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Plot Summary:
Andreas, nephew of the abbot of the Monastery of Dionysios, who died eight years previously, arrives at Agion Oros (Mount Athos) with a team of smugglers of antiquities, with the intention of stealing a gold cross set with precious gems, known as the Cross of Alexander the Great. He earns the trust of the meek and hospitable monks. However, a Jewish girl, Anna - whom, while still a baby during the war, her father had entrusted to the care of the hermit Vasileios - continues to pretend she is a young monk. She manages gradually to discover the entire scheme and acts to foil their plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Adventure
Country: Greece
Duration: 82 min
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Drop Me a Cat (2003)
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It's the year 1999, Hei-shu (Kuroki), a long-term unemployed man, finally gets a job in a local musical band.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Adventure
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 94 min
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Marchland (2010)
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Marchland is a road-trip action-comedy, where two families collide on the Canadian-American border. The Van Jurgens, three brothers burdened with caring for their catatonic father after the recent death of their mother, and facing foreclosure on the family home, embark on a journey to find a fortune. The situation goes from bad to worse, when they end up forced to smuggle narcotics across the American border. Meanwhile, Dale and Charlene are a brother and sister team working for the Canadian Border Patrol. Dale's fragile mental state begins to crack after an accident on patrol, and Charlene struggles to keep his condition a secret from their suspicious father, who happens to be their Chief Officer. These two groups of sibling face their fears, their regrets, their futures and each other in this frantic, desperate and unusual adventure.
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Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Raiders of the Lost Library (2022)
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While digging one of the many tunnels for the Moscow metro, Soviet workers unearth ruins of a dungeon. The site is closed, the metro tunnel is diverted, and amidst the bustle no one notices the tunnel workers’ foreman pocketing a little ‘souvenir’ – a book-sized frame made of precious metals featuring an inscription in an unknown language. Decades later, the foreman’s grandson Ilya, who works as a courier, discovers the ancient relic in a pile of old junk. Oblivious to the true value of the family heirloom, he soon learns about it from a mysterious stranger. The relic is the key to the secret location of the priceless ancient library that belonged to Ivan the Terrible. What Ilya doesn’t know is that the search for the lost library has been going on for centuries, and now very powerful people are after him. Ilya and the mysterious stranger decide to try their luck in finding the library.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min
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FIREBALL RUN: The Movie (2008)
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FIREBALL RUN: The Movie is one epic GAME starting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and finishing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For 9 days, through 18 cities, spanning 3500 miles teams from everywhere must solve clues and accomplish missions in order to navigate America and score. Then its machine vs machine on some of the country's most challenging race tracks. All while aiding in the nations largest recovery effort for missing children.
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Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
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The Last Relic (1969)
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A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
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Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
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It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the rocks of Smugglers Bay, and murdering their crews for the sake of loot, the fishermen begin to fear for their livelihoods. In desperation, they appeal to the local magistrate Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing).
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Falcon's Gold (1982)
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An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada, Mexico
Duration: 96 min
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Treasure of Tayopa (1974)
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Modern day western about an expedition led by Winters to find a lost treasure in the Mexican badlands. Psycho Trapani turns the search into a bloodbath.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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The Trek (2002)
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Reports of a sighting of an extraordinary elephant lead the members of the Asian Elephant Conservation group aided by foreign researchers on a dangerous journey deep in the jungle. It takes them on a dangerous route used for smuggling amphetamine. Heading into the jungle, the team starts encountering tragedy after tragedy. Will they find this extraordinary elephant?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Adventure
Country: Thailand
Duration: 102 min
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Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: naughty, erotic
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Knives of the Avenger (1966)
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A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of king and the woman for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, psychotronic
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Hiking Miracles: GR 20 (2017)
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A girl, inexperienced hiker, decided to embark on one of the most amazing marked trail on the planet, Corsican GR 20. Through her feelings you will see trekking like never before. The Story full of unforgettable moments is an adventure of 16 days journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Adventure
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Forbidden Quest (1993)
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1931: in Ireland, a film maker hears of an aged ship's carpenter who knows the fate of the Hollandia, a Norse ship that set sail in 1905 and vanished. The old salt has canisters of film to prove his tale. We see the footage as he narrates. They sail south in June, 1905, with scores of Siberian huskies aboard, meeting no living soul, the crew ignorant of the trip's purpose, until they reach Antarctica. A mysterious Italian paces the deck; a polar bear appears, and the Italian, possessed, hunts it down. That night, the boatswain explains to the crew how an Arctic bear could be at the South Pole and why the Hollandia has come. Visitors arrive, and the Gothic tale plays out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, weird, fake documentary
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Seven Slaves Against the World (1964)
