Seven Swords 2005

highest rated martial arts + favorites.

A mix of all genres

Asian Cinema: A Field Guide (2007) by Tom Vick is a book about the history of cinema in various regions throughout Asia. This is a list of films mentioned in the book.

Part One: The Old Guard
China: Tradition and Resistance (#1-76)
Japan: Cinema of Extremes (77-266)
India: All That and then Some (267-355)

Part Two: Postwar Booms
Hong Kong: The Fine Art of Popular Cinema (356-459)
Korea: Rising from the Ashes of History (460-573)

Part Three: Recent Arrivals
Iran: A Continuing Conversation (574-632)
Taiwan: The Little Island that Could (633-675)

Part Four: New Players
South and Southeast Asia: Coming Into Focus
Bangladesh (676 & 677), Bhutan (678 & 679), Cambodia (680-682), Indonesia (683-689), Malaysia and Singapore (690-704), Nepal (705 & 706), Pakistan (707), The Philippines (708-732), Sri Lanka (733-737), Thailand (738-766), Tibet (767-772), Vietnam (773-784)
Central Asia and the Middle East: Global Intersections
The Former Soviet Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia (785-800), The Middle East (801–832), Turkey (833-843)

Part Five: Where to Go from Here
(List of websites and books)

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Asian-Cinema-A-Field-Guide/dp/0061145858/

Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films, which feature numerous martial arts fights between characters. These fights are usually the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently featured in training scenes and other sequences in addition to fights. Martial arts films commonly include other types of action, such as hand-to-hand combat, stuntwork, chases, and gunfights.

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

i watched them all before listing..

Notable Chinese Films

F---Some movies i like to see. des films que je souhaite voir

A list of chinese movies

, also colloquially known as karate or kung fu films, are a subgenre of action films that feature numerous martial arts combat between characters. These combats are usually the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently featured in training scenes and other sequences in addition to fights. Martial arts films commonly include other types of action, such as hand-to-hand combat, stuntwork, chases, and gunfights.

Not a list for purists

All my passion for the genre comes from "Hero" "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" "House of Flying Daggers"...mainly since 2000

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan...

(« film de chevalier errant » ou « film de sabre chinois »)

Movies, series etc.

Add more from here:
https://letterboxd.com/raktim/list/an-evolving-list-of-good-chinese-films/?fbclid=IwAR3eziUWmIKrN6o1yER7Zd-gjC7b66886SHMf8TIMrke2SUnkDDcs0ENIvE

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https://trakt.tv/users/jase0n/lists/asian-dramas-movies?sort=rank,asc

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https://trakt.tv/users/just-david/lists/jack_o_lantern-ghost-asian-horror-movies-and-series-ghost-jack_o_lantern?sort=rank,asc

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https://trakt.tv/users/c858/lists/chinese-movies?sort=rank,asc

All titles relating to Hong Kong.

All Jackie Chan titles
Link:
https://trakt.tv/users/zuluuk/lists/martial-art-jackie-chan?sort=released,asc