CHARACTER ACTOR SPOTLIGHT
Chan Kong-sang · 成龍
The world's greatest action-comedy star — a daredevil performer who does his own stunts, has broken nearly every bone in his body, and still makes you laugh doing it. Every iconic film, ranked.
12
Films
1978
Breakthrough
7.3
Avg IMDb
Action
Genre
Ranked by IMDb score and audience popularity. From Hong Kong martial arts classics to Hollywood blockbusters — the essential Jackie Chan viewing list.
1985 · Jackie Chan · 1h 41m
Chan's magnum opus — a Hong Kong cop battles gangsters through shopping malls and double-decker buses in some of the most jaw-dropping stunt work ever filmed. The gold standard.
1994 · Lau Kar-leung · 1h 42m
Widely considered the greatest martial arts film ever made. Chan's drunken boxing style reaches a peak in a finale that will make your jaw drop and your sides ache from laughing.
1998 · Brett Ratner · 1h 38m
Chan meets Chris Tucker and Hollywood never saw it coming. The buddy-cop chemistry is electric, the action is vintage Jackie, and it became one of the defining blockbusters of the '90s.
1983 · Jackie Chan · 1h 46m
A period-set coast guard adventure featuring Jackie's famous clock-tower fall — a direct homage to Harold Lloyd done without a safety net. Peak Golden Era Chan.
1986 · Jackie Chan · 1h 28m
Hong Kong's answer to Indiana Jones — Jackie plays a treasure hunter racing against a cult. Famous for the near-fatal stunt that hospitalized Chan with a skull fracture during filming.
1995 · Stanley Tong · 1h 30m
Chan's Western crossover moment — shot in Vancouver but set in New York, this gonzo action romp introduced millions of American audiences to the Jackie Chan experience.
2003 · David Dobkin · 1h 54m
Chan and Owen Wilson head to Victorian London in this fun period sequel that arguably tops the original. The Singing in the Rain fight sequence alone earns its place in the pantheon.
1998 · Jackie Chan · 1h 48m
A globe-trotting amnesiac spy thriller with a Rotterdam rooftop finale that remains one of the most dangerous sequences Jackie ever filmed. Underrated gem.
2008 · Mark Osborne · 1h 32m
Chan voices Monkey in DreamWorks' beloved animated franchise — a love letter to martial arts cinema wrapped in a heartwarming panda story. Skadoosh.
2017 · Martin Campbell · 1h 53m
Chan's most dramatic performance — a grieving father seeking justice against IRA terrorists. A grittier, darker side of Jackie that proved he can do serious cinema when he wants to.
1978 · Yuen Woo-ping · 1h 51m
The film that made Jackie Chan a star. A young Wong Fei-hung learns Drunken Boxing from an eccentric master — the blueprint for everything Chan perfected over the next four decades.
2001 · Brett Ratner · 1h 30m
Chan and Tucker head to Hong Kong and Las Vegas in a sequel that some fans prefer to the original. The chemistry is still undeniable, and the action is just as inventive.