Top 100 Adventure Movies List

#80 Adventure Movie

Gorillas in the Mist (1988) PG-13

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Director:

Michael Apted

Writers:

Harold T.P. Hayes, Dian Fossey

Stars:

Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris

#79 Adventure Movie

The Beach (2000) R

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

John Hodge, Alex Garland

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon

#78 Adventure Movie

Night at the Museum (2006) PG

A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers:

Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

Stars:

Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais

#77 Adventure Movie

Twister (1996) PG-13

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.

Director:

Jan de Bont

Writers:

Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin

Stars:

Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes

#76 Adventure Movie

The Four Feathers (2002) PG-13

A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Writers:

A.E.W. Mason, Michael Schiffer

Stars:

Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson

#75 Adventure Movie

The Mask of Zorro (1998) PG-13

A young thief, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great, but aged Zorro, who also pursues vengeance of his own.

Director:

Martin Campbell

Writers:

Johnston McCulley, Ted Elliott

Stars:

Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones

#74 Adventure Movie

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) PG

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna

Stars:

Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman

#73 Adventure Movie

The Book of Eli (2010) R

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Director:

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Writers:

Gary Whitta

Stars:

Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson

#72 Adventure Movie

Troy (2004) R

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Writers:

Homer, David Benioff

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom

#71 Adventure Movie

Sunshine (2007) R

A team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Alex Garland

Stars:

Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans

#70 Adventure Movie

King Kong (2005) PG-13

A movie crew, travelling to a mysterious island to shoot their picture, encounter a furious gorilla, taking their leading actress and forming a special relationship with her, protecting her at all costs.

Director:

Peter Jackson

Writers:

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens

Stars:

Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody

#69 Adventure Movie

National Treasure (2004) PG

A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers:

Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha

#68 Adventure Movie

The Grey (2011) R

After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Writers:

Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo

#67 Adventure Movie

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) PG

When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.

Director:

Ben Stiller

Writers:

Steve Conrad

Stars:

Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly

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#66 Adventure Movie

The Count of Monte Cristo (2012) PG-13

A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.

Director:

Kevin Reynolds

Writers:

Alexandre Dumas, Jay Wolpert

Stars:

Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris

#65 Adventure Movie

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director:

Ken Annakin

Writers:

Lowell S. Hawley, Johann David Wyss

Stars:

John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur

#64 Adventure Movie

Cloud Atlas (2012) R

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Director:

Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski

Writers:

David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant

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#63 Adventure Movie

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) PG

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Director:

Garth Jennings

Writers:

Douglas Adams, Douglas Adams

Stars:

Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell

#62 Adventure Movie

Stardust (2007) PG-13

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Writers:

Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn

Stars:

Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller

#61 Adventure Movie

Flight of the Navigator (1986) PG

In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Writers:

Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton

Stars:

Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Cliff De Young

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