50 Movies Like Shaolin Soccer (2001) You Need to Watch Next
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
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If you loved Shaolin Soccer (2001) by Stephen Chow, 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 Drunken Master, The Legend of Drunken Master, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. 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.
50 Movies Similar to Shaolin Soccer
Drunken Master
1978 · Yuen Woo-Ping
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
In common: Action · Comedy
The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · Lau Kar-Leung
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't
In common: Action · Comedy
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
2002 · Steve Oedekerk
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old togethe
In common: Action · Comedy
Lionheart
1990 · Sheldon Lettich
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband a
In common: Action
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 · Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a shadow from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock Lord Shen unleashes a devastating new weapon used to wipe out kung fu ma
In common: Action · Comedy
Rush Hour
1998 · Brett Ratner
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case.
In common: Action · Comedy
Rush Hour 2
2001 · Brett Ratner
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord wh
In common: Action · Comedy
Rush Hour 3
2007 · Brett Ratner
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop
In common: Action · Comedy
Street Fighter
1994 · Steven E. de Souza
Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
In common: Action · Comedy
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 · Comedy
Kung Fu Panda
2008 · Mark Osborne
Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of P
In common: Action · Comedy
Never Back Down
2008 · Jeff Wadlow
Jake, full of anger after his father's death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new Orlando high school - until Ryan, head of an underground MMA fight club, picks Jake out as a prime
In common: Action
Ip Man
2008 · Wilson Yip
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan bet
In common: Action
Playdate
2025 · Luke Greenfield
When out-of-work accountant Brian joins stay-at-home dad Jeff for a playdate with their sons, he expects a laid-back afternoon. Instead, they're chased by mercenaries, and Brian—totally unprepared—mus
In common: Action · Comedy
The Family Plan 2
2025 · Simon Cellan Jones
Now that Dan's assassin days are behind him, all he wants for Christmas is quality time with his kids. But when he learns his daughter has her own plans, he books a family trip to London—putting them
In common: Action · Comedy
Freelance
2023 · Pierre Morel
An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape i
In common: Action · Comedy
Fist of Legend
1994 · Gordon Chan
Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.
In common: Action
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980 · Jamie Uys
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
In common: Action · Comedy
The Interview
2014 · Evan Goldberg
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by
In common: Action · Comedy
Hot Pursuit
2015 · Anne Fletcher
Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is to escort Daniella Riva, a wisecracking Colombian beauty, from San Antonio to Dallas so both she and he
In common: Action · Comedy
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Dennis Dugan
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going
In common: Action · Comedy
The Big Boss
1971 · Lo Wei
Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, whe
In common: Action
The Pacifier
2005 · Adam Shankman
Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in t
In common: Action · Comedy
The Other Guys
2010 · Adam McKay
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two
In common: Action · Comedy
Jackpot!
2024 · Paul Feig
In the near future, a 'Grand Lottery' has been established - the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. When Katie Kim mistakenly finds herself with
In common: Action · Comedy
Tag
2018 · Jeff Tomsic
For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade. This year, the game coincides with the wed
In common: Action · Comedy
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
1989 · Jamie Uys
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldi
In common: Action · Comedy
Superfast!
2015 · Jason Friedberg
Undercover cop Lucas White joins Vin Serento's gang of illegal street racers. They are fast and they are furious and they plan to double cross Los Angeles kingpin Juan Carlos de la Sol, who hides his
In common: Action · Comedy
Project A
1983 · Jackie Chan
In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
In common: Action · Comedy
Nacho Libre
2006 · Jared Hess
Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Na
In common: Comedy
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003 · McG
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a r
In common: Action · Comedy
This Is the End
2013 · Evan Goldberg
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
In common: Action · Comedy
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La F
In common: Comedy
Happy Gilmore
1996 · Dennis Dugan
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can sa
In common: Comedy
The Replacements
2000 · Howard Deutch
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements
In common: Comedy
Bring It On
2000 · Peyton Reed
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in
In common: Comedy
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016 · Jennifer Yuh Nelson
While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, forcing Po to form a ragtag army to fight back.
In common: Action
Charlie's Angels
2000 · McG
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided
In common: Action · Comedy
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · John Carpenter
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green ey
In common: Action · Comedy
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Se
In common: Action · Comedy
Rumble in the Bronx
1995 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, K
In common: Action · Comedy
Shanghai Noon
2000 · Tom Dey
Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlik
In common: Action · Comedy
Shanghai Knights
2003 · David Dobkin
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.
In common: Action · Comedy
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
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
The Green Hornet
2011 · Michel Gondry
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful
In common: Action · Comedy
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023 · Guy Ritchie
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens t
In common: Action · Comedy
The Tuxedo
2002 · Kevin Donovan
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out
In common: Action · Comedy
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Mike Mitchell
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and w
In common: Action
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend
In common: Action