Movies Like The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1973)

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe is a 1973 action, western film from Mario Caiano with a MovieMagicScore of 4.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The 5-Man Army and They Call Me Trinity.

Action Western

The 5-Man Army

1969

At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.

6.7

MagicScore

They Call Me Trinity

1970

The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.

7.5

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Django

1966

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.

7.2

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Viva! Django

1971

Django is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who raped and killed his wife. En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.

7.0

MagicScore

Keoma

1976

Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge.

6.9

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Blood for a Silver Dollar

1965

Two brothers part company only to be reunited when one is hired to stop a thief who turns out to be his sibling.

6.6

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Man of the East

1972

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

6.6

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Silver Saddle

1978

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to his past...

6.3

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Kill and Pray

1967

A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a preacher. Years later, the boy is now a soft-spoken, devout young man with perfect shooting skills (despite being a pacifist). On his journey to help his half-sister out of a complicated situation, he crosses paths with the men who killed his family, unbeknownst to him.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

Any Gun Can Play

1967

A gang robs a gold shipment from a train. A so called bounty hunter is sent to track down the robbers and decides to let them lead him to the gold.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Kill Them All and Come Back Alone

1968

During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

800 Bullets

2002

Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western movies have not been shot for decades. Julián Torralba and his partners, veteran film stuntmen, survive there, recreating pathetic action scenes for the pleasure of the few foreign tourists who visit the isolated region.

5.8

MagicScore

#13

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!

1967

A Mexican outlaw known as "The Stranger" is part of a band of thieves that steal a cargo of gold from a stagecoach. However, the Americans in the band betray him, and shoot all the Mexicans. The Stranger is not completely dead though, and crawls his way out of his shallow grave, continuing his pursuit of the gold, and exacting a bloody vengeance.

5.8

MagicScore

#14

Jonathan of the Bears

1995

A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the wilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes an enemy of the chief's son. As he enters adulthood he sets out to find the men responsible for his parents' deaths.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

The Hills Run Red

1966

After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. They are caught by Union troops. One escapes, but the other is sent to prison for five years. When he gets out and goes home, he finds that his wife has died in poverty because his partner kept all the money, and is now a major power in the area with an army of deadly gunmen to back him up.

5.8

MagicScore

#16

The Ugly Ones

1966

Escaped outlaw Jose Gomez returns to his home town pursued by bounty killer Luke Chilson. The towns people protect Gomez, unaware, at first, that he is now a changed and dangerous man.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

China 9, Liberty 37

1978

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to murder Matthew, a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad’s plans for expansion.

5.2

MagicScore

#18

Take a Hard Ride

1975

After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Sonora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.

5.2

MagicScore

#19

God's Gun

1976

Priest turned vigilante Father John hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton, who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man.

5.2

MagicScore

#20

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

8.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe?

The top films similar to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe by MovieMagicScore are The 5-Man Army (6.7), They Call Me Trinity (7.5), Django (7.2). Each shares action/western themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe worth watching?

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.9/10 from 36 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe?

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1973) is a action, western film directed by Mario Caiano, starring Chen Lee, Klaus Kinski, Gordon Mitchell.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe?

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About movies like The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

This ranked list pairs The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1973), a action and western film from Mario Caiano, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Chen Lee take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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