75 Martial Arts Movies of the 90’s
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- DirectorRichard W. MunchkinRick JacobsonStarsDon WilsonMaria FordVince MurdoccoL.A.'s Chinatown is disrupted by the cross-town rivalry between two kickboxing clubs, as the competitive sport is catapulted from the ring of a gymnasium to a ring of fire.
- DirectorCharles Philip MooreRick JacobsonStarsDon WilsonDeirdre HajMatthias HuesEx-cop protects a singer from a psycho serial killer.
- DirectorOley SassoneStarsDon WilsonRichard RoundtreeGregory McKinneyJimmy Boland is a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.
- DirectorT.J. ScottStarsBilly BlanksBolo YeungJalal MerhiSomewhere in an apocalyptic future, where the rich live underground and the poor are left to fend for themselves on the surface by forming gangs, corrupt members of an underground security force plot to destroy the surface.
- DirectorKelly MakinStarsCynthia RothrockNick DibleyFern FigueiredoA mysterious martial artist is going around and killing martial arts masters with his unique style, Tiger Claw. Two police detectives, who're also martial arts experts, use unorthodox methods to track down the serial killer.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsCynthia RothrockRichard NortonKeith CookeA police woman, expert and instructor in martial arts, leaves the city to stay with her dad, sheriff in a town with peace and quiet - or so she thinks. She gets plenty opportunities to show her martial arts skills.
- DirectorMark DiSalleStarsJeff SpeakmanJohn DyeMakoAn expert in "kenpo" karate avenges his Koreatown friend, slain by a mobster in Los Angeles.
- DirectorSteve BarnettStarsJeff WincottBrigitte NielsenLuca Bercovici"Law and order" mayorial candidate Brigitte Nielsen is the ruthless and racist leader of a secret neo-fascist group out to take control of the city by whatever means necessary.
- DirectorSteve CohenStarsChad McQueenCynthia RothrockDavid CarradineTwo cops who are martial arts experts team up to stop a criminal organization headed by a ruthless boss who's also a martial artist.
- DirectorLucas LoweStarsLoren AvedonRichard JaeckelDon StroudA cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.
- DirectorAlbert MagnoliStarsJeff SpeakmanChristopher NeameLewis Van BergenA former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsCynthia RothrockDonna JasonJohn MillerFBI agent Tracy Pride is on a mission to capture businessman Jason Slade, who is involved in extortion and murder. Teaming up with her is her sister Joyce, a news reporter; Dragon, Tracy's partner in Hong Kong, and Jake, a bodyguard who worked for Slade. Can they stop Slade before it's too late?
- DirectorJoe CoppolettaStarsIan JacklinMartin KoveMatthias HuesA kickboxing champ and a reporter are searching for a missing man, but they turn up a series of illegal kickboxing matches run by an arms dealer.
- DirectorPatrick AlanStarsBolo YeungMaryam d'AboWilliam ZabkaFight matches, that end when a man is either unconscious or dead, are fought in Tijuana. 2 naive friends, hoping to make a quick buck, go there. One owes money to a loan shark - giving them plenty of practice in no rule fights.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsMig MacarioKelly BensonFrank CassiniAfter a Chinese drug lord murders his partner, a tough DEA agent teams up with a mysterious beauty and makes an uneasy alliance to exact revenge.
- DirectorSteve DiMarcoPaul ZillerStarsBilly BlanksRoddy PiperBobbie PhillipsThe sister of a former U.S. Green Beret, is involved in a love affair with a mobster, endangering seriously her life. His brother will make his best efforts to save her from her boyfriend and his friends, fighting with or without external help. But perhaps this tough cop, Rossi, could help him... or stop him...
- DirectorSteve CohenStarsBilly BlanksRoddy PiperRichard NortonElmo Freech is a private investigator who is contacted by CIA agent John Portland, who suffers from amnesia, to reveal a dubious case of drug smuggling involving big fish from Washington, D.C. and the CIA.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsJerry TrimbleMelissa MooreDennis HaydenKickboxing champ Jerry Trimble plays a straight shooting man caught up in the politics of a crooked little town. To get to the truth about his grandfather's death, he must first kick out the criminals --including the sheriff-- effectively putting an end to their illegal smuggling, gambling and prostitution rings. But the worst crime of all turns out to be in his very own backyard.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsBritton K. LeeBolo YeungRichard NortonAn L.A. cop goes after a gang of murderous drug dealers.
- DirectorMichael KennedyStarsJalal MerhiBilly BlanksJames HongAfter 3 DEA agents are killed by Mr. Li, martial arts champion Tyler Wilson is sent on assignment to Toronto and teams up with Michael Reeds. Wilson and Reeds enter a martial arts tournament, where they end up saving Mr. Li from being killed by a rival crime boss. Li invites the two to join his staff. As Wilson and Reeds get closer to the truth about Li's operation, they gather the needed evidence, but will have to escape Li, alive.
