Best Adventurer Movies & TV Shows

Raiders of the Lost Ark

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

Run time: 115m Tagline: The return of the great adventure. Release: 1981-06-12

Stars: Alfred Molina Anthony Higgins Denholm Elliott Harrison Ford John Rhys-Davies Karen Allen Paul Freeman Ronald Lacey Vic Tablian Wolf Kahler

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Run time: 118m Tagline: If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones. Release: 1984-05-23

Stars: Amrish Puri Chua Kah Joo David Yip Harrison Ford Kate Capshaw Ke Huy Quan Philip Stone Ric Young Roshan Seth Roy Chiao

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

Run time: 122m Tagline: The adventure continues... Release: 2008-05-21

Stars: Cate Blanchett Dimitri Diatchenko Harrison Ford Igor Jijikine Ilia Volok Jim Broadbent John Hurt Karen Allen Ray Winstone Shia LaBeouf

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Run time: 155m Tagline: A legend will face his destiny. Release: 2023-06-25

Stars: Antonio Banderas Boyd Holbrook Ethann Isidore Harrison Ford John Rhys-Davies Karen Allen Mads Mikkelsen Olivier Richters Phoebe Waller-Bridge Toby Jones

Time Trap

A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

Run time: 87m Tagline: Escape to the future. Release: 2018-06-22

Stars: Andrew Wilson Brianne Howey Cassidy Gifford Chris Sturgeon Hans Marrero Jocelyn Kay Max Wright Olivia Draguicevich Reiley McClendon Rich Skidmore

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

Run time: 107m Tagline: Hold out for Mad Max. This is his greatest adventure. Release: 1985-06-29

Stars: Adam Cockburn Angelo Rossitto Angry Anderson Bruce Spence Frank Thring Helen Buday Mel Gibson Paul Larsson Robert Grubb Tina Turner

Mad Max 2

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Run time: 96m Tagline: Just one man can make a difference. Release: 1981-12-24

Stars: Arkie Whiteley Bruce Spence Emil Minty Kjell Nilsson Max Phipps Mel Gibson Michael Preston Vernon Wells Virginia Hey William Zappa

Mad Max

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

Run time: 91m Tagline: The maximum force of the future. Release: 1979-04-12

Stars: David Bracks Hugh Keays-Byrne Joanne Samuel Lisa Aldenhoven Lulu Pinkus Mel Gibson Roger Ward Steve Bisley Tim Burns Vincent Gil

One Piece

Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!

Stars: Akemi Okamura Hiroaki Hirata Kappei Yamaguchi Kazuya Nakai Mayumi Tanaka

Guardians of the Galaxy

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

Run time: 121m Tagline: When things get bad, they'll do their worst. Release: 2014-07-30

Stars: Bradley Cooper Chris Pratt Dave Bautista Djimon Hounsou John C. Reilly Karen Gillan Lee Pace Michael Rooker Vin Diesel Zoe Saldaña