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The Top 100 Adventure Movies of All Time
Global
Ranking |
Movie Title |
Release
Year |
Director |
MPAA
Rating |
Your
Ranking |
| 1 |
Star Wars |
1977 |
George Lucas |
PG |
- |
| 2 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
1980 |
Irvin Kershner |
PG |
- |
| 4 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
1981 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 7 |
Return of the Jedi |
1983 |
Richard Marquand |
PG |
- |
| 8 |
Back to the Future |
1985 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG |
- |
| 21 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
1989 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 30 |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
1975 |
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones |
PG |
- |
| 36 |
Yojimbo |
1961 |
Akira Kurosawa |
NR |
- |
| 39 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 43 |
The Princess Bride |
1987 |
Rob Reiner |
PG |
- |
| 50 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 59 |
Apocalypse Now |
1979 |
Francis Ford Coppola |
R |
- |
| 67 |
Jaws |
1975 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 69 |
Toy Story |
1995 |
John Lasseter |
G |
- |
| 72 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2002 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 77 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
1948 |
John Huston |
NR |
- |
| 91 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
1968 |
Stanley Kubrick |
G |
- |
| 99 |
Stalker |
1979 |
Andrei Tarkovsky |
NR |
- |
| 101 |
Inglourious Basterds |
2009 |
Quentin Tarantino |
R |
- |
| 103 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
1984 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 123 |
The Gold Rush |
1925 |
Charles Chaplin |
NR |
- |
| 128 |
Aguirre: The Wrath of God |
1972 |
Werner Herzog |
NR |
- |
| 133 |
The Lion King |
1994 |
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff |
G |
- |
| 136 |
Gladiator |
2000 |
Ridley Scott |
R |
- |
| 137 |
Stand by Me |
1986 |
Rob Reiner |
R |
- |
| 143 |
My Neighbor Totoro |
1988 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
G |
- |
| 159 |
The Wizard of Oz |
1939 |
Victor Fleming |
NR |
- |
| 174 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
1962 |
David Lean |
G |
- |
| 178 |
Back to the Future Part II |
1989 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG |
- |
| 188 |
The Great Escape |
1963 |
John Sturges |
NR |
- |
| 191 |
The Hidden Fortress |
1958 |
Akira Kurosawa |
NR |
- |
| 192 |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
1971 |
Mel Stuart |
G |
- |
| 195 |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
1982 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 210 |
Braveheart |
1995 |
Mel Gibson |
R |
- |
| 211 |
The Incredibles |
2004 |
Brad Bird |
PG |
- |
| 226 |
Sanjuro |
1962 |
Akira Kurosawa |
PG13 |
- |
| 227 |
Finding Nemo |
2003 |
Andrew Stanton |
G |
- |
| 228 |
The Goonies |
1985 |
Richard Donner |
PG |
- |
| 233 |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
1984 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
| 235 |
Spirited Away |
2001 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
| 242 |
The Avengers |
2012 |
Joss Whedon |
PG13 |
- |
| 245 |
Children of Men |
2006 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
R |
- |
| 247 |
Stagecoach |
1939 |
John Ford |
NR |
- |
| 278 |
Guardians of the Galaxy |
2014 |
James Gunn |
PG13 |
- |
| 282 |
The Fifth Element |
1997 |
Luc Besson |
PG13 |
- |
| 284 |
Safety Last! |
1923 |
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor |
NR |
- |
| 285 |
Solaris |
1972 |
Andrei Tarkovsky |
PG |
- |
| 289 |
Toy Story 2 |
1999 |
John Lasseter |
G |
- |
| 296 |
Avengers: Infinity War |
2018 |
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
PG13 |
- |
| 297 |
Fitzcarraldo |
1982 |
Werner Herzog |
PG |
- |
| 303 |
Castle in the Sky |
1986 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
| 313 |
Aladdin |
1992 |
Ron Clements, John Musker |
G |
- |
| 325 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
1977 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 327 |
Red River |
1948 |
Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson |
NR |
- |
| 328 |
Star Trek |
2009 |
J.J. Abrams |
PG13 |
- |
| 330 |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
1982 |
Nicholas Meyer |
PG |
- |
| 337 |
Interstellar |
2014 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
| 340 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
1938 |
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley |
NR |
- |
| 342 |
The Holy Mountain |
1973 |
Alejandro Jodorowsky |
R |
- |
| 345 |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
2018 |
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman |
PG |
- |
| 351 |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
2014 |
Wes Anderson |
R |
- |
| 356 |
Up |
2009 |
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson |
PG |
- |
| 360 |
Sorcerer |
1977 |
William Friedkin |
PG |
- |
| 361 |
Princess Mononoke |
1997 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG13 |
- |
| 374 |
Apollo 13 |
1995 |
Ron Howard |
PG |
- |
| 400 |
The African Queen |
1951 |
John Huston |
NR |
- |
| 405 |
Toy Story 3 |
2010 |
Lee Unkrich |
G |
- |
| 415 |
The Dirty Dozen |
1967 |
Robert Aldrich |
NR |
- |
| 422 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
2003 |
Gore Verbinski |
PG13 |
- |
| 427 |
Total Recall |
1990 |
Paul Verhoeven |
R |
- |
| 432 |
Avengers: Endgame |
2019 |
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
PG13 |
- |
| 449 |
The Man Who Would Be King |
1975 |
John Huston |
PG |
- |
| 451 |
Kiki's Delivery Service |
1989 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
G |
- |
| 455 |
The Circus |
1928 |
Charles Chaplin |
NR |
- |
| 461 |
Goldfinger |
1964 |
Guy Hamilton |
NR |
- |
| 507 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
2004 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
PG |
- |
| 510 |
The Right Stuff |
1983 |
Philip Kaufman |
R |
- |
| 544 |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
2023 |
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson |
NR |
- |
| 545 |
Thor: Ragnarok |
2017 |
Taika Waititi |
PG13 |
- |
| 567 |
Midnight Run |
1988 |
Martin Brest |
R |
- |
| 573 |
The Martian |
2015 |
Ridley Scott |
PG13 |
- |
| 584 |
Lifeboat |
1944 |
Alfred Hitchcock |
NR |
- |
| 585 |
Cast Away |
2000 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG13 |
- |
| 595 |
Howl's Moving Castle |
2004 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
| 604 |
Forbidden Planet |
1956 |
Fred M. Wilcox |
G |
- |
| 613 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
1939 |
Howard Hawks |
NR |
- |
| 622 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home |
2021 |
Jon Watts |
PG13 |
- |
| 628 |
From Russia with Love |
1963 |
Terence Young |
NR |
- |
| 636 |
Dr. No |
1962 |
Terence Young |
PG |
- |
| 643 |
Porco Rosso |
1992 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
| 645 |
Skyfall |
2012 |
Sam Mendes |
PG13 |
- |
| 649 |
Papillon |
1973 |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
PG |
- |
| 653 |
First Blood |
1982 |
Ted Kotcheff |
R |
- |
| 654 |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
2015 |
J.J. Abrams |
PG13 |
- |
| 656 |
The City of Lost Children |
1995 |
Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
R |
- |
| 661 |
Walkabout |
1971 |
Nicolas Roeg |
PG |
- |
| 664 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox |
2009 |
Wes Anderson |
PG |
- |
| 667 |
Dogma |
1999 |
Kevin Smith |
R |
- |
| 682 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
2000 |
Ang Lee |
PG13 |
- |
| 697 |
Dune: Part Two |
2024 |
Denis Villeneuve |
PG13 |
- |
