50 Movies Like Fist of Fury (1972) You Need to Watch Next
Updated August 2026
View Fist of Fury details →If you loved Fist of Fury (1972) by Lo Wei, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are In Hell, Game of Death, Bloodsport. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
The Best Movies Similar to Fist of Fury
Selected for their real similarity in content, these are the movies that share the most with Fist of Fury in terms of theme, narrative tone, and cinematic style. Every recommendation goes beyond genre — we evaluate the type of conflict, pacing, dramatic context, and the experience they create for viewers.
In Hell
2003 · Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Game of Death
1978 · Robert Clouse
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Bloodsport
1988 · Newt Arnold
An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Kickboxer
1989 · Mark DiSalle
If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. Hi
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Walking Tall
2004 · Kevin Bray
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
In common: Action · Drama
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · Isaac Florentine
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for clean
In common: Action · Drama
Oldboy
2013 · Spike Lee
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
In common: Action · Drama
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
2006 · Isaac Florentine
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to
In common: Action · Drama
Blood and Bone
2009 · Ben Ramsey
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
In common: Action · Drama
The Protector
2005 · Prachya Pinkaew
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman
In common: Action · Drama
Double Impact
1991 · Sheldon Lettich
Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a
In common: Action · Drama
Under Siege
1992 · Andrew Davis
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's coo
In common: Action · Thriller
Mile 22
2018 · Peter Berg
An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the host
In common: Action · Thriller
Man on Fire
2004 · Tony Scott
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · Adrian Grünberg
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears a
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
The Karate Kid
1984 · John G. Avildsen
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-b
In common: Action · Drama
The Fugitive
1993 · Andrew Davis
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Enemy of the State
1998 · Tony Scott
When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the myste
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
White House Down
2013 · Roland Emmerich
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Fearless
2006 · Ronny Yu
After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his nation's pride.
In common: Action · Drama
Captain Phillips
2013 · Paul Greengrass
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Munich
2005 · Steven Spielberg
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recrui
In common: Action · Drama
The Last Duel
2021 · Ridley Scott
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
In common: Action · Drama
The Marksman
2021 · Robert Lorenz
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Snitch
2013 · Ric Roman Waugh
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
The Grandmaster
2013 · Wong Kar-Wai
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. Af
In common: Action · Drama
Joint Security Area
2000 · Park Chan-wook
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Kor
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Ice Road: Vengeance
2025 · Jonathan Hensleigh
Big rig ice road driver Mike McCann travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother’s ashes on Mt. Everest. While on a packed tour bus traversing the deadly 12,000 ft. terrain of the infamous Road to the
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Road House
2024 · Doug Liman
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Shooter
2007 · Antoine Fuqua
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government officia
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
Boyka: Undisputed IV
2016 · Todor Chapkanov
In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife
In common: Action · Drama
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
In common: Action · Drama
Ninja Assassin
2009 · James McTeigue
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very ex
In common: Action · Thriller
New Police Story
2004 · Benny Chan Muk-Sing
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of
In common: Action · Drama
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Guy Hamilton
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so s
In common: Action · Thriller
DOA: Dead or Alive
2006 · Corey Yuen
Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is
In common: Action · Thriller
The Kingdom
2007 · Peter Berg
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
In common: Action · Drama · Thriller
The Expendables
2010 · Sylvester Stallone
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a lo
In common: Action · Thriller
The Transporter
2002 · Corey Yuen
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is aliv
In common: Action · Thriller
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Quentin Tarantino
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, ch
In common: Action · Thriller
Ong-Bak
2003 · Prachya Pinkaew
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
In common: Action · Thriller
Transporter 2
2005 · Louis Leterrier
Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy dire
In common: Action · Thriller
The Mechanic
2011 · Simon West
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business
In common: Action · Thriller
Hard Target
1993 · John Woo
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of r
In common: Action · Thriller
The Foreigner
2017 · Martin Campbell
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car b
In common: Action · Thriller
Police Story 4: First Strike
1996 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to
In common: Action
The Raid
2012 · Gareth Evans
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to ev
In common: Action · Thriller
Die Hart
2023 · Eric Appel
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull i
In common: Action · Thriller
The Delta Force
1986 · Menahem Golan
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is
In common: Action · Thriller
Popular series
Breaking Bad
2008 · Michelle MacLaren
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023 · Kazutaka Yamanaka
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s m
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005 · Michael Dante DiMartino
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
