41. Defender, The ( Zhong Nan Hai bao biao )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kazuya Konaka, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jet Li, Collin Chou, Christy Chung, William Chu, Kent Cheng, Wai-Kwok Ng
Plot: A woman with close ties to the Chinese government witnesses a murder by a corrupt businessman and, before she can testify, it is decided to put her in protective custody of the police and a bodyguard. But while protecting her, the defender finds himself falling for her.
42. Legend of Drunken Master, The ( Jui kuen II )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Chia-Liang Liu, Ken Lo
Plot: To battle a group of smugglers, dutiful son Fei-Hung must use his patented "Drunken Boxing" fighting style, in which a swig of alcohol empowers him to defeat his foes.
43. Blue Kite, The ( Lan feng zheng )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian
Actors: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu, Quanxin Pu, Xuejian Li
44. Big Boss, The aka Fists of Fury ( Tang shan da xiong )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wei Lo
Actors: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Ying-Chieh Han, Malalene, Tony Liu
Plot: Bruce Lee stars as a man sworn to do no harm. As he helps his cousins in an ice factory, he discovers something that draws him to violence and his only choice is to act out against evil.
45. Assassin, The ( Nie yin niang )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Actors: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang, Dahong Ni, Fang-yi Sheu
Plot: During the Tang Dynasty period in China, Nie Yinniang returns from exhile with a new mission - to oust the tyrannical governors who will not submit to the authority of the emperor. But she is faced with a dilemma when she has to choose between the man she loves and following the "order of the Assassins".
46. Touch of Zen, A ( Xia nu )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Hu
Actors: Ying Bai, Roy Chiao, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying-Chieh Han, Hsue Han
Plot: An artist stumbles upon a young woman on the run from corrupt officials and is caught up in her quest to survive.
47. Dragons Forever ( Fei lung mang jeung )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Biao Yuen, Pauline Yeung, Deannie Yip, Wah Yuen
Plot: A chemical plant in Hong Kong with questionable ethics hires a young, hot-shot lawyer to protect them. But when the lawyer falls for a woman who will stop at nothing to get the plant shut down, he looks into the issue himself and doesn't like what he finds. Calling in his two most trusted friends Samo and Biao - he will get to the bottom of things, no matter the cost.
48. Police Story 2 ( Ging chaat goo si juk jaap )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Charlie Cho, Yuen Chor
Plot: After being demoted from detective to traffic cop, a highly successful officer finds himself the target of a Triad member seeking revenge against him and his girlfriend.
49. 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The ( Shao Lin san shi liu fang )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Chia Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Chia Yung Liu, Norman Chu, John Cheung, Hang-Sheng Wu
Plot: After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers over a seven-year period, but is cast out when he proposes a 36th chamber.
50. Story of Qiu Ju, The ( Qiu Ju da guan si )
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei, Zhijun Ge, Wanqing Zhu
Plot: A pregnant peasant seeks justice when her husband is kicked in the groin by the local village chief - but as her journey takes her further and further away from her husband and village - her frustration over the hierarchy will not deter her from getting these wrongs righted.
