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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. The Blue Lagoon (1980)
directed by Randal Kleiser
featuring Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels, Elva JosephsonThis 1980 version of the oft-filmed Henry Devere Stackpoole novel The Blue Lagoon was the first to be stamped with an "R" rating. The basic story ... More
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3. Return to Snowy River (1988)
directed by Geoff Burrowes
featuring Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Bryan MarshallRomance 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
directed by James Fargo
featuring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Ruth GordonClint 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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7. Medicine Man (1992)
directed by John McTiernan
featuring Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, Jose Wilker, Rodolfo de Alexandra, Angelo Barra MoreiraThe 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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8. 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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9. Romancing the Stone (1984)
directed by Robert Zemeckis
featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso ArauKathleen 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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10. The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
directed by Lewis Teague
featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focas, Avner EisenbergThe 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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11. The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
featuring Martin Short, Annie Golden, Tim CurryList of all editionsThis heartwarming animated tale--reportedly inspired by a National Geographic documentary--follows the exploits of a shy penguin, Hubie, who is ... More
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12. The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
directed by Jonathan Frakes
featuring Noah Wyle, Bruce Davison, Jane Curtin, Bob NewhartList of all editionsThe fearless bookworm who searched for King Solomon's Mines and sought out some of the world's most priceless relics returns to investigate a mystery ... More
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13. Elephant Walk (1954)
directed by William Dieterle
featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch, Abraham Sofaer, Abner BibermanList of all editionsElephant Walk was several weeks into production when the film's original leading lady, Vivien Leigh, was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor (you can still ... More
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14. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
directed by Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett
featuring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Lowell GilmoreList of all editionsMGM's expensive remake of the 1937 British adventure film King Solomon's Mines stars Stewart Granger as fearless-explorer Alan Quartermaine, and ... More
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15. Ivanhoe (1952)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn WilliamsList of all editionsProduced by MGM's British facilities, the Technicolor Ivanhoe starred Robert Taylor in the title role. Returning to England from the Third Crusades, ... More
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16. 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 was ... More
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17. Sahara (2005)
directed by Breck Eisner
featuring Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, Lambert Wilson, Glynn TurmanList of all editionsMatthew 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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18. 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
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19. Robin and Marian (1976)
directed by Richard Lester
featuring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Nicol WilliamsonList of all editionsThough the story told in Robin and Marian is unfamiliar to most audiences, it is actually quite faithful to several of the ancient Robin Hood legends ... More
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20. Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
directed by Byron Paul
featuring Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet, Tyler McVeyList of all editionsDick Van Dyke stars as U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Robinson Crusoe in one of Disney's weakest comedies. Like in the Daniel Defoe story, Crusoe finds ... More
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21. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
directed by Rouben Mamoulian
featuring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene PalletteList of all editionsThis is perhaps the best of the many Zorro films as Tyrone Power gives an outstanding performance as the alternately swishing and swashbuckling son ... More
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22. 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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23. 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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24. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
featuring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric KnowlesList of all editionsIn 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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25. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
directed by Lewis Gilbert
featuring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline MunroList of all editionsThough 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







