Adventure Films - Examples

ADVENTURE FILMS

Examples

Adventure Films
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Selection of Greatest Adventure Films:

See Filmsite's: 100 Greatest Adventure Films of All Time

Early Classic Adventure Films:
The Mark of Zorro (1920) (remade 1940)
The Three Musketeers (1921) (remade 1948)
Robin Hood (1922)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) (remade 1940, UK)
The Black Pirate (1926)
Don Juan (1926)
The General (1927)
Shanghai Express (1932)
Tarzan The Ape Man (1932) (and other sequels or versions)
King Kong (1933) and sequels
L'Atalante (1934, Fr.)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Treasure Island (1934)
The Call of the Wild (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
She (1935)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Hurricane (1937)
Lost Horizon (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Kidnapped (1938)
Beau Geste (1939)
The Four Feathers (1939, UK)
Gunga Din (1939)
The Man In the Iron Mask (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Hudson's Bay (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Black Swan (1942)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Adventures of Don Juan (1949)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
The African Queen (1951)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Mogambo (1953)
The Wages of Fear (1953, Fr./It.)
Robinson Crusoe (1954, Mex./US) (aka (The) Adventures of Robinson Crusoe)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (and sequel in 2004)
Moby Dick (1956)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Old Yeller (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958, Jp.) (aka Kakushi-toride no san-akunin)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (and sequels)
The Vikings (1958)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) (sequel in 2008)

More Recent Greatest Adventure Films:
Spartacus (1960)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Hatari! (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Great Escape (1963)
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Zulu (1964)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and (2004 remake)
The Naked Prey (1965, S.Afr./US)
Khartoum (1966)
Planet of the Apes (1968) and its many sequels and remakes
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, Germ./Peru/Mex.)
Deliverance (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Papillon (1973)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Jaws (1975)
The Deep (1977)
Star Wars (1977) (and sequels)
Black Stallion (1979)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Clash of the Titans (1981) (and remake)
Excalibur (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (and sequels)
Time Bandits (1981)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Fitzcarraldo (1982, Germ./Peru)
The Road Warrior (1982) (aka Mad Max 2 (1981))
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Back to the Future (1985) (and sequels)
The Emerald Forest (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Return to Oz (1985)
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986, Jp.)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Mission (1986)
Stand by Me (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988, UK)
The Abyss (1989)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (and sequels)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
Hook (1991)
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991)
White Fang (1991)
K2: The Ultimate High (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) (and sequel)
Jurassic Park (1993) (and sequels)
The Jungle Book (1994)
The River Wild (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Cutthroat Island (1995)
First Knight (1995)
Jumanji (1995) (and sequels in 2017 and 2019)
Rob Roy (1995)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
The Edge (1997)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
The Mummy (1999) (and sequels)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Three Kings (1999)
Cast Away (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and sequels
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and sequels
Planet of the Apes (2001)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and sequels
Hidalgo (2004)
King Arthur (2004)
National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) (sequel)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and sequels
Duma (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Sahara (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Zathura (2005)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Stardust (2007)
Australia (2008)
City of Ember (2008)
Fool's Gold (2008)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Nim's Island (2008)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (and sequels)
Robin Hood (2010)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
John Carter (2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (and sequels)
Life of Pi (2012)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Gold (2016)
The Jungle Book (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
The Lost City of Z (2016)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) (and sequel)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Ready Player One (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)