Martial arts films of the 2000s

279 films: 175 martial arts films, 63 boxing films, 15 ninja films, 12 jidaigeki (period dramas).

2000

• 2000 AD (2000) – Gordon Chan
• A Fighter's Blues (2000) – Daniel Lee
• Ali: An American Hero (2000) – León Ichaso
• Anarchists (2000) – Yoo Young-sik
• Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000) – John Little
• Charlie's Angels (2000) – McG
• China Strike Force (2000) – Stanley Tong
• Conman in Tokyo (2000) – Ching Siu-tung
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) – Ang Lee
• Girlfight (2000) – Karyn Kusama
• Gojoe (2000) – Gakuryū Ishii
• King of the World (2000) – John Sacret Young
• Price of Glory (2000) – Carlos Avila
• Romeo Must Die (2000) – Andrzej Bartkowiak
• Sakuya: Slayer of Demons (2000) – Tomoo Haraguchi
• Shanghai Noon (2000) – Tom Dey
• Shiner (2000) – John Irvin
• Snatch (2000) – Guy Ritchie
• Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation (2000) – Shigeyasu Yamauchi
• The Art of War (2000) – Christian Duguay
• The Duel (2000) – Andrew Lau
• The Opponent (2000) – Eugene Jarecki
• Tokyo Raiders (2000) – Jingle Ma
• Versus (2000) – Ryuhei Kitamura

2001

• Ali (2001) – Michael Mann
• Badri (2001) – P. A. Arun Prasad
• Bhadrachalam (2001) – Nimmala Shankar
• Blood of the Samurai (2001) – Aaron Yamasato
• Born Wild (2001) – Patrick Leung
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) – Christophe Gans
• Chūshingura 1/47 (2001) – Shunsaku Kawake
• I Went To (2001) – Kon Ichikawa
• Invincible (2001) – Jefery Levy
• Kah-chan (2001) – Kon Ichikawa
• Kiss of the Dragon (2001) – Chris Nahon
• Knockout (2001)
• Onmyōji (2001) – Yōjirō Takita
• Red Shadow (2001) – Hiroyuki Nakano
• Rush Hour 2 (2001) – Brett Ratner
• Shaolin Soccer (2001) – Stephen Chow
• The Accidental Spy (2001) – Teddy Chan
• The Avenging Fist (2001) – Andrew Lau
• The Comeback (2001) – Franco Angeli
• The One (2001) – James Wong
• The Princess Blade (2001) – Shinsuke Sato
• Volcano High (2001) – Kim Tae-gyun
• Yuvaraja (2001) – Puri Jagannadh

2002

• Aiki (2002) – Daisuke Tengan
• Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) – Tsui Hark
• Champion (2002) – Kwak Kyung-taek
• Double Vision (2002) – Chen Kuo-Fu
• Gen-Y Cops (2002) – Benny Chan
• Hero (2002) – Zhang Yimou
• Joe and Max (2002) – Steve James
• Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) – Steve Oedekerk
• Muscle Heat (2002) – Ten Shimoyama
• Naked Weapon (2002) – Ching Siu-tung
• Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha (2002) – P. G. Viswambharan
• Samourais (2002) – Giordano Gederlini
• The Boxing Prince (2002) – Gerd Kroske
• The Circuit (2002) – Jalal Merhi
• The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002) – Jalal Merhi
• The Era of Vampires (2002) – Wellson Chin
• The Touch (2002) – Peter Pau
• Tongan Ninja (2002) – Jason Stutter
• Undisputed (2002) – Walter Hill
• Vengeance for Sale (2002) – Kihachi Okamoto

2003

• A Ninja Pays Half My Rent (2003) – Steven Tsuchida
• Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003) – Puri Jagannadh
• Anna in Kungfuland (2003) – Raymond Yip
• Aragami (2003) – Ryuhei Kitamura
• Azumi (2003) – Ryuhei Kitamura
• Beautiful Boxer (2003) – Ekachai Uekrongtham
• Belly of the Beast (2003) – Ching Siu-tung
• Bulletproof Monk (2003) – Paul Hunter
• Cat and Mouse (2003) – Gordon Chan
• Champion (2003) – Ravi Kinagi
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) – McG
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) – Andrzej Bartkowiak
• Daredevil (2003) – Mark Steven Johnson
• Drunken Monkey (2003) – Lau Kar-leung
• Katha Deithili Maa Ku (2003) – Himanshu Parija
• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) – Quentin Tarantino
• Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003) – Prachya Pinkaew
• Onmyoji 2 (2003) – Yōjirō Takita
• Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen (2003) – Robin Shou
• Running on Karma (2003) – Johnnie To
• Samurai Resurrection (2003) – Hideyuki Hirayama
• Star Runner (2003) – Daniel Lee
• The Black Ninja (2003) – Clayton Prince
• The Last Samurai (2003) – Edward Zwick
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – Lana Wachowski
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Lana Wachowski
• The Medallion (2003) – Gordon Chan
• The Twins Effect (2003) – Dante Lam

