Top Adventure Movies


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

251. The Physician

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Actors: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Ben Kingsley, Emma Rigby, Elyas M'Barek
Plot: A young Englishman pretends to be a Jew in Persian city of Isfahan, in order to become a surgeon under the tutelage of one of the greatest scientists of the medieval times, Ibn Sina.

252. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ( Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô )

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akihiko Hirata, Daisuke Katô
Plot: Legendary Samurai Musashi Miyamoto travels, and comes across adversaries as he battles to become the country's greatest samurai.

253. Excalibur

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Nicholas Clay
Plot: The legendary sword Excalibur is plunged into stone and only the chosen King can remove it. A squire named Arthur removes it and the tales of Camelot, Merlin and Lancelot begin in the time of knights and magic.

254. Matilda

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Danny DeVito
Actors: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Paul Reubens
Plot: 6-year-old Matilda Wormwood immerses herself in a world of books. With so much mental stimulation, she acquires telekinetic abilities which she promptly unleashes on her self-absorbed family and odious headmistress

255. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ben Stiller
Actors: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt, Kathryn Hahn
Plot: Walter Mitty is a timid magazine photo manager who finds the only adventure in his life through vivid daydreams... that is until a negative goes missing and he finds real life becoming more interesting than his imagination.

256. Time After Time

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Kent Williams, Patti D'Arbanville
Plot: H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper from the past to the future via a time machine.

257. Jumanji

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Patricia Clarkson, Jonathan Hyde, Bradley Pierce
Plot: An ancient board game is discovered by two children who decide to play it while their parents are gone. This unlease a man trapped for ages as well as horrors in which they must complete the board game in order to rid themselves of them.

258. Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Raelee Hill
Plot: After being crystallized in a case of mistaken identity, John Crichton and his pregnant fiance Aeryn Sun are reassembled by their comrades D'Argo, Chiana, Noranti, and Rygel with a little help from so...( read more )me new allies. They believe that they are all free to live their lives in peace away from the war between the universe's dominant races, the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans, but soon find out that the wormhole knowledge that Crichton holds in his mind is the key to victory for either side, and are back on the run. Matters are made worse when Crichton and Aeryn's unborn child is transfered from Aeryn's body into Rygel's in a freak turn of events and they have to find a way reverse things back to their correct state. Meanwhile, they're forced to align themselves with their mortal enemies, Scorpius and Sikozu, in order to survive while trying to locate a race of people who have the power to spread peace before the war destroys all living things in the universe.

259. Hercules

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Susan Egan, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Bob Goldthwait
Plot: Disney's take on the legend of Hercules - the half-god/half-man who, in order to stop and evil plot by Hades, must discover his true potential as a hero - and it will not be by strength alone.

260. Superman II

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Lester & Richard Donner
Actors: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Terence Stamp
Plot: The Man of Steel has found love in Lois Lane, but he must make the ultimate sacrifice and give up his powers if he wants to truly be with her. Unfortunately a trio of Kryptonian criminals have landed on earth and teamed up with Lex Luther to rule the planet.

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