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Plot Summary:
Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. this bottle contained a letter from captain Grant that he and 2 of his sailors had survived a disaster in sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and only latitude is known (37 degrees), but no longitude. The Glenarvans decide to find captain Grant.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sincere, intense, exciting, light
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The Coolest Places on Earth (2013)
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The Coolest Places on Earth takes viewers on a journey of discovery to astonishing places- cities, landmarks and jaw-dropping works of nature - exploring the history and learning why it deserves to be called one of the coolest places.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Sannikov Land (1973)
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A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: ethnographical
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Legend About Thiel (1977)
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Based on the book by Belgian XIX century author Charles de Coaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 311 min
Plot tags:
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La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981)
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A young English navy lieutenant sets out to prove the quickest way to reach India from London is by way of the Mediterranean and Suez rather than the long sea route around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, which takes six months. Together with his friend, the French explorer and natural scientist Martial de Sassenage, Thomas Waghorn leaves London in October of 1829 with the aim of reaching Bombay in India in three month. The owner of a shipping line fears for the future his company should the two adventurers succeed and sends his agents to delay them along the way.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 52 min
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Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
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Treasure Island in Outer Space (original: Il Pianeta Del Tesoro - Treasure Planet) is a 1987 science fiction Italian and German television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, setting the story in space on the year 2300. The series was produced by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana in co-production with West Germany and France, and directed by Anthony M. Dawson (Antonio Margheriti). It is the biggest sci-fi production of Italian television. The miniseries of 5 episodes of 100 min was originally aired in Italy from November 19, 1987 on RAI Due channel. It was also adapted as a 120 min film. The miniseries is also known as Space Island (UK and Norway, USA on VHS) and Der Schatz im All (Germany).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mysterious
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Josh Gates sets off on a quest to find the Yeti, a legendary man-ape living in the high altitude of the Himalayas.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, entertaining
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Treasure Island (1977)
Plot Summary:
Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, London. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the treasure, but pirates led by Long John Silver have plans to take the treasure for themselves by way of mutiny. This four-episode adaptation by John Lucarotti, while particularly faithful to the original, adds an expanded narrative concerning the declining Daniel Hawkins, as well as clarifying Squire Trelawney's naiveté in trusting Blandly and Silver. This takes place in the first episode; Billy Bones tempts Jim's father into arranging a two-man treasure voyage, the corrupt shipping agent Ezra Blandly guesses their intentions and tips off Silver, who hoodwinks and then cruelly tortures the information out of a hapless alcoholic Mr Arrow. Billy Bones plans founder, and Hawkins snr catches pneumonia in the rain, which finishes him. Lucarotti's additions to the original provide useful backstory, and the pirate idiom is sufficiently well captured for these additions not to be too obvious.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 190 min
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Bump! (2004)
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
Plot Summary:
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: euro western, spaghetti western
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Boundless (2022)
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The First Circumvalation Around the World, tracking the 1519–22 voyage initiated by Ferdinand Magellan and culminated by Juan Sebastián Elcano.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, epic
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The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003)
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The story of Lehi and his wife Sariah and their four sons: Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. Lehi leaves Jerusalem because he prophesied unto the people concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, and they sought his life. He journeys into the wilderness with his family. He sends Nephi and his brethren back to Jerusalem after the brass plates and the family of Ishmael. The sons and daughters of Lehi marry the sons and daughters of Ishmael. They take their families and continue into the wilderness. Ishmael dies in the wilderness. They come to the sea. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. He confounds them, and builds a ship. They cross the sea to the promised land in the Americas. Lehi dies in the promised land. Nephi's brethren rebel against him again. Nephi departs again into the wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
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The Corsican Brothers (1985)
Plot Summary:
In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feelings of hate and reconciliation in their blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
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The Onedin Line (1971)
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The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: costume drama, retro, period piece, period drama
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Thunder in Paradise (1994)
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Thunder in Paradise was a one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which starred Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon, and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature film in September 1993, then ran for one season in 1994, before being cancelled. The series was later rebroadcast on the TNT cable network.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, nautical, campy
