Adventure Movies That Have Won Oscars and Golden Globes



The Most Prestigious Awards for Adventure Films: Oscars & Golden Globes

Mad Max 2 Stream Mad Max 2 Officially Now!

1981, null

96 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

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.

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die Stream Bad Boys: Ride or Die Officially Now!

2024, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

115 minutes

Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Adventure

After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.

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Black Panther Stream Black Panther Officially Now!

2018, null

135 minutes

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Stream Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Officially Now!

2006, Gore Verbinski

151 minutes

Adventure, Fantasy, Action

Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

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Ice Age Stream Ice Age Officially Now!

2002, Chris Wedge

81 minutes

Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure

With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. Along the way, the unlikely allies become friends but, when enemies attack, their quest takes on far nobler aims.

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The Boss Baby: Family Business Stream The Boss Baby: Family Business Officially Now!

2021, Tom McGrath

107 minutes

Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family

The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.

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Wreck-It Ralph Stream Wreck-It Ralph Officially Now!

2012, null

101 minutes

Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? Stream O Brother, Where Art Thou? Officially Now!

2000, Joel Coen

107 minutes

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.

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Award-Winning Adventure Films That Made History at the Oscars and Golden Globes

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Stream Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Officially Now!

2005, null

140 minutes

Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

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Mad Max 2 Stream Mad Max 2 Officially Now!

1981, null

96 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

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.

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die Stream Bad Boys: Ride or Die Officially Now!

2024, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

115 minutes

Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Adventure

After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.

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Dalia and the Red Book Stream Dalia and the Red Book Officially Now!

2024, David Bisbano

106 minutes

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation

Dalia, the daughter of a famous writer who has recently died, inherits the legacy of finishing his book. To do this, Dalia will become part of the book and will come face to face with the characters who have taken the theme of the book in order to be the protagonists.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming Stream Spider-Man: Homecoming Officially Now!

2017, null

133 minutes

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Stream Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Officially Now!

1984, Steven Spielberg

118 minutes

Adventure, Action

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.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron Stream Avengers: Age of Ultron Officially Now!

2015, Joss Whedon

141 minutes

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Stream Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Officially Now!

2022, Sam Raimi

126 minutes

Fantasy, Action, Adventure

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

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Biggest Upsets: When Adventure Films Lost Major Awards

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Stream Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Officially Now!

2011, Guy Ritchie

129 minutes

Adventure, Action, Crime, Mystery

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

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Moana 2 Stream Moana 2 Officially Now!

2024, Dana Ledoux Miller, David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand

99 minutes

Animation, Adventure, Family, Comedy

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

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Easy Rider Stream Easy Rider Officially Now!

1969, null

95 minutes

Adventure, Drama

Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.

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The Professionals Stream The Professionals Officially Now!

1966, null

117 minutes

Western, Adventure, Action

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

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Starship Troopers Stream Starship Troopers Officially Now!

1997, Paul Verhoeven

129 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

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From Russia with Love Stream From Russia with Love Officially Now!

1963, Terence Young

115 minutes

Action, Thriller, Adventure

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

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Paddington Stream Paddington Officially Now!

2014, Paul King

96 minutes

Comedy, Adventure, Family

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure Stream Maze Runner: The Death Cure Officially Now!

2018, Wes Ball

143 minutes

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

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