Best adventure films 1941 – 1950 - Charts
Best adventure films 1941 – 1950
1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston
2. Oliver Twist (1948)
UK, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness
3. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Ray Milland, John Wayne
4. Objective, Burma! (1945)
USA, War / Adventure
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, James Brown
5. Red River (1948)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
6. To Have and Have Not (1944)
USA, Thriller / War
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan
7. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson
8. High Sierra (1941)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart
9. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake
10. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman
11. That Hamilton Woman (1941)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Alexander Korda
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier
12. Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
USA, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors
13. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Charles Frend
Cast: John Mills, Diana Churchill
14. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson
15. Unconquered (1947)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard
16. The Black Swan (1942)
USA, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara
17. The White Fang (1946)
Soviet Union, Adventure
Directed by: Alexandr Zguridi
Cast: Иван Бобров, Andrei Fayt
18. Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan (1946)
Soviet Union, Adventure
Directed by: Vasily Zhuravlyov
Cast: Aleksandr Khvylya, Иван Бобров
19. The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot
20. Across the Pacific (1942)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Vincent Sherman, John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
21. Golden Earrings (1947)
USA, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich
22. Destination Moon (1950)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Irving Pichel
Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson
23. Lassie Come Home (1943)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Pal, Roddy McDowall
25. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
USA, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger
26. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
German Empire, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Josef von Báky
Cast: Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow
27. The Big Steal (1949)
USA, Film-Noir / Adventure
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
28. Destination Tokyo (1943)
USA, Adventure / War
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield
30. Rocky Mountain (1950)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore
31. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: 黒澤明, Yasumi Mikamoto
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi
32. Prince of Foxes (1949)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles
33. Jungle Book (1942)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Sabu, Joseph Calleia
34. Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
35. San Demetrio, London (1943)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer
Cast: Frederick Piper, Gordon Jackson
36. Son of Fury (1942)
USA, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: John Cromwell
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney
38. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
USA, Romance / Adventure
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer
39. Desperate Journey (1942)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan
40. Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown
41. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce
42. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell
43. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Maria Montez, Jon Hall
44. The Sea Wolf (1941)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino
45. Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Norman Foster
Cast: Loretta Young, William Holden
46. Northern Pursuit (1943)
USA, Adventure / War
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop
47. Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Robert Florey
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
48. Treasure Island (1950)
UK / USA, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton
50. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
52. La perla (1947)
Mexico / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Emilio Fernández
Cast: Pedro Armendáriz, Richard Anderson
53. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
54. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova
55. Invisible Agent (1942)
USA, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Ilona Massey, Jon Hall
56. The Pirate (1948)
USA, Musical / Adventure
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly
57. The Walking Hills (1949)
USA, Adventure / Western
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines
58. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Wilhelm Thiele
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly
59. Sanshiro Sugata II (1945)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi
60. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: David Butler, Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo
61. The Macomber Affair (1947)
USA, Adventure
Directed by: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett
63. The Big Noise (1944)
USA, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
64. Passage to Marseille (1944)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains
65. On the Right Track (1948)
Czechoslovakia, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Josef Mach
Cast: Antonín Šůra, Karel Richter
66. Cobra Woman (1944)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Maria Montez, Jon Hall
67. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: William Witney, John English
Cast: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr.
68. The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
USA, Adventure
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo
69. Rope of Sand (1949)
USA, Adventure / Film-Noir
Directed by: William Dieterle
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid
70. The Three Musketeers (1948)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly
71. Singapore (1947)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: John Brahm
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner
72. The Black Rose (1950)
UK / USA, Adventure / Historical
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles
74. The Blue Lagoon (1949)
UK, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Frank Launder
Cast: Jean Simmons, Donald Houston
75. The Batman (1943)
USA, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft
76. Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Nick Grinde
Cast: Ward Bond, Warren Hymer
77. Courage of Lassie (1946)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Pal, Frank Morgan
78. Batman and Robin (1949)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Robert Lowery, Lyle Talbot