Martial Arts Movies

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films are characterized by extensive fighting scenes featuring specific martial arts, often following the training and progress of the protagonist in training a specific style or school of martial arts.

* 1 Kung fu films
* 2 Boxing films
* 3 Ninja films
* 4 Martial arts in films in general
* 5 List of notable martial arts films
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

[edit] Kung fu films

A notable sub-genre of martial arts films are kung fu films, i.e. martial arts films featuring Chinese martial arts. This genre has mainly been produced in China, peaking in the 1970s, and has been dominated by Hong Kong action cinema and its kung fu and wuxia films. Well-known actors include Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and Collin Chou.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the most visible presence of martial arts films was the hundreds of English dubbed kung fu and ninja films produced by the Shaw Brothers, Godfrey Ho, Joseph Lai, and other Hong Kong producers. These films were widely broadcast on North American television on weekend timeslots that were often colloquially known as Kung Fu Theater, Black Belt Theater, or variations thereof.