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1. The Princess Bride (1987)
directed by Rob Reiner
featuring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher GuestBased on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred ... More
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2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
directed by Ang Lee
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-PeiTaiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special ... More
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3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
directed by Kevin Reynolds
featuring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Alan RickmanThis film is a '90s version of the classic Robin Hood story, with Kevin Costner starring as the good-guy thief. Costner is joined in his efforts ... More
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4. The African Queen (1951)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore BikelAfter years of wooing director John Huston via good reviews, film critic James Agee was given a chance to write the screenplay for a Huston picture. ... More
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5. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
directed by Michael Mann
featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Wes StudiDirector Michael Mann based this lushly romantic version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel more on his memory of the 1936 film version (starring ... More
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6. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
directed by Lewis Gilbert
featuring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline MunroThough not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from ... More
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7. Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
directed by Ivan Reitman
featuring Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera MorrisonIvan Reitman directed this romantic comedy-adventure that opens in New York where fast-paced magazine associate editor Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) and ... More
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8. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
directed by John Glen
featuring Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian GloverRoger Moore is back as Secret Agent 007, this time on the trail of shipwreck that holds an Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) for all of ... More
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9. Sahara (2005)
directed by Breck Eisner
featuring Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, Lambert Wilson, Glynn TurmanMatthew McConaughey stars as explorer and adventurer Dirk Pitt in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Clive Cussler. Pitt thinks he may have ... More
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10. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
featuring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric KnowlesIn order to avoid the material copyrighted by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. for his 1922 Robin Hood, the scripters of this Flynn version relied on several ... More
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11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
directed by Peter Hunt
featuring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Ilse Steppat, Gabriele FerzettiList of all editionsIt wasn't as well received at the box office as the pictures that preceded it or followed it, but Peter Hunt's On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one ... More
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12. The Living Daylights (1987)
directed by John Glen
featuring Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-DaviesList of all editionsThe Living Daylights represents the first appearance by Timothy Dalton as "Bond...James Bond." Based loosely on an obscure Ian Fleming short story, ...
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13. Medicine Man (1992)
directed by John McTiernan
featuring Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, Jose Wilker, Rodolfo de Alexandra, Angelo Barra MoreiraList of all editionsThe Amazon rain forest is a living laboratory for Dr. Robert Campbell (Sean Connery), a reclusive research scientist living with a Brazilian native ... More
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14. Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
directed by Mike Robe
featuring Barbara Hershey, Jon VoightList of all editionsThe first of a number of sequels to the highly successful western mini-series Lonesome Dove featured few of the same actors as the original, nor was ... More
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15. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat AndrianeList of all editionsSteve McQueen received his only Academy Award nomination for his performance in this epic-scale war drama, based on the novel by Richard McKenna. In ... More
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16. Romancing the Stone (1984)
directed by Robert Zemeckis
featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso ArauList of all editionsKathleen Turner plays a writer of adventure stories, Joan Wilder, who has been having trouble selling her works of late because they aren't remotely ... More
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17. Return to Snowy River (1988)
directed by Geoff Burrowes
featuring Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Bryan MarshallList of all editionsRomance and adventure abound in this sequel to the popular Australian film The Man from Snowy River. The story takes up five years after the other ... More
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18. The Pirate Movie (1982)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Maggie KirkpatrickList of all editionsAn introverted girl who yearns for popularity (Kristy McNichol) attends a pirate festival in her seaside community, featuring a swordplay demo led by ... More
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19. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
directed by James Fargo
featuring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Ruth GordonList of all editionsClint Eastwood's first comedy feature proved to be one of his most profitable vehicles. Eastwood plays Philo Beddoe, a bare-knuckle boxer who travels ... More
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20. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert MorleyList of all editionsKen Annakin's large-canvas comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines is set in 1910. In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord ... More
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21. The Moon-Spinners (1964)
directed by James Neilson
featuring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery, Joan Greenwood, Irene PapasList of all editionsDisney produced this distilled Hitchcockian suspense yarn, diluted for the consumption of children. Hayley Mills stars as Nikky Ferris who is ... More
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22. The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
directed by Lewis Teague
featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focas, Avner EisenbergList of all editionsThe Jewel of the Nile takes up where Romancing the Stone left off, with romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) traveling around the world ... More
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23. High Road to China (1983)
directed by Brian G. Hutton
featuring Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley, Robert MorleyList of all editionsO'Malley (Tom Selleck) is a heavy-drinking, tough biplane pilot flying the skies of China for fun and profit when Eve (Bess Armstrong) seeks him out ... More
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24. Conagher (1991)
directed by Reynaldo Villalobos
featuring Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush, Ken CurtisList of all editionsThis well-wrought made-for-cable television western is faithfully adapted from a Louis L'Amour novel and centers on the budding relationship between ... More
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25. The English Patient (1996)
directed by Anthony Minghella
featuring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen AndrewsList of all editionsAnthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the ... More







