Top Adventure Movies


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

181. Dr. No

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord
Plot: James Bond is on a mission to discover who killed a fellow agent. In Jamaica he and CIA agent Felix Leiter, along with the stunning Honey Rider follow the clues and dodge danger until their investigation leads to the mysterious Dr. No where an even more sinister plan will unfold.

182. Spider-Man: Far From Home

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei
Plot: While on vacation in Europe with his friend, friendly-neighborhood Spider-Man Peter Parker is ready to unwind and leave the hero behind - but when he's approached by Nick Fury, he gets serious, trying to stop a series of elemental attack and coming face-to-face with a new, dangerous foe, Mysterio.

183. Three Kings

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David O. Russell
Actors: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
Plot: At the conclusion of the Persian Gulf War a group of American soldiers find a map detailing the location of gold hidden near their base. Deciding to plunder the loot for themselves, they soon become involved with a moral crisis after finding out a group of Iraqi civilians face certain death at the hands of the Iraqi army if they don't intervene.

184. El Cid

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page
Plot: Epic film about the Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (El Cid) - the man who overcame both a family vendetta and palace intrigue - never giving up his code of honor - and managed to protect his country from the invading Moors.

185. The Man Who Knew Too Much

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles
Plot: An American doctor and former singer are traveling with their young son in Marrakesh when the doctor witnesses a murder. Shortly thereafter, their son is kidnapped and taken to London. As the couple attempts to save their boy, a fiendish plot extending far beyond them is revealed.

186. Jeremiah Johnson

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Robert Redford, Josh Albee, Joaquín Martínez, Will Geer
Plot: The trials and tribulations of a man out in the wilderness (probably northern Montana) totally alone. It is a real tale of survival.

187. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Plot: As ships begin to disappear at an alarming rate, a naturalist, along with his assistant and professional whaler are dispatched to find the cause and they discover not a creature but an advanced submarine.

188. The Nightingale

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jennifer Kent
Actors: Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie

189. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro ( Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Bob Bergen, Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Plot: A princess kept in the clutches of an evil count holds the key to finding a fabulous treasure. Master thief Lupin III and his gang hatch a plan to free the princess and get their hands on the riches.

190. ParaNorman

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Actors: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, John Goodman, Casey Affleck
Plot: Outcast and misunderstood because he can speak to the dead, Norman none-the-less will take on ghosts, zombies and clueless adults in order to save his town from an ancient curse.

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