This article details the filmography of actor and martial artist
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...
.
Several of Lee's films premiered after his death, including ''
Enter the Dragon
''Enter the Dragon'' ( zh, t=龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It was Lee's final completed film appearance before his death o ...
'', ''
Game of Death
''The Game of Death'' (Chinese: 死亡的遊戲) is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, filmed between August and October 1972, directed, written, produced by and starring Bruce Lee, in his final film project. Lee died during the making ...
'' and ''
Circle of Iron
''Circle of Iron'' is a 1978 martial arts fantasy film directed by Richard Moore and co-written by Bruce Lee, who intended to star in the film himself, but died before production. The film is also known as ''The Silent Flute'', which was the or ...
''.
Feature films
Released posthumously
Box office performance
Television appearances
Note: all the series produced after Lee's death (1973) feature archival footage of Lee.
Documentaries
Note: all the documentaries listed here were produced after Lee's death; therefore, all the Lee footage is composed of
archive footage
Stock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures, and file footage is film or video footage that can be used again in other films. Stock footage is beneficial to filmmakers as it saves shooting new material. A single piece of stock ...
and some never-before-seen footage.
Video games
Note: In ''
Super Mario RPG
''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' is a role-playing video game developed by Square (video game company), Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. It was the final ''Mario (franchise), Ma ...
'', when Mario is about to fight a boss, his comrade Mallow stops him and says "Who do you think you are? Bruce Lee? You can't go in there with your fists flying!"
Music videos
Bruceploitation films
*''The Pig Boss'' (1972)
*''Shadow of the Dragon'' (1973)
*''The Game of Death!'' (1974)
*''
Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story'' (1974)
* ''Bruce Lee, D-Day at Macao'' (1975)
*''
Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death'' (1975)
* ''Bruce Lee Against Supermen'' (1975)
*''
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger
''Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger'' (Chinese title: 天皇巨星; Cantonese: ''Tian huang ju xing''), also released as ''Bruce Lee: The Star of Stars'', is a 1976 Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li. The title is a play on the Bruce Lee fil ...
'' (1976)
* ''Enter the Panther'' (1976)
*''
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
''Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave,'' originally released as ''Visitor of America'' (), is a 1976 Bruceploitation supernatural martial arts film starring tae kwon do instructor Jun Chong (credited as 케리・郑 Ke-li Chong in the original So ...
'' (1976)
*''
New Fist of Fury
''New Fist of Fury'' is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and starring Jackie Chan. It is the first of several films that Lo directed Chan in, and the first using Chan's stage name Sing Lung (, literally meaning "becoming a ...
'' (1976)
*''
The Dragon Lives'' (1976)
*''
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth'' (1976)
* ''Bruce's Deadly Fingers'' (1976)
* ''The Big Boss Part II'' (1976)
* ''Bruce and Shaolin Kung Fu'' (1977)
* ''Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen'' (1977)
* ''Bruce Lee's Ways of Kung Fu'' (1977)
* ''Return of Bruce'' (1977)
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The Dragon Lives Again
''The Dragon Lives Again'' (, originally released as ''Li san jiao wei zhen di yu men'' and also known as ''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu''), is a 1977 martial arts fantasy comedy in which the soul of Bruce Lee (played by Bruce Leung Siu-lung) goes ...
'' (1977)
* ''Bruce Lee the Invincible'' (1977)
* ''Bruce Lee, We Miss You'' (1977)
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Fist of Fury II
''Fist of Fury II'' (, a.k.a. ''Chinese Connection 2'', ''Fist of Fury Part II'' and''Tschang Fu, der Todeshammer'' (''Tschang Fu, the hammer of death'') in Germany), is a 1977 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Iksan Lahardi and Tso-nam Lee, a ...
'' (1977)
* ''Bruce Li in New Guinea'' (1977)
* ''Deadly Strike'' (1978)
* ''Bruce Li's Magnum Fist'' (1978)
* ''Bruce Lee vs. the Iron Dragon'' (1978)
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Return of the Tiger
''Return of the Tiger'' is a 1978 martial arts Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li and a sequel to ''Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger''.
Synopsis
Chang Hung, who works for a rival organization, and his female partner devise an elaborate plan ...
'' (1978)
*''
The Image of Bruce Lee
''The Image of Bruce Lee'' was originally released in Hong Kong as 猛男大賊脂虎 ''Meng nan da zei yan zhi hu'' (International English title: ''Storming Attacks''), although the Bruceploitation title was added for its American release
It is ...
'' (1978)
*''
Fists of Bruce Lee
''Fists of Bruce Lee'', also known as ''Interpol'', is a 1978 film directed by and starring Bruce Lee imitator, Bruce Li.
Synopsis
Bruce Lee (Bruce Li) is assigned to go undercover as Lee Min-Chin to investigate a drug ring. The mob hires ...
'' (1978)
*''
Enter the Game of Death
''Enter the Game of Death'' (Hanja: 十字手拳, ), originally released as ''Cross Hands Martial Arts'' and released in North America as ''The King of Kung Fu'', is a Bruceploitation martial arts film. This film was directed by Lee Tso-nam, wh ...
'' (1978)
* ''
Enter Three Dragons'' (1978)
*''
Enter the Fat Dragon Enter the Fat Dragon may refer to:
* Enter the Fat Dragon (1978 film), a Hong Kong martial arts film
* Enter the Fat Dragon (2020 film)
''Enter the Fat Dragon'' is a 2020 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Kenji Tanigaki and Aman Cha ...
