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10 Best Movies Like The Karate Kid

If you loved The Karate Kid, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

1984★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Karate Kid for fans of Action & Adventure & Drama & Family. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thug...

#2
The Next Karate Kid

The Next Karate Kid

1994★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Karate Kid for fans of Action & Adventure & Drama & Family. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother a...

#3
The Spy Next Door

The Spy Next Door

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Karate Kid for fans of Action & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the young...

#4
The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Karate Kid for fans of Action & Adventure & Drama & Family. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his form...

#5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Karate Kid for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time...

#6
Hancock

Hancock

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Karate Kid for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving h...