20 best movies like Ip Man 3 (2015)

List of the best movies like Ip Man 3 (2015): The Way of the Dragon, The Master, Forced Vengeance, Rise of the Legend, The Grandmaster, Headshot, The Last Tycoon, Ip Man: The Final Fight, Naked Soldier, The Magnificent Butcher.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
CountryHong Kong
Duration01:26

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryHong Kong
Duration01:28

Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United States. To accomplish this, he tries to kill Uncle Tak. Chuck, Uncle Tak's best student from Hong Kong, comes to Los Angeles to find his master. Chuck is willing to let Johnny have his way, and tries to take Uncle Tak back to Hong Kong. But Johnny and his men will not leave Chuck alone. Chuck, on his way back to Hong Kong, returns for the showdown.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration01:30

A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, drama, biography
CountryHong Kong, China
Duration02:11

In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port…

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, biography
CountryHong Kong, China
Duration02:03

Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryIndonesia
Duration02:21

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime
CountryHong Kong, China

Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison CHENG quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when CHENG finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, drama, biography, history, sport
CountryHong Kong
Duration01:40

    In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time...

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:30

    A gorgeous lethal killer, brainwashed by the villain, makes a startling discovery in a mission to eliminate a person she can in no way imagine.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, comedy, drama
    CountryHong Kong

    A plump butcher student of 'Wong Fei Hung', Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as 'Five Dragons'. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, China, Canada

    Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:35

    A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryHong Kong

    Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him, and solves a problem he's been having. It seems that an undercover cop named Sharky has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. Eight years later Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:46

    In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryChina, Hong Kong
    Duration01:40

    A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryHong Kong, China
    Duration01:56

    A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryHong Kong, China

    Dragon Tiger Gate is a 2006 Hong Kong martial arts-action film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also stars in the film. The film is based on the popular Hong Kong manhua, Oriental Heroes, which bears the same Chinese name as the movie.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhod of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteroric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charasmatic action heroes in cinema history.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, drama, biography, sport
    CountryChina, Hong Kong, USA
    Duration01:44

    Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama
    CountrySouth Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand
    Duration02:04

    A Korean remake of the John Woo Classic. One brother is a criminal. One brother is a cop. Both will fight to the death.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryThailand
    Duration01:32

    An autistic woman with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, western, biography
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Taiwan
    Duration02:27

      In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration02:06

      A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong

      After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:39

      Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration02:11

      China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA

      When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genreaction, comedy, drama
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:32

      Danny is a young martial arts enthusiast who arrives in Hong Kong to head a school of Choy Lee Fut owned by his wealthy father.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryChina

      Determined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master’s dying wish.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, fantasy
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:12

      The world is on the brink of catastrophe in a chaotic age where evil demons roam. In order to keep evil at bay, a mysterious organisation from the pugilist world emerges. A new constable and a young girl with a mysterious past are also drawn into this group, and the group embarks on an incredible adventure.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration01:58

      Infernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events before and after the events in the original.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, drama, history
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration01:46

        Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography
        CountryNorway
        Duration01:27

        In the morning of April 5, 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the perspective of the police, the robbers, the central cash service personnel, and ordinary people

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryHong Kong

        A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, drama, crime
        CountrySouth Korea

        Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryChina, Hong Kong

        Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, a powerful swordsman banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction
        CountryHong Kong, China
        Duration01:23

        Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi (Zhang) tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it s not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction
        CountryChina, Hong Kong, USA
        Duration01:45

        In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, drama, crime
        CountryHong Kong, USA
        Duration01:39

        A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryHong Kong, USA
        Duration01:31

        Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, western
        CountryUSA

        A mysterious stranger rolls into town on a unique motorcycle. All he carries is the bible and a desire for justice. Past vengeance collides as Ryder rights an injustice from his past and liberates the small town from a malicious oppressor.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, music, sport
        CountryUSA

        A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, crime
        CountryChina, Hong Kong

        A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, drama, adventure
        CountryChina
        Duration01:38

        Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, adventure, western, history
        CountryHong Kong
        Duration01:42

        So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryHong Kong, China
        Duration02:09

        Bruce Lee, My Brother is an action-dramatic biopic of the eponymous martial arts legend as told by his younger brother, Robert Lee. It revolves around Bruce Lee's life as a rebellious adolescent in Hong Kong before he sets off for the USA and conquers the world at the age of 18 with only US$100 in his pocket.




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