Legit Martial Arts
This list is about great martial art movies. Focusing on the martial art, not the plot, so you may see movie with bad plot but great martial art in this list.
I believe these movies have great martial arts, not the special effect / cgi, but the martial arts. Full body shoot, not half body with special angle. "editing" speed of the movie is irrelevant because those who practice martial arts will understand [a strong punch] vs [a weak punch + special effect] Regardless the type of martial arts you practiced, you will be able to see a strong and tempered body.
Please give suggestion of other great martial art movies. I'll add more to the list from time to time after I remembered more of them.
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1. Ip Man
Hong Kong Movie - 2008
Great martial arts + great plot
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2. Ip Man 2: Legend of Grandmaster
Hong Kong Movie - 2010
Great martial arts + great plot
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3. Chocolate
Thai Movie - 2008
Great martial arts + average plot
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4. Wushu
Hong Kong Movie - 2008
Great martial arts + average plot
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5. Ong Bak
Thai Movie - 2003
Great martial arts + average plot, well it's 2003.
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6. Ong Bak 2
Thai Movie - 2008
Great martial arts + average plot. The 1st is better in terms of martial arts because it focused more on the Muay Thai. This 2nd movie is a mix of other martial arts, not that great, but the fighting scenes are good.
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7. Ong Bak 3
Thai Movie - 2010
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8. Ip Man 3
Hong Kong Movie - 2015
Great martial arts + average plot
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9. The Grandmaster
Hong Kong Movie - 2013
Great martial arts + bad plot. XinYiQuan & BaGuaZhang are displayed greatly here. WingChun & BaJiQuan are not displayed as good as they should be.
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10. Iron Monkey 1
Hong Kong Movie - 1993
Great martial arts + good plot (even though it's 1993 movie)