One of the most difficult movie genres to describe is the adventure, but much like other genres. Grand, thrilling, and frequently epic tales are called adventures, and they are typically centered around individuals on missions seeking glory, wealth, and notoriety. The excitement of venturing deep into jungles, tracking across parched deserts, or sailing across vast oceans is what drives the best adventure films. There are boisterous pirates, lordly counts, bounty hunters and mercenaries, large whales, and even larger apes among the casts of characters. Adventure films have the ability to include various genres such as science fiction and fantasy in their journey.

HOLLYWOOD’S TOP 10 ADVENTURE MOVIES OF ALL TIME

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1. National Treasure (2004)

Walt Disney Pictures released National Treasure, an action-adventure heist movie, in 2004. Jon Turteltaub directed, Jerry Bruckheimer produced, and Jim Kouf and the Wibberleys wrote the screenplay. In addition to Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, and Christopher Plummer, Nicolas Cage plays the title role in the first movie of the National Treasure series. A map pointing to a vast lost Freemason treasure is concealed on the back of the US Declaration of Independence, and in the movie, historian Benjamin Franklin Gates, computer whiz Riley Poole, and archivist Abigail Chase search for it.

On November 19, 2004, National Treasure was made available to all countries. Critics gave the movie mixed reviews, praising the action sequences and performances but criticizing the idea and storyline. The movie made $347 million worldwide. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a follow-up, was published in 2007.

National Treasure: Edge of History, a follow-up television series, was unveiled during the 2022 D23 Expo. The Disney+ streaming service offered it for free from December 14, 2022, to February 8, 2023.

2. The mummy (1999)

Stephen Sommers is the writer and director of the 1999 American action-adventure movie The Mummy. Arnold Vosloo plays the titular role of the reanimated mummy in this remake of the same-named 1932 picture, which also stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and others. In the movie, a librarian and her older brother accompany explorer Rick O’Connell on a trip to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, where they unintentionally awaken Imhotep, a high priest with supernatural abilities who has been cursed.

The process of development took years, involving several directors and writers. Sommers made a compelling case for his more romantic and daring interpretation of the original work in 1997. The crew had to deal with thirst, sandstorms, and snakes while filming on location in the Sahara Desert in Morocco and the United Kingdom. Several of the visual effects were produced by Industrial Light & Magic, which used computer-generated imagery and live-action film to create the monster in the title. The orchestration was provided by Jerry Goldsmith.

On May 7, 1999, The Mummy was released in theaters. Despite receiving conflicting reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, earning over $416.4 million globally on a $80 million production budget. Two straight sequels, The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), were produced as a result of the film’s success. Additionally, it spawned spinoffs like an animated series and the 2002 prequel The Scorpion King, which in turn spawned more sequels. A 2017 movie was the result of attempts to revitalize the property and launch a new media brand.

3. Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones is an American media franchise that consists of five films, a prequel television series, games, comic books, and tie-in novels. It tells the story of the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr., a fictional archeology professor (played by Harrison Ford in all films).

Indiana Jones is an American media brand that follows the exploits of Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr. (played by Harrison Ford in all of the films in the franchise), and consists of five films, a prequel television series, games, comics, and tie-in novels. The movie Raiders of the Lost Ark launched the franchise in 1981. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the prequel, was released in 1984, while Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the sequel, was released in 1989. 2008 saw the release of a fourth movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. On June 30, 2023, the fifth and final movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, was released in theaters.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones was first published by Marvel Comics in 1983. In 1991, Dark Horse Comics acquired the comic book rights to the character. Numerous novels featuring original adventures have been released in addition to novelizations of the films. These include a series of German novels written by Wolfgang Hohlbein, twelve novels published by Bantam Books that take place before the films, and a series inspired by the television show that takes place during the character’s early years. Since 1982, a number of video games featuring Indiana Jones have been produced.

4. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

2012 saw the release of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, an American scientific fantasy action-adventure movie produced by Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, and Charlotte Huggins, and directed by Brad Peyton. Based on Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island (1875), the film is a sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008). Starring are Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán, Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, and Kristin Davis. Richard Outten, Brian Gunn, and Mark Gunn wrote the script, and Brian and Mark Gunn wrote the scenario.

Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Walden Media released Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in theaters on February 10, 2012. The film received mixed reviews upon its debut, but it proved to be a box office triumph, grossing $335 million worldwide, more than Journey 1. June 5, 2012 was the DVD/Blu-ray release date.

