Films with theme "Wuxia films", sorted by rating

, 1h26
Directed by Ching Siu-tung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Eddy Ko, Damian Lau, Casanova Wong

In 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty era, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan faces the greatest swordsman from China in a duel to the death for their nation's honor. As a duel approaches, Chinese champion Ching Wan (Damian Lau) and Japanese champion Hashimoto (Norman Chu) uncover a plot to rig the fight.

, 1h42
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Martial arts, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ku Feng, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Yuen Woo-ping, Lau Kar Wing

De sanguinaires clans d'épéistes règnent sur le territoire, laissant derrière eux de véritables champs de batailles où sont entassés de nombreux cadavres. Le jeune sabreur Lei Li se retrouve encerclé par les guerriers du clan de l'infâme maître Long. Défié par ce dernier, Li va perdre le duel, le déloyal maître Long utilisant un fléau à 3 branches truqué, et va se trancher le bras droit pour oublier son humiliation. Depuis ce jour, Li n'est plus qu'un simple serveur dans une auberge, devenu la risée des clients et refusant de retoucher à son sabre.

, 1h41
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Tien Feng, Essie Lin Chia, Lau Kar Wing, Liu Chia-liang

The eponymous character, played by Jimmy Wang, has hung up his signature broken sword and is living peacefully with his wife. However, a band of tyrannical sword masters take over the country, using their own signature styles and unique weapons to conquer all the sword fighting schools. They capture all the masters and teachers of the schools and deliver an ultimatum: all the students must cut off their sword arms and surrender the severed limbs to the evil warlords, or the students' beloved teachers will all die. The students turn to the legendary One-Armed Swordsman, who is at first reluctant but is convinced when a student actually does sacrificially chop his own arm off when he refuses to help. The One-Armed Swordsman must contend with the unique styles and weapons of the warlords, which is what makes the movie. Winged Blade (or Flying Dragon in another translation dub) and his henchmen are able to jump or glide, a power that One-Arm foils by scattering calthrops where they land. Whirling Blade and his henchmen wield and throw two bladed bucklers, which return to them like Captain America's shield. Thunder Blade's sword both emits a smoke screen and is actually a shotgun. Thousand Blade (or One Thousand Fingers) has long false fingernail blades that she can throw. And Unseen Blade (the Unseen) first appears to have an invisible sword, then suddenly has a sword that can unexpectedly grow longer. In the end the One-Armed Swordsman defeats the warlords and their armies, but by that time all of the sword fighting students who were helping him are dead. He leaves the last evil swords master, Unseen, to be chopped into chutney by the vengeful freed masters and teachers of the schools, and goes back to his wife.

, 2h13
Directed by Jia Zhang-ke (贾樟柯)
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Martial arts films, Wuxia films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Jia Zhang-ke (贾樟柯)

Set in the present and based on allegedly true events from the recent past, the film also draws on the history of wuxia stories. The title in Chinese, 天注定 (Tian zhuding) is literally translated as "heavenly fate" or "fated doom," while its English title is a reference to King Hu's 1971 action epic A Touch of Zen, one of the most influential wuxia films.

, 1h35
Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Martial arts
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Martial arts films, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, Kung fu films, Wuxia films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Panda
Actors Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Rebel Wilson, Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen

Po reunites with his biological father and travels with him to a secret sanctuary of pandas where, to his surprise, he does not fit in. There he meets Mei Mei, an overly eager panda, who had been promised to Po through an arranged marriage when they were children. To make matters worse, an evil ancient spirit called Kai begins terrorizing China and stealing the powers of defeated kung fu masters. Now, in the face of incredible odds, Po must learn to train a village of clumsy, fun-loving pandas to become a band of Kung Fu Pandas.

, 1h40
Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Chiu Man-cheuk, Michelle Reis, Adam Cheng, Sibelle Hu

The brash and ambitious Fong Sai-yuk meets the beautiful Ting-ting during a track and field competition and falls in love with her. Ting-ting is the daughter of Tiger Lui, a hot-headed hooligan. Lui stages a martial arts competition for interested men to participate and win his daughter's hand in marriage. The contestant must defeat Lui's wife, Siu-wan, in order to win. Fong joins the contest at his friends' urging and defeats Siu-wan. He catches a glimpse of his future bride, who is actually a servant maid to replace Ting-ting, who went missing during the contest. Fong decides to forfeit the match and leaves.

, 1h50
Directed by Gordon Chan, Ching Siu-tung, Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Kung fu, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Ng Man-tat, Sandra Ng, Chingmy Yau, Natalis Chan

Après avoir aidé un fameux rebelle, Wai Siu-bo devient son élève et est choisi pour aller voler un livre secret dans le palais impérial.

