Key:
- amz - Amazon Prime
- amz rental - one-off Amazon streaming rental
- netflix - Netflix streaming. (Many flicks are available on both Amazon streaming and Netflix DVD, so if you've got Netflix DVD...make sure to check there too)
- torrented - I definitely did not torrent these but they're typically available via DVD or Bluray only channels
The list:
- https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3560732&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
- https://ask.metafilter.com/128663/I-want-to-know-kung-fu-movies
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Sanshiro Sugata (& Part II) (Kurosawa; judo) ('43, '45)- dvd only - Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman: 1: Tale of Zatoichi ('62) - amz rental - yojimbo except the hero is both more and less likable. good film
- Come Drink With Me ('67) - amz rental - good all around, can clearly see its huge influence
- One-Armed Swordsman ('67) - amz - not great, not bad
- Golden Swallow (sequel to Come Drink With Me) ('68) - amz - some of the fights are good but plotting was pretty bad
- One-Armed Boxer ('71) - amz - I swear Jimmy Wang Yu actually does have two arms some of the time
- A Touch of Zen ('71) - amz rental - a 2hr film's worth of beautiful cinematography, in 3hrs (the rest is too dark to see shit). the choreography is mixed, some nice, some just blah
- The Big Boss / Fists of Fury ('71) - torrented - idgi why isn't he making those screaming noises he's famous for
- Fist of Fury / The Chinese Connection ('72) - torrented - oh hey there they are. now if only he could act. the disguises bit was legit hilarious though!
- Hapkido, aka Lady Kung Fu ('72) - amz - really enjoyed the choreography here; story is almost decent for a kung fu film; dub was well executed too. super didn't like the female lead's wide-eyed look anytime she fought though, felt unnecessarily like it was making her seem 'weakly feminine' or some shit, even though she kicked major ass
- Way of the Dragon / Return of the Dragon ('72) - netflix - boy I hope Enter the Dragon is better because this was pretty bad, only about 1/2 of the final fight was any good. and let's not even talk about any of the non fight stuff.
- Lady Snowblood ('73) - amz rental - well, that's a classic for you. actual martial arts barely there but that's not why this is famous.
- Enter the Dragon ('73) - amz - pretty good, though not a ton we haven't seen in his earlier films. can definitely see the Hollywood-style production values. plot is garbage as usual._
- The Street Fighter (Sonny Chiba) ('74) - amz - really liked the choreography but that might be because I've taken Okinawan Goju-ryu karate and was tickled at how authentic much of the action was. could definitely have done without all the attempted rape and better-than-attempted murder tho.
- Master of the Flying Guillotine ('76) - amz - yup, it basically is a much better version of One-Armed Boxer. Great stuff. Got a bit sick of the Bad Muay Thai Guy's wai kru and the villain's fake-ass eyebrows tho.
- 36th Chamber of Shaolin ('78) - amz
- Born Invincible ('78) - amz
- Drunken Master ('78) - amz rental
- (The) Five (Deadly) Venoms ('78) - amz
- Return of the Five Deadly Venoms / Crippled Avengers ('78) - amz, as Crippled Avengers
- Heroes of the East ('78) (aka Challenge of the Ninja, Shaolin vs Ninja, Shaolin Challenges Ninja) - amz
- Magnificent Butcher (Sammo Hung) ('79) - amz
- Knockabout (Sammo Hung) ('79) - amz
- Mystery of Chessboxing ('79) - amz as Mystery of Chess Boxing
- The Kid with the Golden Arm ('79) - amz
- Fists (Clan) of the White Lotus ('80) - amz as Clan OTWL
- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31w0ny if not on streaming
- Prodigal Son (Sammo Hung) ('81) - amz
- Legendary Weapons of China ('82) - amz
- The Shaolin Temple (Jet Li) ('82) - netflix
- Five Element(s) Ninjas ('82) - amz
- The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter ('83) - amz (says '84 tho, shrug)
- Project A (Jackie Chan; '83) - amz rental
- Wheels on Meals (Jackie Chan) ('84) - torrented
- Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (Jet Li again; maybe only on Youtube) ('84) - netflix)
- Police Story (Jackie Chan; yes, martial arts) ('85) - amz rental
- Martial Arts of Shaolin (earlyish Jet Li) ('86) - amz
- Dragons Forever (Chan, Hung & Biao) ('88) - torrented
- Once Upon A Time In China (& sequels) ('91-'97) - torrented but also see below
- Original only on unofficial streaming, eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVc9rzwWzLA
- Police Story 3 (aka Super Cop; Jackie joined by Michelle Yeoh) ('92) - amz rental
- Tai-Chi Master / Twin Warriors (Jet Li) ('93) - netflix
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The Bride with White Hair ('93)- not on streaming or torrents - The Legend [of Fong Sai Yuk] (Jet Li) ('93) - netflix
- The Legend [of Fong Sai Yuk] II (Jet Li) ('93) - netflix
- Iron Monkey ('93) - amz rental
- Drunken Master II (aka The Legend of Drunken Master) ('94) - netflix
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Wing Chun ('94)- maybe available on amz rental in poor quality - Fist of Legend ('94) - netflix
- The Blade ('95) - torrented
- The God of Cookery (Stephen Chow) ('96) - netflix
- Emperor and the Assassin ('99) - amz rental
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ('00) - amz rental
- Kiss of the Dragon ('01) - amz rental
- Shaolin Soccer ('01) - amz rental
- Hero (Jet Li) ('02) - netflix
- Azumi ('03) - torrented
- Ong Bak ('03) - amz rental
- Fighter in the Wind ('04) - amz
- Born to Fight (Thai; '04) - amz
- House of Flying Daggers ('04) - amz rental
- Kung Fu Hustle ('04) - amz rental
- District 13 (French) ('04) - amz rental
- The Protector / Tom Yum Goong ('05) - amz rental
- SPL: Sha Po Lang (aka Kill Zone) (not much MA until end but apparently a good film anyway) ('05) - torrented
- Curse of the Golden Flower ('06) - amz rental
- Fearless (Jet Li, '06) - amz rental
- Chocolate [aka Zen, Warrior Within] ('08) - amz rental is an incredibly bad, unsynced dub...so torrented
- Ip Man (and 2 and 3 possibly) ('08, '10, '15) - netflix, amz rental
- Red Cliff (2-parter by John Woo; western release should be ~2.5hrs?) ('09) - netflix, amz rental
- 13 Assassins ('10) - netflix, amz rental
- 14 Blades ('10) - amz rental
- Reign of Assassins ('10) - amz rental
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen ('10)- only via some amz subscription thingy - Dragon (Donnie Yen) ('11) - netflix, amz rental
- The Raid: Redemption (apparently what people mean when they just say "The Raid") ('11) - amz rental
- Haywire (American, mentioned for good fight scenes) ('11) - amz rental
- Tai Chi Zero (newer, Stephen-Chow-esque) ('12) - amz rental