The 20 Greatest Fighting Tournament Movies Ever Made

In one fight on this list, the bottle smashed in front of the hero was real glass — and Bruce Lee needed stitches. The 20 greatest fighting tournament movies ever made, ranked, each with its own Blanket Score. The Kumite in Hong Kong, the All Valley Karate Championship, Sparta in Atlantic City, a prison tournament in Georgia, an island ruled by a renegade Shaolin monk and the brand-new Street Fighter — the best martial arts and MMA tournament movies, plus hidden gems like Sanshiro Sugata, Unbeatable and Undisputed III. 0:00 Intro 0:20 #20 — Tekken (2010) · Blanket Score 4.6 1:57 #19 — No Retreat, No Surrender (1985) · Blanket Score 5.6 3:30 #18 — The Quest (1996) · Blanket Score 5.5 5:06 #17 — The Big Brawl (1980) · Blanket Score 5.9 6:27 #16 — Mortal Kombat (1995) · Blanket Score 6.2 8:00 #15 — The Tournament (2009) · Blanket Score 6.0 9:32 #14 — Here Comes the Boom (2012) · Blanket Score 6.1 10:59 #13 — Street Fighter (2026) · Blanket Score 6.3 12:30 #12 — The Smashing Machine (2025) · Blanket Score 7.2 14:10 #11 — Best of the Best (1989) · Blanket Score 6.5 15:53 #10 — Redbelt (2008) · Blanket Score 6.8 17:27 #9 — Sanshiro Sugata (1943) · Blanket Score 7.4 18:58 #8 — Real Steel (2011) · Blanket Score 7.0 20:29 #7 — Unbeatable (2013) · Blanket Score 7.3 21:56 #6 — Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) · Blanket Score 7.2 23:23 #5 — Bloodsport (1988) · Blanket Score 6.9 24:55 #4 — Fearless (2006) · Blanket Score 7.9 26:26 #3 — The Karate Kid (1984) · Blanket Score 8.3 28:07 #2 — Warrior (2011) · Blanket Score 8.6 29:39 #1 — Enter the Dragon (1973) · Blanket Score 8.8 31:18 Outro How we score and rank every film: https://claude.ai/code/artifact/9ac5e... Bloodsport or The Karate Kid — which tournament did you replay the most as a kid? New rankings every week — subscribe so the next one doesn't slip past you. #MartialArtsMovies #ActionMovies #FightMovies