Genre: Adventure

Quests, expeditions, and journeys where the destination matters less than what it costs to get there. These reviews cover films built on movement, danger, and discovery.

Adventure

El Cid (1961)

Anthony Mann's 1961 Spanish reconquista epic. Charlton Heston as Rodrigo Diaz, Sophia Loren.

Adventure

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman scene-stealing as Sheriff. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is Kevin Reynolds's 1991 American adventure film.

Adventure

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Kurosawa's 1958 medieval adventure. Mifune as general, two bumbling peasants.

Adventure

Curtiz's 1935 pirate film that launched both Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Blood escapes and becomes a pirate captain raiding Spanish vessels in the Caribbean before eventually serving King William III after the Glorious Revolution restores his civil rights.

Adventure

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Peter Weir's 2003 Patrick O'Brian adaptation. Russell Crowe as Aubrey, Bettany as Maturin.

Adventure

King Kong (1933)

Cooper-Schoedsack 1933 monster adventure. Skull Island to Empire State.

Adventure

The African Queen (1951)

John Huston's 1951 WWI East Africa adventure. Bogart and Hepburn down a river to torpedo a German gunboat.

Action

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Steven Spielberg's 1981 archeology adventure launcher. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones.

Adventure

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Curtiz-Keighley 1938 Technicolor swashbuckler. Errol Flynn defining swashbuckler.

Adventure

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

1975 John Huston adventure with Sean Connery and Michael Caine as British soldiers crowning themselves kings in Kafiristan. The Man Who Would Be King is John Huston's 1975 American adventure film adapting Rudyard Kipling's 1888 novella.