, 1h34
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Kung fu films, Wuxia films, Gangster films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Shintarō Katsu, Koji Nanbara, Toru Abe

Une procession officielle tourne au carnage lorsque les gardes de l'escorte tentent de tuer un jeune garçon d'origine chinoise qui a eu le malheur de se trouver sur leur route. Sa famille, qui vole à son secours, est massacrée mais les agresseurs sont à leur tour décimés par un étrange bretteur manchot, Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), venu à la rescousse de ses compatriotes. L'enfant arrive à s'enfuir et est recueilli par Zatoichi qui finit par croiser la route de Wang. Mais ils sont poursuivis par les hommes du gouvernement et des yakuzas à leur solde, qui veulent faire disparaître les derniers témoins du drame tout en accusant Wang du massacre. Ce dernier se méfie de tout le monde, y compris de Zatoichi dont il ne comprend pas la langue.

, 1h33
Directed by Ching Siu-tung, Stanley Tong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Fantasy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Martial arts films, Wuxia films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Michelle Reis, Carlo Chin, Candice Yu

Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan and members of the Mount Hua Sect are planning to retire from the jianghu (martial artists' community). They learn that Dongfang Bubai has seized control of the Sun Moon Holy Cult and is secretly plotting with some Japanese rōnin to rebel against the Ming Empire and dominate China. Dongfang Bubai had castrated himself in order to master the skills in the Sunflower Manual, and his appearance has become more feminine, even though he is now a formidable martial artist.

, 1h34
Directed by Ann Hui
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films

The film covers the second half of the Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. It introduces another protagonist, Princess Fragrance, who does not appear in the first film The Romance of Book and Sword.

, 24minutes
Directed by Raman Hui
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films, Children's films
Actors Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, Carol Kane, Elizabeth Ann Bennett

Po (Jack Black) is assigned by Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) to teach an introduction to Kung Fu class for a group of rambunctious bunny children. Fortunately for Po, it doesn't take him long to bring the class to order and for the kids to calm down, and begins to emphasize to the kids that combat is not the only part of what Kung Fu is about, while its true meaning is "excellence of self." To illustrate his point, he uses the stories of the Furious Five's individual pasts and the basic philosophical concepts they learned that enabled them to be great Kung Fu masters.

Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Tony Liu, Chan Shen, Leanne Liu, Lo Mang, Yuen Qiu

Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. Constantly mocked by the other students of the school, Yen counts as his only friend the daughter of the resident master. Any internal wrangling between the various members is put to one side when a swordsman from a rival clan reminds the master of the duel he must take part in once a decade. Unfortunately the defending clan chief is well aware that his rival is more powerful than himself. The expected defeat is further complicated when a wandering swordsman arrives on the scene and joins himself to the injured party, immediately adding to Yen's woes. The ensuing series of confrontations and intrigues soon reveals the individual motives that the numerous parties all have and the role they play in the fate of the martial world. After finally understanding his own past and upbringing, Yen is ready to take on the mantle of avenger for his school and win back the respect that his colleagues have lost. With fighting skills that had been taught to him by a shrouded figure, Yen steps out of the shadows and reveals himself to be anything but the harassed orphan that everyone enjoys picking on. However to have any kind of hope against his nearly superhuman foes, the young fighter must uncover the secrets of his clan's 'Silkworm Technique' and transform himself completely.

, 1h40
Directed by Sammo Hung, Wong Kar-wai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung, Charlie Yeung

In this film, set in ancient times in China, Leslie Cheung plays an agent, Ouyang Feng, hiring famous bounty hunters. His character is portrayed as a fallen swordsman driven by greed and heartless to both friend and foe. He was perpetually being spiteful of love as his own love history was not nearly so beautiful. His bounty-hunters came and went as was narrated by Ouyang Feng himself as based on the Tung Shu predictions.

, 1h45
Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Chiu Man-cheuk, Xiong Xin-xin, Chin Tsi-ang, Collin Chou

Ding-on is an orphaned swordsmith working in a factory, called "Sharp Foundry", run by his master, who is an old friend of his deceased father. The master's daughter, Ling, who narrates the film, is romantically interested in both Ding-on and his coworker, Iron Head.

, 1h56
Directed by Peter Ho-sun Chan
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei, Jimmy Wang Yu, Kara Hui, Li Xiaoran

In 1917 Republican China, Liu Jinxi and his wife Yu are an ordinary couple with two sons, Fangzheng and Xiaotian, living together in Liu Village, Yunnan. One day, two bandits enter the village and attempt to rob the general store. Liu happens to be in the shop, and he fights and kills the robbers when they turn violent. During an autopsy, the detective Xu Baijiu, who is sent to investigate the case, discovers that one of the dead bandits was Yan Dongsheng, who is among the government's ten most wanted fugitives. The local magistrate is pleased, and his fellow villagers regard Liu as a hero.