Best Adventure Film...

[CallaghanFilms]

...Not to be confused with Best Action Film, or even Best Action-Adventure Film. No, friends, I'm talkin' your epic, swashbuckling, dashing, daring, elaborate, cliff-hanging, adventurous, journeyman hero here.

I tried to avoid films that blatantly crossed into the realm of other genres (As in Science Fiction, War, Spy, etc.) Granted, some of my picks may dab into other classifications, but overall are pure-blood adventures.

Think of it this way...
As a Rorschach test...or even better...as a word association exercise. Say the first thing that pops into your own film buff's mind. Ready? Adventure film.

The Callaghan Top Ten:

#1 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)​

http://imdb.com/title/tt0082971/

#2 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0029843/

#3 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0087469/

#4 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0056172/

#5 Forrest Gump (1994)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0109830/​

 

[CallaghanFilms]

#6 The African Queen (1951)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0043265/

#7 Jurassic Park (1993)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0107290/

#8 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0097576/

#9 King Kong (1933 & 2005)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0024216/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0360717/

#10 The Sea Hawk (1940)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0033028/​

Honorable Mentions:

-Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0023551/

-Treasure Island (1934 & 1950)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0025907/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0043067/

-Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 & 1962)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0026752/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0056264/

-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0029844/

-The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0040897/

-Ben-Hur (1959)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0052618/

-The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0059183/

-The Three Musketeers (1973)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0072281/

-The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0073341/

-The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0120737/

Edit: What can i say? Blaine changed my mind on The Man Who Would Be King...so I bumped one in favor of it on the honorary list.

Edit #2: Likewise with John and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Edit #3: ...and again with Kimko and his suggestion of Treasure Island.

 

[OregonDank]

the princess bride ...


dances with wolves??? wtf??

 

[The Machinist]

Arabia at #4??? After Temple and Robin Hood?

Totally can't agree with that. Arabia is second only to Raiders in these eyes.

 

[Blaine]

While I agree with many movies on your list, you've OBVIOUSLY overlooked three of the best: (Placement on my all time favorite list in parenthesis)

The Wind and the Lion (1)
http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt007...B8bG09NTAwfGNvPTF8aHRtbD0xfG5tPTE_;fc=1;ft=20

The Man Who Would Be King (9)
http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt007...IwfGxtPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=20

and
Braveheart (2)
http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt011...tPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=22;fm=1

 

[CallaghanFilms]

the princess bride...

Another fine choice.

...dances with wolves??? wtf??

Hopefully no one agrees with my list 100%...
We're in the Film Discussion Forum, not the Film Dissertation one.:beer:

Arabia at #4??? After Temple and Robin Hood?

Totally can't agree with that. Arabia is second only to Raiders in these eyes.

Fair enough, but I'll take the short odds that everyone is in agreement on #1 itself being Raiders.:beer:

 

[CallaghanFilms]

...The Wind and the Lion...

Damn good call, Blaine.

...The Man Who Would Be King and Braveheart...

Both of which I'd label more epic/war (especially Braveheart...one of my overall favorites.)
Damn tricky business, this genre grouping.
Cheers :beer:

 

[OregonDank]

Fair enough, but I'll take the short odds that everyone is in agreement on #1 itself being Raiders.:beer:

i think this is a generation thing...i'm 25 and i get the feeling i was just too young when these came out for RoLA to be the "definitive" adventure movie for me...

i dunno maybe i was too into star wars when i was little...

when you said adventure the first thing that popped into my head was princess bride, so i guess that makes it my #1...

*prepares for the beatdown of angry Indiana Jones posts*:laugh:

 

[Blaine]

Both of which I'd label more epic/war (especially Braveheart...one of my overall favorites.)
Damn tricky business, this genre grouping.
Cheers :beer:

Okay, perhaps Braveheart is epic/war but The Man Who Would Be King is straight up Adventure...Kipling. Check the IMDb listing. :thumbsup:

 

[CallaghanFilms]

The Man Who Would Be King is a great film, Blaine...and believe you me t'wasn't easy to narrow them down.

 

[Blaine]

Not to quibble with your choice of Robin Hood (1938) it is after all a classic, I prefer the following version of Robin Hood:

http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt0102797/

This movie kinda got SCREWED by Costner's horrible rendition. They were both made at the same time so the Patrick Bergin one was released on TV Too bad. I loved the gritty feel. It transported me to the time. Another good Robin Hood was:
Robin and Marian http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt007...PTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=24;ft=93;fm=1

Connery was on one hell of a roll in the early-mid 70s. :beer: :beer:

 

[J.R. Hudson]

I'll try and not name what is already a great list of adventure films and instead put films that are near to my heart and that lodged into my brain as a child

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

The Black Stallion

 

[Blaine]

Dammit Hudson!!! I was just going to edit my post to add Romancing the Stone and Excaliber.:angry:

Oh well, :violin:

Excaliber :beer: :beer:

 

[Aaron Marshall]

The Goonies!

 

[CallaghanFilms]

Not to quibble with your choice of Robin Hood...

By all means quibble with him...my money's on Errol though, that cat was a bruiser.
I haven't seen Bergin's portrayal in some time now...but you're right about it being top notch stuff.

...Robin and Marian http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt007...PTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=24;ft=93;fm=1

Connery was on one hell of a roll in the early-mid 70s. :beer: :beer:

Indeed he was...and that's another one I had on the list, but was forced to scratch it. Shorry, Sshean.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Dammit Hudson!!! I was just going to edit my post to add Romancing the Stone and Excaliber.:angry:

Oh well, :violin:

Excaliber :beer: :beer:

:cheesy:

 

[Tony Torn]

Flash!
Yowza!

Black Stallion!

Excalibur! (love those green gels on the armor!)
And lets not forget the great, headache inducing ZARDOZ!

Man who would be King...DEF in the same genre as Raiders, I feel.

Raiders...only time Ford truly got close to Bogart Quality in performance. Outstanding

Speaking of Bogart: "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"!!!!!!

And for the esoteric minded adventurer,

"Meetings With Remarkable Men." D: Peter Brook

 

[CallaghanFilms]

I really dug this as a kid as well. Zemeckis was on fire throughout the eighties.

:thumbsup:

Never heard of it. For myself, Star Wars is bigger than any one genre. Besides, "Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things."

...The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) & The Black Stallion...

Impressive picks. I gotta see if Tom Sawyer is out on DVD.

...Excaliber...

Coming Soon To A Message Board Near You...Callaghan's Favorite Fantasy Films:thumbsup:

The Goonies!

"Goonies never say die!" Classic stuff.

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

You all are forgetting the biggest adventure movie of all time...

 

[GenJerDan]

I watch that at least once per year.