Best adventure thrillers - Charts
Best adventure thrillers
1. Aliens (1986)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn
3. Jurassic Park (1993)
USA, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern
5. North by Northwest (1959)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
6. X-Men: First Class (2011)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender
7. Jaws (1975)
USA, Thriller / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw
8. Blood Diamond (2006)
USA / Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou
9. The Wages of Fear (1953)
France / Italy, Thriller / Adventure
Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel
10. Goldfinger (1964)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe
11. Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes
12. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
13. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy
15. La Montée de la planète des singes (2011)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis
16. X-Men 2 (2003)
USA / Canada, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman
17. X-Men (2000)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart
18. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton
19. Skyfall (2012)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench
20. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Australia / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth
21. Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
22. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell
23. 127 Hours (2010)
USA / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn
24. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin
25. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Australia / USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron
26. Apocalypto (2006)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
27. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
28. The Expendables 2 (2012)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Simon West
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham
29. Le Revenant (2015)
USA / Hong Kong, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
30. Watership Down (1978)
UK / Canada, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Briers
31. GoldenEye (1995)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean
32. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill
33. From Russia with Love (1963)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi
34. Society of the Snow (2023)
Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt
35. L'Aventure du Poséidon (1972)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine
36. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
USA / Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg
37. Sin nombre (2009)
Mexico / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores
38. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Australia, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
39. Children of Men (2006)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore
40. Deliverance (1972)
USA, Adventure / Thriller
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
41. Thunderball (1965)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger
43. Dr. No (1962)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress
44. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach
46. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day
47. The Edge (1997)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin
48. You Only Live Twice (1967)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi
49. The Laws of the Border (2021)
Spain, Crime / Action
Directed by: Daniel Monzón
Cast: Begoña Vargas, Pep Tosar
50. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Apted
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau
51. Starship Troopers (1997)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer
52. Everest (2015)
UK / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal
53. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
54. The Expendables (2010)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham
55. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel
Cast: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray
56. The Island (2005)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson
57. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer
58. Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman
59. Cliffhanger (1993)
USA / Italy, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow
60. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
USA / Canada, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz
61. World War Z (2013)
USA / Malta, Horror / Action
Directed by: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos
62. Battle Royale (2000)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda
63. Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018)
Russia, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Egor Baranov
Cast: Aleksandr Petrov, Oleg Menshikov
64. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
65. No Time to Die (2021)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux
66. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland
67. Sorcerer (1977)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer
69. Armageddon (1998)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton
71. To Have and Have Not (1944)
USA, Thriller / War
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan
72. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Stuart Baird
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes
73. Independence Day (1996)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum
74. Sunshine (2007)
UK / USA, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne
75. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
USA / United Arab Emirates, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brad Bird
Cast: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton
76. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
USA / Canada, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson
77. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
78. The Enemy Below (1957)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Dick Powell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens
80. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson
81. Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Hong Kong / USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Annie Wu
82. Mission: Impossible (1996)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight
83. High Sierra (1941)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart
84. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet
85. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John
86. Jumanji (1995)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Cast: Robin Williams, Jonathan Hyde
87. The Road (2009)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee
88. The A-Team (2010)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper
89. Lord of the Flies (1990)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Harry Hook
Cast: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh
90. Les vampires (1915)
France, Crime / Adventure
Directed by: Louis Feuillade
Cast: Musidora, Édouard Mathé
91. Octopussy (1983)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Maud Adams
92. Runaway Train (1985)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts
93. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber
94. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce
95. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee
96. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
USA / Hong Kong, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Justin Lin
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
97. The Living Daylights (1987)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo
98. Lord of the Flies (1963)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin
99. War of the Worlds (2005)
USA, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning
100. TRON: Legacy (2010)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund