Martial Arts Movies

A subgenre of action movies that feature martial arts combat and fights between characters. These combats are usually their primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently featured in training scenes and other sequences in addition to fights. Martial arts movies commonly include hand-to-hand combat along with other types of action, such as stuntwork, chases, and gunfights. Sub-genres of martial arts movies include Kung Fu films, Wuxia films, Karate films, MMA films, Boxing films, and Martial Arts Action Comedy films, while related genres include Gun Fu, Jidaigeki, Ninja, and Samurai films.