In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Golden Swallow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.

2015 wuxia film by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

During the Ming Dynasty, Tso Siu Yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of his enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.

1992 film by Ching Siu-tung

北宋徽宗年间，镇远大将军凌落石与当朝奸相蔡京相互勾结，狼狈为奸，致使朝纲败坏，国势日衰。身兼武林大联盟副盟主的凌落石，更因觊觎武林盟主宝座，而趁盟主冷悔善过寿时，将其杀害，取而代之，冷悔善幼子冷血（蒋毅 饰）侥幸死里逃生，并为太傅诸葛神侯（岳跃利 饰）收养于狼窟中长大。诸葛神侯为对抗武功高强、阴险狠毒的凌落石，除个别传授冷血武功，亦同时培养另外三位极具资质潜力的血气青年追命（钟汉良 饰）、无情（朱磊 饰）、铁手（车仁表 饰）分别授与武功有成后，以分进合击方式，展开连串刺杀凌落石之艰巨任务。四人呗诸葛神封为“六扇门御前四方总捕” ——东方总捕铁手、南方总捕追命、北方总捕无情、西方总捕冷血，四人分别保卫着四方各地安宁。

为了成就天下霸业，天下会帮主雄霸（千叶真一 饰）请泥菩萨为自己批命，获得“金麟岂是池中物，一遇风云便化龙”的十六字真言。所以为了找到风云，雄霸不惜到处杀虐，最后将孩童时候的聂风和步惊云收入身边。正是得了风云之助，雄霸的霸业扩展越来越顺利。时间很快就过去，雄霸的称霸野心越 来越大，不过此时却收到泥菩萨又一次批命送上的“成也风云，败也风云”。不禁令雄霸对身边的聂风（赵文卓 饰）和步惊云（何润东 饰）处处提防，忧心忡忡。雄霸出计，将步惊云喜欢的孔慈嫁给大徒弟秦霜，而孔慈却暗恋着聂风，使得风云二人反目，孔慈也因保护聂风身亡。风云二人也因此先后离开天下会行走江湖。在不断的闯荡中，聂风受童年好友断浪的怂恿决定找雄霸报杀父之仇，而步惊云也因雄霸的步步紧逼对雄霸愤恨有加。最终步惊云意外获得麒麟臂，聂风获得雪饮狂刀，在剑池与雄霸展开了生死大战

该剧以乔峰、段誉和虚竹三人的传奇经历为主线，交织以三人与阿朱、王语嫣、梦姑三段感人至深的缠绵恋情，从而铺陈开一幅气势磅礴的江湖画卷。

元朝末年，江湖盛传兼得倚天剑与屠龙刀者即可号令武林，整个武林为之疯狂。张无忌（苏有朋 饰）的父母张翠山和殷素素无意卷入因屠龙刀而起的江湖纷争，年幼的张无忌目睹父母双亡，更被“玄冥二老”所伤，所幸被张三丰带往少林寺求得易筋经解毒，无意中还得到了一部失传已久的武功秘籍《九阳神功》，抱着打发无聊时光的念头，不料却练就神功，不仅清除了体内寒毒，还以超凡的武功在明教光明顶化解了武林纠葛，成为明教教主。然而，虽有绝世武功，兼得背后明教势力支持，张无忌的生活依旧步步荆棘，不仅如此，蒙古郡主赵敏（贾静雯 饰）、青梅竹马的峨眉派美人周芷若（高圆圆 饰）、表妹殷离以及少女小昭的爱慕更是使他左右为难，无法取舍……

杨康的儿子杨过（古天乐 饰）自小被郭靖收养，郭靖希望他学好，于是送到了桃花岛跟黄药诗学习。杨过在桃花岛上整日被郭芙和大、小武欺负，一气之下独自出走了。杨过被古墓派的小龙女（李若彤 饰）收留，认她作姑姑，生活在活死人墓里跟小龙女学习武功，日久天长，两人渐渐互生情愫，决定今生今世结成夫妻，永远生活在古墓。可惜机缘巧合下，他们最终要走出活死人墓，去经历一番江湖恩怨，两人最后能否有情人终成眷属？