2004

• A World Without Thieves (2004) – Feng Xiaogang
• Against the Ropes (2004) – Charles S. Dutton
• Arahan (2004) – Ryoo Seung-wan
• Before the Fall (2004) – Dennis Gansel
• Black Cloud (2004) – Ricky Schroder
• Born to Fight (2004) – Panna Rittikrai
• Cutie Honey (2004) – Hideaki Anno
• District 13 (2004) – Pierre Morel
• Fighter in the Wind (2004) – Yang Yun-ho
• Fighting Tommy Riley (2004) – Eddie O'Flaherty
• Forbidden Warrior (2004) – Jimmy Nickerson
• House of Flying Daggers (2004) – Zhang Yimou
• Izo (2004) – Takashi Miike
• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004) – Quentin Tarantino
• Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) – Quentin Tarantino
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – Stephen Chow
• Latin Dragon (2004) – Scott Thomas
• M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi (2004) – M. Raja
• Maurya (2004) – S. Narayan
• Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) – Albert Pyun
• Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Clint Eastwood
• Moving Targets (2004) – Wong Jing
• New Police Story (2004) – Benny Chan
• Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie (2004) – Masayuki Suzuki
• Once Upon a Time in High School (2004) – Yoo Ha
• Osaka Wrestling Restaurant (2004) – Tommy Wai-Tak Lor
• Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004) – Douglas Kung
• Silver Hawk (2004) – Jingle Ma
• Sunland Heat (2004) – Halder Gomes
• Super Hero Central (2004) – Scott Shaw
• The Calcium Kid (2004) – Alex De Rakoff
• The Hidden Blade (2004) – Yōji Yamada
• The Twins Effect II (2004) – Corey Yuen
• Throw Down (2004) – Johnnie To
• Wake of Death (2004) – Philippe Martinez

2005

• About a Girl (2005) – Catharina Deus
• Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) – Shūsuke Kaneko
• Batman Begins (2005) – Christopher Nolan
• Cinderella Man (2005) – Ron Howard
• Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005) – Art Camacho
• Crying Fist (2005) – Ryoo Seung-wan
• Death Trance (2005) – Yūji Shimomura
• Dragon Squad (2005) – Daniel Lee
• Duelist (2005) – Lee Myeong-se
• Elektra (2005) – Rob Bowman
• House of Fury (2005) – Stephen Fung
• Into the Sun (2005) – Christopher Morrison
• Kung Fu Mahjong (2005) – Siu-Hung Chung
• Nagurimono: Love & Kill (2005) – Hideaki Sunaga
• No Rules (2005) – Gerry Anderson
• Pit Fighter (2005) – Jesse V. Johnson
• SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005) – Wilson Yip
• Seoul Raiders (2005) – Jingle Ma
• Shadowboxing (2005) – Aleksey Sidorov
• Shadowless Sword (2005) – Kim Yeong-jun
• Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) – Ten Shimoyama
• Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005) – Ikuo Kuwana
• The Karate Guard (2005) – Joseph Barbera
• The Myth (2005) – Stanley Tong
• Tom-Yum-Goong (2005) – Prachya Pinkaew
• Ultimate Force (2005) – Mark Burson
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005) – Ken Burns
• Unleashed (2005) – Louis Leterrier
• Vampires: The Turning (2005) – Martin Jay Weiss

2006

• A Battle of Wits (2006) – Jacob Cheung
• Aryan (2006) – Abhishek Kapoor
• Blue Blood (2006) – Stevan Riley
• Chai Lai (2006) – Poj Arnon
• DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) – Corey Yuen
• Displaced (2006) – Martin Holland
• Dog Bite Dog (2006) – Soi Cheang
• Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) – Wilson Yip
• Dynamite Warrior (2006) – Chalerm Wongpim
• Fatal Contact (2006) – Dennis Law
• Fearless (2006) – Ronny Yu
• Fly, Daddy, Fly (2006) – Choi Jong-tae
• Kiltro (2006) – Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
• Lethal Angels (2006) – Wai-Man Cheng
• Master of Thunder (2006) – Kenji Tanigaki
• Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006) – Terry Ingram
• Mercury Man (2006) – Bhandit Thongdee
• Pacquiao: The Movie (2006) – Joel Lamangan
• Pyongyang Nalpharam (2006) – Phyo Kwang
• RevoLOUtion: The Transformation of Lou Benedetti (2006)
• Rob-B-Hood (2006) – Benny Chan
• Rocky Balboa (2006) – Sylvester Stallone
• The Circuit 3: Street Monk (2006) – Jalal Merhi
• The City of Violence (2006) – Ryoo Seung-wan
• The Foot Fist Way (2006) – Jody Hill
• Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) – Isaac Florentine
• Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006) – Kenta Fukasaku

