The Top Ten Must Own Shaws

[Markgway]

For a bit of fun I'm going to compile a list of the top ten Shaw Bros films you must own.

What I want you guys to do is pick your top three Shaw films and leave the rest to me.

Put them in order with your number one being your ultimate Shaw film

Once there's enough votes to make a list we can see what the official KFC top ten must own titles are.

The more votes each film gets the higher it places on the chart.

Get voting guys!

Current Ratings

1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 51
2. Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter 49
3. Heroes of the East 40
4. Crippled Avengers 24
5. The Avenging Eagle 17
6. King Boxer 16
7. The Blood Brothers 15
8. 5 Shaolin Masters 13
= Human Lanterns 13
9. The Boxer from Shantung 12
10. Come Drink With Me 11
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Killer Constable 8
Masked Avengers 7
The Duel 6
Executioners From Shaolin 6
The 14 Amazons 6
Martial Club 6
One-Armed Swordsman 6
Tiger Killer 6
Mad Monkey Kung Fu 5
Vengeance! 5
The Five Venoms 4
Opium and the Kung Fu Master 4
Black Butterfly 3
The Delightful Forest 3
Disciples of Shaolin 3
Five Element Ninjas 3
Golden Swallow 3
Invincible Shaolin 3
Legendary Weapons of China 3
The Magic Blade 3
Rendezvous With Death 3
Shaolin Mantis 3
Shaolin Prince 3
The Sword of Swords 3
What Price Honesty? 3
The Bells of Death 2
Clan of the White Lotus 2
The Crimson Charm 2
Five Superfighters 2
King Cat 2
Love Without End (1961) 2
Magnificent Ruffians 2
The New One-Armed Swordsman 2
The New Shaolin Boxers 2
Return of the Sentimental Swordsman 2
The Deadly Secret 1
Challenge of the Masters 1
The Chinatown Kid 1
The Chinese Boxer 1
The Heroic Ones 1
Holy Flame of the Martial World 1
Men from the Monastery 1
Mercenaries from Hong Kong 1
The Mermaid 1
The Mighty One 1
The Savage Five 1
The Secret of the Dirk 1
Shaolin Temple 1
Super Inframan 1
Sword Stained with Royal Blood 1
Twelve Deadly Coins 1
Usurpers Of Emperor's Power 1


Voters registered:
The Amazing Psycho Per, Apanblod, Asmo, Betty Pei Ti, Big Rogie, Bio Zombie, Bravery, Chinatown Kid, Crazed Justice 888, Cumpa, Death Shrike, The Dragon, Ekisha, Fabhui, Fanboy 1991, Fist of Boss, Frankylau, Gaijin 84, Goliamoto, Greenfan, Gwailomofo, Inframan, Iron Boat, Iron Fisted Monk, Jackie Fhan, Jalvarez 82, Jmungus, Jrcma, The KFC, Killer Meteor, Knockabout, Kung Foolery, Kung Fu Samurai, Kwok Choi, KyFi, Lillippa 328, Mark 187, Markgway, Masked Avenger, Mittrawnuruondo, Morgoth, Nectaris, Ninja Sinai, Oily Maniac, Old Pang Yau, Pai Mei, Peringaten, Poelie, Pure KF, Que Muchita, Queen Blast, Razorclam, Sad Shaw Fan, Shaolin Chamber 36, Shaolin Drunkard, Shawbro, 66 Mantis, Skepparkrans, Stephe, Steyr AUG, Tibetan White Crane, Toecutter, Tosh, Vengenace of Human Lanterns, Wheat Thin Man, Winfred, Wuxiafan, Yang Wu Liang.

[Bravery]

Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Blood Brothers
One Armed Swordsman

what are yours Mark, don't hide them, lol

[Killer Meteor]

Boxer from Shantung

Crippled Avengers

Come Drink With Me

[kungfusamurai]

Five Fingers Of Death/King Boxer
Executioners From Shaolin, which just beats out 36th Chamber in my books
Five Venoms

KFS

[vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

The Delightful Forest
Human Lanterns
Vengeance
The Duel
Bloody Parrot

How impossible is seems to pick only three! Love so many of these films.

[The Dragon]

36Th Chamber of Shaolin

The Blood Brothers

Men from the Monastery



My Ultimate Shaw would be 36TH Chambers based on the training sequences, action direction, and acting. It's an ultimate kung fu film, because the viewer is training right along with San Te.

[KyFi]

The Blood Brothers
Executioners from Shaolin
36th Chamber of Shaolin

[thekfc]

Impossible to pick just 3 - but here goes.

