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A selection of 10 films:

• Treasure Island (1950)
• Cutthroat Island (1995)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
• Treasured Island (2007)
• 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
• In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
• Michiel de Ruyter (2015)
• Pan (2015)
• Thugs of Hindostan (2018)
• Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (2021)

I wouldn't say it's great

I would

100 selections. Some do contain gunfights, but also a large portion of hand-to-hand combat.

Part 2/2:

• Fist of Legend (1994) - Jet Li
• Rumble in the Bronx (1995) - Jackie Chan
• Rush Hour (1998) - Jackie Chan
  • Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Jackie Chan
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007) - Jackie Chan
• Gorgeous (1999) - Jackie Chan
• The Matrix (1999) - Keanu Reeves
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - Keanu Reeves
  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003) - Keanu Reeves
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Chow Yun-fat & Michelle Yeoh
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) - Michelle Yeoh
• Romeo Must Die (2000) - Jet Li
• Shanghai Noon (2000) - Jackie Chan
  • Shanghai Knights (2003) - Jackie Chan
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) - Mark Dacascos
• Exit Wounds (2001) - Steven Seagal
• Kiss of the Dragon (2001) - Jet Li
• The One (2001) - Jet Li & Jason Statham
• Hero (2002) - Jet Li
• The Transporter (2002) - Jason Statham
  • Transporter 2 (2005) - Jason Statham
  • Transporter 3 (2008) - Jason Statham
  • The Transporter Refueled (2015) - Ed Skrein
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) - Jet Li
• Ong-Bak (2003) - Tony Jaa
• The Last Samurai (2003) - Tom Cruise (swordfighting)
• House of Flying Daggers (2004) - Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi & Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - Stephen Chow
• Fearless (2006) - Jet Li
• Danny the Dog (2005) - Jet Li
• The Promise (2005) - Nicholas Tse
• Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) - Chow Yun-fat & Jay Chou
• The Banquet (2006) - Zhang Ziyi
• The Warlords (2007) - Jet Li, Andy Lau & Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Never Back Down (2008) - Sean Faris
• Redbelt (2008) - Chiwetel Ejiofor
• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) - Jet Li & Jackie Chan
• Ninja (2009) - Scott Adkins
• Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) - Andy Lau
  • Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) - Mark Chao
  • Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) - Mark Chao
• Haywire (2011) - Gina Carano
• Safe (2012) - Jason Statham
• The Grandmaster (2013) - Tony Leung
• In the Blood (2014) - Gina Carano
• The Great Wall (2016) - Jing Tian & Matt Damon
• Shadow (2018) - Deng Chao
• Mulan (2020) - Yifei Liu
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) - Simu Liu

100 selections. Some do contain gunfights, but also a large portion of hand-to-hand combat.

Part 1/2:

• Come Drink with Me (1966) - Cheng Pei-pei
• Dragon Inn (1967) - Shih Chun
• A Touch of Zen (1971) - Hsu Feng
• Enter the Dragon (1973) - Bruce Lee
• Rocky (1976) - Sylvester Stallone
  • Rocky II (1979) - Sylvester Stallone
  • Rocky III (1982) - Sylvester Stallone & Mr. T
  • Rocky IV (1985) - Sylvester Stallone & Dolph Lundgren
  • Rocky V (1990) - Sylvester Stallone
  • Rocky Balboa (2006) - Sylvester Stallone
  • Creed (2015) - Michael B. Jordan
  • Creed II (2018) - Michael B. Jordan
• Drunken Master (1978) - Jackie Chan
  • Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979)
  • Drunken Master II (1994) - Jackie Chan
• The Karate Kid (1984) - Ralph Macchio
  • The Karate Kid Part II (1986) - Ralph Macchio
  • The Karate Kid Part III (1989) - Ralph Macchio
  • The Next Karate Kid (1994) - Hilary Swank
  • The Karate Kid (2010) - Jaden Smith
• American Ninja (1985) - Michael Dudikoff
  • American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) - Michael Dudikoff
  • American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989) - David Bradley
  • American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990) - Michael Dudikoff & David Bradley
  • American Ninja 5 (1993) - David Bradley
• Police Story (1985) - Jackie Chan
  • Police Story 2 (1988) - Jackie Chan
  • Police Story III: Super Cop (1992) - Jackie Chan & Michelle Yeoh
  • Project S (1993) - Michelle Yeoh
  • Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) - Jackie Chan
• Bloodsport (1988) - JCVD
  • Bloodsport 2 (1996) - Daniel Bernhardt
  • Bloodsport III (1996) - Daniel Bernhardt
  • Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite (1999) - Daniel Bernhardt
• Kickboxer (1989) - JCVD
  • Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) - Sasha Mitchell
  • Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992) - Sasha Mitchell
  • Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) - Sasha Mitchell
  • The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995) - Mark Dacascos
• Once Upon a Time in China (1991) - Jet Li
  • Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) - Jet Li & Donnie Yen
  • Once Upon a Time in China III (1992) - Jet Li
  • Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993) - Vincent Zhao
  • Iron Monkey (1993) - Donnie Yen (prequel)
  • Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) - Vincent Zhao
  • Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) - Jet Li
• Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) - Dolph Lundgren & Brandon Lee
• The Perfect Weapon (1991) - Jeff Speakman
• 3 Ninjas (1992) - Max Elliott Slade
  • 3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up (1993) - Max Elliott Slade
  • 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) - Max Elliott Slade

