221. The Flight of the Phoenix
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, Ian Bannen
Plot: When a cargo plane crashes in the desert, one of the survivors says he is an airplane designer and can make a new aircraft from the wreckage - even as food and water are quickly in short supply.
222. Samurai 3: Duel on Ganryu Island aka Bushido ( Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Koji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Daisuke Katô, Michiko Saga
Plot: The Conclusion of the definitive Samurai trilogy, in which the ultimate warrior Musashi Miyamoto finds his true love, battles his nemesis, and continues along the path of the warrior.
223. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Jim Sturgess, David Wenham, Emilie de Ravin, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush
Plot: Soren, a young barn owl, is taken by force to an orphanage, which is actually a training ground for brainwashing an army. He escapes, along with a small group, and makes for the island of Ga'Hoole, where a legendary force is said to exist.
224. Foreign Correspondent
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley
Plot: A New York reporter, tired of the city grind, is assigned as the European correspondent in order to get the inside story on a new treaty. But things turn out much more exciting than expected as he finds himself in the middle of spy ring.
225. True Lies
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Charlton Heston, Tia Carrere
Plot: Harry Trasker, his wife Helen and daughter Dana live in perfect, boring suburban happiness - but Harry is actually part of an ultra-secret organization and when he finds out his wife is having an affair with a "spy" he uses his resources to keep tabs on her, but they both end up in the hands of terrorists.
226. The Amazing Spider-Man
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Webb
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Embeth Davidtz
Plot: On one hand, Peter Parker is your average high school student - dealing with his crush on Gwen Stacy and the direction of his life. On the other hand, Parker must also deal with his alter-ego, Spider-Man and when he discovers a briefcase that may lead to the answer behind his parents' disappearance, it leads to Dr. Curt Connors of Oscorp, who hides an alter-ego of his own.
227. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Leiner
Actors: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés, Neil Patrick Harris, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Plot: Two stoner friends, one an uptight Korean American investment banker, the
other an care-free Indian American med-school student, go on a life-
altering quest in search of White Castle hamburgers.
228. Tron
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Lisberger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Peter Jurasik
Plot: A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
229. Embrace of the Serpent ( abrazo de la serpiente, El )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ciro Guerra
Actors: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Migue, Nicolás Cancino
Plot: Taking place in 1909 and 1940. The Amazonian last survivor shaman of his
tribe, travels
with two scientists, to look for the rare yakruna, a sacred plant. The
film is inspired by the
diaries written by the two scientists during their field work in the
Amazon.
230. The King and I
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Terry Saunders, Rex Thompson
Plot: A musical based on the story of a widow who takes a job as governess to the king of Siam's children.