2007

• Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon (2007) – Kenn Scott
• Apne (2007) – Anil Sharma
• Balls of Fury (2007) – Ben Garant
• Black Belt (2007) – Shunichi Nagasaki
• Diamond Dogs (2007) – Shimon Dotan
• Dororo (2007) – Akihiko Shiota
• Fightgirl Ayse (2007) – Natasha Arthy
• Fist of the Warrior (2007) – Wayne Kennedy
• Flash Point (2007) – Wilson Yip
• Invisible Target (2007) – Benny Chan
• Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle (2007) – Shōjirō Nakazawa
• Jump In! (2007) – Paul Hoen
• Kill Buljo (2007) – Tommy Wirkola
• Kinta 1881 (2007) – C.L. Hor
• Miracle on 1st Street (2007) – Yoon Je-kyoon
• Poor Boy's Game (2007) – Clement Virgo
• Resurrecting the Champ (2007) – Rod Lurie
• Rush Hour 3 (2007) – Brett Ratner
• Shadowboxing 2: Revenge (2007) – Anton Megerdichev
• Shamo (2007) – Soi Cheang
• Strength and Honour (2007) – Mark Mahon
• TMNT (2007) – Kevin Munroe
• The Comeback (2007) – Maximilian Plettau
• The Hammer (2007) – Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
• The Rebel (2007) – Charlie Nguyen
• Three for the Road (2007) – Hideyuki Hirayama
• Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007) – Yoshimitsu Morita

2008

• Assault in the Ring (2008) – Eric Drath
• Beyond the Ring (2008) – Gerson Sanginitto
• Broken Path (2008) – Koichi Sakamoto
• Carnera - The Walking Mountain (2008) – Renzo Martinelli
• Chocolate (2008) – Prachya Pinkaew
• Fight Night (2008) – Jonathan M. Dillon
• Hana no Hokori (2008)
• Ip Man (2008) – Wilson Yip
• Kung Fu Dunk (2008) – Chu Yen-ping
• Kung Fu Kun (2008) – Issei Oda
• Kung Fu Panda (2008) – John Stevenson
• Legendary Assassin (2008) – Wu Jing
• Never Back Down (2008) – Jeff Wadlow
• Ninjas vs. Zombies (2008) – Justin Timpane
• Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008) – Charles Officer
• Ong Bak 2 (2008) – Tony Jaa
• Phantom Punch (2008) – Robert Townsend
• Redbelt (2008) – David Mamet
• Shaolin Girl (2008) – Katsuyuki Motohiro
• Sucker Punch (2008) – Malcolm Martin
• The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008) – Josef Rusnak
• The Broken Line (2008) – Louis Choquette
• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) – Rob Minkoff
• The Little Panda Fighter (2008) – Michelle Gabriel
• The Real Shaolin (2008) – Alexander Sebastien Lee
• The Sensei (2008) – Diana Lee Inosanto
• Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008) – Daniel Lee
• Two Fists, One Heart (2008) – Shawn Seet
• Tyson (2008) – James Toback

2009

• Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009) – Fuminori Kizaki
• Black Dynamite (2009) – Scott Sanders
• Blood and Bone (2009) – Ben Ramsey
• Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) – Teddy Chan
• Cartagena (2009) – Alain Monne
• Chandni Chowk to China (2009) – Nikhil Advani
• Clash (2009) – Thanh Son Le
• Coweb (2009) – Hung Yan-yan
• District 13: Ultimatum (2009) – Patrick Alessandrin
• Facing Ali (2009) – Pete McCormack
• Fighting (2009) – Dito Montiel
• Fireball (2009) – Thanakorn Pongsuwan
• From Mexico with Love (2009) – Jimmy Nickerson
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) – Stephen Sommers
• Goemon (2009) – Kazuaki Kiriya
• High Kick Girl! (2009) – Fuyuhiko Nishi
• Kamui Gaiden (2009) – Yoichi Sai
• Kung Fu Chefs (2009) – Wing-Kin Yip
• Merantau (2009) – Gareth Evans
• Never Surrender (2009) – Héctor Echavarría
• Ninja (2009) – Isaac Florentine
• Ninja Assassin (2009) – James McTeigue
• Power Kids (2009) – Krissanapong Rachata
• Raging Phoenix (2009) – Rashane Limtrakul
• Raise Your Head (2009) – Alessandro Angelini
• Red Nights (2009) – Laurent Courtiaud
• Running Turtle (2009) – Lee Yeon-woo
• Sons of Cuba (2009) – Andrew Lang
• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) – Andrzej Bartkowiak
• The Assailant (2009) – João Daniel Tikhomiroff
• The King of Fighters (2009) – Gordon Chan
• The Red Canvas (2009) – Adam Boster
• The Slammin' Salmon (2009) – Kevin Heffernan
• The Storm Warriors (2009) – Danny Pang Phat
• The Treasure Hunter (2009) – Chu Yen-ping
• Tracing Shadow (2009) – Francis Ng
• Turtles Forever (2009) – Lloyd Goldfine

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