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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.

Drive

1391. Drive

Action Adventure Science Fiction Comedy
6.6

19971h 40min

United States

Director: Steve Wang

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.


Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to school after the holidays. So Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit go in search of Christopher Robin which leads to a big adventure.


Nothing to Lose

1393. Nothing to Lose

Comedy Crime Action Adventure
6.7

19971h 37min

United States

Director: Steve Oedekerk

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.


Princess Mononoke

1394. Princess Mononoke

Adventure Fantasy Animation Adventure Epic Quest Fantasy
8.3

19972h 14min

Japan

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Balance of forest and civilization, Deforestation through industry, Environmentalism vs industrialization, Factional conflict and alliance, Stewardship and exploitation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Bean

1395. Bean

Family Adventure Comedy
6.5

19971h 29min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Mel Smith

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.


Men in Black

1396. Men in Black

Action Adventure Comedy Science Fiction Buddy Action
7.3

19971h 38min

United States

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Themes

Deception through disguise, Hidden rivalries, Duty and transformation, Agency under threat, Interstellar diplomacy, Technological supremacy

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Wild America

1397. Wild America

Adventure Comedy Family
6.4

19971h 46min

United States

Director: William Dear

Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, bears and moose.


Hercules

1398. Hercules

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy
7.3

19971h 33min

United States

Director: John Musker

Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!

Themes

Duty vs desire, Loss and resilience, Betrayal and loyalty, Power and deception, Divine authority vs mortal agency, Romance under risk

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Robinson Crusoe

1399. Robinson Crusoe

Action Adventure Drama
6.0

19971h 32min

United States

Director: George T. Miller

Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.


The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1400. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Adventure Action Science Fiction
6.6

19972h 9min

United States

Director: Steven Spielberg

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.