Top 20 Best Hand to Hand Fighters in Movie History

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If you cross paths with these formidable fighters, you better bring your A-game. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the film characters most skilled at close combat, with or without weapons. Our countdown of the best hand to hand fighters in movie history includes Jason Bourne, Batman, Chen Zhen, John Wick, Beatrix Kiddo, and more! Who’s your favorite movie fighter? Let us know in the comments.
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@WatchMojo 2 ай бұрын

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@williamsummerson1204 2 ай бұрын

Khan or Lee.

@BIGETV. 2 ай бұрын

if you ever do part 2 you forget about the high and low franchise

@mlynettepinky595 2 ай бұрын

No Jet Li Bruce Lee or Jackie should have been #1 Love John Wick, but he is not better than those 2.

@arnegebhardt2209 2 ай бұрын

Love your Channel and latest work! but c´mon U should seperate this in: A: against weapons B: taking hits/stamina C: not human (anymore) (Hulk would crush anybody) Rama & Don are hands down the most skilled, with Mr.Lee & Jet´Li Chars

@TrayTheProdigy 2 ай бұрын

I Love John Wick But There’s No Way He’s A Better Hand To Hand Fighter Than Bruce Lee Or IP Man

@user-ln6in5sm8v 2 ай бұрын

s*** he wish Bruce Lee will kick his ass blindfold and his hands tried behind his back 🐉👊☯️

@shigshug8581 2 ай бұрын

truth!

@backstreetbasketball6128 2 ай бұрын

Fr bruce Lee or ip should be undisputed 1 and 2

@w1-em4nq 2 ай бұрын

but Neo can. Excluding the special effects, watchinh him just fight was awesome.

@ClassicCinema-ThenAndNow 2 ай бұрын

John Wick may be a formidable fighter in fiction, but comparing him to real-life martial arts legends like Bruce Lee or IP Man doesn't quite match up. Their contributions and influence in the martial arts world far surpass Wick's fictional prowess.

@beerguy177 2 ай бұрын

Bruce is all time number 1 even invented his own martial art

@jp3813 Ай бұрын

This is about characters.

@archwodrichemond-fils6187 2 ай бұрын

Seeing Jai White & Adkins on this list puts a smile on my face

@PricefieldPunk 2 ай бұрын

The character Jet Li played in Kiss of the Dragon was crazy. He was killing people who had machine guns with chopsticks

@user-ln6in5sm8v 2 ай бұрын

🐉👊

@shadturner7404 2 ай бұрын

On soul 😂

@andyedge7467 2 ай бұрын

The Raid is insane

@indadrops9492 2 ай бұрын

The fight with Hammer Girl was crazy

@jp3813 Ай бұрын

John Wick: "I can use a pencil in a fight." Jackie Chan: "Hold my industrial alcohol." Also, Ip Man is basically just a new version of Wong Fei-hung.

@Kickinthescience 2 ай бұрын

John Wick being ahead of Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Donnie Yen is hilarious

@user-ln6in5sm8v 2 ай бұрын

it's just a video stop being so silly

@jonah.donohue 2 ай бұрын

Its talking about the character not the actors

@marceljohnson2215 2 ай бұрын

It’s watchmojo bro, 9/10 they get stuff wrong. They’re like trolling at 50 cent level

@jp3813 Ай бұрын

@@user-ln6in5sm8v It's just a comment, ditto.

@RhaegarTargaryen1st 2 ай бұрын

Steve Rogers aka Captain America (MCU).

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 2 ай бұрын

I could watch him go at it all day.

@therealmccoy269 2 ай бұрын

How on earth did Patrick Swayze beat out Denzel from equalizer and Jack Reacher 😂..

@bernardfletcher1839 2 ай бұрын

Whiteness

@Animeguy300 2 ай бұрын

John Wick and Ip Man are the goats in the movie fight scenes

@klloydplata4098 2 ай бұрын

Steve Rogers aka Captain America should have been on this list. 💯💯👏👍👍👍💪💪💪

@darkglobe406 Ай бұрын

not fair , since he is a superhuman . you may as well put thanos , superman or hulk as n1 but it doesn´t mean they are the best in terms of technique it just means they are far stronger than anyone else . neo should be excluded from the list for that very reason (since inside of matrix he is basically superman) , although he is actually a master martial artist since he mastered pretty much everything via various training programs uploaded to his brain . i would like to see preston from equilibrium on this list - he is basically john wick on steroids .

