Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 488 Films to Buy & Rent
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine…
- Admiral Walter Pidgeon takes his brand new atomic submarine for a drive with Commander Peter Lorre, just as a cosmic catastrophe occurs – the…
Hercules Unchained (1960)
- Dir. Pietro Francisci
Feat. Steve Reeves
- Representative Italian ‘Hercules’ in which Steve Reeves flexes himself on an epic journey to Thebes.
Kidnapped (1960)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee…
- The third screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic about a young lad who lands in the middle of the 18th century Scottish uprising. With…
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
- The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
- Dir. Jack Sher
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn…
- Gulliver's travels bring him to the lands of the giants and the tiny in this adaptation of Johnathan Swift's classic. The then break–through…
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. James Mason, Pat Boone
- James Mason and Pat Boone head an intrepid earth–burrowing expedition in good, old fashioned adventure based on Jules Verne's novel.
Old Man and the Sea, The (1958)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Spencer Tracy
- Spencer Tracey excels in this faithful adaptation of Hemingway’s famous novel, as an aging fisherman who carries on a lengthy duel with the forces…
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (7th Voyage of Sinbad) (1958)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant (Crosby), Richard Eyer…
- In his first and most engaging adventure, Sinbad convincingly duels the Cyclops, a dragon and a hyperactive skeleton without any computer assistance,…
Teenage Caveman (1958)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Robert Vaughn, Sarah Marshall, Leslie Bradley
- Prehistoric drive–in fare boosted by Roger Corman's knack for never letting action drag, and a baby–faced Robert Vaughn (Man from Uncle)…
Vikings, The (1958)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine
- Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine sport their Nordic apparel to conduct a brutal dispute over the throne of Northumbria. Elegant…