Top Adventure Movies List

#60 Adventure Movie

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) PG-13

Video game adventuress Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.

Director:

Simon West

Writers:

Sara B. Cooper, Mike Werb

Stars:

Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen

#59 Adventure Movie

City Slickers (1991) PG-13

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.

Director:

Ron Underwood

Writers:

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Stars:

Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern

#58 Adventure Movie

A Knight's Tale (2001) PG-13

After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.

Director:

Brian Helgeland

Writers:

Brian Helgeland

Stars:

Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell

#57 Adventure Movie

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) PG-13

When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.

Director:

Kevin Reynolds

Writers:

Pen Densham, Pen Densham

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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#56 Adventure Movie

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) PG-13

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

Director:

Peter Weir

Writers:

Patrick O'Brian, Peter Weir

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd

#55 Adventure Movie

Ladyhawke (1985) PG-13

Philip Gaston, called The Mouse escapes from the prison of the medieval city of Aquila. Chased by the guards of the evil Bishop of the city, Philip meets a mysterious knight with a beautiful hawk and begins to follow him. Philip soon discovers that the knight has been cursed by the Bishop.

Director:

Richard Donner

Writers:

Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas

Stars:

Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer

#54 Adventure Movie

Innerspace (1987) PG

A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.

Director:

Joe Dante

Writers:

Chip Proser, Jeffrey Boam

Stars:

Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan

#53 Adventure Movie

The Rocketeer (1991) PG

A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero.

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Dave Stevens, Danny Bilson

Stars:

Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin

#52 Adventure Movie

Legend (1985) PG

A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

William Hjortsberg

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry

#51 Adventure Movie

Jumanji (1995) PG

When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor

Stars:

Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt

#50 Adventure Movie

The Wizard of Oz (1939) G

Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home in Kansas and help her friends as well.

Director:

Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Writers:

Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson

Stars:

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

#49 Adventure Movie

Willow (1988) PG

A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers:

George Lucas, Bob Dolman

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis

#48 Adventure Movie

Reign of Fire (1978) PG

A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet.

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka

Stars:

Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco

#47 Adventure Movie

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) PG-13

A reluctant hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home - and the gold within it - from the dragon Smaug.

Director:

Peter Jackson

Writers:

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens

Stars:

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

#46 Adventure Movie

Red Dawn (1984) PG-13

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.

Director:

John Milius

Writers:

Kevin Reynolds, John Milius

Stars:

Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson

#45 Adventure Movie

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) PG

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam

Stars:

John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley

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#44 Adventure Movie

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (1984) PG

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Director:

W.D. Richter

Writers:

Earl Mac Rauch

Stars:

Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin

#43 Adventure Movie

Total Recall (1990) R

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he?

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

Philip K. Dick, Ronald Shusett

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside

#42 Adventure Movie

Apocalypto (2006) R

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.

Director:

Mel Gibson

Writers:

Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia

Stars:

Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández

#41 Adventure Movie

Stargate (1994) PG-13

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers:

Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

Stars:

Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson

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