Top 100 Adventure Movies List

#100 Adventure Movie

Krull (1983) PG

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

Director:

Peter Yates

Writers:

Stanford Sherman

Stars:

Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones

#99 Adventure Movie

Cloak & Dagger (1984) PG

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Director:

Richard Franklin

Writers:

Tom Holland

Stars:

Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy

#98 Adventure Movie

Lord of the Flies (1990) R

Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

Director:

Harry Hook

Writers:

William Golding, Jay Presson Allen

Stars:

Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly

#97 Adventure Movie

Flash Gordon (1980) PG

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director:

Mike Hodges

Writers:

Lorenzo Semple Jr., Michael Allin

Stars:

Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow

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#96 Adventure Movie

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) G

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?

Director:

John Hough

Writers:

Robert M. Young, Alexander Key

Stars:

Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence

#95 Adventure Movie

Three Kings (1999) R

In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.

Director:

David O. Russell

Writers:

John Ridley, David O. Russell

Stars:

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube

#94 Adventure Movie

Starship Troopers (1997) R

Humans in a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein

Stars:

Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer

#93 Adventure Movie

The A-Team (2010) R

A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Writers:

Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley

#92 Adventure Movie

Dragonheart (1996) PG-13

The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality.

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writers:

Patrick Read Johnson, Charles Edward Pogue

Stars:

Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Dina Meyer

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#91 Adventure Movie

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) PG-13

A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown

Stars:

Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger

#90 Adventure Movie

Holes (2003) PG

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

Director:

Andrew Davis

Writers:

Louis Sachar

Stars:

Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight

#89 Adventure Movie

The Black Stallion (1979) G

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a desert island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued, both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once-successful trainer.

Director:

Carroll Ballard

Writers:

Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg

Stars:

Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr

#88 Adventure Movie

Nebraska (2013) R

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

Director:

Alexander Payne

Writers:

Bob Nelson

Stars:

Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb

#87 Adventure Movie

The 13th Warrior (1999) R

A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled on a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.

Director:

John McTiernan, Michael Crichton

Writers:

Michael Crichton, William Wisher Jr.

Stars:

Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi

#86 Adventure Movie

The Three Musketeers (1993) PG

A Disney-ized retelling of Dumas' classic swashbuckling story of three swordsmen of the disbanded French king's guard plus one young man who dreams to become one of them, who seek to save their King from the scheming of the Cardinal Richelieu. Jokes and stunts are the expected fare in this light-hearted and jaunty adventure.

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writers:

Alexandre Dumas, David Loughery

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell

#85 Adventure Movie

John Carter (2012) PG-13

Transported to Barsoom, a Civil War vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior.

Director:

Andrew Stanton

Writers:

Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews

Stars:

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe

#84 Adventure Movie

Kingdom of Heaven (2005) R

Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

William Monahan

Stars:

Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson

#83 Adventure Movie

The Rundown (2003) PG-13

A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.

Director:

Peter Berg

Writers:

R.J. Stewart

Stars:

Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken

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#82 Adventure Movie

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) PG

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

Director:

Andrew Adamson

Writers:

Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson

Stars:

Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley

#81 Adventure Movie

The Beastmaster (1982) PG

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.

Director:

Don Coscarelli

Writers:

Don Coscarelli, Paul Pepperman

Stars:

Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn

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