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| 1 |  | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |  4.0000 98 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Romance |
$43.99
| In 1936, as WWII looms near, Indiana Jones is hired by the Government to find the Ark of the ...more about Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen |
| 2 |  | Jaws (1975) | 3.9366 201 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$7.17
| After a teenager and a child are attacked by a Great White shark in a quiet beach community, the ...more about Jaws starring Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw |
| 3 |  | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | 3.9287 257 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family |
$12.87
| An extra terrestrial is accidentally left behind on Earth. He befriends a boy named Elliot and his ...more about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial starring Henry Thomas and Dee Wallace-Stone |
| 4 |  | Star Wars (1977) | 3.9039 237 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, ...more about Star Wars starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 5 |  | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 3.8557 145 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, War, Biography |
$3.95
| Based on the true story of British Army lieutenant T.E. Lawrence. During WWI Lawrence manages to ...more about Lawrence of Arabia starring Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness |
| 6 |  | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) | 3.8309 90 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, War |
$13.34
| In a WWII Japanese POW camp Col. Nicholson and his men are given the task to repair the bridge over ...more about Bridge on the River Kwai starring William Holden and Jack Hawkins |
| 7 |  | Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 3.7670 116 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| As Luke goes into seclusion, to master his Jedi skills, Hans and Leia have joined the Rebel Army to ...more about Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 8 |  | Superman (1978) | 3.7628 112 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| An alien child is sent to Earth from his dying home planet to help preserve his people. When Clark ...more about Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman |
| 9 |  | Ben-Hur (1959) |  3.7311 97 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance |
$3.42
| When Ben-Hur and long time friend Messala have a falling-out over political views Ben-Hur is sent ...more about Ben-Hur starring Charlton Heston and Jack Hawkins |
| 10 |  | Third Man, The (1950) | 3.7039 64 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$23.99
| Novelist Holly Martins goes to post-war Vienna on the invite of his friend, Harry Lime, who ...more about Third Man starring Joseph Cotten and Geoffrey Keen |
| 11 |  | Searchers, The (1956) | 3.6915 73 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Western |
$4.69
| Ethan Edwards (John Wayne)returned from war to find his family massacred and his niece kidnapped by ...more about Searchers starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter |
| 12 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) | 3.6862 659 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$2.70
| A small Hobbit named Frodo is entrusted with sealing Middle Earth's fate by destroying the 'One ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen |
| 13 |  | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | 3.6852 24 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Adaptation |
$6.55
| Aboard the HMS Bounty a crew and its captain set sail for Tahiti, but when the crew gets fed up ...more about Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton |
| 14 |  | Seven Samurai, The (1954) | 3.6473 44 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama |
$24.99
| A small village constantly attacked by bandits enlists seven samurais to help protect them and ...more about Seven Samurai starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune |
| 15 |  | King Kong (1933) | 3.6418 111 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$3.59
| A film crew exploring a remote island captures a gigantic ape and brings him back to New York for ...more about King Kong starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong |
| 16 |  | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) | 3.6412 67 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Romance |
$18.18
| Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced ...more about Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 17 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) | 3.6351 507 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$1.99
| The final chapter in the Lord of the Rings epic. Frodo is on a mission to destroy the 'One Ring' ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King starring Elijah Wood and Sean Astin |
| 18 |  | Right Stuff, The (1983) | 3.6338 38 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, History |
$4.98
| The film chronicles over the course of 15 years and shares the difficulties the government face in ...more about Right Stuff starring Sam Shepard and Scott Glenn |
| 19 |  | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 3.6321 218 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$10.99
| After thousands of years, a monolith reappears on the moon. When modern astronauts go to ...more about 2001: A Space Odyssey starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood |
| 20 |  | Apollo 13 (1995) | 3.5726 193 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, History |
$8.11
| What seemed like a routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong. The astronauts on board and ...more about Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton |
| 21 |  | North by Northwest (1959) | 3.5541 115 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$10.53
| Middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for a government ...more about North by Northwest starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint |
| 22 |  | Incredibles, The (2004) | 3.5296 515 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$12.99
| A community of superheroes is forced to give up their crime fighting ways after a string of ...more about Incredibles starring Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter |
| 23 |  | Time Bandits (1981) | 3.5164 63 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family |
$9.10
| A young boy joins a group of dwarfs on an adventure through time. He follows them through ...more about Time Bandits starring John Cleese and Sean Connery |
| 24 |  | Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die (1924) | 3.5087 9 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$27.95
| Siegfried, son of King Sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of Gunter, King of Worms, Kriemhild. ...more about Nibelungen: Siegfried starring Paul Richter and Georg August Koch |
| 25 |  | Court Jester, The (1956) | 3.5086 23 reviews | NA | Adventure, Musical, Comedy |
$3.90
| While the infant King of England is awaiting his rightful spot to the throne, the regent, Roderick ...more about Court Jester starring Danny Kaye and Glynis Johns |
| 26 |  | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 3.4773 316 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.30
| During the height of the Vietnam War, Special Forces Captain Willard is given the assignment to ...more about Apocalypse Now starring Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen |
| 27 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) | 3.4768 479 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$2.75
| In the second installment of the trilogy the fellowship must split up. Frodo and Samwise forge on ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen |
| 28 |  | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) | 3.4675 155 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Foreign |
$8.68
| The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li ...more about Crouching Tiger starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh |
| 29 |  | Guns of Navarone, The (1961) | 3.4619 32 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.23
| Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, a World War II a commando team consisting of Capt. Keith ...more about Guns of Navarone starring Gregory Peck and David Niven |
| 30 |  | From Russia with Love (1963) | 3.4578 70 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$43.91
| The evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E is using Lextor, the Soviet’s encrypting machine, as bait to trap the ...more about From Russia with Love starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi |
| 31 |  | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) | 3.4197 42 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$14.74
| Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they ...more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston |
| 32 |  | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 3.4155 103 reviews | PG | Adventure, Western, Biography, Crime |
$8.26
| Butch and Sundance finally rob one train too many. Now, with the law on their tail they must ...more about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford |
| 33 |  | King and I, The (1956) | 3.4000 19 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Musical, Romance, Family |
$12.99
| Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English ...more about King and I starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr |
| 34 |  | Red River (1948) | 3.3925 12 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Western |
$4.86
| Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive ...more about Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift |
| 35 |  | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 3.3799 368 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, War |
$11.99
| The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (BROLIN) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead ...more about No Country for Old Men starring Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin |
| 36 |  | Zulu (1964) | 3.3793 18 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
$5.99
| Two Lieutenants, Chard of Engineers and Bromhead find that their 140 man contingent in Natal has ...more about Zulu starring Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins |
| 37 |  | Goldfinger (1964) | 3.3716 85 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.99
| James Bond must stop evil tycoon Auric Goldfinger from robbing Fort Knox and destroying the global ...more about Goldfinger starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman |
| 38 |  | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | 3.3646 30 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Western, Musical, Romance, Comedy, Family |
$8.68
| Based on Stephen Vincent Benet’s novel, “The Sobbin’ Women,” is the feature film musical ...more about Seven Brides for Seven Brothers starring Matt Moore and Jeff Richards |
| 39 |  | King Kong (2005) | 3.3536 571 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$5.99
| A remake of the 1933 classic. A film crew goes to a remote island, captures a giant ape and brings ...more about King Kong starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black |
| 40 |  | Children of Men (2006) | 3.3475 276 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$5.55
| In 2027, humans can no longer procreate. A British government agent agrees to transport a pregnant ...more about Children of Men starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore |
| 41 |  | Back to the Future (1985) | 3.3440 93 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$17.77
| In a freak accident, Marty is taken to 1955, where he meets his parents as teenagers. His presence ...more about Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd |
| 42 |  | Easy Rider (1969) | 3.3410 75 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, Crime |
$3.95
| After scoring cocaine in Mexico, then re-selling it in California, two free spirited bikers set off ...more about Easy Rider starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper |
| 43 |  | Sideways (2004) | 3.3338 477 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$4.86
| Miles and Jack take a vacation to wine country a week before Jack's wedding. They meet two women ...more about Sideways starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church |
| 44 |  | Ten Commandments, The (1956) | 3.2877 67 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama |
$14.71
| The story of Moses, a Hebrew boy that was raised as an Egyptian prince. Upon learning of his ...more about Ten Commandments starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner |
| 45 |  | Volver (2006) | 3.2712 180 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Foreign |
$8.26
| A story set in Spain about three different women. A mother who is falling in love with a man who is ...more about Volver starring Penelope Cruz and Carmen Maura |
| 46 |  | Old Yeller (1957) | 3.2588 30 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Western, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Travis is the man of the house while his father is on a cattle drive. Travis is irritated when his ...more about Old Yeller starring Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker |
| 47 |  | Lion King, The (1994) | 3.2577 150 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney |
$22.95
| After his father's death a young lion cub is forced to leave the kingdom by his evil uncle hoping ...more about Lion King starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Matthew Broderick |
| 48 |  | Casino Royale (2006) | 3.2566 368 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$6.59
| The prequel to previous James Bond films, Casino Royale tells how Bond became MI6's most notorious ...more about Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green |
| 49 |  | Road to Morocco (1942) | 3.2560 12 reviews | NA | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
$5.70
| Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean, are cast away on a ...more about Road to Morocco starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope |
| 50 |  | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | 3.2520 83 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When several locals witness a strange alien encounter, they are all mysteriously drawn to a remote ...more about Close Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss and Franois Truffaut |
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