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For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
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In 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 520 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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The Prisoner of If Castle (1988)
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A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 236 min
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Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
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Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year. Starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda, and Peter Ustinov as Detective Fix, the miniseries featured multiple cameo appearances, including Patrick Macnee, Simon Ward, and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club, and Robert Morley, who had a cameo in the 1956 film adaptation, and Roddy McDowall appear as officials of the Bank of England. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book, and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Queen Victoria.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 266 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
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Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, costume drama, period drama
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Treasure Island (1966)
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As a young boy finds an old map of a treasure island in the mid 1700s, he joins a sailing crew on an adventure to find the treasure island. He does not realize however that bloodthirsty pirates are amongst the crew, desperately wanting to claim the treasure for themselves and are secretly planning a mutiny... Beautifully created adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island', created for German/French television in 1966.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min
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Moonfleet (2013)
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An adaptation of J Meade Falkner’s 1898 swashbuckling novel. A young man craving adventure joins a gang of smugglers in search of Blackbeard's diamond.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, semi serious, humorous, epic, period piece, nautical, costume drama, period drama
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The Seawolf (1971)
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The writer Humphrey van Weyden gets overboard in 1906 in a shipwreck in the fog in the Bay of San Francisco and is rescued by a seal catcher, the schooner Ghost under the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Romania, France
Duration: 93 min
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The Letter for the King (2008)
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Young Tiuri has to pass the final test before before being knighted by king Dagonaut. He has to pass a night in the chapel, what is suddenly disturbed by a strangers request of help. With his decision to help the stranger, Tiuri abandons his given task and starts into an adventure, that will shape the destiny of Dagonaut. On his journey he learns about the true meaning of love, friendship, courage and loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, entertaining, exciting, epic, serious, realistic
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
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The year is 1886, when New England's fishing harbours are the scene for a "creature of unknown origin" destroying ships at sea. It is the job of Professor Pierre Aronnax, a marine expert, and Ned Land, the iron willed sailor, to learn the truth of the "monster" roaming the seas. The great novelist, Jules Verne, described this perilous journey to the darkest depths of the sea with Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)
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Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, Robinson Crusoe fills his time in either building a shelter for himself, or by reminiscing about the years he spent at sea and the adventures that led him to where he is. The months roll by and the hardships become easier, especially with his herd of wild goats, the ship's dog and a friendly parrot to keep him company. But one day he comes across a strange footprint - friend or foe?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
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Crusoe (2008)
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Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
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Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979)
Plot Summary:
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series was made up of 26 episodes and was a Canadian/German coproduction. Huckleberry Finn is played by Ian Tracey who is also the narrator. Tom Sawyer is played by Sammy Snyders. Directed by Jack B. Hively and Ken Jubenvill, this mini-series was broadcast in many countries such as Germany, UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Venezuela and many other Latin American nations. The series was re-shown many times during the 1980s to early 1990s and has grown somewhat of a cult following. Even though Mark Twain originally wrote the books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as separate units, this mini-series conjures up both literary works as only one story. Therefore, it places greater importance on Huckleberry's character without putting aside Tom Sawyer's. In 2007, the complete series was released as a 4 DVD box set by Fabulous Films in the UK. It contains many extras including a 12 page color booklet and a 30 minute 'making of' documentary featuring interviews with many stars of the series including Sammy Snyders, Ian Tracey, and Blu Mankuma.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, uplifting, serious, captivating, realistic
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Moby Dick (2011)
Plot Summary:
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, nautical, fairy tale, stylized, period drama
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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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Moby Dick (1998)
Plot Summary:
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, epic, costume drama, atmospheric, realistic, contemplative
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The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 480 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, historical drama, road movie, costume drama, period drama, tragic