Best Martial Arts Movies

1954 • Rating 8.5 • action, drama

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 themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Genre: Action, Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Martial Arts, Japan, Samurai, Sword, Peasant, Village, Looting, Rice, Fencing, Moral Ambiguity

Time: Year 1954, 1950S, 1954-04-26

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō

2026 • Rating 0.0 • animation, action, adventure

Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Style: Psychological

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Martial Arts, Extinction, Cultural Identity, Based On Tv Series, Avatar Aang, The World'S Last Airbender, Learns Of An Ancient Power That Could Save His Culture From Extinction, With The Help Of His Friends, He Embarks On A Global Quest To Find It Before It Falls Into The Wrong Hands And Threatens To Upend The Peace They Sacrificed Everything To Achieve

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-10-09

Place: United States Of America, South Korea, Australia, English

Cast: Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten, Román Zaragoza, Steven Yeun, Dionne Quan

2026 • Rating 0.0 • action, fantasy, adventure

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Style: Dark

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Martial Arts, Magic, Ninja Fighter, Gore, Sequel, God, Alternate Dimension, Ninja, Fighting, Based On Video Game

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-05-06

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks