
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.

1521. The Hunt for Red October
Action Adventure Thriller Military Action Political Thriller1990•2h 15min
United States
Director: John McTiernan
Vibe
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
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1522. Treasure Island
Adventure Family TV Movie1990•2h 11min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.

1523. Dial Code Santa Claus
Thriller Horror Action Adventure1990•1h 28min
France
Director: René Manzor
Thomas de Frémont, a precocious child obsessed with action films, sets himself up for a terrifying Christmas Eve after he unwittingly makes contact with a deranged psychopath who claims he's Santa Claus.