Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 488 Films to Buy & Rent
At the Earth's Core (1976)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
- Eccentric doctor Peter Cushing burrows down into the Earth onboard a huge iron mole to emerge in an underground world ruled by the Mahars:…
Eliza Fraser (The Rollicking Adventures of Eliza Fraser) (1976)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Noel Ferrier…
- Bawdy historical epic from the pen of David Williamson has York shipwrecked in 1830's Australia and forced to live with the local indigenous people.
Man in the Iron Mask, The (1976)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Jenny Agutter…
- Polished version of Dumas’ other great swashbuckler that encompasses The Three Musketeers, with Richard Chamberlain leading a great cast.
Off the Edge (1976)
- Dir. Michael Firth
- This breathtaking film captures both the grandeur of the Southern Alps and some spectacular skiing and handgliding feats performed by an American…
Dersu Uzala (1975)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko
- Kurosawa ventured to Russia for this Oscar–winning epic detailing the experiences of a Russian military explorer in Siberia, and his friendship…
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sean Connery, Michael Caine
- Conmen Sean Connery and Michael Caine have grand old–fashioned adventures in remote India.
Passenger, The (1975)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider
- Jack Nicholson stars in this slow but absorbing parable about a dissatisfied TV journalist on location in Africa, who exchanges his identity with a…
Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen
- Connery plays a Moroccan sheik who kidnaps American Bergin, angering the US government. Old fashioned epic based loosely on fact.
Castaway Cowboy, The (1974)
- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. James Garner, Vera Miles, Robert Culp
- Well–made Disney adventure yarn has Texas cowboy Garner land in troubled Hawaii in the 1850s. Here, he falls in with helping Miles drive cattle…
Gold (The Great Gold Conspiracy) (1974)
- Dir. Peter Hunt
Feat. Roger Moore, Susannah York, John Gielgud…
- A surprisingly tight, if strictly old–fashioned, thriller sees a top–form Roger Moore play the newly appointed manager of a South African…