Best Adventure Movies List

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 283 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 94 | Earnings: $377.02M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, | Director: Peter Jackson,

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 280 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 92 | Earnings: $313.84M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, | Director: Peter Jackson,

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Star Wars (1977)

Aggregate Rating: 279 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 92 | Earnings: $460.94M

Lead Role: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, | Director: George Lucas,

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Aggregate Rating: 275 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 88 | Earnings: $340.48M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, | Director: Peter Jackson,

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 100 | Earnings: $6.00M

Lead Role: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, | Director: David Lean,

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Back to the Future (1985)

Aggregate Rating: 271 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 86 | Earnings: $210.61M

Lead Role: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, | Director: Robert Zemeckis,

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Aliens (1986)

Aggregate Rating: 270 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 86 | Earnings: $85.20M

Lead Role: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser, | Director: James Cameron,

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Aggregate Rating: 270 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $242.37M

Lead Role: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Aggregate Rating: 269 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $290.16M

Lead Role: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, | Director: Irvin Kershner,

After the rebels are overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Master Yoda. His friends accept shelter from a questionable ally as Darth Vader hunts them in a plan to capture Luke.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Aggregate Rating: 269 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 86 | Earnings: $56.72M

Lead Role: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, | Director: Stanley Kubrick,

Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 268 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 87 | Earnings: $380.96M

Lead Role: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, | Director: David Yates,

Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 267 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 90 | Earnings: $153.63M

Lead Role: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, | Director: George Miller,

A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 262 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $936.63M

Lead Role: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, | Director: J.J. Abrams,

Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Stormtrooper defector Finn and spare parts scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker.

Inception (2010)

Aggregate Rating: 262 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $292.57M

Lead Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

Interstellar (2014)

Aggregate Rating: 260 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $187.99M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

Avatar (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 258 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $760.51M

Lead Role: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, | Director: James Cameron,

A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Aggregate Rating: 253 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 68 | Earnings: $678.82M

Lead Role: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, | Director:

The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Batman Begins (2005)

Aggregate Rating: 253 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 70 | Earnings: $205.34M

Lead Role: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 252 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $120.52M

Lead Role: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent, | Director:

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Gladiator (2000)

Aggregate Rating: 252 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 67 | Earnings: $187.67M

Lead Role: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, | Director: Ridley Scott,

When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.