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Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot, arid fringes of the Empire. Centurion Gaius, cruel and corrupt, resents being replaced by Marcus. He instigates a revolt by his slave-workers, then blames the situation on Marcus. During the revolt, five muscular slaves escape. They meet up with fellow escapee Balisten, a farmer unjustly condemned to the aqueduct project. Balisten, impressed by Marcus's enlightened attitudes, has rescued the Tribune from the revolt. The six slaves, with Marcus's advice, plan to gain their freedom using their prowess as gladiators. Marcus plans to clear his name and to re-unite with his fiancée, Claudia, recently arrived from Rome. Gaius plans to kill Marcus and thus hide the truth about the slave revolt. Brawls and fights both inside and outside the arena come thick and fast.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: campy
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No Stars in the Jungle (1967)
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A white man searches for a legendary gold mine in the depths of the Peruvian jungle.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Adventure
Country: Argentina, Peru
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: art house
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
Plot Summary:
The international criminal Vinaro enjoys sending explosive wristwatches to his enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Adventure
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Daughter of the Sun God (1962)
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This adventure chronicles the exploits of an author/explorer on a trip to Peru to hunt for the missing uncle of his pretty young companion. Her archaeologist uncle disappeared while searching for a lost Incan city that he found upon an ancient map. Together the writer and the girl launch an expedition to search for this legendary city. They are guided by another Yankee archaeologist. It is he who swiped the map from the woman's uncle. With their help, he hopes to find the city so he and his gang of thieves can loot it. Along the way they encounter many dangers including, snakes, crocodiles, jaguars, and quicksand. The writer and the niece get their first and warn the Incas living their. The Indians neatly dispatch the evil archaeologist and his band.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious
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The Seventh Coin (1993)
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An independent film starring Peter O'Toole and directed by Dror Soref. In modern-day Jerusalem, an Arab boy and a beautiful American tourist are accidentally entrusted with a priceless coin from the age of King Herod. Soon the two are falling in love and running for their lives from Emil Saber, a man obsessed with possessing the fabled coin at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The King's Guard (2000)
Plot Summary:
A princess falls in love with her father's swordsman.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, light, feel good, independent film, dark comedy
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Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
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An adventurer searches for the fabled Golden Cities of El Dorado and allies himself with a tribe of Amazon women against a murderous villain who is also after the treasure.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic
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In Gold We Trust (2010)
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A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
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An altruistic park ranger stumbles upon a beautiful but feral young girl who spent most of her life being raised by a pack of white wolves. But his plans to tame her wild ways are cut short when an enterprising trapper hears about her story and sets out to sell her as a freak to a traveling side show.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious
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Cold River (1982)
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Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known as a 'winterkill' - so named because the animals are totally unprepared for a sudden, early winter, and many freeze or starve to death), a disastrous turn of events leaves the two children to find their own way home without food, or protection from the elements.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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My Side of the Mountain (1969)
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Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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The Climb (1986)
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Based on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Spear of Destiny (2010)
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When a museum professor disappears, his colleagues must solve riddles and avoid traps to find the mythical Spear of Destiny and rescue the professor.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, disturbing
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The Hunt for the Amber Room (2012)
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It's the greatest myth of the German post-war era: The Amber Room. Since its disappearance in 1945 from Koenigsberg Castle, legions of treasure hunters have tried and failed to find the room. It is said that Physics genius, Albert Einstein hid the legendary Amber Room from the Nazis in the turmoil of the last days of the war. It bears a secret within its amber - in wrong hands, it could destroy mankind! Our adventurers, Eik, Katharina and Justus, come across an incredible trace and with the help of Einstein's great-granddaughter Mila, together they fight off a ruthless pharmaceutical magnate who spares no effort to get ahold of the Amber Room. From Europe's biggest monument in Leipzig, through the halls of Munich's German Museum, across the dunes of St. Peter-Ording, to the Nazi caves of the Berchtesgaden Alps. The adventurous hunt begins. Written by Dreamtool Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
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Indiana Jones, now a captain in the French army, is assigned to escort two Austrian princes to meet with Emperor Karl I and convince him to broker a peace deal with France and Britain at the expense of Austria's alliance with Germany. Two months later, at the French Embassy in Petrograd, Indy must decide between his loyalty to his friends and his work in French Intelligence when he is pressed to discover details of a possible bolshevik revolution in Russia which would cripple the French war effort.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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Treasure Guards (2011)
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On a dig in the remote Jordanian desert, maverick archaeologist Victoria Carter (Anna Friel) discovers an ancient scroll buried in the ruins of an old temple. It is encrypted with the location of the long lost Seal of Solomon, which, according to legend, was given to King Solomon by God himself. But this mighty treasure is also being sought by, amongst others, Victoria’s estranged father, renowned archaeologist Teddy Carter, who’s soon hot on its trail.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994)
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Indy takes a job as assistant to a Hollywood studio executive in an attempt to earn his college fees. His job is to get flamboyant and difficult director Erich Von Stroheim to complete his latest epic on time and with the budget, or else.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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