Top 12 Fight Scenes of 2025

Just like last year, this is gonna be an unexplained and unranked listing of my 12 favorite fight scenes of 2025. Usual rules apply in terms of media that have been officially released this year or have had limited theatrical releases in film festivals or specific countries/regions in prior years but have just become accessible globally through streaming or other random internet sources. I live in the U.S. so that means my list will always be more based on what’s available in the western hemisphere. I just didn’t have the energy to write this out fully and I could certainly write it out less eloquently and more casually than I’d ideally want but I personally wouldn’t be satisfied with the final product. So it seemed better to leave it as an unanalyzed list than a true listicle. I never really got a whole lot of input on these anyways so I don’t think the analysis really gave much to anyone besides those who enjoyed silently reading its needlessly long passages and providing me a much needed creative outlet. Maybe next year I’ll get back into writing. Or the next. Who knows. I gotta admit though that I feel as though this year wasn’t as innovative in the action department as previous years despite all the unarguably great fight filmmaking that’s come out. But I might just not be fully appreciating what we have. Please tell me if you think I’m completely wrong. I’d love to get an alternative perspective. The 2025 Indie Fight Scene Compilation is still coming out though so I’m not completely retired. And a little something special in February like last year so at least hold your breath for that too before you give up on me entirely lol

Otherwise if you wanna talk about any of the fight scene(s) I’ve included or excluded feel free to do so whether by commenting or even messaging me personally. If you send me a message through the website I’ll have to respond to you directly through email as for some reason Wix doesn’t send my replies properly and they get lost in the online ether. If you wanna talk about anything martial arts action related or a variety of other topics I’ve been sort of spamming Eric Jacobus’ The Stunt People Discord server from time to time so join me on there? Here’s the link:

https://discord.gg/J9mJ7Qus

Last Samurai Standing

(only found Portuguese dub clips unfortunately)

Live Action Series Honorable Mentions:                                                                             Daredevil: Born Again 

Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3

Gangs of London Season 3 

Reacher Season 3

Mercy For None

Weak Hero Season 2

Twelve

The Witcher Season 4

Butterfly, Capoeiras

Nero the Assassin

Chief of War

Peacemaker Season 2

Andor (s2e8)

Ironheart (s1e5)

Ne Zha 2

(only found this clip otherwise everything else were just secondhand screen recordings)

Animated Honorable Mentions:

Super Cube

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2

Devil May Cry

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2

Death Stranding 2

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

Predator: Killer of Killers

Marvel Zombies

Eyes of Wakanda

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

Wind Breaker Season 2

K-Pop Demon Hunters

Lazarus

The Siege at Thorn High

(only part of final fight available)

Southeast Asian Live Action Film Honorable Mentions:

Lone Samurai

Qodrat 2

Blood Brothers: Bara Naga

Ziam

Gayong

6 Jilake

Tanpa Ampun

Penduko

Mantis 

(once again, only part of fight scene available)

Korean Live Action Film Honorable Mentions:

Hitman 2 

I, The Executioner

The Old Woman With The Knife

Holy Night: Demon Hunters

The Villagers

Tiger’s Trigger

Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy

Hi-Five

Ghost Killer

Japanese Live Action Film Honorable Mentions:

Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General

Cells At Work!

Under Ninja

Shogun’s Ninja 2025

Onimanji

Samurai Fury

Lone Samurai

Demon City

G-Men

Barashi Fight

11 Rebels

Hakkenden

A Samurai In Time

The Prosecutor

Hong Kong/Chinese Live Action Film Honorable Mentions:

The Shadow’s Edge

Panda Plan

The Old Way

Battle of the Wolf

Bodyguard 3

Ultimate Mission

Snowstorm

Shell Girl

Wild Agent 2: Peace Assassination

Against All Odds

Stuntman

Nine-Ring Golden Dagger

Invincible Swordsman

Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

Forbidden City

(no fight scene clips available that I could find)

European Live Action Film Honorable Mentions:

K.O.

Last Bullet

Kung Fu Rookie

Exterritorial

Ad Vitam

The Gardener

Havoc

(only parts of the final action sequence available)

English-Language Streaming/Limited Theatrical Film Honorable Mentions:

Gladiator Underground

Affinity

Diablo

Prisoner of War

The Old Guard 2

Slug Street Scrappers Regen

Absolute Dominion

The Circuit 4: Faith Fighter

Heads of State

Man With No Past

Wildcat

Fountain of Youth

Back in Action

G20

Deathstalker

Frankenstein

Trouble Man

(don't hate on the terrible artificial background and focus on the choreography lol)

Ballerina

English-Language Theatrical Film Honorable Mentions:

The Accountant 2

Nobody 2

Love Hurts

Karate Kid: Legends

Fight or Flight

M3GAN 2.0

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Captain America: Brave New World

Superman

Predator: Badlands

A Working Man

Novocaine

Ash

Cleaner

The Amateur

Tron: Legacy

The Smashing Machine

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

Thunderbolts

(didn't find any South Asian fight scenes quite worthy enough this year so I'll at least throw 'em in at the end here)

South Asian Live Action Film Honorable Mentions:

Baaghi 4 

War 2

The Great Escape