Avenging Eagles
New Shaolin Boxer
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

I can easily interchange the above with:
The 36th chamber
Invincible Shaolin
Police Force
or with
Legendary Weapons
Clan of the White Lotus
Gang Master

[greenfan]

Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Magnificent Ruffians
Human Lanterns

[Chinatown Kid]

Heroes of the East
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Chinatown Kid(International version)

[Iron Boat]

Boxer From Shantung
New One Armed Swordsman
Blood Brothers
8 Diagram Pole Fighter

Disciples of Shaolin (Invincible One)

[Asmo]

Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Blood Brothers

[Markgway]

The Delightful Forest
Human Lanterns
Vengeance
The Duel
Bloody Parrot

How impossible is seems to pick only three! Love so many of these films.

You need to pick three in order (#1 being favourite) for the idea to work.

Try again.

Heroes of the East
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Chinatown Kid(International version)
The Delinquent/Kid from Kwangtung(I know only 3 but couldn't leave these out!)

You have to leave two out. I'm not being an awkward dick. It's so the system works.

Boxer From Shantung
New One Armed Swordsman
Blood Brothers
8 Diagram Pole Fighter

Disciples of Shaolin (Invincible One)

See above responses.

[shaolin drunkard]

Masked Avengers
Avenging Eagle
5 Shaolin Masters

[Iron Boat]

Then the top 3 on my list will suffice

[SadShawFan]

My pick:

The Blood Brothers
The Sword of Swords
The Savage Five

[fabhui]

Killer Constable
8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Vengeance

[shawbro]

human lanterns
blood brothers
five venoms

[goliamoto]

Boxer from Shantung
The Duel
The Chinese Boxer

[lillippa328]

Heroes of the East
36 Chambers
Masked Avengers

[Poelie]

Tiger Killer
Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
Bells of Death

[Chinatown Kid]

I took the last two off my list Sir Markgway. ;)

[peringaten]

No way in hell I could nail that catalogue down to three. I tried, reshaped and deleted a few times... but it just ain't happening... I doubt I could narrow LKL's output down to top three must have's even... hghghgvbleefggf

Here's three for posterity's sake just because I feel they're must own, but probably won't get much rep here otherwise. Near the top of my list regardless.

1. What Price Honesty
2. Rendezvous With Death
3. Usurpers Of Emperor's Power

[thekfc]

No way in hell I could nail that catalogue down to three. I tried, reshaped and deleted a few times... but it just ain't happening... I doubt I could narrow LKL's output down to top three must have's even... hghghgvbleefggf

Here's three for posterity's sake just because I feel they're must own, but probably won't get much rep here otherwise. Near the top of my list regardless.

1. What Price Honesty
2. Rendezvous With Death
3. Usurpers Of Emperor's Power

I agree p.

Your top 2 could/would also be must have for me.

[Iron Boat]

Replace Wang Yu with Fu Sheng in Rendezvous with Death and I would agree that its top 3.

[peringaten]

You know I would have initially agreed with you about Fu Sheng, would have made it feel more unmistakably A-class for sure. But I think Wong Yue fits the role better in retrospect... carries the naiveness of the role better. Fu Sheng did cocky young swordsman (umbrellasman here perhaps) more bolshily than the leadable naivity that suits this character brought well into play by Wong Yue. Best role I've seen from/for him possibly.

[Iron Boat]

I actually prefer Wong Yue more so in the Proud Youth, that was a pretty good serious role for him. Wong Yue defeating Chen Kuan Tai at the end of Rendezvous just didn't seem right...or possible, lol.

[peringaten]

Well, he didn't actually take out CKT at the end of Rendezvous, he was playing it nervous in part. Wong Yue weren't the one who finished him. Proud Youth was alright, but I like cocky naive umbrella style more than toilet sword style somewhat.

[Iron Boat]

I'd have to watch again, I actually can't remember how Rendezvous ended. But if he beat him with trickery that would make more sense, I do recall liking that end fight better than vs Ti lung in Opium.

[Gaijin84]

36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East
Martial Club

[Winfred]

The 14 Amazons
The Crimson Charm
The Mighty One

[Tosh]

8 diagram Pole Fighter
Human Lanterns
Bells of Death

Shit it just took me an hour to come up with those last two choices.

[WuxiaFan]

8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
36th Chamber of Shaolin

[Bravery]

8 diagram Pole Fighter
Human Lanterns
Bells of Death

Shit it just took me an hour to come up with those last two choices.

lol. Iknow what you mean. After 8 Diagram, I had to actually think. For me, it is the best of the genre.

And, how good is Human Lanterns, it is one of those movies I skip over when i'm picking up movies.

[GwaiLoMoFo]

8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Vengeance!
Human Lanterns (Im a Horror fan)

I tried to mix a bit of variety in. If I had to choose only three, I would want them to be different types of films. I coulda easily just gone with 3 random Pop's flix (HOTE, 36 Chambers 1-3, COTWL, LWOC, MMKF, ect....)

[vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

"how good is Human Lanterns, it is one of those movies I skip over when i'm picking up movies."


your missing out on a good movie.

[vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

Black Butterfly
King Cat
Twelve Deadly Coins

Ha!

[thekfc]

Wow! No one pick Legendary Weapons yet.

[ironfistedmonk]

Human Lanterns
Avenging Eagle
8 Diagram Pole Fighter

[shaolin drunkard]

Wow! No one pick Legendary Weapons yet.
If pick 3 most boring shaw kf`s it would get at least one vote:)

[Markgway]

Great to see all you guys enthusiastically taking part.

Should be fun to see how the results shape up. :)

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

You're killing me here....

KING BOXER
THE 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN
HEROES OF THE EAST

[thekfc]

If pick 3 most boring shaw kf`s it would get at least one vote:)

Nice one sd.

BTW:
my #1 is better than your #2 - because I choose it as #1 XD

my #2 is better than your #3 - because Fu Sheng rules ;)

my #3 is better than your #1 - because you didn't share your rice wine with us. :p

:monkey12

[The Amazing Psycho Per]

Alright... I hard a really hard time since I'm not one to play favorite so here it goes...

8 Diagram pole fighter: That was the easiest choice, a no contest. Philip Ko Fei vs Gordon Liu: Best pole fight ever.

Crippled Avengers: The movie that made me discover the Venoms. Awesome acrobatic fights.

Shaolin Prince: I juggled a while for the third place... So much canditate. In the end, I decided to go with an underdog. I knew very little about it going in this movie and I was blown away. By far imo the most underrated Shaw out there. Tang Chia's best work.

[Iron Boat]

A top 3 most boring Shaws sounds like a fun idea to. Let me pick out 3 Chor Yuen Films to complete this list, lol.

[kungfusamurai]

A top 3 most boring Shaws sounds like a fun idea to. Let me pick out 3 Chor Yuen Films to complete this list, lol.

Yeah, except I wouldn't be able to pick just 3.

KFS

[Masked Avenger]

1. Crippled Avengers
2. Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
3. The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin

[Yang Wu Liang]

Human Lanterns
Five Super Fighters
Holy Flame Of The Martial World

[DeathShrike]

Come Drink With Me
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Five Venoms

[Biozombie]

One Armed Swordsman
Tiger Killer
Clan Of The White Lotus

[QueenBlast]

Off that list I shall pick my 3 favs.

Heroes Of The East
Avenging Eagle
5 Shaolin Masters


Sorry 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, Crippled Avengers, Vengence!, The Duel, and The Savage 5, you all just fell short.

[The Dragon]

The films that are mentioned most will end up being the top ten, I take it?

:nerd:

[Markgway]

You can already see certain titles seperating from the pack.

[crazedjustice888]

Martial Club
5 Shaolin Masters
Shaolin Temple

[Cumpa]

36th Chamber of Shaoling
Chinesse Super Ninjas
Sword Stained With Royal Blood

[DeathShrike]

Human Lanterns the fourth-most must-own Shaw Brothers film? Jesus Christ.

[Markgway]

Hey,

You guys voted! :D

[Shaolin Chamber 36]

Invincible Shaolin
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East

[mitthrawnuruondo]

crippled avengers
heroes of the east
tiger killer

[FrankBolte]

Challenge of the masters
8 diagram pole fighter
hung boxing kid

[Betty Pei Ti]

8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Disciples of Shaolin
Avenging Eagle

[Toecutter]

Heroes of the East
Crippled Avengers
King Boxer

[Markgway]

hung boxing kid

Just as well I know that's DISCIPLES OF SHAOLIN. :p

[FrankBolte]

Just as well I know that's DISCIPLES OF SHAOLIN. :p

haha sorry man,I always having trouble remembering the title..was disciple of shaolin or shaolin disciple or or or...hung boxing kid is so much easier...:D
but Im trying to remember...siu lam todai...haha

[Blood Sword]

For those you must own(I think are) in no particular order

-avenging eagle
-masked avengers
-5 shaolin masters
-shaolin temple
-heroes of the east
-shaolin mantis
-new onearmed swordsman
-golden swallow
-crippled avengers
-killer constable

[Iron Boat]

Great List Blood Sword but I would take out Shaolin Mantis and replace it with 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, 36 Chambers, or Boxer From Shantung. Maybe add Disciples of Shaolin as well.

