‘The List’

You may remember me mentioning ‘The List‘.

‘The List’ is something I found on IMDb (Internet Movie Database). It lists what is (in the opinion of the writer) the top 250 greatest martial arts movies of all time. The writer, ‘Eric-Scissorhands’, describes it on the page as:

“A genre as horrendous as it is pure genius, no one can deny that Martial Arts Action Movies have influenced some of the finest directors of the past 3 decades. This is the definitive list of the Top 250 Greatest Martial Arts Movies from The East, to West, And Back Again…. Movies that fall under my (Eric Scissorhands’) “Martial Arts” category and will be considered and included here are as follows: Hand to Hand Combat, (Kung Fu, Hapkido, Filipino Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Karate, Pankration, MMA, Etc…) Samurai, Ninjas, and Anything to do with Weapon Use & Swordplay.”

I was pretty intrigued so I read through the whole list and made the decision, to start watching the movies in this list. After more thought I made the decision:

“I’ll really make something of it. I’ll watch every single movie, in ascending order (loosely, I’ll throw a few in out of order, plus some movies are harder to find), then review and discuss it online and encourage others to join me!”

I also plan on creating a list of my own, of the most entertaining movies I’ve reviewed, so with each review a movie will be added to list, where I think it suits!

So that’s why I started this website, and in case you’re wondering whats on the list, I’ve put it below. This list may not be the current list (it does get updated occasionally), but this is the list I will be using, as well as throwing in a couple of movies not on the way that may or may not be on the list (everyone needs a break right?).

The List

And so below is the list! The title of the movies is followed by any notable Martial Arts actors (that I know of anyway!). I’ve also created my own list of movies I’ve reviewed so far, ranking them in order of what I found the most entertaining.

I search for these movies in the ‘martial arts’ section on Amazon.co.uk (since I’m Australian, their Blurays are the same region as ours), and failing that I’ll go onto the Amazon.com Martial Arts Movies Section watch them on my region free Bluray/DVD Player.

Keep checking back for more info on how to keep up to date with what’s being watched, and how you can get a hold of more movies easily.

If you want to check the original list out for yourself, it can be found here.