'' (1978)
* ''Return of the Fist of Fury'' (1978)
* ''Soul Brothers of Kung Fu'' (1978)
* ''The Image of Bruce Lee'' (1978)
* ''Edge of Fury'' (1978)
* ''My Name Called Bruce'' (1978)
* ''Way of the Dragon 2'' (1978)
* ''Bruce and Shaolin Kung Fu 2'' (1978)
* Bruce the Super Hero (1979)
* ''
Bruce Lee's Secret'' (1979)
* ''Re-Enter the Dragon'' (1979)
*''
Fist of Fury III
''Fist of Fury III'' () is a martial arts Bruceploitation sequel. It was originally released in Hong Kong as ''Jie quan yingzhua gong'' (literal: ''Jeet Kune the Claws and the Supreme Kung Fu''), and has been informally called ''Chinese Connect ...
'' (1979)
*''They Call Him Bruce Lee'' (1979)
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Kungfu Fever'' (1979)
* ''
The True Game of Death
''The True Game of Death'' is a low budget 1979 Bruceploitation film, starring Hsao Lung. The film borrows heavily from Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest's 1978 ''Game of Death''.
Plot
The film begins with footage of Bruce Lee's funera ...
'' (1979)
* ''Bruce Against Iron Hand'' (1979)
* ''The Iron Dragon Strikes Back'' (1979)
* ''Blind Fist of Bruce'' (1979)
*''
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
''Fist of Fear, Touch of Death'', also known as ''The Dragon and the Cobra'', is a 1980 martial arts film set at the "1979 World Karate Championships" at Madison Square Garden that will supposedly determine the "successor" to Bruce Lee. The fil ...
'' (1980)
*''
Bruce's Fist of Vengeance
''Bruce's Fist of Vengeance'' is a 1980 Bruceploitation martial arts movie from the Philippines starring notorious Bruce Lee imitator Bruce Le.
Synopsis
To compete in his friend Peter's martial arts tournament, Jack flies into Manila from Hong ...
'' (1980)
* ''
The Clones of Bruce Lee
''The Clones of Bruce Lee'' (Cantonese: 神威三猛龍; Korean: 蛇形三傑 ''Death Penalty on Three Robots''; Taiwanese: 複製人李小龍:三龍怒火) is a 1980 Bruceploitation martial arts film capitalizing on the death of actor and ma ...
'' (1980)
* ''Treasure of Bruce Le'' (1980)
* ''Bruce, King of Kung Fu'' (1980)
* ''Challenge of the Tiger'' (1980)
* ''Enter Another Dragon'' (1981)
* ''Bruce vs. Bill'' (1981)
* ''Bruce and the Dragon Fist'' (1981)
* ''
Force: Five'' (1981)
*''They Call Me Bruce?'' (1982)
* ''Ninja Strikes Back'' (1982)
* ''Bruce Le vs. Ninja'' (1982)
*''
Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue
''Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue'' also known as Fist of Death is 1982 Taiwanese Bruceploitation martial arts movie, starring Kim Tai Chung
Kim Tai-chung (June 5, 1957 – August 27, 2011), also known as Kim Tai-jong or Tong Lung (唐龍; C ...
'' (1982)
* ''Cameroon Connection'' (1984)
* ''
The Last Dragon
''The Last Dragon'' (sometimes listed as Berry Gordy's ''The Last Dragon'') is a 1985 American martial arts comedy film produced by Rupert Hitzig for Berry Gordy and directed by Michael Schultz. The film stars Taimak, Vanity, Julius Carry, C ...
'' (1985)
* ''
No Retreat, No Surrender
''No Retreat, No Surrender'' is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his American film directorial debut. The film stars Kurt McKinney, with a supporting cast of Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno and Tai-chung Ki ...
'' (1986)
* ''Return of the Kickfighter'' (1987)
* ''Ninja Over the Great Wall'' (1987)
* ''Bruce's Secret Kung Fu'' (1988)
* ''
Fist of Legend
''Fist of Legend'' ( zh, , t=精武英雄, j=Zing1 Mou2 Jing1 Hung4) is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and co-written by Gordon Chan, featuring action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping, and produced by Jet Li, who also stars in the l ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Shaolin Soccer
''Shaolin Soccer'' ( Chinese: ) is a 2001 Hong Kong sports comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. The film revolves around a former Shaolin monk who reunites his five brothers,"Brothers" here does not mean biolo ...
'' (2001)
* ''
Finishing the Game
''Finishing the Game'' is a 2007 mockumentary film directed by Justin Lin focusing on Bruce Lee's final movie ''Game of Death'' (1972), which was unfinished at the time of his death. Shot in 18 days,''Finishing the Game'' comically satirizes the ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'' (2010)
* ''
Enter the Fat Dragon Enter the Fat Dragon may refer to:
* Enter the Fat Dragon (1978 film), a Hong Kong martial arts film
* Enter the Fat Dragon (2020 film)
''Enter the Fat Dragon'' is a 2020 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Kenji Tanigaki and Aman Cha ...
'' (2020)
See also
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Bruceploitation
Bruceploitation (a portmanteau of "Bruce Lee" and "exploitation") is an exploitation film subgenre that emerged after the death of martial arts film star Bruce Lee in 1973, where filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea cast Bruce Lee l ...
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Bruce Lee Library
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Bruce Lee (comics)
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List of awards and honors received by Bruce Lee
This is a list of Bruce Lee's awards and honors. He was a martial artist, an actor, and an instructor of martial arts from the United States and British Hong Kong.
Awards
*The Asian Awards: Founder's Award (2013).
*Martial Arts Industry Asso ...
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Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do is a primarily wing chun kung fu inspired eclectic martial arts philosophy heavily influenced and adapted by the Taoist personal life philosophy and experiences of martial artist Bruce Lee.
Overview and philosophy
Jeet Kune ...
Notes
References
External links
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Hong Kong Cinemagic
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Filmography
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Hong Kong filmographies