[Blood Sword]

Great List Blood Sword but I would take out Shaolin Mantis and replace it with 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, 36 Chambers, or Boxer From Shantung. Maybe add Disciples of Shaolin as well.Would not do injustice...But as "traditional" student trains in shao-lin I think CC`s Shaolin Temple overcomes 36 chambers.Boxer from shantung is awesome movie and maybe deserves place on top10.I really dig scene where CKT takes on boxer.Disciples is also great entertainment but movie lacks nice fights,fu sheng and chi kuan chun are too good...
8 diagram is so fine also..
there is just so many good shaw movies making top 10 is difficult-

[Iron Boat]

Would not do injustice...But as "traditional" student trains in shao-lin I think CC`s Shaolin Temple overcomes 36 chambers.Boxer from shantung is awesome movie and maybe deserves place on top10.I really dig scene where CKT takes on boxer.Disciples is also great entertainment but movie lacks nice fights,fu sheng and chi kuan chun are too good...
8 diagram is so fine also..
there is just so many good shaw movies making top 10 is difficult-

I agree I love CC's Shaolin Temple I still prefer to call it Death Chambers as it was known when I was growing up. I still credit 5 Masters of Death and Death Chambers as the two films that introduced me and hooked me on Shaw films in general. You are right about Disciples, Fu Sheng and CKC are too good and pretty much walk through the competition, I guess it would be the emotion of the film that sticks out for me. Another film on your list I love is New One Armed Swordsman. I think the final duel between DC and Ku Feng is one of the most satisfying end fights ever.

[Blood Sword]

I agree I love CC's Shaolin Temple I still prefer to call it Death Chambers as it was known when I was growing up. I still credit 5 Masters of Death and Death Chambers as the two films that introduced me and hooked me on Shaw films in general. You are right about Disciples, Fu Sheng and CKC are too good and pretty much walk through the competition, I guess it would be the emotion of the film that sticks out for me. Another film on your list I love is New One Armed Swordsman. I think the final duel between DC and Ku Feng is one of the most satisfying end fights ever.
Yes..I particularly like moment when dying Ku Feng mentions Ti Lungs words about 3 swords.Great emotional stuff:angel:.

[Iron Boat]

haha sorry man,I always having trouble remembering the title..was disciple of shaolin or shaolin disciple or or or...hung boxing kid is so much easier...:D
but Im trying to remember...siu lam todai...haha

Hey I still go buy the bootleg title, Invincible One if all else fails

[PureKF]

5 Shaolin Masters
Heroes of the East
Masked Avengers

[The Dragon]

When do we get a cut off point? I'm anxious to see the results.
:nerd:

[QueMuchita]

Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
Avenging Eagle
Crippled Avengers

[OldPangYau]

Thought I'd finally throw my hat into this ring:

1. Boxer From Shantung (the finale alone is more than worth it)
2. King Boxer
3. The Duel

[Skepparkrans]

are you still counting? :smile:

my three..

36 Chambers Of Shaolin
Heroes Of The East
Clan Of The White Lotus

Not so original but hey.. its the three must have we are talking about..
Strange to see so few voted for Clan of the white lotus..

[The Lizard]

There is dozens of must-own Shawns..these are maybe ones I have watched most;

-shaolin challenges ninja
-avenging eagle
-new onearmed swordsman
-5 deadly venoms
-masked avengers
-5 shaolin masters
-8 diagram pole fighter
-the assassin
-killer constable
-human lanterns

[Markgway]

Updated. 15/05/10

[Jackie Fhan]

A little hard for me, but from what I have seen I'd go with...

1. 36 chamber of shaolin
2. Come Drink with Me
3. The Herioc Ones


It was hard for me to leave off The Delightful Forest and My Young Auntie.. really liked those two. I guess Tung will have to win me over some way or another. The Delightful Forest is about even with the three above, but I had to pick right? :)

[Wheat Thin Man]

Here's my three:

36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East
Opium and the Kung Fu Master

[jrcma]

Crippled Avengers
5 Element Ninjas
Heroes of the East

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Killer Constable
Avenging Eagle
8 Diagram Pole Fighter

[Kung Foolery]

36th Chamber
8 Diagram
Come Drink With Me

[Markgway]

Updated 17/5/10

[Kwok Choi]

You need to pick three in order (#1 being favourite) for the idea to work.

Try again.



You have to leave two out. I'm not being an awkward dick. It's so the system works.



See above responses.

This is impossible to justify but If Mark is referring to sheer entertainment value,as we all know that there is a lot more to Shaw movies than this,then I'll go for entertainment and historical value because I believe I can show these three movies to anyone regardless of scepticism and chances are they will suspend their disbelief and like them.

