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Critical Response - IMDb

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Highest-Rated Adventure Movies

This list features movies that are included in IMDB’s list of the top ranked adventure movies.

RANK

FILMS

RATING

REVIEWS

YEAR

1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

9.0

2,100,000

2003

2

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

8.9

2,100,000

2001

3

Inception

8.8

2,700,000

2010

4

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

8.9

859,000

1966

5

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

8.8

1,900,000

2002

6

Interstellar

8.7

2,400,000

2014

7

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

8.7

1,500,000

1980

8

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

8.6

1,500,000

1977

9

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

8.6

1,200,000

1991

10

Dune: Part Two

8.5

643,000

2024

11

Gladiator

8.5

1,800,000

2000

12

Back to Future

8.5

1,400,000

1985

13

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

8.5

463,000

2023

14

The Lion King

8.5

1,200,000

1994

15

Inglourious Basterds

8.4

1,700,000

2009

16

Avengers: Endgame

8.4

1,400,000

2019

17

Raiders of the Lost Ark

8.4

1,100,000

1981

18

Avengers: Infinity War

8.4

1,300,000

2018

19

Coco

8.4

656,000

2017

20

Aliens

8.4

812,000

1986

21

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

8.4

737,000

2018

22

WALL-E

8.4

1,300,000

2008

23

2001: A Space Odyssey

8.3

757,000

1968

24

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

8.3

1,200,000

1983

25

Toy Story

8.3

1,100,000

1995

26

Up

8.3

1,200,000

2009

27

Toy Story 3

8.3

936,000

2010

28

Lawrence of Arabia

8.3

331,000

1962

29

North by Northwest

8.3

362,000

1959

30

Jurassic Park

8.2

1,100,000

1993

31

Spider-Man: No Way Home

8.2

959,000

2021

32

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

8.2

842,000

1989

33

Finding Nemo

8.2

1,200,000

2003

34

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

8.2

590,000

1975

35

The Great Escape

8.2

270,000

1963

36

Klaus

8.2

216,000

2019

37

The Treasures of the Sierra Madre

8.2

138,000

1948

38

Jaws

8.1

700,000

1975

39

How to Train Your Dragon

8.1

853,000

2010

40

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

8.1

1,300,000

2003

41

The Bridge on the River Kwai

8.1

243,000

1957

42

Mad Max: Fury Road

8.1

1,200,000

2015

43

Stand by Me

8.1

467,000

1986

44

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

8.1

1,000,000

2011

45

The Terminator

8.1

969,000

1984

46

Ratatouille

8.1

892,000

2007

47

Inside Out

8.1

873,000

2015

48

Monsters, Inc.

8.1

1,000,000

2001

49

The Wizard of Oz

8.1

452,000

1939

50

Barry Lyndon

8.1

195,000

1975

51

The Iron Giant

8.1

247,000

1999

52

Ben-Hur

8.1

265,000

1959

53

The Wages of Fear

8.1

71,000

1953

54

The Gold Rush

8.1

125,000

1925

55

The General

8.1

103,000

1926

56

Where Is the Friend’s House?

8.1

21,000

1987

57

Dune: Part One

8.0

963,000

2021

58

The Princess Bride

8.0

469,000

1987

59

Guardians of the Galaxy

8.0

1,300,000

2014

60

Big Fish

8.0

470,000

2003

61

Casino Royale

8.0

720,000

2006

62

Zootropolis

8.0

584,000

2016

63

The Revenant

8.0

915,000

2015

64

The Incredibles

8/0

860,000

2004

65

The Martian

8.0

972,000

2015

66

Into the Wild

8.0

681,000

2007

67

Blood Diamond

8.0

609,000

2006

68

Soul

8.0

411,000

2020

69

Aladdin

8.0

488,000

1992

70

Dances with Wolves

8.0

302,000

1990

71

Planet of the Apes

8.0

206,000

1968

72

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

7.9

434,000

2023

73

Iron Man

7.9

1,200,000

2008

74

Edge of Tomorrow

7.9

777,000

2014

75

Thor: Ragnarok

7.9

860,000

2017

76

The Blues Brothers

7.9

223,000

1980

77

Avatar

7.9

1,400,000

2009

78

Almost Famous

7.9

305,000

2000

79

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

7.9

733,000

2004

80

Shrek

7.9

777,000

2001

81

Star Trek

7.9

630,000

2009

82

Fantastic Mr Fox

7.9

288,000

2009

83

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

7.9

455,000

1982

84

Justice League

7.9

458,000

2021

85

X-Men: Days of Future Past

7.9

772,000

2014

86

Life of Pi

7.9

687,000

2012

87

Toy Story 2

7.9

648,000

1999

88

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

7.9

289,000

2000

89

Spartacus

7.9

149,000

1960

90

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.9

56,000

1938

91

The Wild Bunch

7.9

93,000

1969

92

The Ten Commandments

7.9

82,000

1956

93

Togo

7.9

59,000

2019

94

King Kong

7.9

94,000

1933

95

Sullivan’s Travels

7.9

30,000

1941

96

Don’t Look Now… We’re Being Shot At!

7.9

21,000

1966


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References

IMDb. (n.d.) Advanced Title Search: Feature Adventure films by user rating, votes, and country [online]. Available at: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&user_rating=7.2,9.3&num_votes=15000,&genres=adventure&country_of_origin=US,GB,ES,FR,NZ,AU,IT,GR,PT,BR,AR,MX,CA,IR,KR,CN&sort=user_rating,desc (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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