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Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち)
Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち, Taiheiyo Hitoribocchi), also released as Alone on the Pacific, is Kon Ichikawa's 1963 Nikkatsu film dramatizing Kenichi Horie's 94-day solo 1962 yacht crossing, the first production of Yujiro Ishihara's Ishihara Productions.
Anaconda (1997 film)
Anaconda (1997 film) is a creature-feature thriller directed by Luis Llosa. It stars Jennifer Lopez and Jon Voight, and features a giant animatronic anaconda on the Amazon River.
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) is Michael Todd's Best Picture-winning Todd-AO adaptation of Jules Verne, directed by Michael Anderson, starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, and Robert Newton, released October 17, 1956.
Beau Geste (1939 film)
Beau Geste (1939) is William A. Wellman's Paramount adventure film starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston as brothers in the French Foreign Legion, a remake of the 1926 Ronald Colman silent based on P.C. Wren's 1924 novel, with Brian Donlevy as Sergeant Markoff.
Candleshoe
Candleshoe (1977) is a Walt Disney comedy-adventure directed by Norman Tokar, adapted from Michael Innes's Christmas at Candleshoe, starring Jodie Foster, David Niven in four roles, Helen Hayes, and Leo McKern.
Captain Blood (1935 film)
Captain Blood (1935) is a Warner Bros. swashbuckler directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Basil Rathbone, adapted from Rafael Sabatini's novel; Flynn's first lead and Oscar-nominated Best Picture.
Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American sword-and-sorcery film directed by John Milius and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, based on Robert E. Howard's 1930s pulp stories.
Congo (film)
Congo is a 1995 American jungle adventure film directed by Frank Marshall, based on Michael Crichton's novel, about a diamond expedition to the Lost City of Zinj.
Cutthroat Island
Cutthroat Island is a 1995 Renny Harlin pirate adventure starring Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Frank Langella; a $98 million Carolco production that grossed about $16 million, bankrupted its studio, and was certified by Guinness as the biggest box office flop.
Dinosaur (2000 film)
Dinosaur, also known as Disney's Dinosaur, is a 2000 animated adventure film following Aladar, an iguanodon raised by lemurs, as he joins a herd searching for nesting grounds.
Easy Rider
Easy Rider (1969) is Dennis Hopper's independent road movie starring Fonda, Hopper, and Jack Nicholson, a low-budget counterculture landmark of New Hollywood that grossed over $60 million worldwide.
Flesh and Blood (1985 film)
Flesh and Blood, aka Flesh+Blood, is Paul Verhoeven's 1985 English-language debut: an American-Dutch-Spanish medieval epic starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh, shot in Spain, a Golden Calf winner and commercial flop.
George and the Dragon (film)
George and the Dragon is a 2004 fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Tom Reeve. It stars James Purefoy and was retitled Dragon Sword for Syfy in 2006.
Gunga Din (film)
Gunga Din (1939) is a George Stevens RKO adventure film loosely based on Kipling's poem, starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Sam Jaffe as a water carrier facing the Thuggee cult in colonial India.
Hatari!
Hatari! (1962) is a Howard Hawks adventure comedy, Swahili for "danger," starring John Wayne as a Tanganyika animal catcher supplying zoos, shot on location without stunt doubles, with Henry Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk."
In Search of the Castaways (1962 film)
In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 Disney adventure film directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Maurice Chevalier and Hayley Mills as searchers for a shipwrecked captain.
Interstate 60
Interstate 60 (Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road) is a 2002 fantasy-comedy road movie, Bob Gale's directorial debut, starring James Marsden and Gary Oldman; released direct-to-DVD in 2003 after festival screenings.
Iron Will
Iron Will is a 1994 Walt Disney Pictures adventure film directed by Charles Haid, starring Mackenzie Astin as a teen who races 522 miles by dogsled from Winnipeg to St. Paul in 1917 for a $10,000 prize, loosely based on a real race.
Jamaica Inn (1939 film)
Jamaica Inn (1939) is Alfred Hitchcock's last British film, an adventure adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel about Cornish wreckers, produced by Charles Laughton and Erich Pommer's Mayflower Pictures, a box-office hit despite poor reviews.
Jumanji
Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston and starring Robin Williams, adapted from Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 picture book about a magical board game.
King Arthur (2004 film)
King Arthur is a 2004 historical adventure film directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, with Clive Owen as Arthur and Keira Knightley as Guinevere.
Medicine Man (film)
Medicine Man is a 1992 American adventure-drama film directed by John McTiernan, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco as biochemists searching the Amazon rain forest for a cancer cure.
Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
Mighty Joe Young (1998) is Disney's Ron Underwood-directed remake of the 1949 RKO gorilla film, starring Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton, with Rick Baker animatronics and Dream Quest/ILM CG effects, Oscar-nominated for visual effects.
Mogambo
Mogambo is a 1953 American-British adventure romance directed by John Ford, starring Clark Gable as a safari trapper alongside Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly.
Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone is a 1984 romantic adventure comedy directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Diane Thomas, starring and produced by Michael Douglas with Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito; a $10 million Fox release that grossed about $80 million and won two Golden Globes.
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film)
Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American adventure film directed by John Derek, starring Bo Derek as Jane, and retelling the Tarzan story from her point of view.
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (子猫物語)
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (子猫物語, Koneko Monogatari) is a 1986 Japanese live-action animal film by Masanori Hata with Kon Ichikawa, starring kitten Chatran and puppy Pusuke; Columbia's 1989 US cut added Dudley Moore narration.
The African Queen (film)
The African Queen (1951) is John Huston's Technicolor adventure-romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from C.S. Forester's 1935 novel, shot in the Belgian Congo, and winner of Bogart's only Oscar.
The Beach (film)
The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle, adapted from Alex Garland's 1996 novel, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as an American backpacker in Thailand.
The Deep (1977 film)
The Deep is a 1977 American underwater adventure film directed by Peter Yates, based on Peter Benchley's novel, starring Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, and Nick Nolte.