Movies Like Five Element Ninjas (1982)

Five Element Ninjas is a 1982 action, drama film from Chang Cheh with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The One-Armed Swordsman and Revenge of the Ninja.

Action Drama

The One-Armed Swordsman

1967

A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.

6.8

MagicScore

Revenge of the Ninja

1983

After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the greatest battle he has ever been involved in.

6.2

MagicScore

TNT Jackson

1974

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

4.6

MagicScore

Ninja in the Dragon's Den

1982

A Japanese master of ninjutsu and a Chinese expert in kung fu, put their differences aside after their master is killed by a mortal enemy.

7.7

MagicScore

Heroes of the East

1978

Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.

7.3

MagicScore

Pray for Death

1985

Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins....

6.0

MagicScore

DOA: Dead or Alive

2006

Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.

5.3

MagicScore

New York Ninja

2021

A sound technician's pregnant wife is brutally murdered while witnessing a kidnapping in broad daylight. Dressing as a white ninja, he takes to the streets as a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up the streets of New York City.

5.0

MagicScore

Frontier(s)

2007

A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

The Yellow Sea

2010

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

The Debt Collector

2018

A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a debt collector for the mob. The job seems easy enough, until one “client” pulls him into a situation deeper than could ever be expected.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Beyond Re-Animator

2003

Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.

5.9

MagicScore

#13

Snuff 102

2007

A young Argentinian reporter is writing an article about snuff films - which depict real torture, rape and murder of people. But seeking the films and those behind them might backfire. She herself is in danger of becoming one of the suffering.

3.0

MagicScore

#14

Platoon

1986

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

7.7

MagicScore

#15

Fury

2014

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

The Breath

2009

A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Incident at Blood Pass

1970

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

Clear and Present Danger

1994

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

The Gauntlet

1977

Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

Chino

1973

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.

5.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Five Element Ninjas?

The top films similar to Five Element Ninjas by MovieMagicScore are The One-Armed Swordsman (6.8), Revenge of the Ninja (6.2), TNT Jackson (4.6). Each shares action/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Five Element Ninjas worth watching?

Five Element Ninjas holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 91 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Five Element Ninjas?

Five Element Ninjas (1982) is a action, drama film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi, Lung Tien-Hsiang, Lo Meng.

Where can I find more recommendations like Five Element Ninjas?

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About movies like Five Element Ninjas

This ranked list pairs Five Element Ninjas (1982), a action and drama film from Chang Cheh, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi 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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