15 Movies Like The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

Loved The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Madness
#1

Madness

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
#2

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Once Upon a Time in the West
#3

Once Upon a Time in the West

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

A Fistful of Dollars
#4

A Fistful of Dollars

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

For a Few Dollars More
#5

For a Few Dollars More

Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

They Call Me Trinity
#6

They Call Me Trinity

The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Trinity Is Still My Name
#7

Trinity Is Still My Name

The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Django
#8

Django

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
#9

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Accident Man
#10

Accident Man

Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Bone Tomahawk
#11

Bone Tomahawk

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

High Plains Drifter
#12

High Plains Drifter

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Danger: Diabolik
#13

Danger: Diabolik

International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

Duck, You Sucker
#14

Duck, You Sucker

At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.

A Pistol for Ringo
#15

A Pistol for Ringo

Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to this early spaghetti western hit.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe.