
Movies that feel likeDrunken Master (1978)
If you loved Drunken Master, the closest films we have are Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978), The Prodigal Son (1981) and Project A - Part II (1987). All three share Drunken Master's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Armour of God (1986).
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If Drunken Master hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)

Both are Yuen Woo-ping's work, and they rhyme

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, kung fu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: kung fu

Common ground: martial arts
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Kinetic and witty in the same breath
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Drunken Master does

Both lean on play more than on action
The difference: Sits closer to romance than Drunken Master does



Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases


Witty comedy in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both run playful where it counts
The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Drunken Master does
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