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Plot Summary:
A greedy Indian persuades his tribe to sell the lonesome 'Spirit Island' for a congress center. Instead of transferring the historical graves on it like he tells his tribe, he plans to wipe them out. By accident a group of two Indian kids and two friends from Chicago on vacation are flown to the island and get in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, semi serious
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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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Recon: A Filmmaker's Quest (2012)
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An independent filmmaker, journeys to 12 countries across 4 continents. With a digital camera and his passion; He wrote the most amazing script and he has the vision: Let the planet and mankind directing his path. Life's wonders will be the ultimate teacher. Unexpected characters ranging from moviestars to mobsters will help guide his dream. Join the Quest !! and experience the Filmmaker's passionate essence.
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Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, underground film, captivating, independent film, offbeat
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Savage Land (1994)
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Set against the spectacular Rocky Mountains, this adventure is reminiscent of the Disney live-action classics (such as "Old Yeller" and "Escape from Witch Mountain"). Two women and two kids are stranded in the Old West when bad guys (posing as Indians) try to snag the stagecoach's cargo. Pitted against nature, time, and the pursuing baddies, this unlikely team must trek over the mountains to reach safety. This is a video to buy and keep in your collection... great mid-winter rental when cabin-fever makes you long for the great outdoors!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Gumball 3000: The Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
A 3000 mile race from San Francisco to Miami that took place in the Spring of 2003. 150 cars and stars created all kinds of mayhem and chaos over 6 days racing from coast to coast!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Dolphin Kick (2019)
Plot Summary:
On a tropical island vacation, a young boy's friendship with a playful and friendly dolphin helps him find the courage to get back in the water after the sudden loss of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, sincere, captivating, semi serious, christian film
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The Kids from the Port (2013)
Plot Summary:
Miguel makes the journey that his grandfather cannot make because he is locked up by his own family. The mission is very simple, go to a funeral and leave an army jacket on the grave of an old man, a friend of his grandfather. Miguel, accompanied by Lola and Guillermo, leaves that island of cement that is the Nazareth neighborhood. He wanders the outskirts of Valencia, looking for a cemetery and faces a deserted city.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, touching, bleak, serious, neorealism, gloomy
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Breaking In (1989)
Plot Summary:
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, witty, independent film, realistic, semi serious, light, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Smart Cookies (2012)
Plot Summary:
A high-maintenance realtor forced to do community service must lead a group of hopeless girl scouts in the regional cookie drive competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, captivating, light, humorous, sentimental, realistic
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Dudes (1987)
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Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the help of a young woman who runs a wrecking service.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, surreal, cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic, cult film
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Huck and the King of Hearts (1994)
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Taking place in the 1990's, Huck and his card shark friend, Jim, travel from California to Nevada searching for Huck's long-lost grandpa. Along the way, a deceived card player chases the two across the states with his two, less intelligent, sidekicks.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Huckleberry Finn (1975)
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Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: costume drama, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Islands (2019)
Plot Summary:
Based on the incredible true-life story of Chiefess Kapiolani who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, serious, stylized, independent film
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Tai-Pan (1986)
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The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: independent film, epic, serious, realistic
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The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989)
Plot Summary:
A group of treasure-seekers embark on a expedition into high adventure as they race to discover what's really located in the mysterious ice cave.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Chile, West Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, semi serious
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A Little Game (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Three Musketeers (2013)
Plot Summary:
"The Three Musketeers " - a story about the young Gascon D'Artagnan , who , without knowing all the joys of love, is drawn into the vortex of political intrigues of the royal court of Louis XIII. In the company of the king's Musketeers De Treville he finds true friends Athos, Porthos and Aramis . Musketeers so impressed tireless energy Gascon and his ability to find trouble, that take an active part not only in numerous skirmishes with the Cardinal guards , but also in the personal fate of D'Artagnan . Thanks friend D'Artagnan finds his first love - Constance Bonacieux and engaged in a dangerous period of history with pendants Queen. Subtle and far-sighted politician Cardinal Richelieu and his henchmen Rochefort and Milady gain in the face of D'Artagnan dangerous enemy . In the name of love, he is ready for the most desperate deeds . D'Artagnan in the way a lot of temptations and dangerous temptations. But he will overcome them all without betraying their friendship and love !.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous, absurd, psychotronic, heroic
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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)
Plot Summary:
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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Klondike Fever (1979)
Plot Summary:
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious
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The Oil Prince (1965)
Plot Summary:
'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Powwow Highway (1988)
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Buddy Red Bow is struggling, in the face of persecution, by greedy developers and political in-fighting, to keep his nation on a Montana Cheyenne Reservation financially solvent and independent. Philbert, a simple-minded friend of Buddy's, ardently pursues Native American/First Nation wisdom and lore wherever he can find it--even on Bonanza--in order to earn his warrior name. He's even got his war pony, Protector: a beat-up old wreck of a car. Buddy's sister has been arrested in Santa Fe, and together Buddy and Philbert set off on a road trip to look after her kids and go bail her out. However, Bonnie's arrest has something strange about it as her friend Rabbit points out. As the miles roll by, Philbert's faith challenges Buddy's hard-edged view of the world (and occasional bout of reckless violence), and together they face the realities and dreams of being Cheyenne in the modern-day US as they fight to free Bonnie and her children and elude the Feds.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, psychedelic, sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fairy tale, inspirational
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Corvette Summer (1978)
Plot Summary:
Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Swallows and Amazons (1974)
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On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, happy, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Where the River Runs Black (1986)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Giants (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brothers Danny and Zak, 15 and 13 & 3/4 are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money they decide to rent out the house to a local drug dealer, but things don't go exactly as planned.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Smile (2005)
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Introduced to a volunteer opportunity with the Doctor's Gift Program, Katie (Mika Boorem) signs up for a trip to China, where she meets Lin (Yi Ding), a girl with whom she shares a birthday. Lin has a facial deformity that discourages her from ever showing her face, but her friendship with Katie helps her start to see life in a new way.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, intercultural, inter cultural
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Sweet Little Lies (2011)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, humorous, road movie, light, feel good, uplifting, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Bored Silly (2000)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a boring day for Bobby, Johnnie and Chuck quickly escalates into a riotous backyard adventure. A swarming beehive, a lawn mower with a mind of its own, a mysterious junkman and the neighborhood bully are just some of the hilarious encounters these close-knit friends will experience on a day that began with the classic kid question of all time: "What do you guys wanna do?".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Comedy, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Treasure Island (2007)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that makes their blood run cold.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, captivating, intense, talky
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White Water Summer (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, feel good, serious, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, scary