85% of people can't identify these martial arts movies from just one screenshot. Can you?

By: J. Scott Wilson
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85% of people can't identify these martial arts movies from just one screenshot. Can you?
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About This Quiz

Kill Bill, Ip Man, the Matrix, etc. - there are so many fantastic and memorable martial arts movies! These movies boast some of the most famous and recognizable movie scenes in Hollywood cinema, but 85% of people can't identify them based on a screenshot. Think you can? Prove it!
The Karate Kid
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Young Warriors
The Little Dragons
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid is the movie that launched a thousand martial arts studios! Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi is a joy to watch, and so many of this movie's lines have made it into the pop culture lexicon - "Sweep the leg!"
Mr. Pat's Kick School
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
This effects-heavy film became famous for its flying fight scenes and high production values. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a great story and a visual stunner.
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
From the Mist
Enter the Dragon
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is the Bruce Lee movie most people think of when they talk about the action star. It's got a great story, top-notch fight scenes and one of the best villains ever.
Return of the Dragon
Shaolin Fist
Savage Streets

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Kill Bill Vol. 2
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The House of Flying Daggers
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
The first movie was better for mass-fight scenes, but not much can touch the trailer-house battle between Daryl Hannah's Elle Driver and Uma Thurman's Bride in Kill Bill: Vol. 2.
Shaolin soccer
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Kung Fu Hustle
Forbidden City Showdown
Shaolin Soccer
Kung fu takes dexterity and lots of kicking. Soccer takes dexterity and lots of kicking. Shaolin Soccer was pretty much inevitable.
Karate Kickball
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
Going back in time from the original, this tells the story of how the young Thai warrior acquired his skills. Great production values and some unique action scenes make Ong Bak 2: The Beginning highly watchable.
The Protector
Fearless
The Bodyguard

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Fists of Fury
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Enter the Dragon
Fist of Legend
Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury was released in 1972. This Bruce Lee work, also known as The Big Boss, is a more conventional martial arts slugfest, with a bit of wry comedy as Bruce plays a young man sworn to nonviolence.
Ong-Bak
House of Flying Daggers
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Return of the Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers is a love story set in 895 A.D. China. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Drunken Master
The Way of the Dragon
The 36th chamber of Shaolin
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Crippled Avengers
Five Deadly Venoms
Shaolin Challenges Ninja
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
In The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, a refugee from Manchu oppression goes through the usual training ritual and becomes a master of all weapons to wreak havoc. This 1978 film is also known as The Master Killer or Shaolin Master Killer.

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bloodsport
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Bloodsport
Bloodsport is about an American martial artist (Frank Dux) who is serving in the military. Frank Dux, decides to leave the military and presue his martial arts dream by participating in tournament held in Hong Kong.
Iron Monkey
Legend of the Fist
Dragon Inn
Kung Fu Hustle
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Shaolin Soccer
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle is a supreme comic martial arts adventure, featuring a chainsmoking landlady with a deadly voice, harp players whose notes become knives, and comically giant fight scenes. This 2004 film stars Stephen Chow.
From Beijing with Love
The Big Brawl
Drunken Master II
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Weaving Way
Shaolin Farmer
Iron Fist
Drunken Master II
Drunken Master II stars Jackie Chan and he also directed. The first Drunken Master was great, this one slightly less so, although the sight of a man half in the bag doing kung fu is always watchable.

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Ong-Bak The Thai Warrior
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Protector
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
In Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, a young man goes after those who've stolen the head of a sacred village statue. Naturally, he's not able to just ask nicely.
Fearless
The Man from Nowhere
The Way of the Dragon
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Enter the Dragon
The Way of the Dragon
In the early '70s, "Dragon" became a code word for "Bruce Lee movie." The Way of the Dragon is unique in that it mostly takes place in Italy.
Return of the Dragon
The Chinese Connection
Iron Monkey
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Iron Fist
Monkey Fist Way
Iron Monkey
This martial arts take on a Robin Hood tale uses better special effects than its forebears, but the plot is nothing too complex. Iron Monkey was released in 1993.
Monkey Kung Fu

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Fist of Legend
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Fist of Legend
Fist of Legend stars Jet Li, who never quite got Bruce Lee-level respect but probably deserved it. This film is actually a remake of a 1972 Bruce Lee project - Fist of Fury.
Iron Fist
Legend of Drunken Master
Fearless
Fearless
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Fearless
This action-packed Jet Li vehicle is actually a biopic about the master who founded the Jin Wu Sports Federation. Fearless was released in 2006.
Hero
Unleashed
The Warlords
Five Deadly Venoms
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Invincible Shaolin
Five Deadly Avengers
Five Element Ninjas
Five Deadly Venoms
Five Deadly Venoms is about five students who are each taught a kung fu style named after a venomous creature. They are the Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard, and Toad.

