Top Adventure Movies


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

71. Cast Away

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Steve Monroe, Chris Noth
Plot: A man who is flying over an ocean has plane troubles as he crash lands on a deserted island. He struggles to survive.

72. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Miller
Actors: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Plot: Former police officer turned "Road Warrior" Max is now in search of the most valuable commodity in Australia: Fuel. He finds a small community around a refinery, and reluctantly agrees to help defend them against a ruthless biker gang.

73. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley
Plot: Kirk and company encounter an old enemy.

74. Man on Fire

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell
Plot: In Mexico City, kidnapping is a way of life and wealthy families turn to professional bodyguards for help. Enter John Creasy, an ex CIA operative/assassin who has all but given up on life. Taking a job at the behest of an old friend, his rough exterior is slowly chipped away by a 9-year-old girl he is protecting. When he is wounded during her kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved.

75. Papillon

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon
Plot: The true story of a man trying to escape from prison.

76. From Russia with Love

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lois Maxwell, Pedro Armendáriz
Plot: James Bond is after a Russian decoding machine known as Lektor and as he romances a Russian girl, he realizes that SPECTRE is setting him up in retaliation for eliminating Dr. No.

77. Wages of Fear, The ( salaire de la peur, Le )

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Jo Dest
Plot: In need of Nitroglycerin a group of brave men try to transport it without the proper safety equipment.

78. Sherlock Holmes

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly
Plot: A new take on the old legend - Sherlock Holmes and the ever-present Watson are still on the case to unravel a nefarious plot to destroy the country, but this time he's just as keen using his fists as his mind.

79. Star Trek Into Darkness

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana
Plot: Captain Kirk and the Enterprise are called back home after a member from their own ranks becomes an unstoppable one-man army, looking to not only unleash terror across Earth, but the entire Federation. Tracking him to a war-torn world, Kirk has a personal score to settle and has to rely on the only family he has left: his crew.

80. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: George Clooney, Michael Gambon, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep
Plot: Three greedy farmers plan to outfox Mr. Fox and him family from stealing their food. But the wily animal and his friends have their own plan to bring the farmers down.

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