ROTTEN TOMATOES: Jackie Chan Picks His Five Favorite Movies -- And Only One of Them Stars Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan Picks His Five Favorite Movies -- And Only One of Them Stars Jackie Chan

The Forbidden Kingdom star has a few surprise faves to share.

by Jen Yamato | April 18, 2008

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Action superstar Jackie Chan has acted in, written, directed, produced, and choreographed over 100 films to date, but more impressively, he's one of only a few Asian names recognizable to -- and loved by -- American audiences. That crossover appeal, kickstarted a decade ago in 1998's Rush Hour, will be tested once more with this weekend's The Forbidden Kingdom, in which Chan faces off with fellow martial arts legend Jet Li.

It's Hollywood-meets-Hong Kong as Chan and Li play mentor to a hapless teen (Michael Angarano) whose obsession with classic kung-fu movies lands him squarely in ancient China. But what movies shaped Chan into the actor-filmmaker-superstar he is today?

Below, the legendary Jackie Chan shares his five favorite movies of all time. (Hint: only one of them is a Jackie Chan movie.)

The Sound of Music, 83 percent

"The Sound of Music because I watched it over and over when I was a kid and even though I couldn't understand everything they were saying, I loved the songs and learned to sing along."

Analyze This, 70 percent

"Analyze This, because of Robert DeNiro."

Jurassic Park, 86 percent

"Jurassic Park, because I was amazed by the special effects."

An Inconvenient Truth, 93 percent

"An Inconvenient Truth, because I think it's one of the most important films that anyone will ever see."

Police Story, 78 percent

"Police Story, because I think it's one of the best action films ever made."

RT also sat down with Chan to talk about The Forbidden Kingdom; watch our video interview to hear Jackie describe his off-camera relationship with Jet Li, why it took so long for the two Asian superstars to make a movie together, and all the different kinds of fighting styles he's learned throughout his four-decade career.

Click to watch our exclusive video chat with Jackie Chan and more clips from The Forbidden Kingdom!

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Paul777 writes:
on Apr 18 2008 09:54 PM

Good to finally an uncliched favorites list. With the exception of JP, they are all pretty good.

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The Tony Show writes:
on Apr 19 2008 06:30 AM

Great list. I love Jackie, but there must be a language barrier that prevents complete and utter BS from translating into Chinese for him to like An Inconvenient Truth.

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Young Turk writes:
on Apr 19 2008 01:45 PM

In reply to this comment (#1694029)
Oh yea, that's probably the reason he liked it....idiot.

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Ashron writes:
on Apr 19 2008 03:23 PM

In reply to this comment (#1693685)
What exactly was wrong with JP? As popcorn flicks go, it was pretty damn good. Had me on the edge of my seat and still holds up pretty well. Maybe you're confusing it with its lesser sequels :-)

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bijibadness writes:
on Apr 19 2008 03:44 PM

jurassic park for my money is absolutely the best summer blockbuster I have ever seen in theaters, and more than likely will EVER see

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abl2k2 writes:
on Apr 19 2008 09:28 PM

jurassic park is my childhood. great pick

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AFuneralMaker writes:
on Apr 19 2008 09:33 PM

How do you not like Jurassic Park?

I feel like you said you didn't like it out of an attempt to get approval from the film elitists who would typically call a popcorn film garbage. However, everyone loves Jurassic Park. Failure.

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Trufire writes:
on Apr 20 2008 12:38 AM

I just watched JP again the other night and thought, "Wow. These Special Effects are still top notch!" Not to mention it is still highly entertaining. I like this list too. Sound of Music though did suprise me. Jackie Chan to star in a martial arts musical now! :-D haha

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Bruce Campbell writes:
on Apr 20 2008 04:15 PM

In reply to this comment (#1693685)
Nobody like nor wants to be a film elitist. Don't you start.

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minderbinder writes:
on Apr 21 2008 09:08 AM

"everyone loves jurassic park"?

I loved it when it came out. But I don't think it has held up well to the test of time.

The FX still look good, but the dinos are a TINY part of the film. And the other parts of the film have some really lame stuff, bad jokes, tons of filler, and Spielberg's achilles heel, nonsense about kids and their bad relationship with their dad.

Don't get me wrong, the movie is insanely awesome whenever the dinos are onscreen, and some of the action scenes before and after that. But that's only about 10-20% of the movie.

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minderbinder writes:
on Apr 21 2008 09:09 AM

And I know this is asking for trouble...but I actually liked JP3 better (2 was horrible).

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Brad 3000 writes:
on Apr 21 2008 09:14 AM

In reply to this comment (#1694029)
I know it has already been said, but you are an idiot.

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John Z. Delorean writes:
on Apr 23 2008 05:48 AM

I'll agree with Police Story and won't even front like I would ever watch Sound of Music but definitely not what I expected from Jackie but that's a good thing. JP is a great popcorn movie and lots of fun, can't be mad at that.

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BluMizu writes:
on May 11 2008 01:10 PM

any one who claims not to have "liked" JP has his head up his butt. Talk about a summer popcorn movie. I mean if you were looking for substance/ nutritional value you should have gone somewhere else....Also i don't want to assume how old the people here are but...at like 13 were you really THAT discerning? Not to mention that for the time JP was a KILLER visually. You sound like a movie snob my fellow movie-phile. An obvious one.

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dlovely4u writes:
on May 16 2008 04:31 AM

To throw something in the works: my fav JP fight scene was the bar fight in Shanghai Noon. Like wine, JP gets better with age :)

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dlovely4u writes:
on May 16 2008 04:46 AM

In reply to this comment (#1736983)
I meant 'JC' (Jackie Chan) not 'JP'
So give me a slap for lack of originality

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Mishmerized writes:
on May 27 2008 08:04 PM

The Sound of Music?

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on May 28 2008 08:01 PM

lol, sound of music, i can just picture jackie chan singing along to that ****..... the only good movies on there are jurassic park and analyze this..... mind you, i still have yet to see police story, any good?

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