For fans of Tsui Hark: what to watch, read & play next

Weapons, street gangs, and a daring heist set in Hong Kong's criminal underworld deliver relentless low-budget action.

Shaolin loyalists hunted by the Qing dynasty channel the same historical resistance and kung fu mythology.

Martial arts kids tracking criminals in Hawaii mixes slapstick with sharp action in true Hong Kong cross-cultural fashion.

Soldiers hunting exiled children at a remote inn is pure wuxia tension — loyalists against a tyrannical state.

Shaolin disciples versus the Manchurian government showcases traditional empty-hand combat in a familiar dynastic uprising.

A wushu champion torn between loyalty and defection when his teammate plans to stay in Los Angeles.

Seven warriors defy a martial-arts ban under Manchu rule — epic scope, grim stakes, and fierce swordsmanship.

A Chinese cop and Japanese Interpol agent dismantling a drug cartel delivers sleek modern action with cross-border flair.

Rival martial arts clans fighting for legitimacy in early Republican China captures the genre's honour-and-lineage drama.

1930s Shanghai, carved up by foreign powers and corruption, is a perfect wuxia arena transplanted into animation.

Donnie Yen's Hung Hei-gun defending Shaolin against the Qing army is vintage dynasty-falls martial arts drama.

Three brothers leaving a hidden valley for a dangerous outside world blends coming-of-age with wuxia adventure.

A warrior monk keeping the Shaolin code alive after his temple is destroyed, now operating in Northern California.

Two accidental martial arts prodigies hunted for a secret technique combines comedy and dynastic-era intrigue.

Classic action movie scenes recreated through Chinese martial arts makes this a love letter to the genre's legacy.

A swordsman faking his own death to vanish into obscurity carries the melancholy that marks the best wuxia mysteries.

Hong Kong cinema's gravity-defying aesthetic is the explicit DNA of this spell-casting warrior game.

Twin brothers fighting through a post-apocalyptic city channels the kinetic sibling-versus-gang energy of Hong Kong action.

A kung fu monk and three young warriors on a globetrotting quest captures the adventurous spirit of martial arts cinema.

A Shaolin warrior's quest for justice against overwhelming odds echoes the revenge-driven spirit of Hong Kong martial arts.

A fallen warrior and a rogue employer chasing an unleashed dragon pairs Eastern mythology with over-the-top action.

A warlord rescuing a woman through elemental battles in ancient China merges romance and military spectacle.

A fighting game based on Bruce Lee's life story puts the martial arts legend at the centre of the action.

A Robin Hood vigilante fighting Japanese colonial rule in early Taipei brings wuxia justice to real historical injustice.

A swaggering Englishman building a trading empire in 19th-century China captures the same clashing-worlds drama.

A survivor of the Cultural Revolution's brutal purges shows the same unyielding individual defying oppressive power.

A spiritual quest through Tibet and India chasing a stolen jade treasure carries the mythic adventure feel of wuxia.

Peasants fighting corrupt market forces in rural China gives the same David-versus-system defiance a grounded, earthy setting.

A sprawling black comedy of modern China running amok has the same anarchic energy and social upheaval at its core.

A Hong Kong triad investigation ties LA crime to familiar territory for fans drawn to Hong Kong's criminal underworld stories.

A reborn warrior and his complicated bond with a revered master echoes the teacher-student loyalty central to martial arts drama.

A young man's past returning on a rainy day tests the bonds of loyalty and family that drive so many wuxia stories.