- DirectorLou KennedyBrandon PenderBrandon De-WildeStarsKe Huy QuanEddie SaavedraEd NeilMichael, a Vietnam vet with two kids, pulls off a bank heist with his gang, which includes the bank's manager. To ensure the loyalty of everyone involved, Mike makes a special set of keys, so that the hiding place for the loot can only be opened if all the members are present. The bank manager gets cold feet and tries to back out, so Mike and his buddies kill him and his wife, but his daughter gets hold of the key and runs for help to David, one of her father's old friends who also happens to be a Vietnam vet and a former comrade of Michael's. Will David be able to protect his friend's daughter?
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatSimon YamAnn BridgewaterTwo disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.
- DirectorRichard W. MunchkinStarsMichael WorthJenilee HarrisonSam J. JonesA skillful fighter who works as a mechanic goes with his friend to a rich guy's villa where illegal fighting is being organizes. It should be easy money, but the friend gets killed and now the mechanic wants revenge on the people involved.
- DirectorRick BennettStarsBilly BlanksMakoLisa JaiA peaceful karate instructor is propelled into the bloody, underworld kick-boxing circuit by the murder of a close friend. The man responsible is an Asian crime lord with a passion for gambling on the city's underground street fights.
- DirectorJoseph MerhiStephen SmokeStarsLorenzo LamasKathleen KinmontMichael WorthA former world kickboxing champion trains a tough, young fighter, who he hopes will avenge the merciless defeat he suffered at the hands of the sadistic champ three years earlier.
- DirectorZale DalenStarsBilly BlanksJalal MerhiWolf LarsonA maniacal leader trains assassins to become more efficient killing machines through virtual reality. A Federal Service Agent is assigned to infiltrate the mysterious academy.
- DirectorRick JacobsonJacobsen HartPaul G. VolkStarsDon WilsonBobbie PhillipsMarcus AureliusA holiday vacation for Dr. Johnny Wu, his young son Bobby, and a beautiful forest ranger turns into a nightmare when they are thrown headfirst into a whirling maelstrom of violence involving a new breed of evil; the Global Mafia.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeHarrison PageDeborah RennardAn Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.
- DirectorDeran SarafianStarsJean-Claude Van DammeRobert GuillaumeCynthia GibbIn a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
- DirectorPaul ZillerStarsBolo YeungWilliam ZabkaMichael BernardoShingo and the boys (Nick and Ruben) are blackmailed into helping Rawlins infiltrate an underground shootfighting ring in Miami
- DirectorFrans NelStarsJohn BarrettKeith VitaliTerry NortonA kickboxing champion is jailed for a accidental murder with the help of testimony from his enemy - but upon his release, he takes on his nemesis in a winner-take-all fight.
- DirectorJenõ HódiStarsDale CookEvan LurieKathy ShowerTwo rivals, one a cop and the other a martial arts teacher team up to save a little girl from a terrorist and his henchmen.
- DirectorCedric SundstromStarsMichael DudikoffDavid BradleyJames BoothThe two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
- DirectorBob BralverStarsDavid BradleyLee ReyesAnne DupontWhen a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsDavid BradleyMark DacascosValarie TrappAn American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza" - Japanese mafia - drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world in a Turkish arena.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeGeoffrey LewisAlonna ShawTwin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order to avenge their parents' death.
- DirectorRobert RadlerStarsEric RobertsPhillip RheeChris PennThe Colosseum is the fighting arena owned by the champion Bracus. Now after the death of their friend, Tommy Lee and Alex Grady want revenge.
- DirectorPhillip RheeStarsPhillip RheeErnie HudsonTobin BellWhen a girl fleeing Russian mobsters plants a stolen computer disk on Tommy Lee, the martial arts expert finds himself unwittingly thrust into his most harrowing adventure ever.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsCynthia RothrockRichard NortonKeith CookeThis time China O'Brien has trouble with a dealer who puts a prize on her head because she had spoiled an important drug deal of his. But all the world's criminals will not be enough to catch up with China, one of the masters of the martial arts.
- DirectorAndy BlumenthalStarsDon WilsonRina ReyesJoe Mari AvellanaKickboxing champion Jake Raye thought his fighting days were over, until a call from an old friend draws him to the Far East and into the hands of a madman. This time Jake's fighting for his life!
- DirectorRichard W. MunchkinStarsDon WilsonMaria FordSy RichardsonA martial-arts fighter battles murderous gang members and the henchmen of an evil underground fighting champion to save his girlfriend.
- DirectorPaul ZillerStarsDon WilsonCatya SassoonAmanda WyssWhen Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA and the FBI are also involved the Dragon's fire is in his fists!
- DirectorJeff YonisStarsDon WilsonDenice DuffSteve JamesDon "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
- DirectorMichael KennedyStarsLorenzo LamasClaire StansfieldMichael ChampionCop and accomplished fencer Andrew is assigned to protect archaeologist and museum curator Julie Wilkins, the only witness to the theft of the legendary sword of Alexander the Great. Andrew has recurring dreams about two men having a sword fight in what is to be a historical place. At his fencing club he meets Stratos, initiator of a deadly swordplay competition, who seems to be the key to both Andrew's haunting visions and the loss of Alexander's sword.