The 14 Amazons

8 Diagram Pole Fighters

Blood Brothers

[Kwok Choi]

.......................................just one more thing; I know Mark said this is just for fun and I can see that 8 diagrams has 37 points Amazons 3 points. Well for a bit more fun it will be good to mention that these 2 movies compliment each other.Though they are technically differently made - Diagram - having the edge on choreography, 14 Amazons was a landmark movie that lingered for months just like today's The Matrix,Sin City and Avatar.
Also 8 Diagrams and Amazons are two sides of the same coin so which one owes it's success to the other?
Would Sifu Lau had made the impressive Diagrams as good as it is without reference to Amazons.That reference is very significant.If Amazons was poor would sifu Lau had made such an effort to give us this classic years later? Amazons was a big challenge to surpass hence we got the magnificent 8 Diagram Pole Fighters so for a little bit more fun Amazons deserves half a point for every one of Diagram's :wink: because without Amazons we might not have got Diagrams and I say this because no one else tried this again because Sifu Lau sealed the deal.No one could beat these 2 landmark movies of the same subject matter.Think about it.:wink:

[inframan]

Crippled Avengers
Heroes of the East
Inframan

[Fang Shih-yu]

.......................................just one more thing; I know Mark said this is just for fun and I can see that 8 diagrams has 37 points Amazons 3 points. Well for a bit more fun it will be good to mention that these 2 movies compliment each other.Though they are technically differently made - Diagram - having the edge on choreography, 14 Amazons was a landmark movie that lingered for months just like today's The Matrix,Sin City and Avatar.
Also 8 Diagrams and Amazons are two sides of the same coin so which one owes it's success to the other?
Would Sifu Lau had made the impressive Diagrams as good as it is without reference to Amazons.That reference is very significant.If Amazons was poor would sifu Lau had made such an effort to give us this classic years later? Amazons was a big challenge to surpass hence we got the magnificent 8 Diagram Pole Fighters so for a little bit more fun Amazons deserves half a point for every one of Diagram's :wink: because without Amazons we might not have got Diagrams and I say this because no one else tried this again because Sifu Lau sealed the deal. No one could beat these 2 landmark movies of the same subject matter.Think about it.:wink:
These are valid points. Alas, in terms of [at least] the home video age, 8DPF has been available for viewing for several years, compared to 14A, which has been available on DVD (by IVL and Funimation) a fraction of that time. Exposure easily tempers the voting toward 8DPF!... Further, 14A was adapted from an old Chinese writing (like The Water Margin was adapted from the Chinese novel Outlaws of the Marsh). Lau Kar Leung's script writer could easily have gone to that source material and concoct the story for 8DPF without giving a SECOND THOUGHT to 14A! The reality is 8DPF WAS made because of 14A having been released in the first place, even though it ran only once (prior to home entertainment) but still did great box office! Maybe if more people eventually buy 14A and REALLY like it, its ranking on here will improve to where it should be, from the perspective of artistic and fiancial sucess!:bigsmile:

[Knockabout]

36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East
King Boxer

[SteyrAUG]

Too easy.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes of the East
Five Deadly Venoms

[Ninja Sinai]

I used to be a big fan of 36th Chamber but overtime I dont rate it as high anymore as I once did..

Well here are the Ninjas top three Shaws in order..

1. Crippled Avengers - The only movie in history where once the movie finished I had to put it on again immediatley right back from the beginning and watch again!! Its that wicked!

2. Avenging Eagle - Watched it subbed originally and thought it was good. Then my bro Pete from FLK sent me the custom dubbed version and it blew me away and took it to a whole other level! The dubbed version is on a whole other level!!

3. It has to be a tie between Spearman of Death & The Deadly Secret (sorry Mark couldnt choose between the two).

[Markgway]

Updated: 19/6/10

Ninja - I choose A Deadly Secret for you because I prefer it to Flag of Iron.

[bratty]

I would've never guessed Deadly Secret would be such a hit. I checked it out a couple of weeks ago because I was curious to see a wuxia by the director of Men Behind the Sun. Well, ,it's a cool film , but it didn't blow me away. I wasn't super into the "special effects". I also have this feeling that Celestial tampered with the editing a little bit. I can't put my finger on it but the movie just doesn't feel like a production from 1980 to me! I'd give DS about a 6-7 /10.

[nectarsis]

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Martial Club
one Armed Swordsman

A bitcliched I know, but some of my earliest flicks I ever watched..and still some of my faves.

[kungpowmaster]

There are so many Shaw films, most I have't seen.

But I did just see one that I thought was great!

Heroes of the East.


I also just ordered Challenge of the Masters, and haven't seen this before.

[blue_skies]

For a bit of fun I'm going to compile a list of the top ten Shaw Bros films you must own.

What I want you guys to do is pick your top three Shaw films and leave the rest to me.

Put them in order with your number one being your ultimate Shaw film

Once there's enough votes to make a list we can see what the official KFC top ten must own titles are.

The more votes each film gets the higher it places on the chart.

Get voting guys!

