Best Adventure Movies of All Time

A ranked journey through quests, expeditions, survival stories and voyages into the fantastic. I favour a strong sense of place and discoveries that change the traveller, with room for exuberant escape and darker examinations of conquest. Start with Raiders of the Lost Ark for pace, The Princess Bride for wit, or Spirited Away for wonder. The longer and more meditative choices explain the commitment they ask. Animation and science fiction belong beside historical journeys here; inclusion does not turn a film's view of another culture into an endorsement.