- DirectorPhillip RheeStarsPhillip RheeChristopher McDonaldGina GershonA martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.
- DirectorJ. Stephen MaunderStarsJalal MerhiBolo YeungCynthia RothrockThe Tiger Claws killer is broken out of jail by a former colleague, who acquires a large shipment of weapons and schemes to open a portal to the past into an ancient martial arts temple.
- DirectorJ. Stephen MaunderStarsJalal MerhiCynthia RothrockLoren AvedonWhen a martial artist called Stryker resurrects three ancient Chinese master assassins so he can take over NYC's underworld, it's up to martial artist cop Tarek Richards to stop them. But he will need the aid of Stryker's former master.
- DirectorGuy NorrisStarsCynthia RothrockRichard NortonPatrick MuldoonKris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But, Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power.
- DirectorRichard W. MunchkinStarsCynthia RothrockDaniel McVicarLydie DenierA wealthy playboy hires an attractive woman detective, turned bodyguard, to protect him from a psychotic seductress; the same woman who killed the detective's lover just months before.
- DirectorAckyl AnwariStarsCynthia RothrockChris BarnesPeter O'BrianA security specialist (Nancy Bolan) is hired to deliver a valuable computer. She is joined by her former lover who has plans of his own for the computer.
- DirectorKurt AndersonStarsCynthia RothrockJeff WincottBilly DragoA martial arts expert cop teams up with another to take down a criminal organization after one of his fellow detectives suspiciously dies in a car accident.
- DirectorTerence H. WinklessStarsCynthia RothrockRichard NortonTerri TreasStory about an inner-city high school teacher who musters the martial arts to thwart the lure of street gangs and their seductive plague of drugs.
- DirectorJerry P. JacobsStarsTed Jan RobertsCorey FeldmanMakoA teenage martial artist is thrown into a world of theft and risky behavior while investigating the death of his older brother.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsBrandon LeePowers BootheNick MancusoWhen student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents, the only person he can trust is Ryan, a Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsDolph LundgrenBrandon LeeCary-Hiroyuki TagawaTwo L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.
- DirectorDan NeiraStarsShin'ichi ChibaRoddy PiperMeg FosterRowdy Roddy Piper and Sonny Chiba battle an army of immortal ninja warriors.
- DirectorAlan MehrezPhilip TanStarsDaniel BernhardtJames HongPat MoritaAlex Cardo is imprisoned and disciplined by one of the inmates. His new master also tells him about the brutal yet illegal Kumite tournament - but how will they get there?
- DirectorAlan MehrezStarsDaniel BernhardtJohn Rhys-DaviesAmber Kelleher-AndrewsAfter his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
- DirectorElvis RestainoStarsDaniel BernhardtIvan IvanovLisa StothardA police officer goes undercover to investigate the disappearance of inmates at a prison.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsSasha MitchellPeter BoyleDennis ChanDavid's brother, Kurt, defeats Po in Kickboxer (1989). A year after Po kills Kurt, David, who has a kickboxing gym in LA, is manipulated into a match against Po.
- DirectorRick KingStarsSasha MitchellDennis ChanRichard ComarDavid Sloan travels to Rio for a kick-box exhibition. There he saves two youngsters and stops a white slaver.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsSasha MitchellKamel KrifaBrad ThorntonDavid Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage drug lord who's also an old nemesis.
- DirectorKristine PetersonStarsMark DacascosJames RyanGeoff MeedAfter David Sloan is murdered, it's up to kick-boxing champ Matt Reeves to avenge him.
- DirectorJackie ChanStarsJackie ChanCarol 'Do Do' ChengEva CoboJackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanMichelle YeohMaggie CheungA Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanAnita MuiFrançoise YipA young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanJackson LouAnnie WuThis fourth installment of Chan's Police Story film franchise has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.
- DirectorGordon ChanStarsJet LiShinobu NakayamaSiu-Ho ChinIn 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsRongguang YuDonnie YenJean WangA martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.
- DirectorRob CohenStarsJason Scott LeeLauren HollyRobert WagnerA fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuJackie ChanStarsJackie ChanHo-Sung PakLung TiA young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.
- DirectorBruce MalmuthStarsSteven SeagalKelly LeBrockWilliam SadlerTargeted by the mob and its political supporters, hired assassins leave LAPD Detective Mason Storm for dead. Seven years later, he recovers from a deep coma, demanding justice and the opportunity to get even.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsSteven SeagalJoanna PaculaBasil WallaceA retired DEA agent is out to hunt down and take out a Jamaican drug posse that has targeted he and his family for murder.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsSteven SeagalWilliam ForsytheJerry OrbachWith his partner executed in broad daylight by a psychotic mafia enforcer, a veteran Brooklyn officer vows revenge. But is the unstoppable detective prepared to face the truth and pay the price of blood?
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsThom MathewsHope Marie CarltonMarianne TaylorBrick Bardo is on a mission to find out which one of the world's greatest kickboxers killed his brother. Five years ago, one of the four champs was fixing fights and set up his brother in the fight that took his life. Now Bardo must take on the gang in the ring for an all-out kickboxing fight to the finish.