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Movies that feel likeIp Man 3 (2015)

When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.

If you loved Ip Man 3, the closest films we have are The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010), The Grandmaster (2013) and Bodyguards and Assassins (2009). All three share Ip Man 3's kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Deep Water (2006).

πŸ… 76% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wilson Yipkineticcontemplativeepic
10 of 12 streaming nowAmazon Prime Video Β· Hulu Β· MUBI

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ip Man (2008) Β· Ip Man 2 (2010) Β· Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)

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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
2010 Β· dir. Herman Yau
β˜… 7drama Β· action Β· history

Common ground in both: martial arts and kung fu

The remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor; beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun.

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The Grandmaster
2013 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.6action Β· drama Β· history

The same preoccupation in both: biography

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

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Bodyguards and Assassins
2009 Β· dir. Teddy Chan
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.8drama Β· action Β· history

Both rooted in Hong Kong

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-sen came to Hong Kong to meet revolutionary comrades. The Qing government sent a group of killers to murder him. Ordinary citizens from all walks of life joined together, blocking the streets and fighting off the assassins to keep Sun Yat-sen safe.

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The Assassin
2015 Β· dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.3action Β· adventure Β· historyPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Ip Man 3

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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Ong Bak 3
2010 Β· dir. Tony Jaa
πŸ… 63%β˜… 4.9action Β· adventure Β· historyPrime Video

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Ip Man 3 does

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.

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A Taxi Driver
2017 Β· dir. Jang Hoon
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.9action Β· drama Β· historyPrime Video

Action built on stillness, twice over

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

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Flash Point
2007 Β· dir. Wilson Yip
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.7actionPrime Video

Wilson Yip directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!

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The Warlords
2007 Β· dir. Peter Chan
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7action Β· drama Β· history

Kinetic drama, and it commits to that

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.

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The Promised Land
2023 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7action Β· drama Β· historyHulu

History with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

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The Uprising
2026 Β· dir. Paul Greengrass
πŸ… 55%β˜… 8action Β· drama Β· historyRent or buy

Both lean on scale more than on action

As war and plague devastate 14th-century England, a humble peasant ignites a rebellion, uniting an army of commoners to defy the King’s might in a desperate fight for justice and survival.

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Deep Water
2006 Β· dir. Louise Osmond
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8documentary Β· adventure Β· drama

One thread runs through both: biography

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.

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House of Flying Daggers
2004 Β· dir. Zhang Yimou
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· drama Β· actionPrime Video

Kinetic drama in both cases

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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