Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Neverland (TV Mini-series) (2011)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins…
- Clever prequel to "Peter Pan" from the producers of TIN MAN and ALICE that gives a fresh, alternative take on the origins of Peter Pan and Captain…
Treasure Island (2011)
- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Donald Sutherland…
- Eddie Izzard provides plenty of scowl and swagger as the latest incarnation of Long John Silver in this gritty and imaginative adaptation Robert…
War Horse (2011)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson…
- Steven Spielberg revives the magic of Old Hollywood with this rousing saga of a plucky farm stallion who goes on to inspire soldiers and citizens…
127 Hours (2010)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara…
- Vivid, imaginatively conceived reenactment of Aron Ralston’s remarkable true story of survival, in which the adventurer performed the unthinkable…
Alabama Moon (2010)
- Dir. Tim McCanlies
Feat. John Goodman, Jimmy Bennett, Clint Howard
- Simplistic family drama about an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness, who is forced out into the modern world when his survivalist…
Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, The (Adèle Blanc-Sec) (2010)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche…
- Luc Besson helms this outlandish female–scented romp, centred on the tomb raiding escapades of a writer (a fetching Louise Bourgoin) whose…
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
- Dir. Will Geiger
Feat. Bindi Irwin, Beau Bridges, Mike Falkow
- Genial revival of the FREE WILLY franchise with Bindi Irwin sent to spend her summer in South Africa with grandfather Beau Bridges and his failing…
How I Ended This Summer (2010)
- Dir. Aleksey Popogrebskiy
Feat. Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis
- Two Russian meteorologists isolated at polar station on the Arctic fringes put each other in jeopardy in this tense, slow–burn adventure.
An…
White Lion (2010)
- Dir. Michael Swan
- Entertaining and adorable fodder for wildlife lovers follows the journey of an endangered albino lion, destined according to legend to be a messenger…
Avatar (2009)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver…
- James Cameron’s record–shattering 3D epic is a woozy mix of allegory and special effects (developed at Wellington's Weta studios), set on a…