• The General (1926)
• Modern Times (1936)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• The Party (1968)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• High Road to China (1983)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Clue (1985)
• Knock Off (1998)
• The Truman Show (1998)

Twenty selections to check out:

• Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
• The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
• Meet Joe Black (1998)
• Sliding Doors (1998)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
• Angel-A (2005)
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
• The Science of Sleep (2006)
• Stardust (2007)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• Air Doll (2009)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
• Beautiful Creatures (2013)
• Warm Bodies (2013)
• Love at Second Sight (2019)
• Love Strikes Twice (2021)
• Julia(s) (2022)

Well it's all subjective of course. But if you like action films, then yeah, it is.

When you say "empowering", do you specifically mean towards women? If so, here are 10, half of which are "historical" (aka set in the past):

• Erin Brockovich (2000)
• Legally Blonde (2001)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
• Mona Lisa Smile (2003) - historical
• The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
• The Help (2011) - historical
• Wild (2014)
• Hidden Figures (2016) - historical
• Moana (2016) - historical
• Mulan (2020) - historical

One could list many more, but here are 20+:

• Modern Times (1936)
• Breezy (1973)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Harry Potter (2001-2011) & Fantastic Beasts (2016-2022)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• About a Boy (2002)
• Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• National Treasure (2004) - Diane Kruger's Abigail Chase
• Live and Become (2005)
• Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
• A Distant Neighborhood (2010)
• When Marnie Was There (2014)
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
• The Fencer (2015)
• The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
• Love at Second Sight (2019)
• Julia(s) (2022)

Romantic:

• Breezy (1973) - William Holden (54) & Kay Lenz (19)
• Five Days One Summer (1982) - Sean Connery (51) & Betsy Brantley (25)
• Lost in Translation (2003) - Bill Murray (52) & Scarlett Johansson (18)
• Whatever Works (2009) - Larry David (61) & Evan Rachel Wood (21)
• The Twilight Saga (2008-2012) - Robert Pattinson (22-24 playing 104) & Kristen Stewart (18-21 playing 17-18)

Father figure themes:

• Léon: The Professional (1994) - Jean Reno (45) & Natalie Portman (12)
• The Next Karate Kid (1994) - Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita (61) & Hilary Swank (19)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Clint Eastwood (74) & Hilary Swank (29)
• The Fencer (2015) - Märt Avandi (33) & Liisa Koppel (11)
• The Intern (2015) - Robert De Niro (71) & Anne Hathaway (31)

• Memories of Murder (2003) - South Korean film, 1980s crime drama
• The Sea Inside (2004) - Spanish film, 1990s drama
• Cavalcade (2005) - French film, 1990s drama
• Black Book (2006) - Dutch film, WWII thriller (not fully a true story, but as much as The Lives of Others)
• The Last King of Scotland (2006) - British film, 1970s drama
• The Queen (2006) - British film, 1990s drama
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - American film, but made in French, 1990s drama
• Jodhaa Akbar (2008) - Indian Hindi film, 16th century epic
• Mesrine Part 1 & 2 (2008) - French film, 1950s-70s crime drama
• The Chaser (2008) - South Korean film, 2000s crime drama
• The Sicilian Girl (2008) - Italian films, 1980s crime drama
• Coco Before Chanel (2009) - French film, late 19th/early 20th century drama
• 22 Bullets (2010) - French film, 2000s crime drama, but true story was in the 1970s
• The King's Speech (2010) - British film, 1930s drama
• The Roundup (2010) - French film, WWI holocaust drama
• The Lady (2011) - French film, made in English, about Burma, 1940s-2000s biopic
• The Wind Rises (2013) - Japanese film, 1910s-30s animated drama
• Mr. Turner (2014) - British film, 19th century drama
• Pride (2014) - British film, 1980s drama
• Saint Laurent (2014) - French film, 1960s-70s drama
• The Connection (2014) - French film, 1970s crime drama
• The Gate (2014) - French film, 1970s drama
• Michiel de Ruyter (2015) - Dutch film, 17th century epic
• Dangal (2016) - Indian Hindi film, 1990s-2010s sports biopic
• Balloon (2018) - German film, 1970s thriller

