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Adventure movies

Epic journeys into the unknown, featuring daring quests, treasure hunts, and explorations of new worlds.

Subgenres include: Adventure Epic, Globetrotting Adventure, Exploration Adventure.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

1031. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Adventure Action Science Fiction Space Sci-Fi Epic Action
6.6

20022h 22min

United States

Director: George Lucas

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

Themes

Wedding allegiances, Senate power struggles, Investigation into army, Romantic tension, Teenage rebellion dynamics, Space opera politics

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Balto: Wolf Quest

1032. Balto: Wolf Quest

Family Animation Adventure
6.1

20021h 15min

United States

Director: Phil Weinstein

Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.


Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

1033. Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

Science Fiction Adventure Action
6.0

20021h 30min

United States

Director: Michael Vejar

After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.


Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street

1034. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street

Animation Adventure Mystery Science Fiction Crime
7.8

20021h 47min

Japan

Director: Kenji Kodama

Noah's Ark, the latest innovation in VR technology, is set for a showcase to Japan's privileged children. However, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, with his dying message pointing to a clue hidden within the Ark. Along with the Detective Boys and Ran Mouri, Conan Edogawa enters Noah's Ark to solve this mystery and ensure the perpetrator is caught.


Interstate 60

1035. Interstate 60

Adventure Comedy Fantasy Drama Globetrotting Adventure
7.5

20021h 56min

Canada, United States

Director: Bob Gale

An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Dream vs duty, Freedom vs expectation, Surreal road trip, Art as life purpose, Legal culture satire

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Highway

1036. Highway

Action Adventure Drama Buddy Action Globetrotting Adventure
6.1

20021h 37min

United States

Director: James Cox

Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who convinces his best friend, Pilot, to flee with him. Pilot insists that they head for Seattle, but doesn't tell Jack why. The goons learn from Pilot's drug source where the youths are headed, and they follow, hell bent on breaking Jack's feet. On the road, Jack and Pilot give a ride to Cassie, a distressed young woman. She and Jack hit it off. They pick up an aging stoner headed to Seattle for Kurt Cobain's memorial, and they help a circus sideshow family. Why is Pilot so set on Seattle, will the goons catch Jack, and is there any way the friends' competing needs can be resolved?

Themes

Friendship under pressure, Crime and loyalty, Love triangle, Fugitive pursuit, Road movie tension, Exploitation and survival

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Ice Age

1037. Ice Age

Animation Comedy Family Adventure Family Animation
7.5

20021h 21min

United States

Director: Chris Wedge

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal and deception, Migration under threat, Survival vs attachment, Family bonds across danger, Intergroup conflict

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Time Machine

1038. The Time Machine

Science Fiction Adventure Action Time Travel Sci-Fi Exploration Adventure
6.0

20021h 36min

United States

Director: Simon Wells

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

Themes

Time travel ethics, Desire to change fate, Survival of divided humanity, Divided futures under threat, Techno determinism vs humanity, Collateral consequences of progress

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Shottas

1039. Shottas

Action Adventure Crime Drama Organized Crime
6.1

20021h 35min

Jamaica, United States

Director: Cess Silvera

A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Street violence and survival, Crime world power struggles, Deportation consequences, Extortion and coercion, Violence as currency

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Rabbit-Proof Fence

1040. Rabbit-Proof Fence

Adventure Drama History Exploration Adventure Historical Drama
7.4

20021h 34min

Australia, United Kingdom

Director: Phillip Noyce

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.

Themes

Colonial control, Family separation, Forced removal, Survival under oppression, Resilience and endurance, Betrayal and coercion

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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