5. The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure (2022)

Kim Jeong-hoon is the director of The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure, a 2022 South Korean period adventure film starring Kang Ha-neul, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Kwang-soo, Chae Soo-bin, Oh Se-hun, Kim Sung-oh, Park Ji-hwan, and Kwon Sang-woo. Hanja: 海賊: 도깨비 엗발; RR: Haejeok: Dokkaebi Gitbal, lit. The Pirates: Goblin Flag. The movie, a spiritual follow-up to the 2014 blockbuster The Pirates, tells the story of a group of pirates going on an expedition in the sea to find lost royal jewels. IMAX version was released on January 26, 2022, which was the same day as the Korean New Year holiday. In 2022, on the eleventh day of its release, it became the first Korean film to receive one million viewers.

6. Oblivion (2013)

The 2013 American post-apocalyptic action-adventure film Oblivion stars Tom Cruise in the lead role, with Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Melissa Leo in supporting parts. It was produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski based on a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael deBruyn. The film, which is a “love story” set in 2077 on an Earth devastated by an alien war and is based on Kosinski’s unpublished graphic novel of the same name, pays homage to 1970s sci-fi. A maintenance technician nearing the end of his mission meets a woman who survived a space ship crash, which causes him to wonder about his purpose and learn the truth about the war.

On March 26, 2013, Oblivion made its theatrical debut in Buenos Aires. On April 19, Universal Pictures released the film in theaters. Despite having a $120 million production budget, the movie brought in $286 million worldwide and garnered mixed reviews from critics.

7. Jungle Cruise (2021)

Jaume Collet-Serra is the director of the 2021 American fantasy adventure film Jungle Cruise, which is based on a script by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and Michael Green. It is modeled by the Walt Disney theme park attraction of the same name. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Édgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti, the movie is produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It narrates the alternative history of a little riverboat captain who, in the midst of a battle with a German expedition and cursed conquistadors, guides a scientist and her brother through a jungle in pursuit of the Tree of Life.

In 2004, plans were initiated to create a feature film based on the Jungle Cruise ride. Up until 2011, the project was idle. After the initial plan failed, Johnson joined in 2015. In a reimagined version, Blunt and the rest of the ensemble joined in 2018. Filming took place in Hawaii and Georgia between May and September of that year. James Newton Howard composed the score. After a year-long post-production phase and an additional year-long postponement because to the COVID-19 epidemic, Jungle Cruise was eventually made available in the US on July 30, 2021, both in physical theaters and digitally through Disney+ Premier Access. while having a $200 million production budget, the movie brought in $221 million worldwide while receiving mixed reviews. In its first 30 days on Premier Access, it earned $66 million as well. Both Blunt and Johnson are expected to return in the next sequel.

8. Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Jordan Vogt-Roberts is the director of the 2017 American horror movie Kong: Skull Island. It is the second movie in the MonsterVerse and the eleventh movie in the King Kong franchise. It was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly are among the actors who star in the movie. In the 1973 picture, a group of scientists and soldiers from the Vietnam War visit the unexplored island of Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a massive ape that is the last of its kind, and other horrific animals.

At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014, the movie was announced, and in September of the same year, Vogt-Roberts was named director. Originally conceived as an origin narrative at Universal Pictures, the film was later transferred to Warner Bros. in order to create a shared Godzilla and Kong cinematic universe. The main photography season ran from October 2015 to March 2016, with stops in Hawaii and other parts of Vietnam.

9. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

The 2019 American fantasy adventure film Jumanji: The Next Level is directed by Jake Kasdan, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg. The movie is a follow-up to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and the fourth entry in the Jumanji film series. Awkwafina, Danny Glover, and Danny DeVito join the cast, and Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser’Darius Blain, and Madison Iseman return from their previous picture. Two years after the events of Welcome to the Jungle, the same group of adolescents, an old buddy, and two unintentional additions find themselves stuck in Jumanji once more in the film’s plot.

There, they must all save the land from a new evil while dealing with brand-new issues and obstacles with their old and new avatars in order to get away.

Between January 21 and May 11, 2019, principal photography was conducted in Atlanta, New Mexico, Alberta, and Hawaii, among other places.

Sony Pictures Releasing distributed Jumanji: The Next Level in the United States on December 13, 2019. Despite a $125–132 million budget, the movie earned $801.7 million worldwide and went on to become the tenth highest-grossing film of 2019 after receiving mostly positive reviews from critics. A follow-up is currently being developed.

10. Jurassic Park (1993)

Steven Spielberg, with Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen producing, is the director of the 1993 American science fiction action film Jurassic Park, which stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. Scripted by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, the film is the first in the Jurassic Park trilogy and the Jurassic Park franchise. The book is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. The movie is set on the made-up island of Isla Nublar, which lies off the Pacific Coast of Central America and close to Costa Rica. There, a group of genetic scientists led by billionaire businessman John Hammond (Attenborough) have constructed a dinosaur wildlife park featuring extinct animals. A tiny handful of tourists, including Hammond’s grandkids, fight to survive and flee the now-perilous island when industrial sabotage causes a catastrophic failure of the park’s power facilities and security measures.