The Top 100 Adventure Movies of the 1930s

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1

The Wizard of Oz

1939    Victor Fleming    Not Rated

Adventure    Based-on-Theatre    Family

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Stagecoach

1939    John Ford    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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King Kong

1933    Merian C. Cooper    Not Rated

Adventure    Monster Film    Pre-Code Hollywood

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5

Captain Blood

1935    Michael Curtiz    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

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6

Only Angels Have Wings

1939    Howard Hawks    Not Rated

Adventure    Buddy Film    Romance

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7

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935    Frank Lloyd    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Based-on-a-True-Story

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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8

Gunga Din

1939    George Stevens    Not Rated

Adventure    War    War Adventure

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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9

Captains Courageous

1937    Victor Fleming    Rated G

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Childhood Drama

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10

Lost Horizon

1937    Frank Capra    Not Rated

Adventure    Fantasy    Fantasy Adventure

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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11

The Four Feathers

1939    Zoltan Korda    Rated PG13

Adventure    Costume Adventure    Period Film

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12

The Black Cat

1934    Edgar G. Ulmer    Not Rated

Adventure    Crime    Crime Thriller

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13

A Tale of Two Cities

1935    Jack Conway    Not Rated

Adventure    Based-on-19th-Century-Literature    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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14

The Lost Patrol

1934    John Ford    Not Rated

War    Adventure Drama    War Adventure

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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16

Hell's Angels

1930    Howard Hughes    Not Rated

Combat Films    Drama    War

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17

Beau Geste

1939    William A. Wellman    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Drama

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18

Shanghai Express

1932    Josef von Sternberg    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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20

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937    John Cromwell    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Costume Adventure

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21

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934    Harold Young    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

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22

Tarzan the Ape Man

1932    W.S. Van Dyke    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

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23

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939    John Ford    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Costume Adventure

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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24

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931    F.W. Murnau    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Docudrama

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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25

Tarzan and His Mate

1934    Cedric Gibbons    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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26

The Son of Kong

1933    Ernest B. Schoedsack    Not Rated

Adventure    Fantasy    Horror

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27

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932    Charles Brabin    Not Rated

Adventure    Crime    Horror

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28

Heidi

1937    Allan Dwan    Not Rated

Drama    Family-Oriented Adventure    Family

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29

Flash Gordon

1936    Frederick Stephani    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Superhero Film

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30

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935    Henry Hathaway    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    War

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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32

The Story of the Fox

1937    Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz    Not Rated

Adventure    Animation    Comedy

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33

Too Hot to Handle

1938    Jack Conway    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Comedy

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34

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936    Michael Curtiz    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Epic

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37

Tarzan the Fearless

1933    Robert F. Hill    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

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38

Test Pilot

1938    Victor Fleming    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Buddy Film

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39

Jamaica Inn

1939    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Adventure    Costume Adventure    Crime

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The Crusades

1935    Cecil B. DeMille    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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43

Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939    Richard Thorpe    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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44

Wild Boys of the Road

1933    William A. Wellman    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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The Dawn Patrol

1930    Howard Hawks    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    War

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46

Under Two Flags

1936    Frank Lloyd    Not Rated

Adventure

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47

The Plainsman

1936    Cecil B. DeMille    Not Rated

Adventure    Biopic    Epic

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48

The Wizard of Oz

1933    Ted Eshbaugh    Not Rated

Adventure    Animated Musical    Animation

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49

Tarzan Escapes

1936    Richard Thorpe    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

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50

Men of the Plains

1936    Robert F. Hill    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Romance

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51

Fire Over England

1937    William K. Howard    Not Rated

Adventure    Costume Adventure    Period Film

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52

The Call of the Wild

1935    William A. Wellman    Not Rated

Action    Addiction Drama    Adventure

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53

Buck Rogers

1939    Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind    Not Rated

Adventure    Science Fiction    Serial

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54

Anthony Adverse

1936    Mervyn LeRoy    Not Rated

Addiction Drama    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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55

Picture Snatcher

1933    Lloyd Bacon    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Crime Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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56

The Three Musketeers

1939    Allan Dwan    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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57

Allegheny Uprising

1939    William A. Seiter    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    History

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58

China Seas

1935    Tay Garnett    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Romance

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59

Deadwood Pass

1933    J.P. McGowan    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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60

The Hurricane

1937    John Ford    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Disaster Film

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61

King Neptune

1932    Burt Gillett    Not Rated

Adventure    Animation    Cartoon

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62

Clive of India

1935    Richard Boleslawski    Not Rated

Adventure    Biopic    Docudrama

Down by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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63

Rich and Strange

1931    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Adventure    Comedy    Romance

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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64

The Three Musketeers

1935    Rowland V. Lee    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Based-on-19th-Century-Literature

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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66

Five Came Back

1939    John Farrow    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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67

The Affairs of Cellini

1934    Gregory La Cava    Not Rated

Adventure    Biopic    Comedy Drama

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68

Blood Money

1933    Rowland Brown    Not Rated

Adventure    Crime

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69

Desire

1936    Frank Borzage    Not Rated

Adventure    Comedy    Crime

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70

The Real Glory

1939    Henry Hathaway    Not Rated

Adventure    Historical Film    War

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71

Hell Divers

1931    George W. Hill    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    War

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72

The Lost City

1935    Harry Revier    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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73

Night Flight

1933    Clarence Brown    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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74

Bird of Paradise

1932    King Vidor    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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75

The General Died at Dawn

1936    Lewis Milestone    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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76

The Rains Came

1939    Clarence Brown    Not Rated

Adventure    Drama    Melodrama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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77

Chandu the Magician

1932    William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Mystery

Up by 392 in the past 45 days 392

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Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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79

The Blue Light

1932    Leni Riefenstahl    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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80

Sky Giant

1938    Lew Landers    Not Rated

Adventure    Romantic Adventure    Romance

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81

She-Devil Island

1936    Raphael J. Sevilla    Not Rated

Adventure    Foreign Language Film

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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82

White Fang

1936    David Butler    Not Rated

Adventure    Animal Picture    Family

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84

Heart of the North

1938    Lewis Seiler    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Western

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85

Adventures of Don Quixote

1933    Georg Wilhelm Pabst    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Romance

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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86

Wee Willie Winkie

1937    John Ford    Rated PG

Adventure    Drama    Family

Up by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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87

Rose-Marie

1936    W.S. Van Dyke    Not Rated

Adventure    Drama    Musical

Down by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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88

The Phantom of the Convent

1934    Fernando de Fuentes    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

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89

Submarine Patrol

1938    John Ford    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Combat Films

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90

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938    Archie Mayo    Not Rated

Adventure    Biopic    Costume Adventure

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91

Zorro Rides Again

1937    John English, William Witney    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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92

The Hurricane Express

1932    J.P. McGowan, Armand Schaefer    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Crime

Down by 10 in the past 45 days 10

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93

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939    John English, William Witney    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Period Film

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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94

Four Men and a Prayer

1938    John Ford    Not Rated

Adventure    Crime    Detective Film

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95

Devil and the Deep

1932    Marion Gering    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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96

The Squaw Man

1931    Cecil B. DeMille    Not Rated

Addiction Drama    Adventure    Romance

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97

Out West with the Hardys

1938    George B. Seitz    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

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98

Papageno

1935    Lotte Reiniger    Not Rated

Adventure    Animation    Short Film

Down by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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99

Trader Hound

1931    Zion Myers, Jules White    Rated G

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Animal Picture

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Tailspin Tommy

1934    Lew Landers    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Based-on-Comics

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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