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1. Barbarella (1968)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 37,967
2. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken
Votes: 221,614 | Gross: $118.63M
3. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor
Votes: 219,468 | Gross: $131.14M
4. Cutthroat Island (1995)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 30,699 | Gross: $10.02M
5. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve
Votes: 22,692
6. Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019–2021)
TV-G | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In swinging 60's Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.
Stars: Geraldine Hakewill, Joel Jackson, Catherine McClements, Louisa Mignone
Votes: 3,023
7. The Man-Eater (1999)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Young woman looking for a self-expression in a variety of sexual relationships.
Director: Aurelio Grimaldi | Stars: Loredana Cannata, Arturo Paglia, Pascal Persiano, Loredana Solfizi
Votes: 756
8. Vera Cruz (1954)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero
Votes: 11,428
9. Queen of the Desert (2015)
PG-13 | 128 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis
Votes: 12,623
10. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett
Votes: 13,773 | Gross: $2.08M
11. Amelia (2009)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Votes: 13,655 | Gross: $14.24M
12. Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 155 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 10,449
13. Bright Young Things (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s.
Director: Stephen Fry | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Dan Aykroyd, Simon McBurney
Votes: 6,342 | Gross: $0.93M
14. East of Shanghai (1931)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann
Votes: 4,949
15. Rope of Sand (1949)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre
Votes: 1,808
16. The Ten Commandments (1923)
Passed | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, Julia Faye
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $5.36M
17. Tomb Raider (1996 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Lara Croft, archaeologist and daughter to a rich aristocratic English family ventures across the world in search of three mysterious artifacts known as Scions. During her journey, she stumbles across the lost continent of Atlantis.
Stars: Shelley Blond, Nathan McCree
Votes: 3,265
18. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
126 min | Comedy, Romance
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Claire Ufland, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 692
19. The Raggy Dolls (1986–1994)
5 min | Animation, Family
This features toys which have been thrown in a factory reject bin but come to life and have adventures. This time though they are dolls and, rather than becoming superheroes and saving ... See full summary »
Star: Neil Innes
Votes: 830
20. It Came from the Desert (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pulpy monster movie inspired by the cult classic 1980s video game "It Came from the Desert," featuring rival motocross heroes and heroines, kegger parties in the desert, secret underground military bases...and of course giant ants!
Director: Marko Mäkilaakso | Stars: Harry Lister Smith, Alex Mills, Vanessa Grasse, Mark Arnold
Votes: 1,922
21. My Forbidden Past (1951)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson
Votes: 1,162
22. Paula Peril: Mystery of the Crystal Falcon (2009)
PG | 19 min | Short, Action, Mystery
When a high society auction is interrupted by the brazen theft of the mysterious Crystal Falcon, investigative reporter Paula 'Peril' Perillo and photographer Jimmy Smith team up to get the... See full summary »
Director: Savvy Lorestani | Stars: Valerie Perez, Marla Malcolm, Benjamin Lamm, David Thomas O'Donnell
Votes: 21
23. Stiletto (1969)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's a professional hitman for the mob . When he decides it's time to retire, he finds his former employers don't like the idea of someone who... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Patrick O'Neal, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 303
24. Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, Romance, Western
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, Jerry Austin
Votes: 1,585
25. The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer
Votes: 1,305
26. Franny's Feet (2003–2010)
TV-Y | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Franny spends her days with her grandfather at his shoe repair shop. When customers bring in their shoes, something magical happens: Franny is transported to far away lands where she meets new friends and solves fun problems.
Stars: Phoebe McAuley, Adrian Truss, Paul Panting, Daniel Brochu
Votes: 171
27. The Adventures of Chuck & Friends (2010–2012)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Family
Chuck is a dump truck him and his friends have fun together and with the world-famous monster truck rally. Chucks brother
Stars: Fab Filippo, Joanne Vannicola, Stacey DePass, Darren Frost
Votes: 138
28. Tomb Raider II (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Lara Croft returns to set out on a quest for the mysterious Dagger of Xian. Hot on her tail are Marco Bartoli and his cult Fiamma Nera who want the dagger for themselves as it is reputed to transform its wearer into a dragon.
Stars: Judith Gibbins, Massimo Marinoni, Simon Greenall, Nathan McCree
Votes: 2,168
29. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In her fourth adventure, Lara accidentally releases Set, the Egypt god of chaos who is bound to destroy the entire world. Guided by her friend Jean-Yves, Lara sets out to awake Set's rival Horus to stop the chaos she herself unleashed.
Stars: Jonell Elliott, Anne Karam, Kerry Shale, Charo Soria
Votes: 1,302
30. The Gal Who Took the West (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Western
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Charles Coburn, Scott Brady, John Russell
Votes: 334
31. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Accused of the murder of her former mentor, Werner Von Croy, Lara becomes a fugitive on the run. To clear her name, Lara has to confront a secret alliance led by the alchemist Pieter Van Eckhardt whose destiny it is to take over the world.
Director: Antoine Charreyron | Stars: Jonell Elliott, Eric Loren, Joss Ackland, Rob Brown
Votes: 1,161
32. Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
On her third adventure, Lara Croft goes on a world-spanning quest to retrieve artifacts that are pieces of the meteorite that once wiped out the dinosaurs. Once completed, the meteorite could be the key to gain life-giving powers.
