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Big Trouble in Little China
Why this pick
Matches The Golden Child’s brisk, jokey collision of an ordinary wisecracking hero with flamboyant supernatural peril, delivered with colorful 1980s adventure energy.
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MOVIE1986 1h 34m USA
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Why this pick
Its deadpan comic heroics, eccentric mythology, and gleefully crowded fantasy-adventure world echo the offbeat supernatural fun of The Golden Child.
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The Last Dragon
Why this pick
A playful 1980s urban martial-arts fantasy with broad villains, mystical stakes, and an upbeat comic-book sensibility close to The Golden Child.
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Black Dynamite
Why this pick
For the appeal of Eddie Murphy’s comic swagger amid mystical danger: this is a knowingly stylized action-comedy that mixes martial arts, absurd threats, and affectionate genre humor.
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The Medallion
Why this pick
Pairs a fast-talking, skeptical cop with supernatural powers and martial-arts set pieces, preserving The Golden Child’s light, magical-action rhythm.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child whom dark forces want to eliminate.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Eddie Murphy
Chandler Jarrell
Charles Dance
Sardo Numspa
Peter Kwong
Tommy Tong
James Hong
Doctor Hong
Charlotte Lewis
Kee Nang
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Til
Victor Wong
The Old Man