Current Ratings

1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 42
2. Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter 39
3. Heroes of the East 31
4. Crippled Avengers 23
5. The Avenging Eagle 16
6. The Blood Brothers 15
7. Human Lanterns 13
8. The Boxer from Shantung 12
9. King Boxer 10
10. Come Drink With Me 7
= 5 Shaolin Masters 7
-----------------------------
The 14 Amazons 6
= Killer Constable 6
= Tiger Killer 6
Mad Monkey Kung Fu 5
Masked Avengers 5
Executioners From Shaolin 4
The Five Venoms 4
Martial Club 4
One-Armed Swordsman 4
Opium and the Kung Fu Master 4
Black Butterfly 3
Disciples of Shaolin 3
The Duel 3
Five Element Ninjas 3
Invincible Shaolin 3
Vengeance! 3
What Price Honesty? 3
The Bells of Death 2
Clan of the White Lotus 2
The Crimson Charm 2
Five Superfighters 2
King Cat 2
Magnificent Ruffians 2
The New One-Armed Swordsman 2
The New Shaolin Boxers 2
Rendezvous With Death 2
Return of the Sentimental Swordsman 2
The Sword of Swords 2
The Deadly Secret 1
Challenge of the Masters 1
The Chinatown Kid 1
The Chinese Boxer 1
The Heroic Ones 1
Holy Flame of the Martial World 1
Men from the Monastery 1
The Mighty One 1
The Savage Five 1
Shaolin Prince 1
Shaolin Temple 1
Super Inframan 1
Sword Stained with Royal Blood 1
Twelve Deadly Coins 1
Usurpers Of Emperor's Power 1


Voters registered:
The Amazing Psycho Per, Asmo, Betty Pei Ti, Bio Zombie, Bravery, Chinatown Kid, Crazed Justice 888, Cumpa, Death Shrike, The Dragon, Ekisha, Fabhui, Frankylau, Gaijin 84, Goliamoto, Greenfan, Gwailomofo, Inframan, Iron Boat, Iron Fisted Monk, Jackie Fhan, Jrcma, The KFC, Killer Meteor, Knockabout, Kung Foolery, Kung Fu Samurai, Kwok Choi, KyFi, Lillippa 328, Masked Avenger, Mittrawnuruondo, Morgoth, Ninja Sinai, Old Pang Yau, Peringaten, Poelie, Pure KF, Que Muchita, Queen Blast, Sad Shaw Fan, Shaolin Chamber 36, Shaolin Drunkard, Shawbro, Skepparkrans, Steyr AUG, Tibetan White Crane, Toecutter, Tosh, Vengenace of Human Lanterns, Wheat Thin Man, Winfred, Wuxiafan, Yang Wu Liang.


I just thought I would give this terrific thread a boost. I think it's too soon to include my vote but will once I've seen more Shaw Brother movies.:bigsmile:

[Markgway]

Updated with Nectaris' marks. Sorry for delay.

[Apanblod]

Shaolin Mantis
Masked Avengers
Dirty Ho
5 Shaolin Masters
Sword Stained With Royal Blood
House of Traps
5 Element Ninjas
Ode to Gallantry
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
Shaolin Temple

[razorclam]

1.) Delightful Forest
2.) 5 Shaolin Masters
3.) Come Drink with Me

[Markgway]

Shaolin Mantis
Masked Avengers
Dirty Ho
5 Shaolin Masters
Sword Stained With Royal Blood
House of Traps
5 Element Ninjas
Ode to Gallantry
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
Shaolin Temple

You need to pick your top three - in order.

Updated with Razorclam's picks.

[QueMuchita]

One Armed Swordsman
Come Drink With Me
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
The 36 Chambers Of Shaolin
My Young Auntie
King Boxer
Crippled Avengers
5 Deadly Venoms
The Avenging Eagle
Fist Of The White Lotus

[KyFi]

One Armed Swordsman
Come Drink With Me
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
The 36 Chambers Of Shaolin
My Young Auntie
King Boxer
Crippled Avengers
5 Deadly Venoms
The Avenging Eagle
Fist Of The White Lotus


(I'll take this one, Mark)

You need to pick your top three - in order. :wink:

[Pai Mei]

1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
2. Executioners From Shaolin
3. The Avenging Eagle
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4. The Magic Blade (If I could give half a point to someone, I would give it to this film. Although it’s not in my top three, it’s definitely in my top ten. If we were ranking Shaw dubs, this would be my numero uno pick.)

[blue_skies]

we really need a moderator to change the title to include something like Post your top three Shaws movies?

[QueMuchita]

(I'll take this one, Mark)

You need to pick your top three - in order. :wink:

1 - King Boxer
2 - Come Drink With Me
3 - One Armed Swordsman

[jmungus]

4. The Magic Blade (If I could give half a point to someone, I would give it to this film. Although it’s not in my top three, it’s definitely in my top ten. If we were ranking Shaw dubs, this would be my numero uno pick.)

i`ll take it from here :bigsmile: magic blade is my #.....

