Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Man from Snowy River 2, The (1988)
- Dir. Geoff Burrowes
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Tom Burlinson
- Tom Burlinson returns to gather wild horses from up the Snowy River in this lesser sequel.
Fits a love–triangle into the draw as well as the…
Navigator, The (A Medieval Odyssey) (1988)
- Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Marshall Napier
- A group of 14th Century Cumbrians experience future shock when their mining expedition leads them to contemporary New Zealand. A terrific adventure…
Pippi Longstocking, New Adventures Of (1988)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan
- Updated feature film version of the mischievous orphan girl, all pigtails, freckles and high spirits.
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
- Dir. Michael Rubbo
- Tommy Tricker is a crafty lad who discovers how to shrink oneself onto postage stamps and thus be mailed anywhere in the world. Quality,…
Walker (1988)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Ed Harris, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Boyle…
- Harris is William Walker in an unwieldy, idiosyncratic account of the American adventurer's takeover of Nicaragua in 1855.
Warlock (1988)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Mary Woronov
- Richard E. Grant plays a witch–hunter on the tail of an evil 17th Century Warlock (Julian Sands) in this hammy fantasy adventure that enjoyed a…
Willow (1988)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis…
- Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…
Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones…
- Proficient, if dated adventure yarn in which explorer Chamberlain and archaeologist Stone set off to Africa in search of a missing brother. Mixes…
Castaway (1987)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Amanda Donohoe, Oliver Reed
- Amanda Donahue and Oliver Reed cohabit on a desert island. Story verges on allegory.
Lionheart (1987)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicholas Clay…
- Young knight Eric Stoltz and a band of medieval tykes join King Richard II's crusade to defeat the Black Prince.