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== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Once Upon a Time in China]]'', set in the twilight years of Imperial China, chronicling the saga of historical hero Wong Fei Hong (played marvelously by Jet Li), greatest Doctor and Warrior of Canton. Singlehandedly revitalized the genre as one worthy of artistic respect and capable of conveying political meaning.

* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' brought the classical form of the genre to the mainstream in the West.

* ''[[Hero (film)|Hero]]'' is notable for coming out a few years later than ''Crouching Tiger'', with a lot more controversy. It was a big Wuxia production relatively soon after the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong, which made some critics see the [[Historical Hero Upgrade]] of the king as a way to win the approval of the Chinese government, while others insisted that variants of this "Emperor And Assassin" story had been told in China for centuries, even in Hong Kong under British rule.

* ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]''

* The entire ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise is arguably a ''wuxia'' saga disguised as a space opera.

* The ''[[Kill Bill]]'' films were at least heavily influenced by ''wuxia''.

* ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''

* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' is either an [[Affectionate Parody]] or a slightly more comedic example of the genre. Either way, even the Chinese thought it was a worthy addition to the genre.

* ''Swordsmen In Double Flag Town'' is a "down and dirty" hybrid of ''wuxia'' and [[The Western|western]] set in China's own Wild West.

* The ''[[Chinese Ghost Story]]'' series has more of a fantasy element than most stories in the ''wuxia'' genre.