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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 Bluff (film)
The Bluff (2026) is a Prime Video pirate action film directed by Frank E. Flowers, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas as ex-pirate Ercell 'Bloody Mary' Bodden and Karl Urban as Captain Connor, set in 1846 on Cayman Brac, produced by AGBO and Amazon MGM.
The Climbers (攀登者)
The Climbers (攀登者) is a 2019 Chinese adventure-drama directed by Daniel Lee, produced by Tsui Hark, starring Wu Jing and Zhang Ziyi, dramatizing the 1960 and 1975 Chinese Everest north-side ascents; it earned about 1 billion yuan.
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.
The Electric Horseman
The Electric Horseman is a 1979 American comedy-drama-western directed by Sydney Pollack, in which former rodeo champion Robert Redford steals a drugged racehorse, pursued by television reporter Jane Fonda.
The Elusive Pimpernel
The Elusive Pimpernel: 1950 British Technicolor adventure by Powell and Pressburger, also released in the US cut and in black and white as The Fighting Pimpernel; David Niven stars as the Scarlet Pimpernel rescuing aristocrats from the guillotine.
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 Paramount adventure film by Stephen Hopkins and William Goldman, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas as hunters of the 1898 Tsavo man-eating lions of Kenya.
The Goonies
The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Richard Donner from a story by Steven Spielberg, in which children in Astoria, Oregon hunt pirate treasure to save their homes.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le toit) is Jean Giono's 1951 adventure novel about Angelo Pardi, an exiled Italian hussar crossing cholera-ravaged Provence in 1832; adapted by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1995.
The Incredible Journey (film)
The Incredible Journey (1963) is a Walt Disney live-action family adventure film directed by Fletcher Markle, based on Sheila Burnford's 1961 novel, following dogs Bodger and Luath and cat Tao on a 200-250 mile trek across Canadian wilderness, narrated by Rex Allen, remade in 1993 as Homeward Bound.
The Journey of Natty Gann
The Journey of Natty Gann (also Natty Gann) is a 1985 Walt Disney family adventure film directed by Jeremy Kagan, starring Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, and Ray Wise, about a Depression-era girl riding the rails from Chicago to Washington State; it earned an Academy Award costume design nomination.
The Jungle Book (1994 film)
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) is Disney's live-action adventure directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, and John Cleese; released December 25, 1994, 111 minutes, PG, $30 million budget.
The Kingdom (2024 Philippine film)
The Kingdom is a 2024 Filipino alternate-history drama directed by Michael Tuviera, starring Vic Sotto, Piolo Pascual, Sid Lucero, Cristine Reyes, and Sue Ramirez. It imagines an uncolonized Philippines as the Kingdom of Kalayaan and won 2nd Best Picture at the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival.
The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) is Michael Mann's historical adventure film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, adapted from Cooper's 1826 novel and the 1936 screenplay, set in the 1757 French and Indian War; released September 25, 1992, grossing $72.2 million.
The Legend of Tarzan (film)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016) is a Warner Bros. action-adventure film directed by David Yates, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, and Samuel L. Jackson, with fully CG animals and a $126.6M US gross.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson's 2004 adventure-comedy, co-written with Noah Baumbach, starring Bill Murray as a Cousteau-inspired oceanographer hunting the jaguar shark that ate his friend.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 American adventure film directed by Randall Wallace, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as King Louis XIV and his twin.
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot is a 2018 adventure-drama, Robert D. Krzykowski's debut, starring Sam Elliott as Calvin Barr, a WWII veteran who assassinated Hitler and later hunts a plague-carrying Bigfoot; premiered at Fantasia 2018, released February 8, 2019 by RLJE Films.
The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 American swashbuckler set in 19th-century California, where Antonio Banderas trains a bandit to take up the mask of Zorro.
The Mummy (2017 film)
The Mummy is a 2017 American action-adventure horror film directed by Alex Kurtzman and starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, and Russell Crowe as Nick Morton battles an awakened Egyptian princess in London.
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns (2001) is Stephen Sommers' sequel to The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, and Dwayne Johnson as the Scorpion King. It grossed about $433 million worldwide and is followed by the 2027 sequel The Mummy: The Book of the Dead.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), third Mummy film directed by Rob Cohen, starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, and Maria Bello; set in China, grossed $403 million, scored 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, and was later retconned by the 2028 sequel.
The Odyssey (2026 film)
The Odyssey (2026 film): Christopher Nolan's mythic action epic for Universal Pictures and Syncopy, adapting Homer's poem. First feature shot entirely on IMAX film; stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway; released July 17, 2026; grossed over $1.7 billion worldwide.
The Pirates (해적) (2014 film)
The Pirates (해적: 바다로 간 산적) is a 2014 Korean period action-adventure comedy by Lee Seok-hoon starring Son Ye-jin and Kim Nam-gil, about pirates and bandits hunting a whale that swallowed Joseon's royal seal; it drew 8.67 million admissions, second only to Roaring Currents in 2014.
The Scorpion King
The Scorpion King is a 2002 American action-adventure fantasy film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Dwayne Johnson as assassin Mathayus, a spin-off of The Mummy franchise.
The Sea Hawk (1940 film)
The Sea Hawk (1940) is a Warner Bros. swashbuckler directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn as privateer Geoffrey Thorpe. Despite the title, it is not an adaptation of Sabatini's novel; Koch and Miller wrote an original story with a 1940 anti-appeasement message.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) is a Ben Stiller comedy-drama, written by Steven Conrad from James Thurber's 1939 story and remaking the 1947 Danny Kaye film, about a Life magazine photo employee whose daydreams give way to a real global journey.
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men is Disney's 1952 live-action Robin Hood film, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice, and Peter Finch, shot in England with blocked funds.