Adventure Films are some what similar to the action film genre which are filmed to provide an action-filled, adventurous, energetic experience for the film viewer. There are numbers of best adventure movies that share many elements with other genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and war films with characteristics of this genre.
Adventure films include adapted stories of historical or literary adventure heroes such as Robin Hood, Tarzan, and Zorro kings, battles, rebellion, or piracy and often set in an historical period. Following is the list of Best Adventure Movies of All Time.
Top 10 Adventure Films
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Jaws (1975)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Superman (1978)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is an adventure and action movie directed by Steven Spielberg. In the movie, Indiana Jones is the archetypal adventure movie hero. He is a college professor who adventure with his old friend to find the Ark of the Covenant.”Raiders” is his first adventure.
2. Jaws (1975)
It is a combination of three genres Adventure, Thriller and Horror. The movie is about giant great white shark and three guys who go on a mission to kill it in an inadequately-sized aquatic boat. In movie, A killer shark arrive on the shores of a New England beach resort and inflicts havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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This movie is an Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science –Fiction/ Fantasy, Family genre. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial movie is for both children and adults. The story is on alien creature E.T. by mistake left behind on Earth. In movie, when a young boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), finds E.T. and hides him in his home, both their worlds are changed forever. E.T. teaches Elliott and his two siblings whose parents have recently separated, about caring and love, Elliott and E.T. become so close and they share emotions; as E.T. becomes ill, so does Elliott. The children end up going on a wonderful adventure trying to help E.T. find a way back to his home planet.
4. Star Wars (1977)
It is a Star Wars Part IV “A New Hope” an adventure and action movie directed by George Lucas. The movie tracks Luke Skywalker, an orphaned farm boy, as he discovers he is the last of a dying breed of Jedi and has to save Princess Leia from the Empire.
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia is an Adventure, Drama, War, and Biography genre film directed by David lean. Story opens in the London, with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident at the age of 47, and then recounts his adventures as a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916. To investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I, he is given leave. He arranged a guerrilla army in the desert, and leads the Arabs in harassing the Turks with desert raid, train-wrecking and camel attacks for two years. He leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire.
6. Bridge on the River Kwai, (1957)
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Bridge on the River Kwai movie is based on the novel “The Bridge over the River Kwai” which is written by French writer Pierre Boulle. It is an Adventure, Drama, War genre films. During the World War II Japanese POW camp Col. Nicholson and his men are given the task to repair the bridge over the Kwai River to aid the Japanese war effort. Nicholson doesn’t know an escaped prisoner has leaded the allied forces back to the bridge to blow it up.
7. Toy Story (1995)
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It is an American computer-animated family film directed by John Lasseter. Toy Story is Adventure, Comedy, Family, and Animation genre. The movie track a group of toys who come to life whenever their owner is absent and focusing on Woody, toy cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure. It was the first feature film that released to use only computer generated imagery.
8. Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
“The Empire Strikes Back” was the second film released in the Star Wars saga. It is an Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi genre movie directed by Irvin kershner. To master his Jedi skills, Luke goes into seclusion and Hans and Leia have joined the Rebel Army to fight against the Empire. Luke joins the Rebels and eventually goes hand to hand against his arch nemesis and the truth about his past is reveled.
9. Superman (1978)
It is an Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi genre film directed Richard Donner. Movies story is on alien child who sent to Earth from his dying home planet to help preserve his people. Clark Kent disguised as reporter, when Clark discovers he has super powers he vows to use his abilities to stop evil and destruction. When Clark meets Lex Luther it seems he may have met his match.
10. Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur is an Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance genre film directed by the William Wyler. The movies introduction depicts the traditional story of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. In movie Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy merchant of Jerusalem and Messala is his childhood friend who arrives as the new commanding officer of the Roman garrison and now a military tribune. When Ben-Hur and Messala have a falling-out over political views Ben-Hur is sent to the galleys and his family to prison. He never stops looking for his family and promises himself revenge.
