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Despair covered many of his best. I would have to agree that Chan has went down hill in his U.S. films. (shanghai was good). He is probably my favorite actor, but he seems to be becoming too much of a Hollywood filmmaker now. We'll have to see with his upcoming films whether he returns to the frantic action of his earlier films, though I doubt it's possible to surpass films such as Project A and Police Story.
I would like to add the following films:
Gorgeous--with Tony Leung and Shu Qi. This is a great comedy action film.
Young Master and Dragon Lord-- A young Jackie stretching his directorial arms really for the first time (though Fearless Hyena was really his first directorial film-- you should check this out as well). Awesome action and some glimpses of the talent he would later use in even better films.
As far as Heart of the Dragon-- I have heard that there is a Japanese print of the film that has some of Chan's most amazing fight scenes all done by Sammo Hung. They cut them for the HK release because the film wasn't supposed to be an action film-- though that ending is really amazing. I have never been able to find a copy though.
My Lucky Stars and Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars-- part of the Aces Go Places action/comedy series. There are some really funny scenes as well as some great fights.
He also has two documentaries that are good. One focuses on his life and the other on his stunts.
I would also recommend Jackie Chan's biography he worked on with Jeff Yang who writes books about Asian culture. The book is very well written and Jackie's life is really interesting to read about.
"50,000! You scored 50,000 points on Double Dragon?"
Please (and I mean PLEASE) do not place Lucy Liu in the film...
), were excellent though. Both Jackie and his opponent had some great display of moves, and the small guy really kicked ass. But other than these 2 fights, the movie was worthless to me 
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