Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Mogambo (1953)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
- Clark Gable squeezes in wooing both Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly between bouts of elephant shooting in the African jungle.
Peter Pan (1953)
- Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
- Walt's version of the J M Barrie classic, animated with consummate skill by his army of inhouse artisans.
The flying imp Peter Pan leads Wendy and…
Return to Paradise (1953)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes
- Understated drama with Cooper as a carefree drifter content to live aimlessly in his Pacific Island paradise. His idyllic existence is threatened by…
Wages of Fear (Salaire de la Peur, Le) (1953)
- Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Yves Montand, Charles Vanel
- A young Yves Montand leads a group of impoverished men over rocky Latin American terrain with a dangerous load of nitro–glycerine. Considered…
Ivanhoe (1952)
- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine…
- Boisterous Middle–Ages spectacular featuring brutal action scenes.
Story of Robin Hood, The (1952)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch…
- Colourful, uncomplicated rendering of the famous tale should delight younger viewers. Filmed in England by Walt Disney Studios.
African Queen, The (1951)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
- A magnificent combination of comedy, character and adventure with odd companions Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn trying to survive each other…
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
- Dir. Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton
Feat. Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson
- Stewart Granger is Allan Quartermain, Deborah Kerr and Richard Carlson are his intrepid side–kicks who venture the perilous African jungle in…
Long John Silver (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney…
- Rambunctious adventure with arch pirate Long John Silver on the hunt for his young friend Jim Hawkins and maybe some treasure. Arrrrrgh!!! Notably…
Treasure Island (Long John Silver) (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney…
- This definitive version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story was the first live–action feature from Disney studios, and contains…