Movies that have 100% approval ratings on Rotten Tomatoes are rare, given a movie has to appeal to every single critic who chooses to review it for such a score to be achieved. A movie with 100% does not necessarily ensure the movie is perfect, but that it was, at the very least, “good” in the eyes of all the critics who reviewed it. As such, the more popular and widely reviewed a movie is, the more impressive a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes becomes.

Martial arts movies are already kind of underrated and underappreciated on a broad level, and some of the best of all time don’t have perfect scores on Rotten Tomatoes (see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Enter the Dragon, and Police Story, for starters). As such, searching for perfectly rated martial arts films on the site is easier said than done, but the following films can all broadly fit within the genre, and have 100% approval ratings… some, admittedly, because they’ve only been reviewed by a handful of enthusiastic critics, rather than dozens or even hundreds, the way a more mainstream movie might receive.

They are:

  1. ‘The Monkey King 2’ (2016)
  2. ‘The Man from Nowhere’ (2010)
  3. ‘Bad Black’ (2016)
  4. ‘Yes, Madam!’ (1985)
  5. ‘SPL 2: A Time for Consequences’ (2015)
  6. ‘Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain’ (1983)
  7. ‘The Prodigal Son’ (1981)