@SkillJoy. 2 ай бұрын

There is absolutely no way John Wick is better than Rama.

@jacobdrolet4262 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video watch mojo.

@CarlAnderson-lu6iw 2 ай бұрын

Maybe you should consider a list based on comic properties. Captain America, Wolverine, and Daredevil just to name a few would have been worthy of this list.

@w1-em4nq 2 ай бұрын

thank you. i needed a reminder of how awesome the Transporter is

@harsyakiarraathallah2222 2 ай бұрын

My Top 5 List 1. Lee 2. John Wick 3. Ip Man 4. Rama 5. Chan Ka Kui

@blackpreyunleashed 2 ай бұрын

Beatrix Kiddo was the "John Wick" before John Wick himself appeared.

@GearShifter925 2 ай бұрын

I ❤ BRUCE LEE's fighting " SHOUTS "... It's So unique ... !!!!! No one can replace his place.. Like no one can replace Micheal Jackson place...!!!!

@fantilldeath528trajectory 2 ай бұрын

I literally thought this wasn’t going to be on the list but my number 1 was the Raid very underrated movie glad they put it 2

@huntermyers3551 Ай бұрын

All of them are my all-time favorite movie fighters

@AirbenderHawk 2 ай бұрын

Burce Lee paved the way for all movie hand to hand fighters, including the one.

@TheBabyJesus2010 2 ай бұрын

I'm the 1k like!

@KlngVJames 2 ай бұрын

John wick should be top 8 but not number 1. Bruce lee should’ve been top 3 or 1.

@GnrMilligan 2 ай бұрын

Have you guys just gone through my DVD collection?

@jaredquinney204 2 ай бұрын

Interesting

@sethgoldberg8432 2 ай бұрын

What about The Transporter, he beats up multiple opponents in a lot of very cool scenes.

@Goobravich 2 ай бұрын

Only one film, but Jareugal from Revenger (2018) needs to be on this list

@UltraAge 2 ай бұрын

I want the name of whoever put Batman at #15 and I want it now.

@timwong5908 2 ай бұрын

Should have at least honorable mention for Liu Kang (from Mortal Kombat), Shang-Chi, and Casey Ryback (from Under Siege movies)

@nintendolife25 2 ай бұрын

Beatrix is such a badass fighter! Uma really owned the role!

@lalyrabe Ай бұрын

Keanu Reeves twice on this list is my Roman Empire

@thatonyakale375 2 ай бұрын

Okay tbh John wick is awesome and all, but no way he gets the no.1 spot and no way ranked higher than Yuri Boyka and ip man

@tvblue3010 2 ай бұрын

John Wick. The way he does it is an art.

@christiandemorro2092 Ай бұрын

Although not really prominently shown, Adrian Veidt is crazy skilled and he's not a superhero....also Beatrix Kiddo would rip John Wick's eye out

@chrisnoble400 2 ай бұрын

Ong bak better be on here

@hollywoodmovies4056 2 ай бұрын

Bro includes GunFu to Hand to Hand Comanyt List😮

@cws480 2 ай бұрын

I would have liked to have seen Daredevil on this list

@gcmartwork5366 2 ай бұрын

Tony Jaa's Tien has to be up there, come on.

@AntColeChannel 2 ай бұрын

No Robert McCall 😮

@fredricclack7137 2 ай бұрын

🎭 & Martial 🎨 Difference!

@markperez9613 2 ай бұрын

The Stairs is John Wick's toughest enemy

@robertmartin6746 2 ай бұрын

I'm surprised Michael jai white was never offered the role of blade

@Klaital1 Ай бұрын

Jason Bourne definitely should have been much higher on the list.

@darkglobe406 Ай бұрын

and swayze as dalton has no business being on the list in the first place . dalton would get wasted by multiple characters that did not even made it to the list

@wguardia2709 2 ай бұрын

Achilles?? Gee, if I had to pick a swordsman, I would have chosen Aragorn... I feel that Brian Mills, Frank Deux and any Cynthia Rothrock and Steven Seagal character could have been mentioned as well. Ah, Bruce Lee should be No. 1 in my opinion.

