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Top Adventure Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 4
2 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 7
3 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 8
4 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 9
5 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 22
6 The Searchers 1956 John Ford 25
7 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 30
8 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 32
9 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 37
10 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 43
11 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 45
12 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 47
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean 52
14 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 60
15 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 62
16 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 66
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 69
18 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 74
19 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 85
20 The African Queen 1951 John Huston 92
21 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 95
22 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 98
23 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 107
24 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 113
25 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 116
26 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 127
27 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 129
28 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 130
29 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 135
30 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 139
31 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 143
32 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 148
33 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 155
34 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 170
35 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner 183
36 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 185
37 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 188
38 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 194
39 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 195
40 Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 197
41 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 198
42 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog 221
43 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 228
44 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick 251
45 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 254
46 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 281
47 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 283
48 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 290
49 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 293
50 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 321
51 The Magnificent Seven 1960 John Sturges 325
52 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 335
53 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 342
54 The Right Stuff 1983 Philip Kaufman 345
55 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 357
56 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 358
57 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 368
58 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 371
59 Apollo 13 1995 Ron Howard 383
60 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 393
61 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 413
62 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 417
63 Tom Jones 1963 Tony Richardson 423
64 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 428
65 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 429
66 Out of Africa 1985 Sydney Pollack 433
67 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 439
68 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 460
69 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 470
70 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 471
71 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 478
72 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 496
73 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 503
74 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 504
75 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 505
76 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 510
77 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson 526
78 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 557
79 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 558
80 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 560
81 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Werner Herzog 561
82 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 562
83 Mad Max 1979 George Miller 581
84 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 584
85 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Raoul Walsh 612
86 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 616
87 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 620
88 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 622
89 The Abyss 1989 James Cameron 623
90 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 626
91 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 635
92 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 636
93 Three Kings 1999 David O. Russell 637
94 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 649
95 Gallipoli 1981 Peter Weir 650
96 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 679
97 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 692
98 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 699
99 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 1954 Richard Fleischer 721
100 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 722
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