The 10 best Jackie Chan movies according to IMDB and where to watch them

Chan Kong-sang (known by his stage name Jackie Chan) was born on April 7, 1954 in Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. He is a multifaceted man who has developed his career as a Chinese comedian, singer, actor, acrobat, martial artist, stuntman, stunt coordinator, director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor.

His family is from Yantai, a city in the province of Shandong which is characterized for having been the cradle of many great martial artists. Chan is one of the few actors along with Tony Jaa and Scott Adkins, who takes part in martial arts feature films without any type of stunt double that could help him during filming. That is to say, Jackie Chan has always filmed his risky scenes, in many cases causing him injuries of varying degrees. The most delicate moment that left him on the verge of death was during the recording of The Armor of God (1985) when he fell from a tree fracturing his skull.

We gathered up his top 10 movies ordered from worst to best based on IMDb score.

The Tuxedo

Starring Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Peter Stormare, Romany Malco and Debi Mazar. It started from a budget of 60 million dollars and managed to collect over $104 million at the box office. The film directed by the filmmaker Kevin Donovan, tells the story of Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) who is a taxi driver who goes from said profession to being a private driver. He must learn very soon that when it comes to working for the millionaire playboy Clark Devlin (played by actor Jason Isaacs) there is only one vital and essential rule: You must never touch the tuxedo.

Dragon Blade

Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Lin Peng, Mika Wang, Choi Siwon ,and Adrien Brody. Dragon Blade is an action feature film directed by filmmaker Daniel Lee Yan-Kong. In the film, Jackie Chan plays Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the western regions during the reign of the Han Dynasty. It was a commercial success in China in which only the day of its presentation in China, it got more than $18.7 million in revenue. In general, it got good feedback towardsYan-Kong for the long and epic battle sequences, design, and the mix between oriental cinema along with styles of Hollywood.

Shanghai Knights

Starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Tom Fisher, Aidan Gillen, Donnie Yen, and Kim Chan. It started from a budget of 50 million dollars and managed to collect at the box office more than 88 million dollars. It is an American film directed by the filmmaker David Dobkin of the action and comedy genres released in 2003. It is the sequel to Shanghai Noon (2000) and was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the producers of Smallville. In fact, as an anecdote, we can say that it was the last film to emerge from the agreement between the Walt Disney Company and Spyglass Entertainment.

The Karate Kid

Starring Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson. It started from a budget of 40 million dollars and managed to collect at the box office more than $359 million. The feature film is based on the 1984 martial arts action film of the same name. While the 1984 film the action took place in America, the film starring Jackie Chan in 2010 takes place in China. Another difference between both films from 1984 and 2010 is that Mr.Miyagi is a Japanese immigrant, while Mr. Han is a Chinese citizen.

City Hunter

Starring Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Kumiko Goto, Chingmy Yau, Carol Wan and Leon Lai. The feature film directed by the filmmaker Jing Wong is based on the Japanese manga of the same name. City Hunter is a police-themed manga created by Tsukasa Hōjō in the 80s. The name of the manga and the movie refers to how the private detective Ryo Saeba is known in the world (Interpreted by Jackie Chan). A detective admired and hated equally for being the best gunslinger in the world.

The Forbidden Kingdom

Starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Liu Yifei and Bingbing. It started from a budget of 55 million dollars and managed to collect at the box office more than 127 million dollars. American feature film directed by Rob Minkoff. All the action scenes in the film were choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping. Did you know that in this film the two biggest stars of martial arts cinema of the moment coincide for the first time, as they were Jet Li and Jackie Chan. A cast of protagonists shared by the actor Michael Angarano, the protagonist of Sky High.

Shanghai Noon

Starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson andLucy Liu. It started from a budget of 55 million dollars and managed to collect at the box office more than 99 million dollars. It is an American action-comedy film directed by the filmmaker Tom Dey and premiered in the year 2000. The script was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, series producer Smallville. This feature film has a sequel called Shanghai Knights (2003).

Rumble in the Bronx

Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip and Marc Akerstream. It managed to gross at the box office more than 72 million dollars Starting from an initial budget estimated at about $7.5 million. It is a feature filmHong Kong which belongs to the genre of martial arts as well as considered action and comedy. Rumble in the Bronx It was a box office success both in terms of collection and critics and also led to the entry of Jackie Chan into American cinema. The feature film contains a setting into action in the Bronx of NY. However, it was filmed in the surroundings of Vancouver.

The Foreigner

Starring Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Michael McElhatton, Liu Tao, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady and Katie Leung. It started from a budget of 35 million dollars and managed to collect at the box office more than 145 million dollars. It is a feature film of the suspense and action genre directed by the filmmaker Martin Campbell and a script by David Marconi. It is based on the novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather (1992).

Rush Hour

Starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Rolston, Tzi Ma, Rex Linn, Ken Leung, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Peña, Clifton Powell, Julia Hsu , and Barry Shabaka Henley. It started from a budget of 33 million dollars and managed to collect at the box office more than 244 million dollars. Rush Hour is a film that belongs to the police and martial arts genres. It is the first film in the film franchise of Rush Hour and was directed by the filmmaker Brett Ratner. the second was Rush Hour 2 (2001) and the third part was Rush Hour 3 (2007).

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Enter the Dragon

If we single out Enter the Dragon, it is basically because even though the role of Jackie Chan in It is very secondary and testimonial, we consider that it should be present in our list of the actor since it allowed us to see two greats like Jackie Chan and the great Bruce Lee. In one of the best movies of Bruce Lee that we can remember, they joined the 2 kings of Kung Fu.