Subgenre Sampler
Family > Adventure: 179 Films to Buy & Rent
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The (TV Series) (Taiyô no ko Esteban) (1982-1983)
- Richly detailed 80's kids anime series centred on a young boy on a worldwide quest to discover his true identity via the Seven Cities of Gold. A…
Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)
- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. John Shackley, Jim Baker II, Peter Dolphin
- 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…
Man from Snowy River , The (1981)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson
- 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…
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman…
- Iconic adventure movie catapults one Indiana Jones into a world of endless peril to retrieve the mystical Arc of the Covenant. Breath–taking,…
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith
- Final sequel to THE LOVE BUG is set at Rio De Janiero's Grande Premio.
Last Flight of Noah's Ark, The (1980)
- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Elliott Gould, Genevieve Bujold, Rick Schroder…
- Disney adventure begins with a forced landing on a desert island by pilot Gould, missionary Bujold and an assortment of children and animals. Soon,…
Black Stallion, The (1979)
- Dir. Carroll Ballard
Feat. Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr…
- A young boy is saved from a shipwreck by a magnificent black horse that he eventually enters in a prestigious racing championship. A stylish and…
Famous Five, The (TV Series) (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five) (1978-1979)
- Feat. Michele Gallagher, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell…
- The original and most beloved of The Famous Five TV serials, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's adventure novels.
Of Blyton's 21 stories,…
Blue Fin (1977)
- Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Hardy Kruger, Greg Rowe
- From the creators of STORM BOY, this ocean adventure focuses on the demanding relationship between a father and his son on a tuna–fishing boat…
Gulliver's Travels (1977)
- Dir. Peter Hunt
Feat. Richard Harris, Catherine Schell
- One of the first films to combine live action and animation, this 1977 version has the gruff old Harris play the shipwrecked sailor who awakens in a…