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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.

War of the Buttons

1451. War of the Buttons

Comedy Drama Adventure Family
7.3

19941h 34min

France, Japan

Director: John Roberts

War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing.


Black Beauty

1452. Black Beauty

Family Adventure Drama
6.6

19941h 28min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Caroline Thompson

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.


Pom Poko

1453. Pom Poko

Adventure Animation Fantasy
7.2

19941h 59min

Japan

Director: Isao Takahata

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.


Baby's Day Out

1454. Baby's Day Out

Comedy Adventure Family Crime
6.2

19941h 39min

United States

Director: Patrick Read Johnson

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.


Wyatt Earp

1455. Wyatt Earp

Western Drama Action Adventure Revisionist Western
6.7

19943h 11min

United States

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Violence as social currency, Frontier law and family obligation, Romantic entanglements and stigma, Frontier authority legitimacy, Survival and mobility in harsh landscapes

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Lion King

1456. The Lion King

Family Animation Drama Adventure Family Animation
8.5

19941h 29min

United States

Director: Roger Allers

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Themes

Duty vs personal desire, Betrayal and manipulation, Exile and return, Leadership through responsibility, Legacy and legitimacy, Circle of life motif

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Rapa Nui

1457. Rapa Nui

Adventure
6.4

19941h 47min

United States

Director: Kevin Reynolds

Inter-tribal rivalry leads to a competition to erect a huge Maoi statue in record time before Make can take part in the race to retrieve the egg of a Sooty Tern. The reward for winning this race is to rule the island for one year.


Maverick

1458. Maverick

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
7.0

19942h 7min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.


Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

1459. Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

Adventure Fantasy TV Movie Action
6.4

19941h 30min

New Zealand, United States

Director: Harley Cokeliss

Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the city. "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" is the second movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".


Hercules and the Amazon Women

1460. Hercules and the Amazon Women

Adventure Fantasy TV Movie Action
6.3

19941h 31min

New Zealand, United States

Director: Bill L. Norton

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera. "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".