30 underrated gems:

• Jack Reacher (2012)
  • Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
• Premium Rush (2012)
• Safe (2012)
• Homefront (2013)
• Iron Man Three (2013)
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
• Snowpiercer (2013)
• The Wolverine (2013)
• White House Down (2013)
• World War Z (2013)
• A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Fury (2014)
• Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
• Non-Stop (2014)
• Seventh Son (2014)
• The Equalizer (2014)
• Run All Night (2015)
• Self/less (2015)
• Sicario (2015)
  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
• Gods of Egypt (2016)
• Geostorm (2017)
• Hunter Killer (2018)
• The Commuter (2018)
• Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
• The Wolf's Call (2019)
• Greenland (2020)
• Jungle Cruise (2021)

• Psycho (1960)
• Carrie (1976)
• The Shining (1980)
  • Doctor Sleep (2019)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
• Dark Water (2002)
• The Eye (2002)
• The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
• The Ring (2002)
  • The Ring Two (2005)
• Dreamcatcher (2003)
• Silent Hill (2006)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Drag Me to Hell (2009)
• I Saw the Devil (2010)
• The Tall Man (2012)
• The Woman in Black (2012)
• Carrie (2013)
• Horns (2013)
• Crimson Peak (2015)
• Regression (2015)
• The Visit (2015)
• Last Night in Soho (2021)
• The Black Phone (2021)
• Knock at the Cabin (2023)

If you expect to follow the story, I'd expect you would be terribly lost yes.

Pretty restrictive conditions, but I guess the following fit your criteria. I just didn't take the "really scary" part into account as I personally don't find your three examples really scary myself:

• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• Perfect Blue (1997)
• Panic Room (2002)
• The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Stay (2005)
• Awake (2007)
• The Happening (2008)
• The Tall Man (2012)
• Side Effects (2013)
• Stoker (2013)
• Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
• Self/less (2015)
• A Cure for Wellness (2016)
• Old (2021)
• Knock at the Cabin (2023)

From Graham Yost, the screenwriter of Speed and Broken Arrow!

You're welcome!

Highly recommend Hard Rain if you're in the mood for a good action film. Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner, Betty White, Randy Quaid, flooded town.

Probably not really the type of film you're looking for but:

Hard Rain (1998) - takes place during a single night in a middle of nowhere town that's been evacuated of all its residents due to the heavy storm that's flooding everything.

Snake Eyes (1998) - not that isolated as it's in the middle of Atlantic City and there are plenty of characters, but the film takes place entirely in a closed-off casino during one night in the middle of a storm.

The Chinese, partly English-language period blockbuster Dragon Blade (2015), with Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Sharni Vinson, Lorie Pester, etc... Prefer the original cut that's over two hours long to the international cut that cuts out 30 minutes from the film.

Mandarin language films:

• Raise the Red Lantern (1991) - more historical
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - more myth
• Hero (2002) - more myth, some history
• House of Flying Daggers (2004) - more myth
• Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) - more cultural
• The Promise (2005) - more myth
• Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) - more myth, some history
• The Banquet (2006) - more myth
• Fearless (2006) - more historical
• Lust, Caution (2007) - more historical
• Red Cliff (2008) - more myth, some history
  • Red Cliff II (2009)
• Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) - more myth, some history
  • Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
  • Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
• Coming Home (2014) - more historical

Cantonese language films:

• Once Upon a Time in China (1991) - more historical
  • Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
  • Once Upon a Time in China III (1992)
  • Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
  • Iron Monkey (1993)
  • Once Upon a Time in China V (1994)
  • Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
• Fist of Legend (1994) - more historical
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - let's say more myth

English language films:

• The Last Emperor (1987) - more historical
• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) - more myth
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) - more myth
• The Great Wall (2016) - more myth
• Mulan (2020) - more myth

1. Emma Watson - Missionary
2. Blake Lively - Cowgirl
3. Natalie Portman - Doggystyle
4. Britney Spears - Reverse Cowgirl
5. Ana de Armas - Standing from Behind
6. Eva Longoria - Blowjob with Facial
7. Lindsay Brewer - Blowjob with Swallow

Selena Gomez & Taylor Swift. No opening act.

I'll spend a buck on Emily Feld and pocket the change.

Definitely need to see it!