The Best R-Rated Martial Arts Movies
List of R-Rated martial arts movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated martial arts movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Martial Arts movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated martial arts movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Martial Arts movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Martial Arts films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Martial Arts film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
List ranges from Kung Fu Hustle to Cyborg, plus much more.
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Quentin Tarantino and Jackie Chan are among the directors that have worked on a R Martial arts film.
- 1Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
- Released: 1972
- Directed by: Lo Wei
Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) has left his homeland of China and relocated to stay with family in Thailand. Chen, who swore to his mother that he would avoid violence in his new life and even wears a ...more - 2Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Louis Fan
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Wilson Yip
Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Yip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on ...more - 3Tatchakorn Yeerum, Mum Jokmok, Pumwaree Yodkamol
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, also known in the United States as Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior is a 2003 Thai martial arts action film. It was directed by Prachya Pinkaew, featured stunt choreography by ...more - 4Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Anita Mui
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Jackie Chan, Lau Kar-leung
Drunken Master II is a 1994 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and Jackie Chan, who stars as Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung. It was Chan's first traditional style martial arts film ...more - 5Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Newt Arnold
U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial-arts competition. While trying to gain access into ...more - 6Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Bill Tung
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Stanley Tong
Hong Kong policeman Keung (Jackie Chan) arrives in New York for the wedding of his uncle Bill (Bill Tung), a grocer who recently sold his Bronx store to the fetching Elaine (Anita Mui). After a biker ...more - 7Bruce Lee, Lam Ching-ying, Nora Miao
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Lo Wei, Wu Chia Hsiang
The Big Boss is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts action film written and directed by Lo Wei, with assistance from Bruce Lee. It stars Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien and Tony Liu. Bruce Lee's first major ...more - 8Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Rennard, Harrison Page
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Sheldon Lettich
Léon Gaultier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, serving abroad in East Africa. But after his brother is cruelly murdered, Gaultier deserts his assignment and travels ...more - Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson
- Released: 2021
- Directed by: Simon McQuoid
Hunted by the fearsome warrior Sub-Zero, MMA fighter Cole Young finds sanctuary at the temple of Lord Raiden. Training with experienced fighters Liu Kang, Kung Lao and the rogue mercenary Kano, Cole ...more - 10Tatchakorn Yeerum, Mum Jokmok, Sorapong Chatree
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Tatchakorn Yeerum, Panna Rittikrai
Ong-Bak 3 is a 2010 Thai martial arts film directed, produced and written by Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai. The film's story is a follow-up to Ong Bak 2, where Tien is put to be brutally beaten by ...more - 11Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Mark L. Lester
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner (Dolph Lundgren) is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata (Brandon Lee), a ...more - 12Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Andrew Davis
A heroic loner takes on a group of nuclear terrorists in this seagoing tale. Posing as a rock band, the terrorists get themselves hired for a party aboard the USS Missouri, a battleship en route to ...more - 13Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai Man Yip
China is torn apart by civil war, and in the chaos three men emerge who might bring the country back from the brink: Gen. Pang (Jet Li) and a pair of bandits (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau). Pang is ...more - 14Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeaoh, Maggie Cheung
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Stanley Tong
To infiltrate a drug cartel, police Inspector Chan Ka Kui (Jackie Chan) goes undercover in a Chinese prison. There, he earns the trust of Panther (Yuen Wah), a cartel member, by breaking him out of ...more - 15Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride (Uma Thurman), wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill (David Carradine) attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an ...more - 16Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Scarfe
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Sheldon Lettich
Nearly 25 years after seeing his father killed by Hong Kong crime boss Raymond Zhang (Philip Chan Yan Kin), Chad Wagner (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is living in Los Angeles as a flourishing yet peaceful ...more - 17Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Hugh O'Brian
- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Robert Clouse
An actor (Bruce Lee) shot by gangsters fakes his death, has plastic surgery and seeks kung-fu revenge. - 18Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Mark DiSalle, David Worth
Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio) is an American kickboxing pro, helped by his brother, Kurt (Jean-Claude Van Damme), in his quest for glory. But when the two go to Thailand to take on legendary Tong Po ...more - 19Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Exploding from the pages of Marvel Comics comes the thrilling follow-up to the blockbuster "Blade." Half Man ... half vampire, and consumed by a desire to avenge the curse of his birth and save the ...more - 20Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Chris Nahon
Jet Li plays Liu Jiuan, China's top government agent, who arrives in Paris from Shanghai to carry out a sensitive, top-secret mission. Liu is in Paris to assist Richard (Tcheky Karyo), an unorthodox ...more - 21Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Charlie Young
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Benny Chan Chi-Shun
Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing (Jackie Chan) was once the shining star of the Hong Kong police force. But that all changed when his unit was slaughtered by a merciless gang of bank robbers -- and Chan ...more - 22Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Robert Radler
After their defeat of the Korean national karate team in competition, Alex (Eric Roberts), Tommy (Phillip Rhee) and Travis (Christopher Penn) have established a martial arts studio in Las Vegas. For ...more - 23Jang Dong-gun, Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Sngmoo Lee
Refusing to kill an infant from an enemy clan, master swordsman Yang (Jang Dong-gun) takes the child and flees to an American frontier town. He puts away his sword for good, vowing to raise the baby ...more - 24Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Richard Donner
Detective Riggs (Mel Gibson) tries to settle down with his pregnant girlfriend, Lorna (Rene Russo), while his partner, Murtaugh (Danny Glover), comes to grips with the marriage of his pregnant ...more - 25Jet Li, Michelle Reis, Vincent Zhao
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Corey Yuen
Fong Sai-yuk, also known as The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk and The Legend, is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia-comedy film directed by Corey Yuen, starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. The film won ...more