 | Enter the Dragon
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $1.60 Genre definer.
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 | Fists of Fury (AKA The Big Boss)
Buy used from: $4.11 There's a reason that martial artists and filmmakers constantly go back to it and pay homage.
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 | Game of Death
Buy used from: $3.59 The exploitation film that's wrongly considered to be the Bruce's last film. A better film to watch would be the documentary A Warrior's Journey that speaks in length on Game of Death and has more a good hour of the Pagoda sequence.
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 | The Legend of Drunken Master
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.98 Jackie Chan's finest hour. Rewatching this will only break your heart because of how misused he and every single Hong Kong actor has been in Hollywood.
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 | Rumble in the Bronx
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.50 The film that established Jackie in Hollywood. Has easily what has to be his most harrowing stunt to date.
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 | Supercop (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $4.79 The Police Story films are all fantastic and this one in particular stands out because of the deadly Michelle Yeoh.
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 | Wheels on Meals
Buy used from: $8.00 BENNY THE JET BENNY THE JET BENNY THE JET. Ahem. BENNY THE JET.
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 | Fist of Legend
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $7.55 To date, Jet has never done anything that's on par with Fist of Legend. There's a reason it's the measuring stick for martial arts films since the 90's.
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 | Swordsman II
Buy new: $13.49 Fantasy wuxia at its best.
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 | Tai Chi Master
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.59 The versatility of Jet Li on display.
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 | Iron Monkey
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $2.25 Donnie Yen = Superstar.
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 | New Dragon Gate Inn
Again, Donnie Yen = Superstar. And for my money, the best wuxia film ever.
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 | The Blade
Buy used from: $5.99 This will be a close second; hardcore. One of the more brutal swordplay films I've ever seen.
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 | Kung Fu Hustle (Axe-Kickin' Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.79 Stephen Chow's love letter to the genre.
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 | Blade II (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $0.99 Watch Wesley Snipes move. Noone knows what looks good on camera like Wesley Snipes does.
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 | The Karate Kid Collection (Four Film Set)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $12.97 The moment when a slew of misconceptions about Asians and martial arts solidified in the Western imaginary but it's still a good trilogy.
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 | Brotherhood of the Wolf - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.21 Marc Dacascos deserves better than Iron Chef. Also watch Drive and Only the Strong.
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 | District B13
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.17 The French know how to do what the Americans don't: which is make a good action movie.
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 | The Hunted (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.24 If you don't want to go out into the jungle and smith your own knife after this I just don't want anything to do with you.
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 | The Bourne Ultimatum (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.87 Adding Jason Bourne to any film and having him wreck $*@! would make that film the best movie ever.
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 | Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $2.49 Deal with it. Thailand is the new Hong Kong. Fact.
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 | The Protector (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $2.49 Even better than Ong Bak.
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 | Showdown in Little Tokyo
Buy used from: $0.25 Dolph Lundgren lifts a car. And Dolph Lundgren is a monster. That is all.
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 | The Street Fighter
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.79 So Hong Kong has kung fu? Well Japan has Kyokushin Karate. And they'll crush your head like a grape with it.
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 | Best of the Best
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $2.24 Sure Tae Kwon Do is useless in combat... But not if you're at Phillip and Simon Rhee's level.
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