Top Adventure Movies


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

91. The Straight Story

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Joseph A. Carpenter, Jane Galloway Heitz
Plot: An old man takes a trek across the country on a lawn mower to visit his dying brother.

92. Robin Hood

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Brian Bedford, Terry-Thomas, Monica Evans
Plot: Disney animates Robin Hood in this imaginative retelling where animals sub for humans. The outlaw and hero of the people Robin Hood and his gang of merry men take on the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and usurper Prince John.

93. Superbad

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Greg Mottola
Actors: Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Plot: Two co-depended teens split up to get alcohol so they can get laid before they go to college. As the night goes on the two find themselves having separation anxiety and getting laid takes a backseat to finding each other.

94. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Plot: Bilbo Baggins, with Thorin and company, have successfully navigated the Misty Mountains. Now they face the new danger of the Mirkwood Forest - and Gandalf has left them to themselves. If they can make it to the human settlement of Lake-town, Biblo will have to live up to his "burglar" contract and use the secret door of Lonely Mountain and confront the dragon Smaug.

95. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy
Plot: Jack Sparrow's debt to Davy Jones is due, but, with a little help from his friends, he hopes to do the impossible and escape his fate.

96. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
Plot: Amidst the bombings of WWII, four siblings are sent to a relative's country home for protection. They discover a magical world hidden in a wardrobe under the control of evil White Witch and her minions.

97. Monsters University

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Dan Scanlon
Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi
Plot: Before Monsters Inc., Mike and Sulley had to attend the University of Fear - where the two didn't exactly get along.

98. True Grit

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall
Plot: A grizzled and often-times drunk U.S. Marshal joins a Texas Ranger to help a stubborn young girl track down her fathers' killers in Indian territory.

99. Brave

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Andrews
Actors: Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane
Plot: A young princess makes a reckless choice that has grave consequences for her kingdom unless she can summon the courage to face the curse head on in this mythological Scottish tale.

100. The Sandlot

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David M. Evans
Actors: Tom Guiry, Patrick Renna, Mike Vitar, Chauncey Leopardi
Plot: A new boy moves into a neighborhood and wants to learn how to play baseball. A group of local boys befriend him and teach him how to play. That summer they go through loads of comical adventures including an exploding tree house, group puking on carnival rides, fake drowning and a war involving a giant demon dog.

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