Tom Yum Goong (The Protector, 2005)

Tom Yum Goong (The Protector) delivers the greatest martial-arts sequence ever captured: a four-minute single-take shot where Tony Jaa fights through an entire five-story building. Choreographed with brutal efficiency, the scene features 40+ fighters and zero cuts, surpassing the hallway fights in Oldboy in both length and audience impact. Filmed over six weeks, this unbroken combat reel remains a benchmark for action cinema globally, outperforming even #5's famous stairway sequence in narrative intensity.