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The Protector
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Heart of the Dragon
The Protector
The Protector was released in 1985. Jackie Chan completes his move from East to West with this film, where he plays a New York cop heading back to Asia to solve a crime.
Battle Creek Brawl
Mr. Lucky Stars
Drunken Master
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Drunken Master
1978's Drunken Master was a huge hit at the box office. This might be the film for which Jackie Chan is most remembered... a comic action masterpiece!
Rumble in the Bronx
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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Raid: Redemption
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Merantau
Ong-Bak
Muay Thai Massacre
The Raid: Redemption
The Raid: Redemption was released in 2011. In this very "Dredd"-like film, a SWAT team is trapped in a building by a gang of thugs and must be rescued.

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The Matrix
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Matrix: Reloaded
The Matrix: Revolutions
The Matrix
The Matrix started a successful franchise. This movie that almost convinced the world Keanu Reeves could act is a festival of action, special effects, techno-thrills and Laurence Fishburne.
Inception
Once upon a time in China
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Once Upon a Time in China
Jet Li stars in Once Upon a Time in China, a historical piece set in 19th-century China. He's a master taking a stand against foreign forces.
The Legend
The Last Hero in China
Fury
Kill Bill
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Sin City
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Don't miss 2003's Kill Bill: Vol. 1. If there's a better final fight scene than Uma Thurman's Bride taking on what seems like hundreds of suit-clad bad guys on a nightclub dance floor, I've never seen it.

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The Big Boss
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Big Brawl
The Big Boss
Bruce Lee, in one of his lesser-known roles, plays a young ice factory worker who ends up in serious trouble. Lee swore an oath of non-violence in 1971's The Big Boss, but we all know how that goes.
Kung Fu Hustle
The Way of the Dragon
IP Man 2
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Kung Fu Killer
Fearless
Ip Man 2
Forced out of China by Japanese invasion, a martial arts teacher takes his methods to Hong Kong. Punching ensues. Ip Man 2 was released in 2010.
Hero
Hero
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Hero
In Hero, Jet Li leads in another modern "cast of thousands" effects-laden martial arts thriller. Visually stunning, and great fight scenes.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Fearless

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Police Story
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
First Strike
Project A
Police Story
Jackie Chan has always been stronger in mildly comic parts than in straight action drama, but he turns in a great effort here as an honest cop framed by the drug lords he's trying to take down. Don't confuse this film - 1985's Police Story - with the TV show of the same name.
Armour
Come drink with me
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The One-Armed Swordsman
Come Drink with Me
Some of the '60s kung fu flicks had bizarre titles when translated into English, and this is one of the greatest examples. Come Drink with Me actually concerns a kidnapping plot and a prisoner exchange.
A Touch of Zen
Five Fingers of Death
Master of the flying guillotine
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
One-Armed Boxer
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Master of the Flying Guillotine - this one's got it all! There's a one-armed boxer who beheaded an opponent, and the title character (who's blind) who vows to behead every one-armed fighter he comes across.
Crippled Avengers
One-Armed Boxer II

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Shaolin Temple
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Shaolin Showdown
Crippled Avengers
Executioners from Shaolin
Shaolin Temple
Shaolin Temple one again draws from the period of Manchu persecution in China. Students seek to learn Shaolin kung fu to resist the merciless Manchu.
One-armed swordsman
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
One-Armed Swordsman
There' s a whole subgenre of martial arts flicks devoted to people with various physical challenges, usually blindness or lack of an arm. One-Armed Swordsman is one of the originals.
Five Fingers of Death
One-Armed Ninja
Cripple Avengers
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Snake and Crane Art of Shaolin
The Young Master
Project A
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Jackie Chan (who seems to have made about 3,000 movies at this point) plays a bullied young martial arts student in this Karate Kid-like actioner. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow is from 1978.