1. magic blade
2. shaolin prince
3. rendezvous with death

this top 3 does undergo slight changes every few months.

[Apanblod]

You need to pick your top three - in order.

Updated with Razorclam's picks.

top 3:

1. Shaolin Mantis
2. Masked Avengers
3. 5 Shaolin Masters

:)

[Pai Mei]

i`ll take it from here :bigsmile: magic blade is my #.....

1. magic blade
2. shaolin prince
3. rendezvous with death

this top 3 does undergo slight changes every few months.

Nice!!!:bigsmile:

[Markgway]

we really need a moderator to change the title to include something like Post your top three Shaws movies?

Or people could just read the first post! :tongue:

I just checked and I already have Que Muchita's contribution registered. Trying to sneak in a second vote, eh?? :xd:

Updated with Pai Mei, Apanblod, and Jumungus' lists...

AND my own picks!! Finally!!

I went with

Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
Killer Constable
The Secret of the Dirk.

Very difficult to choose form a shortlist of about six.

I went with 'Dirk' because it wasn't anywhere on the list and deserved a mention.

[66 Mantis]

1) King Boxer
2) Legendary Weapons of China
3) Crippled Avengers

[jmungus]

a film that I never even heard of before (in this case, Secret of the Dirk)

imo its quite decent, but nothing to go crazy about. i believe i liked hsu cheng hungs 12 deadly coins, swordsman at large and silver fox at least equally.
he was quite the dependable wuxia director back in the late 60s. im not so much appreciative of the shaw`s pre-1968 stuff; but his are some of the nicest in comparison.
many other shaws from SotD`s year of release (1970) on the other hand i think deserve more praise (ie iron buddha, 12 gold medallions, chinese boxer, lady of steel....).

[bigrogie]

Heroes of the East
Come Drink With Me
One Armed Swordsman

[Markgway]

Updated for 66 Mantis and Big Rogie.

[QueMuchita]

I just checked and I already have Que Muchita's contribution registered. Trying to sneak in a second vote, eh?? :xd:




Sorry i never realized, i just checked, that post was from like 2 years ago

[blue_skies]

AND my own picks!! Finally!!

I went with

Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
Killer Constable
The Secret of the Dirk.

Very difficult to choose form a shortlist of about six.

I went with 'Dirk' because it wasn't anywhere on the list and deserved a mention.

Doesn't that defeat the point of this list just to give the film a mention?:squigglemouth:

Shouldn't this list be about the best of the best?:wink:


Sorry i never realized, i just checked, that post was from like 2 years ago

were your choices still the same after two years?

[QueMuchita]

No they were totally different

[blue_skies]

No they were totally different

what were your original choices?

[Fanboy1991]

1. The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
2. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
3. Heroes Of The East

[Markgway]

Doesn't that defeat the point of this list just to give the film a mention?:squigglemouth:

Shouldn't this list be about the best of the best?:wink:

I couldn't decide on the third title so I picked the most unsung of the bunch. It's still a classic otherwise I wouldn't have even considered it. The choosing of titles isn't scientific - for anyone. On another day I might have went with The Magnificent Trio... or Temple of the Red Lotus...but I figured those two were slightly better known.


Updated for Fanboy 1991

[Stephe]

#1) Heroes of the East (1978) starring Gordon Liu and Mizuno Yuko:
ooothe best Shaw Brothers kung fu film, and a good one to show to
oooShaws neophytes of all stripes, and to girlfriends, and to family

#2) Love Without End (1961) starring Linda Lin Dai and Guan Shan:
ooodeservedly classic black & white tearjerker, which was
ooosuccessfully re-made with Jenny Hu and Ling Yun in 1970,
ooobut without the towering performance of Lin Dai

#3) The Mermaid (1965) starring Li Ching (in two roles) and Ivy Ling Po:
oooa Huangmei opera in which a carp spirit falls in love with a scholar,
ooobringing the wrath of storm gods and the mediation of the Goddess
oooof Mercy (Kuan Yin) -- from a script from none other than Chang Cheh.
oooGreat even if you don't ordinarily like Huangmei operas, and especially
oooif you don't like The Love Eterne. At the Internet Movie Database
ooo(imdb.com), The Mermaid (1965) is called The Beautiful Carp Spirit.

[Markgway]

Updated...........

[Knockabout]

1) 36th Chamber of Shaolin
2) King Boxer
3) Heroes of the East

[mark187]

1. King Boxer
2. Vengeance!
3. Come Drink with Me

[Markgway]

Updated for Mark 187.

Knockabout: You've posted your picks before in this thread.
Can members please check the list on the front page. It would save both of us time. Thx.

