Best adventure films 1981 – 1990 - Charts
Best adventure films 1981 – 1990
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
3. Aliens (1986)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn
4. Back to the Future (1985)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
5. Dances with Wolves (1990)
USA / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell
6. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
7. The Bear (1988)
France / USA, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear
8. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
9. First Blood (1982)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
10. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
West Germany / USA, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway
11. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
12. Castle in the Sky (1986)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka
13. Asterix in Britain (1986)
France, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Pino Van Lamsweerde
Cast: Roger Carel, Serge Sauvion
14. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York (1981)
Czechoslovakia, Animation / Puppet
Directed by: Stanislav Látal
Cast: Václav Postránecký, Jiří Bruder
15. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Bin Shimada, Ichirō Nagai
16. Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
France, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi
Cast: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade
17. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Shigeru Chiba, Ikue Ōtani
18. The Mission (1986)
UK / France, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons
19. Out of Africa (1985)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
20. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Minami Takayama, Akio Ōtsuka
21. The Big Blue (1988)
France / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr
22. E.T. l'extraterrestre (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace
23. Ghostbusters (1984)
USA, Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd
24. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw
25. Clash of the Titans (1981)
UK / USA, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Desmond Davis
Cast: Harry Hamlin, Burgess Meredith
26. Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)
Sweden / Norway, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Tage Danielsson
Cast: Hanna Zetterberg, Dan Håfström
28. The Land Before Time (1988)
USA / Ireland, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Don Bluth
Cast: Helen Shaver, Pat Hingle
29. My Father's Glory (1990)
France, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
30. DuckTales The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
USA / France, Family / Animation
Directed by: Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi
Cast: Alan Young, Russi Taylor
31. The Right Stuff (1983)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn
32. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy
33. La Guerre du feu (1981)
Canada / France, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman
34. Excalibur (1981)
UK / USA, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren
35. Stand by Me (1986)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix
36. The Plague Dogs (1982)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Cast: John Hurt, James Bolam
37. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin
38. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
39. The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
USA / Taiwan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Jerry Rees
Cast: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack
40. Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)
France / West Germany, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Philippe Grimond, Keith Ingham
Cast: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade
41. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
UK / Ireland, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds
42. The Princess Bride (1987)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Cast: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes
43. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Australia, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
44. Casualties of War (1989)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn
46. Sexmission (1983)
Poland, Sci-fi / Comedy
Directed by: Juliusz Machulski
Cast: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jerzy Stuhr
48. Romancing the Stone (1984)
USA / Mexico, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner
49. The Specialists (1985)
France, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Bernard Giraudeau, Gérard Lanvin
50. Go for It (1983)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
51. The Fox and the Hound (1981)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Rich, Ted Berman
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell
52. Midnight Run (1988)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin
53. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
USA, Adventure / Mystery
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Cast: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox
54. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Australia, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Peter Faiman
Cast: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski
55. The Far Pavilions (1984)
UK / Italy, Adventure / Historical
Directed by: Peter Duffell
Cast: Ben Cross, Amy Irving
56. King Size (1987)
Poland, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Juliusz Machulski
Cast: Jacek Chmielnik, Jerzy Stuhr
58. Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)
France / West Germany, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
59. Armour of God (1986)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Alan Tam
60. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
62. The Care Bears Movie (1985)
Canada, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Arna Selznick, Charles Bonifacio
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs
63. Highlander (1986)
USA / UK, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart
64. Little Nemo (1989)
Japan / USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz
Cast: Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ohtsuka
65. The Legend of Wisely (1987)
Hong Kong / West Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Teddy Robin Kwan
Cast: Lung Ti, Teddy Robin Kwan
66. The Dark Crystal (1982)
USA / UK, Puppet / Adventure
Directed by: Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Cast: Billie Whitelaw, Jim Henson
67. Son of the White Mare (1981)
Hungary, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Marcell Jankovics
Cast: György Cserhalmi, Vera Pap
68. The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Japan / USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Fumihiko Takayama
Cast: Sumi Shimamoto
70. Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
71. Pathfinder (1987)
Norway, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Nils Gaup
Cast: Svein Scharffenberg, Mikkel Gaup
72. Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Paul Sommer, John Kimball
Cast: Daws Butler, Dave Coulier
73. Labyrinth (1986)
UK / USA, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Jim Henson
Cast: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
74. World Safari II: The Final Adventure (1984)
Australia, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Alby Mangels
Cast: Alby Mangels, Judy Green
75. Light Years (1988)
France, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: René Laloux
Cast: John Shea, Terrence Mann
77. The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Canada, Animation / Adventure
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Megan Follows
79. Antarctica (1983)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Koreyoshi Kurahara
Cast: Eiji Okada, Sō Yamamura
80. Flesh+Blood (1985)
USA / Spain, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh
82. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
UK, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Ian Holm
83. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
84. The African (1983)
France, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret
85. Innerspace (1987)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Joe Dante
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short
87. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
UK / West Germany, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Cast: John Neville, Eric Idle
88. Cat City (1986)
Hungary / Canada, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Béla Ternovszky
Cast: Miklós Benedek, Gyula Bodrogi
90. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet
91. The Goonies (1985)
USA, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin
92. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Australia, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas
93. Vacation (1983)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
94. Toby McTeague (1986)
Canada, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Jean-Claude Lord
Cast: Yannick Bisson, Winston Rekert
95. Ladyhawke (1985)
USA, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer
96. Lord of the Flies (1990)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Harry Hook
Cast: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh
97. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Sweden / West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal
98. TRON (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Lisberger
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner
99. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John Hughes
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy
100. Hong Kil-Dong (1986)
North Korea, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Kim Kil-in
Cast: Gwon Ri, Chang Son Hui