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Tai Chi Master
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Legend
Fist of Legend
The Last Hero in China
Tai Chi Master
Tai Chi Master was produced by and stars Jet Li. If you think tai chi is just for granola-crunching types, you need to see this movie.
Hard Times
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Mechanic
Hard Times
Hard Times is one of Charles Bronson's lesser-known films; a prison movie with lots of drawn-out, blood-drenched fight scenes. This 1975 drama also stars James Coburn and Jill Ireland.
Southern Comfort
The Longest Yard
Undisputed III: Redemption
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Undisputed
Blood and Bone
Never Back Down
Undisputed III: Redemption
A modern subgenre in martial arts movies is the MMA flick, with brawny guys doing everything short of biting to beat each other to a pulp. Undisputed III: Redemption was released in 2010 - you might want to watch the first and second films first.

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Shaolin
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Shaolin
It seems odd that after decades of movies about Shaolin kung fu, the movie bearing just its name didn't come along until 2011. A fairly standard student-seeks-revenge tale.
Shaolin Warriors
Shadow of Shaolin
Shaolin Jester
The Prodigal Son
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Magnificent Butcher
Knockabout
The Prodigal Son
In The Prodigal Son, a rich kid whose father bribed all his opponents to lose finally gets his comeuppance, and then he vows to learn better martial arts. Hilarity and punches ensue.
The Victim
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing brings more MMA-fueled movie action, this time set in a Russian prison. Shades of Rocky IV?
Blood and Bone
Never Back Down
Eight Sides of Vengeance

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Magnificent Butcher
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Iron-Fisted Monk
The Unvanquished
Knockabout
Magnificent Butcher
Sammo Hung is sort of a real-life kung fu panda, a guy with a beer belly but a wicked set of martial arts skills. Magnificent Butcher is a great one!
The Forbidden Kingdom
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Forbidden Kingdom
Fantasy meets martial arts in this tale of an American teen who travels to China to free the Monkey King. The Forbidden Kingdom is from 2008.
The Tuxedo
The Medallion
Hero
Kill Zone: S. P. L.
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Kill Zone: S. P. L.
Kill Zone: S. P. L. is a fairly standard issue martial arts cop drama. Crime bosses, assassins, and incompetent cops all become plot points.
Dragon Tiger Gate
Flashpoint
The Big Brawl

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13 Assassins
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Tai Chi Killer
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
13 Assassins
Assassins are usually the bad guys, but in 13 Assassins they work together to kill an evil overlord. The story is set at the end of Japan's feudal era.
The Twilight Samurai
King Boxer
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
King Boxer
Titled Five Fingers of Death in the U.S., King Boxer is a well-done movie featuring two martial arts schools facing off in a tournament and in the streets.
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Crippled Avengers
Iron Death Fist
Flash Point
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Special ID
Bodyguards and Assassins
Flash Point
Flash Point is another in the "hero cop" subgenre, with the lawman here taking on a Vietnamese/Chinese gang. Lots of leather coats and long fight scenes.
Kill Zone

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Blood and Bone
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Blood and Bone
Julian Sands, the uber-creepy star of such '80s horror as Warlock, stars in this MMA fight drama. Blood and Bone was released in 2009, direct to DVD.
Never Back Down
Paladin Rising
Prison Break
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The House of Flying Daggers
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny is the 2016 follow-up to the popular 2000 film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The sequel is less rich and beautiful than the first one, but the fight scenes are better choreographed and more thrilling.
Hero
Heroes of the East
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
Heroes of the East
Originally titled Shaolin Challenges of the Ninja, Heroes of the East concerns a young Chinese man who unwittingly insults a ninja clan, then has to fight seven of them to prove his worth.
Executioners from Shaolin
The Avenging Eagle
Crippled Avengers

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The Grandmaster
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
The Grandmaster
This biopic chronicles the life of Ip Man, the legendary trainer of Bruce Lee. The Grandmaster, released in 2013, stars Tony Leung as Ip Man.
Ashes of Time
Fallen Angels
Ip Man
Unleashed
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Which movie title correlates to this scene?
In Hell
Kiss the Dragon
Unleashed
Bet you didn't know Morgan Freeman had been in a martial arts flick - check out Unleashed! Jet Li provides the action as a man enslaved by the mob since birth, who escapes to start a new life.
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