@indadrops9492 2 ай бұрын

Bruce Lee will always be # 1 but Iko Uwais (Rama) The Raid fights can’t be beat

@darious.m 2 ай бұрын

Steve Rogers could’ve gotten an honorable mention

@Kickinthescience 2 ай бұрын

John Wick not even the best hand to hand combat character Keanu Reeves played

@user-ln6in5sm8v 2 ай бұрын

that movie sucks 😜

@jonah.donohue 2 ай бұрын

@@user-ln6in5sm8v You're entitled to your WRONG opinion

@eduarDOGames560 2 ай бұрын

John wick is a beginner compared to NEO .

@mernaloisbrown5809 2 ай бұрын

Where is Jean Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris?

@HoangNguyen-rd6qy 2 ай бұрын

Regarding JCVD, I think Frank Dux is better than Kurt Sloane, the Kumite is supposedly a worldwide competition that includes the best of every styles, not just Muay Thai, also I feel like Chong Li is a tougher opponent than Tong Po.

@mattbeckwith 2 ай бұрын

You left out The Equalizer.

@spicybarbecue222 2 ай бұрын

Honestly daredevil would be w good choice

@patrickcomune9952 2 ай бұрын

What No Daniel Craig's James Bond franchise

@Sev77pb_ 2 ай бұрын

Denzel’s The Equalizer not being on this list is blasphemy 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️💯💯💯

@arhamsayeed319 2 ай бұрын

Kong is my favourite

@markbaumbargt3430 2 ай бұрын

Check out the Korean (?) movie "Chocolate". Some awesome fights in that one.

@barrannugrahakodri8695 2 ай бұрын

Chocolate is a Thai movie

@markbaumbargt3430 2 ай бұрын

@@barrannugrahakodri8695 Good to know, still, it had some brutal fight scenes.

@Styxswimmer 2 ай бұрын

1. Bruce Lee (enter the dragon) 2. Frank Dux (bloodsport) 3. IP man 4. Rama (the raid) The rest are negotiable

@yellalot101 2 ай бұрын

John Wick as #1 is a hard NO!

@kaydenchao9507 2 ай бұрын

It hurt how he miss pronounced wong fei hong

@greatfilmmaker 2 ай бұрын

How about jack reacher

@slypperyfox 2 ай бұрын

I do love Reacher but his character is still new. If you’re talking about the 2 Tom Cruise movies, then OK, the argument has merit. But, for the TV series (Alan Richter) it’s still early. The TV series has Reacher using his massive size - 6’5” 225 lbs - to his advantage. The movie version does show more speed and fighting form, though.

@greatfilmmaker 2 ай бұрын

@@slypperyfox I'm talking about both

@AKking27 2 ай бұрын

Bruce lee only

@user-sn4cw4wm2y 2 ай бұрын

Mr.Lee NO1.

@Wulfgrym 2 ай бұрын

No love for Ethan Hunt and James Bond? Nothin’ from Chuck either? Captain America…. Black Widow? Yeesh.

@troyfew2373 2 ай бұрын

I know Jeff Speakman beat up a lot of people in his movies and can beat half this list; he should be on here; he bought something different when he came out.....

@ow3wells 2 ай бұрын

Bruce Lee.

@JSPSensei Ай бұрын

Rama should be Number 1

@williamsummerson1204 2 ай бұрын

Robert McCall, Steve Rogers should have made this list. As much as I love Wick, Lee is no1. R.I.P to the Goat. 🙏

@ada31181 2 ай бұрын

HELLO EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS US ALL 👍🏿 😎 👍🏿

@user-tp1tj9zq3e 2 ай бұрын

MY UTTER UTTER FAVORITES 😍 💓 ARE BRUCE LEE POWERFUL EXCEPTIONAL GIFTED AND TALENTED FIGHTER. AND MY SECOND IS THE HANDSOME INCREDABLE 😍 💕 ❤️ 💜 FITGHTER STEVEN.. LOVED 😍 AND WATCHED THERE GREAT 👍 MOVIE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER

@mathieuaustin7190 2 ай бұрын

Love Beatrix Kiddo, but she doesn’t do enough *hand-to-hand* to just completely disqualify Golden Swallow (Cheng Pei-pei) from Come Drink With Me or Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) from Atomic Blonde.

