They break down into four fairly distinct groups:
- Critical Watches are the gold standards for this genre that demand semi-annual revisits; - Recommended are films you would not kick out of bed, with the possibility of a home-cooked breakfast;
- Walk Don't Run is for movies that are just nice, acceptable movies but not much more than that;
- Smash Glass in Case of Emergency is comprised of the films to watch when you have nothing else on hand and/or need to clear the room of unwanted guests.
Critical Watches
- American Ninja
- Black Belt Jones
- Best of the Best
- Bloodmoon
- Breathing Fire
- Drive
- King of the Kickboxers
- L.A. Streetfighters (Ninja Turf)
- Last Man Standing
- Miami Connection
- No Retreat, No Surrender
- No Retreat, No Surrender 2
- No Retreat, No Surrender 3
- Parole Violators
- Recoil
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Superfights
- Furious
- Trained to Kill
- Undefeatable
- U.S. Seals II
Recommended
- American Kickboxer 1
- American Kickboxer 2
- American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
- American Samurai
- Angelfist
- Angel of Destruction
- Back in Action
- Blackbelt
- Blood Chase
- Bloodfist
- Blood Hands
- College Kickboxers
- Cyborg Cop
- A Dangerous Place
- Deadbeat at Dawn
- Deadly Bet
- Death Match
- Devil's Express
- Expect No Mercy
- Fighting Spirit
- Final Impact
- Firepower
- Fists of Iron
- Fists of Steel
- Force: Five
- Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
- The Killing Machine
- Knights
- Live by the Fist
- Macho Man
- Martial Law
- Mission of Justice
- Night of the Kickfighters
- Ninja III: The Domination
- Ninja Death
- Ninja Warriors
- One Man Army
- Only the Strong
- Pray for Death
- Private Wars
- Psycho Kickboxer
- Rage
- Raw Force
- Ring of Fire
- Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
- Sakura Killers
- Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
- Showdown
- Silent Assassins
- Sword of Heaven
- Sworn to Justice
- TC 2000
- Terminator Woman
- Tiger Claws
- To Be the Best
- To the Death
- Tough and Deadly
- True Vengeance
- Weapons of Death
Walk Don't Run
- American Streetfighter
- Angel Town
- Blood Ring
- Bloodsport 2
- Capital Punishment
- City Dragon
- Contemporary Gladiator
- Day of the Panther
- East L.A. Warriors
- Enter the Ninja
- Excessive Force
- Fight for Honor
- Fight to Win
- Force of the Ninja
- For Hire (Lethal Ninja)
- Guyver: Dark Hero
- Karate Cops
- The Last Ninja
- Manhattan Chase
- The Master Demon
- Nightmaster
- Nine Deaths of the Ninja
- Ninja Busters
- Operation Golden Phoenix
- Scorpion
- Street Soldiers
- Talons of the Eagle
- Virtual Combat
