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
- 1
Shichinin no samurai
Akira Kurosawa·1954·ActionTML 95★ 8.6$269K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
- 2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Terry Gilliam·1975·AdventureTML 90★ 8.2$1.2M box officeStarring
Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
- 3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz·1938·ActionTML 90★ 7.9$4.0M box officeStarring
William Keighley, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
- 4
The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming·1939·AdventureTML 89★ 8$2.1M box officeStarring
George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe
- 5
The Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa·1958·ActionTML 88★ 8.0$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
- 6
Kaguyahime no monogatari
Isao Takahata·2013·AnimationTML 88★ 8$1.5M box officeStarring
Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
- 7
The Wages of Fear
Henri-Georges Clouzot·1953·AdventureTML 87★ 8.1$21K box officeStarring
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
- 8
Kaze no tani no Naushika
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$496K box officeStarring
Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
- 9
The African Queen
John Huston·1951·AdventureTML 87★ 7.7$536K box officeStarring
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
- 10
Song of the Sea
Tomm Moore·2014·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$858K box officeStarring
David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan
- 11
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ashutosh Gowariker·2001·AdventureTML 86★ 8.1$70K box officeStarring
Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
- 12
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 86★ 8.0$496K box officeStarring
Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
- 13
Soul
Pete Docter·2020·AnimationTML 86★ 8.1$946K box officeStarring
Kemp Powers, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton
- 14
Queen
Vikas Bahl·2013·AdventureTML 86★ 8.2$1.4M box officeStarring
Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon, Jeffrey Ho
- 15
Ernest & Celestine
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner·2012·AnimationTML 85★ 7.8$262K box officeStarring
Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner, Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner
- 16
The General
Clyde Bruckman·1926·ActionTML 85★ 8.1$1.0M box officeStarring
Buster Keaton, Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
- 17
Mononoke-hime
Hayao Miyazaki·1997·AnimationTML 85★ 8.4$2.4M box officeStarring
Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
- 18
Embrace of the Serpent
Ciro Guerra·2015·AdventureTML 84★ 7.8$1.3M box officeStarring
Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis
- 19
Porco Rosso
Hayao Miyazaki·1992·AnimationTML 83★ 7.7$443K box officeStarring
Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura Vi, Tsunehiko Kamijô
- 20
Castle in the Sky
Hayao Miyazaki·1986·AnimationTML 83★ 8.0$524K box officeStarring
Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
- 21
La montaña sagrada
Alejandro Jodorowsky·1973·AdventureTML 82★ 7.9$61K box officeStarring
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
- 22
The Secret of Kells
Tomm Moore·2009·AnimationTML 82★ 7.6$686K box officeStarring
Nora Twomey, Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally
- 23
Bacurau
Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho·2019·ActionTML 81★ 7.3$58K box officeStarring
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira
- 24
The Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky·1973·AdventureTML 81★ 7.7$61K box officeStarring
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
- 25
Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper·1969·AdventureTML 81★ 7.2$123K box officeStarring
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza
- 26
Woman at War
Benedikt Erlingsson·2018·AdventureTML 81★ 7.4$847K box officeStarring
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson
- 27
Boruto: Naruto The Movie
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Tsuru·2015·AnimationTML 81★ 7.7$920K box officeStarring
Toshiyuki Tsuru, Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Ryûichi Kijima
- 28
The Cure
Peter Horton·1995·AdventureTML 81★ 7.7$2.6M box officeStarring
Joseph Mazzello, Brad Renfro, Aeryk Egan, Delphine French
- 29
Tôkyô goddofâzâzu
Satoshi Kon·2003·AnimationTML 80★ 7.8$129K box officeStarring
Shôgo Furuya, Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto
- 30
Karwaan
Akarsh Khurana·2018·AdventureTML 80★ 7.6$182K box officeStarring
Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan, Mithila Palkar, Amala Akkineni