"Martial art films" is a kind of movie genre that is inspired from actual practice, stories and legends of the martial arts world. Films are a form of cultural expression that clearly reflects the world view of a society. Sicne this film genre originated from East Asian Cultures, it is proper to conlude that societies from these region extensively culitvated martial arts as their way of life.

Although films are a part of the pop culture, the subject is broad and rich enough to be a separate in the discussion of the totality of the martial arts world.

Martial Art Films ould be classified into different categories, but basically it can be distinguished according to theme and the temporal (time) aspect of the theme.

Wuxia literally means martial art heroes is a sub-genre of the fantasy genre in literature, books and martial art films. This kind of movies are usually based on stories from ancient China which usually revolves around a swordsman that serves for the emperor or who rebels against the emperor. A combination of xia (chivalry) philosophy and Chinese Martial Arts are commonly the underlying presupposition of these movies.