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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.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

731. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Action Thriller Adventure Spy Action Political Thriller
7.4

20112h 13min

United States

Director: Brad Bird

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Identity and disguise, Team cohesion under threat, Institutional disavowal, Secrecy and oversight, Global pursuit under pressure

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Hugo

732. Hugo

Adventure Drama Family City Adventure Family Drama
7.5

20112h 6min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Martin Scorsese

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

Themes

Creativity against neglect, Belonging and home, Memory through artifacts, Work as dignity, Found family through art, Technological wonder vs control

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

733. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Adventure Action Crime Mystery Epic Action
7.4

20112h 9min

United States

Director: Guy Ritchie

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal and trust, War profiteering motive, Power through control, Intellectual duel

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Puss in Boots

734. Puss in Boots

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy
6.6

20111h 30min

United States

Director: Chris Miller

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.

Themes

Wealth as lure, Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal and alliance, Revenge as motive, Deception within alliances, Fugitive status and public gaze

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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The Adventures of Tintin

735. The Adventures of Tintin

Adventure Animation Mystery Treasure Hunt Whodunit
7.3

20111h 47min

New Zealand, United States

Director: Steven Spielberg

Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Rivalry and deception, Risk and resilience, Pursuit of treasure, Mutiny and power struggle, Memory and ancestry

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Legend of La Llorona

736. The Legend of La Llorona

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure
6.2

20111h 15min

Director: Alberto Rodríguez

Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman whose guilt over the drowning of her own children leads her to abduct youngsters who wander the woods at night.


The Princess and the Pilot

737. The Princess and the Pilot

Adventure Animation Drama Romance
7.0

20111h 39min

Director: Jun Shishido

The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as part of his marriage proposal. When the Amatsukami catch wind of this, they assault the del Moral residence, targeting Juana's life. As a last-ditch effort to bring the prince his bride, the San Maltilia Airforce employs a mercenary of mixed blood—a bestado—to fly Juana to the prince in secret.


Ronal the Barbarian

738. Ronal the Barbarian

Animation Adventure Fantasy Animated Fantasy Adventure Rescue Mission Adventure
6.5

20111h 29min

Denmark

Director: Philip Einstein Lipski

Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian with the exception of Ronal, who is forced to go on a perilous quest to save his enslaved clan and thwart Volcazar’s plot to rule the world.

Themes

Duty under pressure, Romance amid conflict, Unexpected alliances, Physical inferiority and hidden strengths, Knowledge as power, Gender expectations in combat

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Killer Elite

739. Killer Elite

Action Adventure Thriller Spy Action Revenge Thriller
6.4

20111h 56min

Australia, United States

Director: Gary McKendry

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Secret society pressure, Revenge dynamics, Mercenary code conflict, International pursuit, Identity through roles

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Three Musketeers

740. The Three Musketeers

Adventure Action Thriller Adventure Epic Epic Action
5.7

20111h 50min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under pressure, Power struggles, Political manipulation, King of france power, Three musketeers loyalty, Alliance and trust dynamics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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