[jalvarez82]

1. The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
2. Heroes of the East
3. Legendary Weapons of China

[Markgway]

Updated.......

[Knockabout]

Knockabout: You've posted your picks before in this thread.
Can members please check the list on the front page. It would save both of us time. Thx.

Sorry about that Mark, for some reason I thought this was a new tread :crossedlips:

HOWEVER, i can see that i picked the exact same 3 movies both times, which i guess gives my answer some statistical significance... I'm not sure everyone would give the same answer 1½ year after they gave their first reply :tongue:

[Oily Maniac]

The Duel
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Mercenaries from Hongkong

[Fist Of Boss]

Quite hard to narrate into 3 films you need to have....But I think 5 shaolin masters and avenging eagle are essentials, everyone should have those.

3rd would be golden swallow, sword of swords or return of onearmed swordsman. Jimmy wang yu is not for everyones taste...fights are not that good in his movies but,,,darn, his finest movies are amazing watching experience,,,,Venom movie should be here too, rules for top 3 is unfair:nerd:

[Markgway]

Quite hard to narrate into 3 films you need to have....But I think 5 shaolin masters and avenging eagle are essentials, everyone should have those. 3rd would be golden swallow, sword of swords or return of onearmed swordsman. Jimmy wang yu is not for everyones taste...fights are not that good in his movies but,,,darn, his finest movies are amazing watching experience,,,,Venom movie should be here too, rules for top 3 is unfair:nerd:

I know, but... YOU MUST CHOOSE!!

Updated for Oily Maniac.

[Fist Of Boss]

I know, but... YOU MUST CHOOSE!!

Updated for Oily Maniac.

golden swallow
5 shaolin masters
sword of swords

I left totally brilliant avenging eagle away as remember was even more impressed by those BOTH jwy movies...It`s fact I have watched more avenging eagle later than those jimmy ones but on first view impact golden swallow and sword of swords made was higher

[blue_skies]

rules for top 3 is unfair:nerd:

Yeah I was actually thinking about starting a thread similar to this one so that everybody posted their top 10 Shaw Brother movies. Then add everybody's votes up in a similar way that Mark has been doing.:smile:

although I don't want to step on Mark's toes as his thread is very good.

[Fist Of Boss]

Yeah I was actually thinking about starting a thread similar to this one so that everybody posted their top 10 Shaw Brother movies. Then add everybody's votes up in a similar way that Mark has been doing.:smile:

although I don't want to step on Mark's toes as his thread is very good.

Then again if narrow it to top3 in gives some exercise for brain using for choosing items...easier to pick top 50 than top 3:wink:

[Markgway]

Updated for Fist of Boss.

If you make it a top ten....

A. That's a LOT more work for the threadkeeper.
B. People will complain about it not being a top ELEVEN!

[Fist Of Boss]

Updated for Fist of Boss.

If you make it a top ten....

A. That's a LOT more work for the threadkeeper.
B. People will complain about it not being a top ELEVEN!

I would not need to think about top 10

-masked avengers
-rebel intruders
-sword of swords
-golden swallow
-new onearmed swordsman
-return of onearmed swordsman
-super ninjas
-crippled avengers...

pffffff. I take my words back, there is some very good wu xias around not talked widely in these forums...knight of knights I love, duel for gold...Jade tiger too...and Killer Constable...hrrrr,maybe not so easy to pick 10 or even 11?

Lmao I forgot already mentioned avenging eagle and 5 shaolin masters...but that just proves 2 things...1 I have amneasia 2 shaws produced a lot quality movies

[blue_skies]

Updated for Fist of Boss.

If you make it a top ten....

A. That's a LOT more work for the threadkeeper.
B. People will complain about it not being a top ELEVEN!

yeah, you definitely have two very good points. I just thought it would give more votes to certain films, perhaps giving a better indication on the best Shaw Brother movies.

[Stephe]

I would not need to think about top 10
-masked avengers
-rebel intruders
-sword of swords
-golden swallow
-new onearmed swordsman
-return of onearmed swordsman
-super ninjas
-crippled avengers...


Wow, what a list!!! :tongue:

That prompts me to ask if folks would consider starting a list for
Top 3 Bloodiest Shaw Brothers films.

Other than the items in red above, some that come to mind are
The Rescue, The Boxer from Shantung, The Duel, The Devil's Mirror,
and Secret Service of the Imperial Court.

[Fist Of Boss]

Wow, what a list!!! :tongue:

That prompts me to ask if folks would consider starting a list for
Top 3 Bloodiest Shaw Brothers films.

Other than the items in red above, some that come to mind are
The Rescue, The Boxer from Shantung, The Duel, The Devil's Mirror,
and Secret Service of the Imperial Court.

:bigsmile:...devils mirror so far unseen but other movies you mentioned very good:angel: