Best Martial Arts Movie Fight Scenes
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li. All did great fight scenes. Which are the very best?
This scene is mainly why we still know Chuck Norris today. It drastically boosted his movie career and celebrity status.
Two of the biggest badasses of all time coming together in the ultimate showdown.
Hard work and full contact. Quick response - he must show his generation in his famous life story.
Now it's time for the next scene of his generation's children's fists. We are waiting...
Simply breathtaking, and my favorite martial arts film. The staircase and restaurant scene in The Protector was pretty impressive too. That would be my second pick.
Jackie Chan's final fight of the movie. Great skills with that touch of humor Jackie became known for.
Gritty and suspenseful, the absence of flashy effects and over-the-top choreography shows how brutal the fight actually is. It makes one wonder how each fighter can withstand so much punishment and which one's resolve will break first.
Nobody has done better than this to date. Good speed, intelligent moves, and so much more. It is the best in my opinion, unlike the fighting scenes in The Legend of the Fist. Donnie Yen won his fights so easily...
Jet Li vs. Billy Chow - speed and amazing power. My personal favorite.
I think the only reason this isn't in first or at least second place is that most people here haven't seen the movie. Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris is also a great 1 vs. 1 fight scene.
It's still not on top because so many people haven't watched this movie.
This one was ridiculously precise! Even the camera operators had to watch closely!
The first fight between Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. Deadly grace, skill, and beauty.
The choreography is absolutely amazing in this film, and you get to see Jackie Chan in his prime versus kickboxer Benny The Jet. This showdown is the definition of awesome, to say the least. Jackie Chan is truly one of the bar setters in martial arts movie history. Not since Bruce Lee have you seen such well-done sequences in martial arts films. Jackie Chan is a legend and a truly talented stuntman and martial artist, and this is by far his best fight scene ever.
It still saddens me that Benny The Jet is underrated, even after starring in a few Jackie Chan movies, including this one! This dude is a legend. Just look up more about him, and you'll see why Benny The Jet is an absolute beast in the ring!
Two of the most amazing martial arts styles I have ever seen.
WIN! The legend of Ip Man was well portrayed in this movie, as well as the sequel. One of the greatest fight scenes of all time for sure. Even Bruce Lee wouldn't have wanted to take on more than five men at a time, let alone highly trained martial artists.
Best martial arts film I've ever watched and the best fight scene I've ever seen. It's so realistic you wouldn't think it's been choreographed. If you've never watched IP Man, you really have to see it.
Ip Man, the man who mentored Bruce Lee, is portrayed by Donnie Yen in this film. Donnie Yen is truly one of the most talented martial arts movie actors today, with his display of the Wing Chun style in Ip Man. The bone-crunching, chain-punching, ass-whooping he delivers to the ten black belts in the movie is a martial arts movie scene gem.
Quentin Tarantino can make pretty much every movie great, especially a film involving martial arts. The coolest fact about that scene is that it was originally planned to be shot in full color, but it was changed to black and white because it was too graphic and violent for the cinema audience to see. Despite that not being his initial plan, he's a genius.
A lone warrior bent on revenge facing many foes at once. A modern version of a classic theme.
Martial arts meets Looney Tunes in this great fight scene.
I am a big martial arts fan, and I have seen a lot of fight scenes on screen. Summing up all my experiences to date, this was by far the most realistic scene. Not only is the fight choreography amazing in this particular ordeal of roughly 20 minutes, but the movie also takes you to another dimension of challenge. Instead of two villains against a lone hero, it's vice versa, which is pretty badass.
The attacks don't emphasize styles or spin kicks. The best part is seeing Rama and Andi getting their asses kicked so helplessly that they start losing their patience to put down Mad Dog and still fail. Extremely sensational.
This amazing fight scene should at least be in the top 5. Bruce Lee was a true legend, a role model for all Asian people and martial artists. The fight between Bruce and Han is legendary. The kick Lee delivers to Han was sped up for the film, but only a tiny bit. Bruce was fast and powerful and is the best of all time.
The end fight in Enter the Dragon is single-handedly the most epic martial arts fight scene of all time. No tricks, no wires, no CGI - just Bruce Lee and his breathtaking martial arts ability. In the midst of the fight, he dishes out a roundhouse kick that is so fast you have to watch it in slow motion to really see it. The mirror scene was a well-thought-out, well-choreographed, and well-shot ending to the greatest martial arts movie ever made.
The fact that it's raining and you can see all of the special effects in the water droplets was genius!
I like Yuri Boyka because he is a good martial arts fighter. I love his kicks and punches because I am a martial arts trainer.
Boyka lets his brutal KOs do the talking if anyone asks him too many questions about being the champion. Boyka is the champion.
Yuri Boyka is the most complete fighter in the world.
The final fight scene in this movie is so epic that it should be in the top 10 of this list. This movie shows Tony Jaa's Muay Thai fighting skills at their best.
A fantastic film with some incredibly well-performed fight scenes.
Great movie with great fight scenes. In one part of this fight scene, they're fighting in a hallway with barely any room to maneuver.
The Snake Style fighter vs. Monkey Style fighter in the woods. The Snake taking the bark off the tree - that was cool.