Stars: Judith Gibbins, Nathan McCree, Simon Greenall, Charo Soria
Votes: 1,617
33. Mutiny (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, History
During the War of 1812, the U.S. tasks Captain James Marshall to sail through the British blockade and bring back a French loan in gold but the secret leaks out and many greedy hands, including the mutinous crew's, are after the gold.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans
Votes: 511
34. Raton Pass (1951)
Approved | 84 min | Western
In the midst of a feud between two rancher families, a shrewd woman marries one of the ranchers and later tries to take his land through divorce and violent tactics involving a gang of outlaws.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran, Scott Forbes
Votes: 315
35. The Fan (1949)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Lord Windermere appears to all, including his young wife Margaret, as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk after Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene
Votes: 762
36. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
72 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. Peace and quiet are last things he gets, though, as there are some very strange things going on at the establishment.
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 440
37. A Married Man (1983– )
240 min | Drama
A British lawyer, disillusioned with his marriage and career, starts an affair with a beautiful woman with political connections; a murder leads him to the greatest challenge of his life.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ciaran Madden, Sophie Ashton, Yvonne Coulette
Votes: 100
38. Un certain dimanche (2010)
14 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Two young girls, Gabrielle and Jeanne, just coming out of adolescence, take off in a car one Sunday afternoon without their parents knowledge. This moment of rebellion allows them their ... See full summary »
Director: Margaux Bonhomme | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Hélène Zimmer
Votes: 18
39. Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Following the events of "Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)", Lara Croft is presumed dead. At Lara's home, Lara's butler Winston, the priest Father Patrick Dunstan and Lara's history teacher Charles Kane reminisce over some of Lara's early exploits.
Stars: Jonell Elliott, Kerry Shale, Charo Soria, Harry Towb
Votes: 987
40. Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Top U.S. government spy-smasher John Baxter (Ralph Bellamy) does just that as he is aided by Eleanor Dunlap (Fay Wray) and companion federal agent Ted Hall (Regis Toomey) while being highly... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Walter Kingsford
Votes: 42
41. Love Bound (1932)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
A gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to destroy the man's family. His son, discovering that the woman is part of a ring of blackmailers ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young, Edmund Breese
Votes: 151
42. Doctor Who: Good as Gold (2012 TV Short)
3 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Special mini-episode written via a competition in which junior schools were asked to write a script including the Eleventh Doctor and an enemy of his. In it, the Doctor and Amy land in the 2012 Olympic Games and encounter a Weeping Angel.
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Karen Gillan, Sarah Louise Madison, Matt Smith
Votes: 535
43. Die Krone von Arkus (2015)
95 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Arkus is reigned by Schiija. The Evil queen forces the inhabitants to give her their best work as gifts at the yearly gifts day. One day a former rival passes a hint on how to defeat the queen to the streetkids Jono and Saraja .
Director: Franziska Pohlmann | Stars: Lukas Jantzen, Anna-Lena Sender, Marit Persiel, Juliane Behneke
Votes: 54
44. Bethsabée (1947)
97 min | Drama
Arabella, a beautiful woman with a turbulent past, joins her lover, Captain Dubreuil, in a remote place of Morocco. Another officer, Captain Sommerville, who happens to be her former lover,... See full summary »
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal, Jean Murat, Paul Meurisse
Votes: 46
45. Port of Missing Girls (1938)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
Nightclub singer Della Mason (Judith Allen)witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him from the scene of the crime. Escaping from the gangster, she secretly boards the ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Harry Carey, Judith Allen, Milburn Stone, Betty Compson
Votes: 106
46. Horny Mama (2007)
PG-13 | 2 min | Short, Comedy
Kevin, an unsuspecting adolescent stays up way past his bedtime to watch videos. His mother catches him in the act, and threatens to give him some corporal punishment unless he is watching ... See full summary »
Director: David Wendell Boykins | Stars: Gigi Bolden, Noah Sife
47. Jungle Mystery (1932)
Passed | 240 min | Action, Adventure
In Africa, two hunters meet a girl and her father who are searching for her lost brother. Their search is complicated by rival hunters who are after ivory and by a tribe of hostile natives.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tom Tyler, Noah Beery Jr., Cecilia Parker, William Desmond
Votes: 39
48. The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A couple of adventurous pilots-turned-pearl-divers encounter a helpless woman whose missionary parents have died. They entrust their cache of pearls to her, but discover that she is actually not what she claims.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Florence Rice, Leif Erickson, Gordon Jones, Don Beddoe
Votes: 41
49. Love Takes Flight (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
On a transcontinental flight from New York City to Los Angeles, Joan Lawson, the flight hostess, attracts the attention of a move producer, Dave Miller, and he tries to persuade her to sign... See full summary »
Director: Conrad Nagel | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, John Sheehan, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 67
50. Szegény gazdagok (1959)
104 min | Adventure
The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy ... See full summary »
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Gyula Benkö, Marianne Krencsey, Margit Bara, József Láng
Votes: 123