Best biographical adventure films - Charts
Best biographical adventure films
1. Into the Wild (2007)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Sean Penn
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
UK, Adventure / War
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness
3. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
New Zealand / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
4. Dersu Uzala (1975)
Soviet Union / Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin
5. Out of Africa (1985)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
6. My Father's Glory (1990)
France, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
8. Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (1956)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, 鶴田浩二
9. 127 Hours (2010)
USA / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn
10. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
11. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton
12. Society of the Snow (2023)
Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt
13. Ark of Lights and Shadows (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jan E. Svatoš
Cast: Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
14. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, 鶴田浩二
15. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis
16. Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Japan, Historical / Adventure
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Rentarô Mikuni
17. Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Colombia / Venezuela, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Ciro Guerra
Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar
19. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
France / Spain, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante
20. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Australia, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Cast: David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh
21. Agora (2009)
Spain, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella
22. To Walk with Lions (1999)
Canada / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Carl Schultz
Cast: Richard Harris, John Michie
23. Papillon (2017)
USA / Czech Republic, Biography / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Noer
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek
26. Barabbas (1961)
Italy / USA, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano
27. The Sea That Thinks (2000)
Netherlands, Fantasy / Drama
Directed by: Gert de Graaff
Cast: Bart Klever, Devika Strooker
28. Wyatt Earp (1994)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid
29. Wild (2014)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern
30. Tracks (2013)
Australia, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Curran
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Emma Booth
31. When the Lion Roars (2022)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jan E. Svatoš
Cast: František Němec, Igor Bareš
32. Nanga Parbat - L'ascension extrême (2010)
Germany, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast: Florian Stetter, Andreas Tobias
33. The Odyssey (2016)
France, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Jérôme Salle
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney
35. True Spirit (2023)
USA / Australia, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Sarah Spillane
Cast: Teagan Croft, Anna Paquin
37. Becoming Cousteau (2021)
USA, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Liz Garbus
Cast: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
38. My Reincarnation (2010)
Switzerland / Netherlands, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jennifer Fox
39. The New World (2005)
USA / UK, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher
40. Nine Lives (1957)
Norway, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arne Skouen
Cast: Jack Fjeldstad, Alf Malland
43. Les Enfants du dimanche (1992)
Sweden / Denmark, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Bergman
Cast: Thommy Berggren, Henrik Linnros
44. Adrift (2018)
USA / Hong Kong, Biography / Adventure
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin
45. Zoya (2020)
Russia, Biography / Adventure
Directed by: Leonid Plyaskin
Cast: Anastasiya Mishina, Wolfgang Cerny
46. The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
UK / Spain, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Cast: JJ Feild, Caroline Dhavernas
47. Hannibal (1959)
Italy, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Cast: Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti
48. Into the Empty Quarter (2013)
UK / United Arab Emirates, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Alastair Humphreys, Leon McCarron
Cast: Alastair Humphreys, Leon McCarron
49. His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Cast: Burt Lancaster, André Morell
50. Lord of the Wind (2023)
Russia, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Igor Voloshin
Cast: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anna Mikhalkova
52. The Lost City of Z (2016)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: James Gray
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson
53. The Aeronauts (2019)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Tom Harper
Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne
54. The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
USA, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Archie Mayo, John Ford
Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie
55. Alexander (2004)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie
56. Voyage au bout de la terre (2019)
Norway / Sweden, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Espen Sandberg
Cast: Pål Sverre Hagen, Christian Rubeck
58. Saving General Yang (2013)
China / Hong Kong, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Fan Xu
59. Ned Kelly (2003)
Australia / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom
60. Marco Polo (1961)
Italy / France, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Piero Pierotti, Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Yoko Tani
61. Le Conquérant (1956)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Dick Powell
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward
62. God Loves Caviar (2012)
Greece / Russia, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Yannis Smaragdis
Cast: Sebastian Koch, Juan Diego Botto
63. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
France, Drama / War
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman
64. Marco Polo : Return to Xanadu (2001)
China / Slovakia, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Ron Merk
Cast: Paul Ainsley, Alan Altshuld
65. Broad Peak (2022)
Poland, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Leszek Dawid
Cast: Ireneusz Czop, Maja Ostaszewska
66. I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez
68. Cyril and Methodius - The Apostles of the Slavs (2013)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Petr Nikolaev
Cast: Roman Zach, Ondřej Novák
69. He Who Has Been Through the Fire (2011)
Ukraine, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Mikhailo Illienko
Cast: Nikolay Boklan, Vitaliy Linetskiy
70. Queen of the Desert (2015)
USA / Morocco, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Nicole Kidman, James Franco
71. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
UK / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Glen
Cast: Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck
72. The Other Side Of Heaven (2001)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Mitch Davis
Cast: Christopher Gorham, Anne Hathaway
74. Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
Spain, Adventure / Historical
Directed by: Agustín Díaz Yanes
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Unax Ugalde
75. Amelia (2009)
USA / Canada, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Mira Nair
Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere
