serious, spoof, slapstick, tension, parody, suspense
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Be a Man! Samurai School (2008)
Plot Summary:
Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, manga
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Coward Bastard (1980)
Plot Summary:
The plot is a trifle about an obnoxious restaurant delivery boy causing trouble with some local bad guys for the cook who secretly knows kung fu, eventually learning some techniques and finally, with the cook, confronting the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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The Bod Squad (1974)
Plot Summary:
Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
Plot Summary:
Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, cult film
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The Huntresses (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Joseon Period, three beautiful musketeers fight against a powerful group who tries to overturn the royal family and gain absolute power. The leader of the Beautiful Three Musketeers is Jin-ok, a smart and righteous woman. Hong-dan is the only married woman among the three women. Ga-bi is the youngest among the musketeers and excels at fighting.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: parody, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, scenic
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The 36 Crazy Fists (1977)
Plot Summary:
When a young man's village is destroyed by a band of thugs, he seeks help from a great kung-fu master, but his real lessons come from a drunk old man, he basically learns kung fu by accident and seeks his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Little Dragons (1979)
Plot Summary:
Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, campy, cult film
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The Greater Good Company (2013)
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Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Bangkok Adrenaline (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four backpackers arrive in Thailand to party and drink. A gambling game goes wrong and with their lives on the line they desperately decide to kidnap a billionaires daughter. Things go wrong when her 'father' doesn't play ball and prefers to use the kidnapping to further his own interests.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, fast, slapstick comedy
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Ninja Cheerleaders (2008)
Plot Summary:
3 college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extra curricular activities a secret in order to make it into an Ivy League school.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Jailbreak (2017)
Plot Summary:
What started as a simple escort mission will soon turn to chaos as the prisoners of Koh Kla take over the prison grounds. A special task force [Jean-Paul Ly, Dara Our, Tharoth Sam] gets trapped in the prison will have to fight their way out for survival, to protect a key witness [Savin Phillip].
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Cambodia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Jackpot (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two con women lock horn with a gangster after knowing that a mystic vessel is hidden in his home.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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My Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
Plot Summary:
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985)... The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action adventure, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick, detective
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My Young Auntie (1981)
Plot Summary:
Cheng (Kara Hui Ying Hung), a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei (Johnny Wang Lung Wei), but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao (Hsaio Ho), her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, epic, semi serious
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The Paper Tigers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three Kung Fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men, now one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must juggle their dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, exciting, parody, entertaining, buddy comedy
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Lady Ninja Kaede 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
In this erotic martial arts epic, Kaede is on an assignment to penetrate a cult that has exerted its power in secret for centuries. Although she is able to join the group, a priest curses her with a passion for a precious religious object, and this all-consuming lust may derail her hopes of a successful mission.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, captivating, entertaining
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Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979)
Plot Summary:
A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Foggy. He tries to train Foggy but to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber Legs, another Drunken Fist master who combines it with Mantis Fist to create a deadly style.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, cult film
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The Bodyguard (2004)
Plot Summary:
A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his Choti, most successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his fathers company but is then targets by assassins who want to gain control of the estate. He is forced to hide out in the slums where a kind family looks after him and sparks up a relationship with their tomboy daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, parody
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Drunken Master (1978)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei-Hung, whose mischievous antics land him in hot water. Having tolerated enough of his son's mishaps, Fei-Hung's dad enlists his sadistic uncle, who specializes in drunken-style kung fu, to teach the lad some discipline. This Hong Kong martial-arts comedy helped establish the slapstick fighting style that would become Chan's trademark.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, grindhouse, exciting, intense, fast paced, cult classic, slapstick, slapstick comedy, epic
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The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Plot Summary:
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick, action comedy, funny, slapstick comedy, anamorphic, relaxing
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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Plot Summary:
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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House of Fury (2005)
Plot Summary:
Teddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent demands to know the whereabouts of an agent known as Dragon. Now, father and children must team up to stop the rogue agent and his goons.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, cult classic, realistic, suspenseful