@whoisyouranime 2 ай бұрын

What about Wesley Snipe's Blade? I think he should at least be honorably mentioned.

@harsyakiarraathallah2222 2 ай бұрын

No. 1 shut be Lee! He's played by Bruce Lee Himself.

@jasonaugustine3370 Ай бұрын

How is Batman 15?

@1977Suspiria 2 ай бұрын

The fights in films like Once Were Warriors & Road House I prefer much more than this OTT choreographed stuff. Gritty, messy & realistic, much better.

@truthspreader1996 Ай бұрын

At least one girl made it on the list.

@veteransforequality7347 2 ай бұрын

Holy crap!!! Bruce Lee is not number one??? And I love all the John wick movies but Bruce Lee was the real deal

@IbadKhan-ku7bw 23 күн бұрын

no way some police officer is better on the list from a person who mastered all 127 martial arts skills and why is there no Cap America

@jessecantu4284 2 ай бұрын

3:58 Well batman *does* appears with *mostly* peak human physical skills, unlike the *super powered* heroes, it's no wonder he's in this list of *none* super powered combatants, and even *saitama?* Not that he was mentioned at all in this list of course, but he just trained by being granted with no super powers, but only *supernatural* physical skills for sure.👊🥋😄

@slypperyfox 2 ай бұрын

Needs to be understood that the scene of Batman kicking Superman’s butt was only after he gassed him with Kryptonite gas (Batman vs Superman). After the gas wore off things got a little tougher for Batman. Yes, Superman was killed by another baddie at the end of that movie. And Batman spent most of the next movie campaigning to assist in resurrecting the dead Superman.

@jessecantu4284 2 ай бұрын

Well which is why I say that batman's none superpowered, and by battling superman and gassed him with the k-gas was how he was able to regain his advantage against superman in combat there. And it looks like he would have to do the same thing, if batman had to go up against any of the *saiyans,* or any of the none human characters of dbz by using the same equipment, or possibly enhance it even further than when he battled superman for sure

@harsyakiarraathallah2222 2 ай бұрын

Make the Top 30 Greatest Fight Scene of All Time! This Time do it Right!

@predatoralpha4893 Ай бұрын

How did Chuck Norris not make it on this list…..??? Btw, I like John Wick, but there’s no way he could top Bruce Lee. John may use weapons like firearms and knives….. But Bruce Lee WAS a weapon. When someone like him was so fast that the cameraman asked him if he could slow down because the cameras at that time weren’t able to capture every single detail of his movements; then how does John Wick stand a chance at hand to hand combat?

@jp3813 Ай бұрын

Because it's not about memes.

@predatoralpha4893 Ай бұрын

……. Good point….

@bsdx110 Ай бұрын

this is about characters. bruce lee wasn't a character. film cameras are designed to record at 24 frames per second. thus, most martial artists are instructed to slow down their movements so that the fights won't look blurry. jackie chan, jet li, donnie yen, sammo hung, yuen biao, etc... all slow down for the camera.

@predatoralpha4893 Ай бұрын

Ohhhhhh….. never thought of that before… 🤔

@bernardfletcher1839 2 ай бұрын

I fw John wick heavy but hell no 😂

@backstreetbasketball6128 2 ай бұрын

Where tf is jcvd

@user-bb3cu3zb8d 2 ай бұрын

Bruce Lee is the best ever!!!

@johnrobertdavis6584 2 ай бұрын

John Wick is extremely skilled but he is no match for martial artists such as Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen and Jason Statham.

@eduarDOGames560 2 ай бұрын

Why is John wick on this list ?

@21_muhammadrefly 2 ай бұрын

#3 Donnie Yen/IP Man #2 Iko Uwais/Rama #1 Keanu Reeves/John Wick You got me happy on this one WatchMojo 🥰

@SAMTYLER1974 Ай бұрын

Omitting Sonny Chiba alone is a reason to nullify this list but where are all the true classic Shaw Brothers alumni? Placing “movie history” in the title of the video is risky at best but when such glaring omissions are painfully evident you’ve kinda shot your self in the foit. Sorry, guys …