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The subgenre Adventure contains 39 Films to Buy on DVD
Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival (2023)
- The true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the only man ever to have repeated their incredible…
- DVD $29.95
Velvet Queen, The (2021)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An incredible nature documentary from France as much about the human animal as the animal kingdom. It follows renowned wildlife photographer Vincent…
- DVD $29.95
Spread Your Wings (Donne-moi des ailes) (2019)
- A gorgeous boys' own eco–adventure from France, based on the true story of a visionary scientist and his 14–year–old son who bond…
- DVD $24.95
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A feel–good comic misadventure in which a rebellious city kid and his reluctant foster uncle become subjects of a manhunt after they "go bush"…
- DVD $29.95
Moana (2016)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An epic CGI Disney adventure about a Polynesian girl who sets sail on a daring ocean voyage to find a home for her people.
Features Kiwi voice…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
Odyssey, The (L'odyssée) (2016)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A shimmering yet unvarnished biopic of pioneering Frenchman Jacques Cousteau, who invented the aqualung and went on to become a world–famous…
- DVD $29.95
Swiss Army Man (2016)
- Off–the–wall buddy flick in which a man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to…
- DVD $29.95
Hobbit, The - An Unexpected Journey (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth with this epic first chapter in The Hobbit saga, which follows Bilbo Baggins' quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Game of Thrones - Season 1 (TV Series) (2011)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Justifiably acclaimed medieval series applies the magic HBO touch to the often–ridiculed world of sword and sorcery, with realism and violence…
- DVD
$30 $20
Hugo (2011)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A state–of–the–art fantasy and homage to the origins of film and one of its earlier innovators, George Méliès (Kingsley), whose…
- DVD
$20 $15
How I Ended This Summer (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Two Russian meteorologists isolated at polar station on the Arctic fringes put each other in jeopardy in this tense, slow–burn adventure.
An…
- DVD $34.95
Tales of the Riverbank (2008)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Based on the classic UK tv series, this tells the story of Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig, who, in the wake of a big storm, embark…
- DVD
$24.95 $19.95
Monkey Puzzle (2007)
- A camping trip in search of a rare tree goes pear–shaped for a group of Aussie twenty–somethings as they lose their bearings and their…
- DVD
$29.95 $14.95
King Kong (2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Peter Jackson's colossal remake lavishes one of the cinema's greatest legends in 21st century technology and ratchets up the emotional stakes to…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta) (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Sumptuously filmed two–wheeled road trip across 1950s South America with the youthful, asthmatic Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Bernal), and friend…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Joan of Arc (The Messenger) (1999)
- The French heroine gets the big–budget splurge with a religiously inspired Milla Jovovich leading the French peasantry against the Brits, only…
- DVD $19.95
Apollo 13 (1995)
- An All–American true story in which Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are astronauts aboard the ill–fated mission to the moon, while…
Zero Kelvin (1995)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- This tale of hardcore cabin fever in the 1930s has the Arctic wasteland as a backdrop for the face off between two romantic idealists – one a…
- Poster (G) $9.95
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
- Update of James Fenimore Cooper's oft–filmed novel with Daniel Day–Lewis sporting the hero's loin–cloth. Authentically recreates…
- DVD $19.95
Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta) (1992)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A world weary pilot, with a pig's head, protects shipping on the Adriatic from air pirates in the wake of World War I.
Although not one of his…
- DVD $29.95
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- Impressive biopic of American primatologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), who ventured to the volitile African jungle to study the…
- DVD
$20 $15
Willow (1988)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Mission, The (1986)
- Jeremy Irons plays a Jesuit missionary in the jungles of 18th Century Brazil. Robert De Niro is his agressive adversary who gradually comes to seek…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Ladyhawke (1985)
- Enjoyable sword–and–sorcery yarn filmed in the Dolomites pits Matthew Broderick as a Medieval tyke who must unlock the evil spell cast on…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Man from Snowy River , The (1981)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Sterling entertainment in the old fashioned sense, this Western has both spectacle and a big–hearted story of a man who must prove himself to…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
- The last of Ray Harryhausen's 'Sinbad' series and probably the weakest as hero sails to break a spell that has turned a prince into a baboon. Some…
- DVD $39.95
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
- Conmen Sean Connery and Michael Caine have grand old–fashioned adventures in remote India.
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1973)
- Arabian Nightish saga with Tom Baker (Dr Who) as Sinbad's adversary. The swordplay of a six–armed statue is but one of the Harryhausen FX…
- DVD $39.95
Papillon (1973)
- Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman escape French prison colony Devil's Island. Memorable drama.
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Some Girls Do (1969)
- Return outing for Richard Johnson's 'Bulldog Drummond' pits the Bond–wannabe against a cabal of mini–skirted fembots and his…
- DVD $19.95
Zulu (1969)
- Vivid historical epic about a British army post besieged by the Zulu hordes in 19th century South Africa. Half of the film is a blow by blow recount…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant) (1962)
- Naval drama set aboard a British warship during the Napoleonic wars is a defiantly good–quality effort. Script, photography (by Christopher…
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- In his first and most engaging adventure, Sinbad convincingly duels the Cyclops, a dragon and a hyperactive skeleton without any computer assistance,…
- DVD $39.95
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
- Rugged ships captain John Wayne conducts hair–raising salvages off the 19th century Florida coast, in this spectacular sea–adventure,…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Sabu stars in this magical, intoxicating vision of the Arabian Nights, some twenty years before the genre was revived in SINBAD. Romance, tragedy,…
- DVD $14.95
Lost Horizon (1937)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Wonderful fantasy adventure about five people who find sanctuary in a Tibetan Valley where good health, peace and longevity reign. A haunting and…