The Big Boss

Bruce Lee's first leading role, made in Thailand for Golden Harvest, and the film that made him a star across Asia overnight. He plays a young man who has sworn off fighting, working at an ice factory that fronts a drug operation, until the murder of his cousins finally unleashes him.

Lee is electric even in a rough production, and the long-delayed moment when he finally fights is one of the great star-making entrances. The film was briefly and absurdly placed on the British video nasty list.

Crude around Lee and transcendent whenever he moves.