Best Adventure movies that are award winners or nominees

The Right Stuff(1983)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.



The Ghost and the Darkness(1996)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.



The Time Machine(2002)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 21

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



Daylight(1996)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.



The Leisure Seeker(2017)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker.



Sorcerer(1977)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous South American jungle.



DragonHeart(1996)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 19

The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality.



Mighty Joe Young(1998)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by a zoologist and a young woman whom he grew up with. A poacher from the past returns to seek vengeance on him.



The Rescuers(1977)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.



The Lord of the Rings(1978)

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Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.



The River Wild(1994)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.



Fly Away Home(1996)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.



The Time Machine(1960)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.



Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.



The Man Who Would Be King(1975)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.



The Mission(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.



Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.



The Guns of Navarone(1961)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.



The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.



Against All Odds(1984)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.




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