The Karate Kid (1984)

#948 worldwide · charting in 7 countries

Movie · 126 min · B · act, drm, fml, spt

The Karate Kid poster

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.

  • 7.4 IMDb
  • 7.2 TMDB
  • 81% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 96 JustWatch

Where to watch The Karate Kid

Available on 24 platforms across 9 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 7 countries, best placed at #79 in Ecuador.

Available languages

Audio: Czech, English, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai

Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, NB, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Chart history

The Karate Kid has spent 14 days in a top 3, 29 days in a top 10 and 114 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.

Cast

Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, Ron Thomas, Rob Garrison, Chad McQueen, Tony O'Dell, Israel Juarbe, William Bassett, Larry B. Scott, Juli Fields, Dana Andersen, Frank Burt Avalon, Jeff Fishman, Ken Daly

Crew

John G. Avildsen (director), Jerry Weintraub (producer)

Awards

0 wins from 1 nominations.

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1985 — nominated