Top Adventure Movies


The Top Adventure Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Adventure List". Lists are calculated daily.

201. Swiss Army Man

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano, Timothy Eulich, Richard Gross, Marika Casteel
Plot: Hank finds himself in the worst situation of his life when he becomes stranded on a deserted island. When he gets to the point he is willing to take his own life, a dead body washes up on short. Naming the body "Manny", Hank finds he can talk to the corpse, which also shows a surprising number of abilities. The two start a surreal journey which may just be able to lead Hank back home.

202. Moby Dick

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Huston
Actors: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Friedrich von Ledebur
Plot: Herman Melville's epic story comes to the big screen as Captain Ahab's obsession with hunting the while whale who claimed his leg will threaten his crew, his ship, his life and his sanity.

203. Ladyhawke

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alfred Molina, Leo McKern, John Wood
Plot: Captain Navarre and Lady Isabeau have been on the run for more than two years. The evil Bishop of Aquila, consumed by jealousy and outraged by Lady Isabeau's refusal of his advances, orders the death of Navarre and curses the lovers. Navarre becomes a wolf by night, Lady Isabeau becomes a hawk by day. With the help of an unlikely ally, thief Philippe Gaston, they must confront the Bishop if there is any hope of breaking the curse. But will they reach the Bishop in time or will the curse become eternal?

204. Thor: The Dark World

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alan Taylor
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccelston, Anthony Hopkins, Zachary Levi
Plot: Following the events in The Avengers, Thor returns home to Asgard only to face a malevolent force older than the universe itself. Malekith has returned and plans to return all to darkness - and not even the might of Odin and Asgard can stop him. Thor will take on a journey both dangerous and personal, and he may have to sacrifice everything in order to save all the realms from destruction.

205. Only Angels Have Wings

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn
Plot: Geoff Carter is an American who runs an air freight company in an airport in South America.where he has to make life and death decisions on a daily basis.

206. Mutiny on the Bounty

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Lloyd
Actors: Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Charles Laughton, Dudley Digges, Eddie Quillan, Herbert Mundin
Plot: The Bounty sets sail for Tahiti while along the way they face the hardship of mutiny, storms, and other sea mishaps.

207. Curse of the Golden Flower ( Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Ye Liu, Li Gong, Jay Chou, Dahong Ni, Junjie Qin

208. Hellboy

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor
Plot: During the waning years of WWII the Nazis used black magic to conjure up a demon, but he is rescued by a group of allies and grows to be a champion of justice but evil forces conspire to bring out his dark side once again.

209. Amazing Grace

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell
Plot: A story about William Wilberforce, the man behind the British abolition
movement in the 18th century.

210. Oliver Twist

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Mary Clare
Plot: Another version of Charles Dicken's classic tale about an orphan taken up by a gang of London pickpockets notable for Alec Guinness portraying their leader, Fagin.

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