Want to know the best Jet Li movies? How about the worst Jet Li movies? Curious about Jet Li box office grosses or which Jet Li movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jet Li movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Jet Li (1963-) is a Chinese-born film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion. He has been appearing in movies since the early-1980s. His IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits since 1982. This page will rank Jet Li movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, cameos, and movies without know box office grosses were not included in the rankings.
Jet Li Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jet Li Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Jet Li movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Jet Li movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jet Li movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Jet Li movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Jet Li movie won.
- Sort Jet Li movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jet Li
1. Li Lianjie was born in Beijing, China in 1963. His Mandarin name is Li Lianjie. His Cantonese name is Lei Lin-Git.
2. Li Lianhie acquired his screen name in 1982 in the Philippines when a publicity company thought his real name was too hard to pronounce. They likened his career to an aircraft, which likewise “takes-off” as quickly, so they placed the name Jet Li on the movie posters. Soon everybody was calling him by this new name, which was also based on the nickname, “Jet”, given to him as a young student, due to his speed and grace when training with the Beijing Wushu team.
3. Jet Li won the Chinese national championship in the acrobatic martial art wushu when he was 11; his prize was a trip to Washington D.C. to meet President Richard Nixon.
4. According to Jet Li, everything he has ever wanted to tell the world can be found in three of his films: the message of Hero (2002) is that the suffering of one person can never be as significant as the suffering of a nation; Unleashed (2005) shows that violence is never a solution; and Fearless (2006) tells that the biggest enemy of a person is himself. Li thinks that the greatest weapon is a smile and the largest power is love.
5. Jet Li nearly died during the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami but both he and his daughters just barely escaped with only minor injuries.
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Jet Li, good subject, a martial arts favorite of mine. I should do a video on Li some day.
I’ve seen 21 of the 25 films on the chart, the ones I haven’t seen are – Badges of Fury, League of Gods, Founding of a Republic and The Sorcerer and the White Snake.
Favorites include – Hero, Unleashed, Forbidden Kingdom, Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die, Black Mask, The Expendables, Fearless, Kiss of the Dragon and Mulan.
I have 30 Jet Li films on DVD which includes the following Hong Kong movies –
Black Mask
Born to Defend
The Defender
The Enforcer
Fearless
Fist of Legend
Hero
The Hitman
Last Hero in China
Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk II
Meltdown
Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China II
Once Upon a Time in China III
Twin Warriors
The Warlords
Nice to see ‘Hero’ top rated on the chart, probably his best movie and it looks great too.
Good stuff Bruce, Vote Up!
A couple of short ones this time around, eh.
Jet Li has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. THese are the actors on the list he has appeared with.
20 MORGAN FREEMAN UNLEASHED (2005)
29 HARRISON FORD THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
33 SYLVESTER STALLONE The Expendables (2010)
33 SYLVESTER STALLONE THE EXPENDABLES 2 (2012)
33 SYLVESTER STALLONE THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
51 BRUCE WILLIS The Expendables (2010)
51 BRUCE WILLIS THE EXPENDABLES 2 (2012)
65 JACKIE CHAN The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
65 JACKIE CHAN The Founding of a Republic (2009)
74 ANTONIO BANDERAS THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
140 MICKEY ROURKE The Expendables (2010)
145 BOB HOSKINS UNLEASHED (2005)
168 JAMES HONG Hero (2002)
171 MEL GIBSON Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
171 MEL GIBSON THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
174 DANNY GLOVER Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
189 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER The Expendables (2010)
189 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER THE EXPENDABLES 2 (2012)
189 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
307 TOM ARNOLD Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
327 BURT KWOUK Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
359 BRENDAN FRASER The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
412 RICHARD RIEHLE Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
427 SAUL RUBINEK War (2007)
459 ROBERT DAVI THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
498 TCHEKY KARYO Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
548 WESLEY SNIPES THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
557 LUIS GUZMAN War (2007)
600 DOLPH LUNDGREN The Expendables (2010)
600 DOLPH LUNDGREN The Expendables 2 (2012)
600 DOLPH LUNDGREN THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
755 JASON STATHAM The Expendables (2010)
755 JASON STATHAM The Expendables 2 (2012)
755 JASON STATHAM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (2014)
755 JASON STATHAM The One (2001)
755 JASON STATHAM War (2007)
850 CARLA GUGINO The One (2001)
879 JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME The Expendables 2 (2012)
883 DELROY LINDO ROMEO MUST DIE (2000)
883 DELROY LINDO THE ONE (2001)
937 RIC YOUNG KISS OF THE DRAGON (2001)
If it wasn’t for the Expendable’s pics he’d barely have anybody.
Jet has appeared with 2 Oscar winners.
JOE PESCI Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
MORGAN FREEMAN UNLEASHED (2005)
Hey Dan. Short lists but interesting ones for sure. First list is loaded with Expendables. So Pesci and Freeman are the only Oscar winners he worked with. Stallone almost joined that group…still surprised Sly did not win for Creed. I remember I actually had our Best Supporting Actor Page updated with Sly winning…and when Mark Rylance got named instead….I had to quickly redo that page. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thanks Mike.