Best adventure films 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best adventure films 1971 – 1980
1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
2. Les 12 Travaux d'Astérix (1976)
France, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Cast: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade
3. La Guerre des étoiles (1977)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: George Lucas
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
4. Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Cast: Michael Dymek, Petr Voříšek
5. Jaws (1975)
USA, Thriller / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw
7. Barry Lyndon (1975)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson
8. Dersu Uzala (1975)
Soviet Union / Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin
9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
UK, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese
10. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer
11. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: 若山富三郎, Kayo Matsuo
12. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Hong Kong, Action / Historical
Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu
Cast: Chia-Hui Liu, Norman Chu
13. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Yasuo Yamada, Ichirō Nagai
15. Brigand Jurko (1976)
Czechoslovakia, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Viktor Kubal
Cast: Darina Laščiaková, Ondriš Jariabek
16. The Three Musketeers (1973)
Spain / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch
17. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
18. The Last Valley (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: James Clavell
Cast: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif
19. The Four Musketeers (1974)
Spain / Panama, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch
20. The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
UK, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
21. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
22. Watership Down (1978)
UK / Canada, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Briers
23. Le Mans (1971)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lee H. Katzin, John Sturges
Cast: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch
24. L'Aventure du Poséidon (1972)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine
25. L'Homme qui voulut être roi (1975)
UK / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine
26. Shaolin Abbot (1979)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Meng Hua Ho
Cast: David Chiang Da-wei, Lo Lieh
27. A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
Italy, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: James Coburn, Rod Steiger
28. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Botswana / South Africa, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Jamie Uys
Cast: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo
29. Deliverance (1972)
USA, Adventure / Thriller
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
31. The Secret of Steel City (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ludvík Ráža
Cast: Jaromír Hanzlík, Martin Růžek
32. The Scoundrel (1971)
France / Italy, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert
34. Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
Japan / USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Gisaburō Sugii
Cast: Peter Jeffrey, 市村正親
35. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach
36. Tarka the Otter (1979)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: David Cobham
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Edward Underdown
37. The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Sonny Chiba, Kinnosuke Yorozuya
39. Crime Busters (1977)
Italy, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
40. Walkabout (1971)
UK / Australia, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil
41. Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: 黒田義之
Cast: 若山富三郎, Renji Ishibashi
42. The Water Babies (1978)
UK / Poland, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Lionel Jeffries
Cast: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw
44. Shogun Assassin (1980)
Japan / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Robert Houston
Cast: 若山富三郎, Kayo Matsuo
45. Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Cast: Bill Melendez
46. Snoopy, Come Home! (1972)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Bill Melendez
Cast: Chad Webber, Robin Kohn
47. Zulu Dawn (1979)
USA / South Africa, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward
48. Around the World with Bolek and Lolek (1977)
Poland, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Wladyslaw Nehrebecki, Stanislaw Dülz
Cast: Ewa Złotowska, Danuta Mancewicz
49. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland
50. Sorcerer (1977)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer
51. Superman (1978)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando
52. Zatoichi at Large (1972)
Japan, Drama / Action
Directed by: Kazuo Mori
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Rentarô Mikuni
53. Last Crusade (1971)
Romania, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Amza Pellea, George Demetru
54. Odd Couple (1979)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kar-wing Lau
Cast: Sammo Hung, Kar-wing Lau
55. Michael the Brave (1971)
Romania / France, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Amza Pellea, Olga Tudorache
56. The Avenging Eagle (1978)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Sun Chung
Cast: Alexander Sheng Fu, Lung-Wei Wang
57. The Fortress (1979)
Hungary, Sci-fi / War
Directed by: Miklós Szinetár
Cast: Bella Tanay, Sándor Oszter
58. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
59. Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Shintarô Katsu
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Masumi Harukawa
60. Tayna gornogo podzemelya (1975)
Soviet Union, Adventure / Family
Cast: Mikhail Volkov, Natalya Fateeva
61. The Final Countdown (1980)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Don Taylor
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen
62. Sinbad et l'oeil du tigre (1977)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Sam Wanamaker
Cast: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power
63. Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford
65. The Call of the Wild (1972)
UK / France, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Ken Annakin
Cast: Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier
66. Puss 'N Boots Travels Around the World (1976)
Japan, Animation / Family
Directed by: Hiroshi Shidara
Cast: Eiko Masuyama, はせさん治
67. Red Sun (1971)
France / Italy, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress
68. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John
69. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Robert Redford, Bo Svenson
70. The Black Stallion (1979)
USA, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Carroll Ballard
Cast: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney
72. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
UK, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Hordern
73. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
UK / USA, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Gordon Hessler
Cast: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro
75. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee
76. Treasure Island (1972)
UK / Italy, Adventure
Directed by: John Hough, Andrea Bianchi
Cast: Orson Welles, Walter Slezak
77. Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Japan / Hong Kong, Drama / Action
Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Cheng-Hung Hsu
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu
78. Eagle's Feather (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Hollý ml.
Cast: Ivan Mistrík, Ivan Rajniak
79. Zhizn i udivitelnye priklyucheniya Robinzona Kruzo (1972)
Soviet Union, Adventure
Directed by: Stanislav Govorukhin
Cast: Leonid Kuravlyov, Evgeniy Zharikov
80. The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974)
France / Belgium, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Pierre Tchernia
Cast: Michel Serrault, Philippe Noiret
81. Miracles Still Happen: The Story of Juliane Koepcke (1974)
Italy / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Giuseppe Maria Scotese
Cast: Susan Penhaligon, Paul Muller
82. Harry and Tonto (1974)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Art Carney, Michael McCleery
83. Man of La Mancha (1972)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren
85. The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
Australia / Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Jimmy Wang Yu
Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby
86. The Concorde Affair (1979)
Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
Cast: James Franciscus, Mimsy Farmer
87. Jabberwocky (1977)
UK, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Michael Palin, John Le Mesurier
88. Brother of the Wind (1973)
Canada / USA, Adventure
Directed by: Dick Robinson
Cast: Dick Robinson, Leon Ames
89. Zloy dukh Yambuya (1977)
Soviet Union, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Boris Buneyev
Cast: Olga Yenzak, Rodna Yeshonov
90. Anteojito and Antifaz: A Thousand Attempts and One Invention (1972)
Argentina, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Manuel García Ferré
Cast: Ivan Grey
91. Flames of the Sun (1975)
India, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Ramesh Sippy
Cast: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan
92. Robin Hood (1973)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas
93. Hunter in the dark (1979)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, 原田芳雄
94. Man Friday (1975)
UK / USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Jack Gold
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree
95. Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972)
Belgium / France, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Raymond Leblanc
Cast: Jacques Careuil, Henri Virlogeux
96. Live and Let Die (1973)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto
97. The Sword and the Claw (1975)
Turkey, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Natuk Baytan
Cast: Cüneyt Arkın, Cemil Şahbaz
98. Tom Horn (1980)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: William Wiard
Cast: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans
99. The Five Venoms (1978)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Cheh Chang
Cast: Sheng Chiang, Feng Lu
100. Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves (1980)
India / Soviet Union, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Latif Faiziyev, Umesh Mehra
Cast: Dharmendra, Hema Malini