Hidden Gems
Underrated Adventure Movies
Adventure films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Adventure Films
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Shichinin no samurai
Akira Kurosawa·1954·ActionTML 95★ 8.6$269K box officeToshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura +2
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Terry Gilliam·1975·AdventureTML 90★ 8.2$1.2M box officeTerry Jones, Graham Chapman +2
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz·1938·ActionTML 90★ 7.9$4.0M box officeWilliam Keighley, Errol Flynn +2
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The Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa·1958·ActionTML 88★ 8.0$47K box officeToshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara +2
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Kaguyahime no monogatari
Isao Takahata·2013·AnimationTML 88★ 8$1.5M box officeChloë Grace Moretz, James Caan +2
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The Wages of Fear
Henri-Georges Clouzot·1953·AdventureTML 87★ 8.1$21K box officeYves Montand, Charles Vanel +2
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Kaze no tani no Naushika
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$496K box officeSumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura +2
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The African Queen
John Huston·1951·AdventureTML 87★ 7.7$536K box officeHumphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn +2
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ashutosh Gowariker·2001·AdventureTML 86★ 8.1$70K box officeAamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav +2
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 86★ 8.0$496K box officeSumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura +2
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Ernest & Celestine
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner·2012·AnimationTML 85★ 7.8$262K box officeVincent Patar, Benjamin Renner +2
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Embrace of the Serpent
Ciro Guerra·2015·AdventureTML 84★ 7.8$1.3M box officeNilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet +2
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Porco Rosso
Hayao Miyazaki·1992·AnimationTML 83★ 7.7$443K box officeShûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô +2
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Castle in the Sky
Hayao Miyazaki·1986·AnimationTML 83★ 8.0$524K box officeMayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa +2
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La montaña sagrada
Alejandro Jodorowsky·1973·AdventureTML 82★ 7.9$61K box officeAlejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas +2
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Bacurau
Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho·2019·ActionTML 81★ 7.3$58K box officeKleber Mendonça Filho, Bárbara Colen +2
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The Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky·1973·AdventureTML 81★ 7.7$61K box officeAlejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas +2
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Woman at War
Benedikt Erlingsson·2018·AdventureTML 81★ 7.4$847K box officeHalldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson +2
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Boruto: Naruto The Movie
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Tsuru·2015·AnimationTML 81★ 7.7$920K box officeToshiyuki Tsuru, Yûko Sanpei +2
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