Top Ten Kung Fu Movies of All Time

In 1973, at the age of six, I first watched Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon. This led to a lifelong love of martial arts. Judo taught me to fall, Taekwondo taught me to kick, Wing Chun taught me to reply, Aikido taught me to connect, and Tai Chi taught me to breathe.

All taught me balance, focus, and belief in oneself. Xiexie, Bruce Lee.

This movie is a lot more underrated than I thought it would be! It's awesome, man!

A very awesome movie. Bruce Lee shows his great fighting skills. I loved this movie.

This is technically a re-release of Drunken Master 2, which is its original English title. You could say this is the United States and European release of the much older movie, which was released a few years earlier in China and Asia.

I went to the movies to watch this one just to see it on the big screen, even though I already had my own copy of the VHS for years. I took my VHS copy of the original movie to the theater to show the patrons that if they really wanted a copy, they could order one online, as it already existed in VHS and DVD format.

It was the exact same movie with possibly a few extra scenes since the new one had to be slightly re-edited for brevity. Great movie, but I also would expect the original Drunken Master 1 to be on this list above Kung Fu Panda, even though I love that movie.

The perfect kung fu movie. It has everything you could want: comedy, action, great animation, and performances. Most importantly, the message is spot on.

Best animation, best movie, and best story all in one.

One of my first DreamWorks movies and still one of my favorites.

Ultimate movie with the greatest action by Donnie Yen. The actress Lynn Hung also looked great. She is one of my favorite actresses.

With stylish grace, Donnie Yen brings to life the fluid movements of Wing Chun that ultimately inspired Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do.

This is an extravagant film, telling the story of the greatest master of Bruce Lee. Winning one against 20 is possible.

This movie is the best Shaolin movie of all time. The 35 chambers of the Shaolin Temple and the training routines are exceptionally portrayed. You can actually feel that you are part of the training.

Outside of the training routines, the Shaolin Temple's philosophy is very well depicted. The invention of the 36th chamber and the way Gordon Liu comes up with it accidentally is a gem.

All in all, this movie is a must-have for any Kung Fu fan worth their salt. If you don't own this one, then you are not a Kung Fu connoisseur.

Not as good as the original but still amazing. Or as Po would put it: AWESOME!

My favorite character is Lord Shen!

Wow, in my opinion, this is the best Jet Li movie I ever watched. There's a lot of action, and it seems so real. It's not like other movies where he flies. To me, it's the best.

Original action that helped set Jet Li apart from others.

The sequel to this film ruined a good chance of seeing an amazing video game film.

Loved the way the video game was brought to life! I wish they had made more!

Master of the Flying Guillotine rocks. It needs to take the number one spot. Not only that, but One Arm Boxer and the New One-Armed Swordsman should be mentioned in this list.

This and Wooden Soldiers get my vote for best. I can't believe people voted for Drunken Master. It is garbage.

It's an old kung fu classic, but just an awesome movie, period.

Unbeatable, unique action hero hailing from Asia. He remains the best in our memories forever and ever.

Fist of Fury is a brilliant mixture of entertainment and martial arts. Bruce Lee is unstoppable!

The "Little Dragon" will always be number one in the martial arts movie era.

Best cinematic action scene shot in one take.

This movie is awesome! Best kung fu movie ever! Come on, it's 42. Please vote!

This movie changed my life. I watched it 80 times before I could move again.

All-time favorite. They need to remake this with current technology. If they do it right, it will be a blockbuster. They need to keep it true to the original, though!

Chang Cheh directed The Five Venoms and made 18 other films with the same actors. Legend of the Fox is probably the best of the lot, but this one is awesome too.

You can't go wrong with this movie. It is possibly the best kung fu movie of all time. And I've seen all of the good ones. This, by far, is the best.

Why is this so low? It's pretty good. It should be in the top ten, at least in my opinion.

Classic kung fu comedy. Very entertaining movie.

Just go watch it, then tell everyone what's the best kung fu movie.

One of the first Shaw Brothers movies to get a theatrical release in the U.S.

One of the best kung fu movies made. I spent years trying to get a copy.

This was a pretty good movie, but realistically, Chuck Norris would have given Bruce Lee a serious beating if he had tried. Let's consider a few points:

1. It was a fairly close fight. Bruce didn't completely win without taking any blows.
2. It was Bruce's movie! The storyline required Bruce, who had cast himself as the protagonist, to defeat the villain (Chuck Norris).
3. Chuck didn't have his beard!

In real life, Chuck Norris could have easily defeated Bruce Lee.