Best movies like The Ultimate Ninja
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Plot Summary:
A twenty year old feud between Ronald, a benevolant village leader and Roger, an evil tyrant, leaves Ronald dead and Roger running the village with an evil bunch of ruffians. Ronald's three children have been split up and are now young adults. Jimmy, the eldest, has been in training for 20 years to extract revenge upon his father's killer and retain control of the village. Meanwhile, evil Ninja leader Victor has stolen the Black Ninja Warrior from Charles, the new leader of the Red Ninjas. Charles sets out to recapture the Black Ninja Warrior and prevent Victor from stealing the Gold Ninja Warrior. Jimmy heads for the village to get Roger as Charles begins his quest to find and destroy Victor. Jimmy has doubts: will he take back the village, will he be re-united with his brother and sister and will he deal with Roger? But Charles is confident that his good Ninja powers will defeat the evil power.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
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The Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)
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Fierceful fighting displays the Wing Chun style of kung fu in this tale of revenge. Evil bandit Ma Lung escapes from prison and seeks revenge on retired Wing Chun teacher Lam Chan, who had helped to imprison him. Ma wreaks havoc on Lam's Wing Chun school and kills a few of Lam's students. Lam has no choice but to avenge his students' deaths at a final showdown confronting Ma. Director Wang Ha creates an unforgettable tale of vengeance that won"t release you from its grips until the final credits.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
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Ninja Killer (1974)
Plot Summary:
Erol is a successful cop, who lives with his sister Yasemin. Wang, the most troublesome gang leader of Hong Kong comes to Istanbul. The Security Department of Istanbul, appoint Erol to catch Wang. The Hong Kong Security Department sends their spy Wang Ti to Istanbul. Wang threatens a Chinese girl called Helen. With Helen's help, Erol starts a fight with Wang, nobody knows how it will end.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action
Country: Turkey, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
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Fighting Ace (1979)
Plot Summary:
20 years after the death of his parents, a martial artist sets out to avenge their deaths by pretending he doesn't know kung fu. But when it is revealed that he does know kung fu, the killer sets to kill him and his friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 87 min
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Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1978)
Plot Summary:
The noble Ten Tigers, one woman and nine men, protect their Cantonese region the villainous Lord Yung and his underlings. When Yung kidnaps the wife of one of the Tiger's students, the Tigers disguise themselves as a Princess and her followers in an attempt to gain access to Yung's palace on his birthday.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Blood Ring 2: The Killer Instinct (1995)
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Convicted for a crime he did not commit, kickboxer Max Rivers is sentenced to life imprisonment in Carcel de Cordoba, the world's most impenetrable prison. He discovers a corrupt regime run by the chief warden, who organizes high-stake fighting contests. When Rivers' appeal is quashed by a crooked judge, he finds himself forced to rely once again on his fighting instincts as he enters the ring in the prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Secret Ninja, Roaring Tiger (1982)
Plot Summary:
Dragon Kong, a victor of a millionaire's martial-arts contest, is about to begin the most dangerous mission of his life. For his prize, the millionaire's ravishing daughter Susan, has been stolen - kidnapped by a Ninja sect headed by Tiger So, a legendary Ninjitsu super-foot. Why Tiger has taken Susan, Dragon can only guess, but as the shocking truth begins to dawn, and the final showdown approaches, the violence of the Ninja reaches its fatal peak.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min
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Ninja: The Battalion (1988)
Plot Summary:
Four Chinese germ warfare scientists are kidnapped by a Japanese organisation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
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Ninja Extreme Weapons (1988)
Plot Summary:
A ninja hero stealthily sets out to get revenge upon the mobsters who murdered his brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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Zombie vs. Ninja (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ethan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, Dragon, must fend off against the thieves and their ninja henchmen. It is soon that Dragon and Ethan team up to defeat the thieves and the ninjas.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Ninja Death (1987)
Plot Summary:
Tiger is the owner of a brothel who moonlights as a kung fu artist under the watchful eye of "Master." They run into serious trouble when ninjas inexplicably show up and jeopardize Tiger's prostitution ring.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Ninja Condors (1987)
Plot Summary:
A noble-minded ninja rejects corruption and works with an undercover cop to defeat the evil student of his old master.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
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Ninja Strike Force (1988)
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From the VHS Box: The Ninja world is set ablaze when the mystical "Spirit Sword" is stolen by the Black Ninja Cal, giving its possessor the ultimate power of destruction. When the leades of the five most powerful clans are murdered, the hunt to track down and retrieve the sword is on. A titanic battle begins between all six clans, demonstrating all the skills of the ancient techniques.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Full Metal Ninja (1989)
Plot Summary:
As he struggles to rescue his kidnapped family, a martial arts expert vows to seek revenge against the abductors.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Rage of a Ninja (1988)
Plot Summary:
Rage of a Ninja.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
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Challenge of the Ninja (1986)
Plot Summary:
Mark, a local cop is investigating a string of jewel robberies. He soon discovers that the men behind the crimes is the notorious"Red Devil" and his band of Ninjas. Mark teams up with Billy, a man out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Kill (1987)
Plot Summary:
An army of evil purple ninjas do battle with sadistic yellow ninja to stop an assassination plot.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Project Ninja Daredevils (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers (1978)
Plot Summary:
Dragon Lee takes on five warriors who were sent by the emperor to discover who's behind the rebels plotting his downfall.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Golden Ninja Warrior (1986)
Plot Summary:
A rivalry between the Golden Ninja Warriors and the Red Ninja Warriors. The Red Ninja Warriors want a Golden Ninja Statue that the Golden Ninjas Have, which is never seen by the audience. Then, the action moves to Hong Kong where we see a criminal organization running a prostitution racket, made up of kidnapped women, out of a hotel.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Himalayan (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only wants his younger sibling Kao I-Fan to marry Lan so he can gain access to the Tseng family's considerable wealth and power.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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The Awaken Punch (1973)
Plot Summary:
A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Martial Club (1981)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist (Wang Lung Wei). In an excellent battle of skill (and choreography), he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
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Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, cult classic, cult film
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Soul of Chiba (1977)
Plot Summary:
This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for vengeance grows. The brutal action never stops as Mu Yun teams up with an Interpol agent (Tadashi Yamashita) to find the culprit, who insists that their former master was a drug dealer who had to be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Kung Fu Fever (1979)
Plot Summary:
A training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly sought after by good and evil alike.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II (1981)
Plot Summary:
While transporting funds for independence movement, Lee Han-saeng is shot in the legs by the Japanese military police. He recovers from his wounds with the help of Jang Geo-chil, an independence fighter, and his daughter, Wan-ah. When the Japanese police investigate Jang's house, Han-saeng and Jang take refuge in the home of Wan-ah's uncle. But he sells them out, blinded by his greed for the reward on their heads. They run and hide in kisaeng Ae-hi's home. Ae-hi and her sister Yu-ha desire revenge on the Japanese police who killed their father. But they are killed when Wan-ah's uncle turns them to the Japanese police while Han-saeng is away. When Jang and his wife are killed, Han-saeng takes revenge on the Japanese police.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Destroyer (1986)
Plot Summary:
A lucrative emerald mine and the various protagonists who are struggling to wrest control of it for their own profitable ends.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Executioner (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ninja Terminator (1986)
Plot Summary:
Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers. Ninja mayhem by Godfrey Ho intercut with multiple scenes from Stafferyui Bulcheonggaek.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, serious, fast
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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the vicious slave traders who enslaved him as a youth and the treacherous warlord who killed his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, cult classic, action thriller, exciting, sentimental, sincere, rough