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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 5
3 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 8
4 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 9
5 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 23
6 The Searchers 1956 John Ford 28
7 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 29
8 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 31
9 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 32
10 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 42
11 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 43
12 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 47
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean 57
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 60
15 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 63
16 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 64
17 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 91
18 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 92
19 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 96
20 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 97
21 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 113
22 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 114
23 The African Queen 1951 John Huston 120
24 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 123
25 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 125
26 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 132
27 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 133
28 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 140
29 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 149
30 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 153
31 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 165
32 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 166
33 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 174
34 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 178
35 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 186
36 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog 188
37 Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 211
38 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner 213
39 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 217
40 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 234
41 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 240
42 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 268
43 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 270
44 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 272
45 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 284
46 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 306
47 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 314
48 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 315
49 The Magnificent Seven 1960 John Sturges 318
50 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 326
51 The Right Stuff 1983 Philip Kaufman 371
52 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 372
53 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 374
54 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 377
55 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 379
56 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 383
57 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 385
58 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 401
59 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 403
60 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 431
61 Tom Jones 1963 Tony Richardson 435
62 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 441
63 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 447
64 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 449
65 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 450
66 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 463
67 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 468
68 Apollo 13 1995 Ron Howard 485
69 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 491
70 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 496
71 Out of Africa 1985 Sydney Pollack 498
72 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 501
73 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 507
74 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 509
75 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 517
76 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 524
77 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 528
78 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 537
79 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Werner Herzog 541
80 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 554
81 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 562
82 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 580
83 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 584
84 Gallipoli 1981 Peter Weir 598
85 Mad Max 1979 George Miller 606
86 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 607
87 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 609
88 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 623
89 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 645
90 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 650
91 The Abyss 1989 James Cameron 661
92 Three Kings 1999 David O. Russell 663
93 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 665
94 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 676
95 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 692
96 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Raoul Walsh 694
97 Tron 1982 Steven Lisberger 703
98 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 709
99 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 715
100 From Russia with Love 1963 Terence Young 720
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