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10,000 BC (film)
10,000 BC is a 2008 Roland Emmerich prehistoric adventure film (Warner Bros.) starring Steven Strait and Camilla Belle as D'Leh and Evolet; a box-office number-one opener that scored 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and 34 on Metacritic.
A Dog's Way Home
A Dog's Way Home is a 2019 American family adventure drama directed by Charles Martin Smith, based on W. Bruce Cameron's novel, starring Ashley Judd and the voice of Bryce Dallas Howard as Bella, a dog on a 400-mile journey home; it grossed about $80.7 million worldwide.
Alpha (2018 film)
Alpha (2018) is a prehistoric survival adventure directed by Albert Hughes, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee as Keda, an Ice Age hunter who allies with a lone wolf; produced by Columbia Pictures and Studio 8, distributed by Sony Pictures.
Apocalypto
Apocalypto, also known as Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, is a 2006 American action-adventure film directed by Mel Gibson, set in the declining days of the Maya civilization and spoken entirely in Yucatec Maya.
Australia (2008 film)
Australia is a 2008 epic romantic adventure film directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, set in northern Australia on the eve of World War II.
Autumn and the Black Jaguar
Autumn and the Black Jaguar (Le Dernier Jaguar) is a 2024 family adventure film by Gilles de Maistre about a girl returning to the Amazon to save her jaguar friend Hope from traffickers, shot with real jaguars, grossing $22 million worldwide.
Belle et Sébastien
Belle et Sébastien is a 2013 French family adventure film directed by Nicolas Vanier, about a boy in the Second World War-era French Alps who tames a large white dog, Belle.
Born to Fly
Born to Fly (长空之王) is a 2023 Chinese drama-action film directed by Liu Xiaoshi, starring Wang Yibo and Hu Jun as air force test pilots flying prototype fighters including the J-20; it earned 850 million yuan and won the Golden Rooster Best Directorial Debut.
Buffalo Kids
Buffalo Kids is a 2024 Spanish 3D-animated family western directed by Pedro Solís García and Juan Jesús García Galocha, about Irish orphans Mary and Tom riding an 1886 orphan train west with Nick, a boy with cerebral palsy inspired by Solís's late son.
Conan the Barbarian (2011 film)
Conan the Barbarian (2011) is a Marcus Nispel sword-and-sorcery film starring Jason Momoa as Robert E. Howard's Conan, with Stephen Lang, Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan, and Ron Perlman; shot entirely in Bulgaria on a roughly $90 million budget and released August 2011 to negative reviews.
Deathstalker (2025 film)
Deathstalker (2025) is a Canadian sword-and-sorcery film written and directed by Steven Kostanski, a reimagining of Roger Corman's 1983 cult film, starring Daniel Bernhardt with Patton Oswalt voicing Doodad, released October 10, 2025, and holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Desert Warrior (2025 film)
Desert Warrior (2025) is a Rupert Wyatt historical action epic set in 7th-century Arabia, starring Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart, and Ben Kingsley. Shot in NEOM on a $150 million Saudi MBC budget, it premiered at Zurich 2025, earned 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, and grossed under $800,000 worldwide.
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado is a 2025 live-action Nickelodeon/Paramount+ family adventure film, a standalone reboot of Dora the Explorer starring Samantha Lorraine, directed by Alberto Belli, filmed entirely in Colombia, and released July 2, 2025.
Fear Below
Fear Below is a 2025 Australian adventure-horror film directed by Matthew Holmes, also known as a period gangster-shark thriller. Set in 1946, it follows divers hired by criminals to recover sunken gold bullion while a bull shark stalks them; 85 minutes, Saban Films.
Fountain of Youth (film)
Fountain of Youth (2025) is a Guy Ritchie action-adventure film for Apple TV+, written by James Vanderbilt, starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as estranged siblings hunting the mythical Fountain of Youth; filmed in Bangkok, Liverpool, Vienna, and Giza; 125 minutes, PG-13, 35% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Heidi (2015 film)
Heidi is a 2015 Swiss-German children's film directed by Alain Gsponer from Johanna Spyri's novels, starring Anuk Steffen as Heidi and Bruno Ganz as her grandfather in the Swiss Alps.
Hugo (film)
Hugo is a 2011 American adventure drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret and set in 1930s Paris.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a 2023 American action-adventure film, the fifth and final Indiana Jones film, directed by James Mangold and starring Harrison Ford.
Jungle Cruise (film)
Jungle Cruise is a 2021 American action-adventure comedy film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, based on the Disneyland riverboat attraction, and starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
Junglee (जंगली) (2019 film)
Junglee (जंगली), 2019 Hindi action-adventure film by Chuck Russell for Junglee Pictures, starring Vidyut Jammwal as a vet fighting elephant poachers; released 29 March 2019, shot in Thailand.
Kingdom (キングダム) (2019 film)
Kingdom (キングダム) is a 2019 Japanese live-action film directed by Shinsuke Sato, adapting Yasuhisa Hara's Warring States manga; starring Kento Yamazaki and Ryo Yoshizawa, it earned ¥5.73 billion, the top Japanese live-action gross of fiscal 2019, and launched a film series.
Life of Pi (film)
Life of Pi is a 2012 American survival drama directed by Ang Lee, adapted from Yann Martel's novel about a shipwrecked boy adrift with a Bengal tiger.
Lost on a Mountain in Maine (film)
Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a 2024 survival drama directed by Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger, based on Donn Fendler and Joseph B. Egan's 1939 book about a 12-year-old lost nine days on Mount Katahdin; produced by Sylvester Stallone's Balboa Productions, released November 1, 2024.
Mia and the White Lion
Mia and the White Lion (Mia et le Lion Blanc) is a 2018 French family adventure film by Gilles de Maistre, shot over three years with a real white lion named Thor, about a girl saving her lion from trophy hunters.
Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山)
Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山) is Chen Kaige's 2015 wuxia comedy-drama adapted from Xu Haofeng's 2007 novel, following young Taoist He Anxia in 1930s Hangzhou; it earned 390 million yuan in 14 days.
My Penguin Friend
My Penguin Friend (Meu Amigo Pinguim) is a 2024 family drama film directed by David Schurmann, starring Jean Reno as a Brazilian fisherman who befriends a rescued penguin.
Nim's Island
Nim's Island is a 2008 family adventure comedy film directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, based on Wendy Orr's children's book, starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler.
Pirates (2005 film)
Pirates (2005) is an American adult film directed by Joone for Digital Playground and Adam & Eve, starring Jesse Jane and Carmen Luvana, with a reported $1 million budget, an R-rated MPAA crossover edit, and record AVN Award wins.
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge (2008) is Joone's $8 million Digital Playground pornographic pirate-adventure sequel to Pirates (2005), starring Jesse Jane, Evan Stone, Tommy Gunn, and Belladonna, also released in an R-rated cut.
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
Propeller One-Way Night Coach (Vol de nuit pour Los Angeles) is John Travolta's 2026 directorial debut, a 61-minute Apple TV family film adapted from his 1997 children's book about a boy's 1962 multi-stop TWA flight to Hollywood; it premiered at Cannes, where Travolta received an honorary Palme d'Or.