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10 Best Movies Like Shaolin Temple

If you loved Shaolin Temple, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Banana Joe

Banana Joe

1982★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shaolin Temple for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, bu...

#2
The Water Margin

The Water Margin

1972★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shaolin Temple for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live b...

#3
Dirty Ho

Dirty Ho

1979★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shaolin Temple for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins....

#4
Gold Snatchers

Gold Snatchers

1973★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shaolin Temple for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two foster brothers fight in a deadly struggle for possession of their mother's gold fortune and a beautiful young woman....

#5
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shaolin Temple for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shaolin Temple for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....