The martial arts genre is a broad one, considering how many types of martial arts there are out there. An introduction that merely mentions them all would still go on for a little too long, but martial arts movies are best defined as action films that feature one or more of the many types of martial arts in their action sequences.

Below, things are going to be broad, so even samurai movies are being counted as martial arts films, as are some hand-to-hand-heavy martial arts movies that also feature a bit by way of firearm-related action. And there is a need to go broad in order to find some truly perfect martial arts movies; not just great or mostly great ones. There will be notes here, in a sense, since a bit of commentary is needed, but no negative notes when it comes to these class

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