Movies like No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987)
The best movies like No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987) are No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990), The Master (1992) and American Shaolin (1991). If No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder hooked you with its action and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedOng-Bak (2003)7.2/10 from 1,994 votes
- NewestKarate Kill (2016)Released 2016
- Same seriesNo Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)No Retreat, No Surrender
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
Two feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.
Why it matches: Same series: No Retreat, No Surrender · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Master (1992)
When old martial arts master Master Tak disappears, his best student, Jet, steps in to find him. However, when he learns that Tak's life is in danger, he decides to protect him at all costs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Shaolin (1991)
After facing brutal humiliation in the ring, a young karateka travels to China in order to study the ancient art of Shaolin Kung Fu, becoming the first American Shaolin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Brawl (1980)
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisNinja Hunter (1987)
The plot centres around Wu Tang villain, Abbot White, who wants to destroy the Shaolin monks and become supreme martial artist. In order to do so, he teams up with a clan of Ninjas, led by three masters – gold lamé ninja, white mustachioed ninja and black ninja – and succeeds in destroying the Shaolin temple and most of its inhabitants. However, there are some survivors. It is their job to pass on the knowledge of the Shaolin finger jab to a new generation, who must defeat the ninjas and Abbott White if peace and order is to be restored.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Ring of Fire (1991)
Johnny Woo is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher at a kickboxing club. When Johnny falls in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kickboxing club, tension begins to build...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
China O'Brien II (1990)
This time China O'Brien has trouble with a dealer who puts a price on her head because she had spoiled an important drug deal of his. But all the world's criminals will not be enough to catch up with China O'Brian, one of the masters of the martial arts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Karate Kill (2016)
When a mysterious loner and Karate master Kenji's little sister goes missing in Los Angeles, whoever stands in his way of finding her will face the wrath of a lethal KARATE KILL!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and teacher of Nick and Ruben) Shingo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOng-Bak (2003)
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTwin Dragon Encounter (1986)
Identical twin brothers on vacation are faced with an unexpected battle when their getaway spot is invaded by mercenaries. Using their martial arts expertise, the twins wage war against the invaders in order to free their kidnapped girlfriends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Ninja Assassins (1985)
A CIA operative in Hong Kong must become a Ninja in order to retrieve a stolen Top Technical Secret Film from a Clan of Ninjas sent by the KGB.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlackbelt (1992)
Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran John Sweet (Matthias Hues-I Come In Peace).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Rage of Honor (1987)
Japanese cop Shiro and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they're betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Argentina.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Wong Fei-Hung faces the White Lotus Society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat Sen from the military.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Young Master (1980)
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFist of Fury (2002)
In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, Chen-Jun joins the legendary Jin Wu Martial Arts Academy to train as an underground resistance fighter. But when Chen's master is killed by the Japanese, Chen unleashes his skills in an unstoppable fight for vengeance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRevenge of the Ninja (1983)
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBraddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Ninja (1985)
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Quest (1996)
Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon. But fighting prowess alone will not be enough for Chris to triumph over such daunting foes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGymkata (1985)
U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisOperation Scorpio (1992)
After an aspiring comic book artist rescues a young girl from a prostitution ring, he submits to the teachings of an aging kung fu master in order to take on the local mob boss' son: a deadly assassin who's a master of the scorpion kung fu technique.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Blind Fury (1989)
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Karate Kid Part III (1989)
Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisTiger Claws II (1996)
Released five years after the first installment, Tiger Claws II finds Yeung's martial arts serial killer, Chong, busted out of jail by a team of heavies in the employ of gangster Dai Lo Fu, and whisked across the country to San Fransisco's Chinatown. When NYC cop Tarek Richards learns of a rash of recent killings using Chong's distinctive M.O.— a claw-like mark across the face of the victim— he contacts his old partner, Linda Masterson, who is now living in L.A., for help. But Chong, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the murders. He's just being used by crime kingpin Lo Fu, who needs to combine his energy with Chong's to open some sort of time portal to provide vital supplies for the ancient Shaolin monks. In truth, though, Lo Fu greedily plans to use the portal to smuggle heavy modern artillery back and rule Qing Dynasty-era China himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisWake of Death (2004)
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShogun Assassin (1980)
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder?
The closest matches to No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder are No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990), The Master (1992) and American Shaolin (1991). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder?
People who watched No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder most often go on to The Master (1992), American Shaolin (1991) and The Big Brawl (1980).
What is the highest-rated movie like No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder?
Ong-Bak (2003), rated 7.2/10 by 1,994 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder?
Karate Kill (2016) is the most recent release on this list.
Is No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to No Retreat, No Surrender, which includes No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990).
Are there English movies like No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder?
Yes: No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990), American Shaolin (1991) and The Big Brawl (1980).
How are movies similar to No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.