● Genre · 2 movie guides

Adventure

Plot guides, ending explanations, cast breakdowns and "movies like" recommendations for every adventure film in our archive — across the full range of subgenres.

2 Guides 2 Endings 1 Lists 8.0 Avg. score

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Five adventure guides our editors point readers to first.

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● Editor's pick · Science Fiction

Dune

2021 · United States of America · 2h 35m · Science Fiction / Adventure

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future…

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Life of Pi

2012 · United States of America · 2h 07m · Adventure / Drama

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2 published. Sorted by editor weight.

★ 7.9

Dune

2021 · United States of America · 2h 35m · Science Fiction / Adventure

★ 8.1

Life of Pi

2012 · United States of America · 2h 07m · Adventure / Drama

● About this genre

What we mean by "adventure"

Adventure is the genre of journey. We file as adventure when geography, movement and the discovery of new terrain are the structural pleasures of the film.

Adventure overlaps with action and fantasy — we cross-link generously rather than duplicate.

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