Legendary Weapons of China (the final fight scene is amazing), 36th Chamber of Shaolin (hands down the best training scenes ever filmed and an overall great movie), The 5 Venoms (just super rad) are some of my top favorites. Pretty much anything from the Shaw Brothers Studio from the late 60’s through the 80’s is worth a watch. The Golden Harvest stuff is ok and there are some standouts but any of the other major HK Kung Fu Studios of the classic era don’t hold a candle to the Shaw Brothers quality. The Shaw’s had the best cameras, directors, sets, costumes and arguably actors / artists out there. You pretty much can’t go wrong with any Shaw movie with Shaolin in the title...
The main thing I’ve learned after watching a ton of classic Kung Fu movies? Never trust a Manchu...
Can’t believe nobody has mentioned any Sonny Chiba movies, he is a genius of Karate.
The Street Fighter is a classic.
im strong, i can run faster than train
+ 1 for BTILC
I find myself jumping into rooms, "HAAAAa!," regularly, still.
Kentucky Fried Movie, A Fistful of Yen...
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I'll add some:
The Perfect Weapon - Kenpo movie starring Jeff Speakman.
Here Comes the Boom - Kevin James does MMA. Very funny.
Never Back Down 3(?) - Michael Jai White. The scene where he demonstrates classic karate vs MMA is pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5HOyKQB0E
The Warrior Within (1976) - My favorite martial arts documentary
Favorites...
The Hunted, not strictly martial arts but good knife skills
Arte Grande “High Art”
Game of Death
Enter the Dragon
The Raid