The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

What to watch after The Art of Self-Defense

• Faults (2014) — Riley Stearns directed both
• A Real Pain (2024) — Jesse Eisenberg appears in both
• The Laundromat (2019)
• Avengement (2019) — Same subject: martial arts
• Son of a Gun (2014)
• Bodied (2017)