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The Top 20 Adventure Movies of All Time

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Star Wars 1977, 121 min.

George Lucas • Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Action • Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot

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The Empire Strikes Back 1980, 127 min.

Irvin Kershner • Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Action • Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot

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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981, 115 min.

Steven Spielberg • Starring: Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, Karen Allen

Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure

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Return of the Jedi 1983, 134 min.

Richard Marquand • Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Action • Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot

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Back to the Future 1985, 116 min.

Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Americana

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989, 127 min.

Steven Spielberg • Starring: River Phoenix, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery

Action Comedy • Action • Adventure Comedy

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975, 91 min.

Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones • Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

Absurd Comedy • Adventure Comedy • Adventure

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Yojimbo 1961, 110 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katô

Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure

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The Princess Bride 1987, 98 min.

Rob Reiner • Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon

Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Comedy

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Apocalypse Now 1979, 153 min.

Francis Ford Coppola • Starring: Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper

Adventure Drama • Adventure • Anti-War Film

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, 178 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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Jaws 1975, 124 min.

Steven Spielberg • Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

Adventure • Horror • Monster Film

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948, 126 min.

John Huston • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003, 201 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy Adventure

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Toy Story 1995, 81 min.

John Lasseter • Starring: Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney

Adventure • Animation • Comedy

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2001: A Space Odyssey 1968, 141 min.

Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Mindbender

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002, 179 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984, 118 min.

Steven Spielberg • Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan

Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure

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The Gold Rush 1925, 96 min.

Charles Chaplin • Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray

Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Comedy

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Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972, 93 min.

Werner Herzog • Starring: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro

Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama

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