Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Sub-Genre/Notes |
1980 |
Battle Beyond the Stars |
Jimmy T. Murakami |
Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard |
|
Space adventure[1] |
The Blue Lagoon |
Randal Kleiser |
Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern |
|
Romantic adventure[2] |
The Earthling |
Peter Collinson |
William Holden, Rick Schroder, Jack Thompson |
|
[3] |
Flash Gordon |
Mike Hodges |
Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol |
|
Space adventure[4] |
The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher |
|
Space adventure[5] |
The Gods Must Be Crazy |
Jamie Uys |
Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau |
|
Adventure comedy[6] |
Herbie Goes Bananas |
Vincent McEveety |
Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, Harvey Korman |
|
Family-oriented adventure[7] |
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark |
Charles Jarrott |
Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Rick Schroder |
|
[8] |
On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter |
Philippe de Broca |
Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Francis Perrin |
|
Adventure comedy[9] |
1981 |
Das Boot |
Wolfgang Petersen |
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann |
|
Sea adventure[10] |
La Chèvre |
Francis Veber |
Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Corynne Charbit |
|
Adventure comedy[11] |
Clash of the Titans |
Desmond Davis |
Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom |
|
Fantasy adventure[12] |
Dragonslayer |
Matthew Robbins |
Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson |
|
Fantasy adventure[13] |
Excalibur |
John Boorman |
Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Nicholas Clay |
|
Fantasy adventure[14] |
The Fox and the Hound |
Ted Berman, Art Stevens, David Michener |
|
|
Family-oriented adventure[15] |
Heavy Metal |
Gerald Potterton |
|
|
Fantasy adventure[16] |
High Risk |
Stewart Raffill |
James Brolin, Cleavon Little, Bruce Davison |
|
Adventure comedy[17] |
Quest for Fire |
Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman |
|
[18] |
Race for the Yankee Zephyr |
David Hemmings |
Dennis Hunt, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard |
|
[19] |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliott |
|
[20] |
Roar |
Noel Marshall |
Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, John Marshall |
|
[21] |
Sphinx |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet |
|
[22] |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
John Derek |
Bo Derek, Richard Harris, John Phillip Law |
|
[23] |
Time Bandits |
Terry Gilliam |
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall |
|
Fantasy adventure[24] |
Zorro, the Gay Blade |
Peter Medak |
George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro |
|
Adventure comedy[25] |
1982 |
L'as des as |
Gérard Oury |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache |
|
Adventure comedy, war adventure[26] |
The Beastmaster |
Don Coscarelli |
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn |
|
Romantic adventure[27] |
Conan the Barbarian |
John Milius |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow |
|
[28] |
The Dark Crystal |
Jim Henson, Frank Oz |
Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz |
|
Fantasy adventure[29] |
Fitzcarraldo |
Werner Herzog |
Klaus Kinski, Jose Lewgoy, Miguel Angel Fuentes |
|
Adventure drama[30] |
The Flight of Dragons |
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. |
|
|
Television film, Animated film, Fantasy adventure[31] |
Les Maîtres du temps |
René Laloux |
|
|
[32] |
Mother Lode |
Charlton Heston |
Charlton Heston, Nick Mancuso, Kim Basinger |
|
[33] |
Paradise |
Stuart Gillard |
Willie Aames, Phoebe Cates, Richard Curnock |
|
Romantic adventure[34] |
The Pirate Movie |
Ken Annakin |
Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton |
|
Romantic adventure[35] |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
Nicholas Meyer |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban |
|
Space adventure[36] |
The Sword and the Sorcerer |
Albert Pyun |
Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale |
|
Fantasy adventure[37] |
1983 |
Banzaï |
Claude Zidi |
Coluche, Valérie Mairesse, Didier Kaminka |
|
Adventure comedy[38] |
BMX Bandits |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Angelo D'Angelo, James Lugton, Nicole Kidman |
|
|
The Black Stallion Returns |
Robert Dalva |
Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield |
|
Family-oriented adventure[39] |
Les Compères |
Francis Veber |
Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey |
|
Adventure comedy[40] |
El Norte |
Gregory Nava |
Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz |
|
Adventure drama[41] |
High Road to China |
Brian G. Hutton |
Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston |
|
Romantic adventure[42] |
The Killing of Satan |
Efren C. Pinon |
Cecile Castillo, Charlie Davao |
|
Fantasy adventure[43] |
Krull |
Peter Yates |
Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones |
|
[44] |
Nate and Hayes |
Ferdinand Fairfax |
Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps |
|
Sea adventure[45] |
Never Cry Wolf |
Carroll Ballard |
Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq |
|
Adventure drama[46] |
The Pirates of Penzance |
Wilford Leach |
Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt |
|
[47] |
Return of the Jedi |
Richard Marquand |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher |
|
Space adventure[48] |
The Wicked Lady |
Michael Winner |
Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud |
|
[49] |
Yellowbeard |
Mel Damski |
Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Tommy Chong |
|
Adventure comedy[50] |
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain |
Tsui Hark |
Yuen Biao, Tsui Siu Keung, Sammo Hung |
[51] |
1984 |
The Bounty |
Roger Donaldson |
Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier |
|
Adventure drama[52] |
Conan the Destroyer |
Richard Fleischer |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain |
|
Fantasy adventure[53] |
Dune |
David Lynch |
Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif |
|
Space adventure[54] |
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
Hugh Hudson |
Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox |
|
Adventure drama[55] |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri |
|
[56] |
The Last Starfighter |
Nick Castle, Jr. |
Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy |
|
Space adventure[57] |
Les Morfalous |
Henri Verneuil |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin |
|
Adventure comedy, war adventure[58] |
The NeverEnding Story |
Wolfgang Petersen |
Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver |
|
Fantasy adventure[59] |
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak |
Just Jaeckin |
Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou |
|
Adventure comedy[60] |
Romancing the Stone |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito |
|
Adventure comedy[61] |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
Leonard Nimoy |
William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Lloyd |
|
Space adventure[62] |
The Warrior and the Sorceress |
John C. Broderick |
David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas |
|
[63] |
Wheels on Meals |
Sammo Hung |
Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung |
|
Adventure comedy[64] |
Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold |
Matt Cimber |
Laurene Landon, Ken Roberson, Luis Lorenzo |
|
Adventure drama[65] |
1985 |
The Aviator |
George Miller |
Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden |
|
Romantic adventure, adventure drama[66] |
Back to the Future |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson |
|
Science fiction adventure[67] |
Barbarian Queen |
Hector Olivera |
Lana Clarkson, Dawn Dunlap, Susana Traverso |
|
[68] |
Burke & Wills |
Graeme Clifford |
Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacch |
|
Adventure drama[69] |
Ça N'arrive Qu'a Moi |
Francis Perrin |
Francis Perrin, Véronique Genest, Bernard Blier |
|
Adventure comedy[70] |
The Emerald Forest |
John Boorman |
Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman |
|
Adventure drama[71] |
Explorers |
Joe Dante |
Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson |
|
Space adventure[72] |
The Goonies |
Richard Donner |
Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen |
|
Adventure comedy[73] |
The Jewel of the Nile |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito |
|
Adventure comedy[74] |
The Journey of Natty Gann |
Jeremy Kagan |
Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise |
|
Family-oriented adventure[75] |
King Solomon's Mines |
J. Lee Thompson |
Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom |
|
Romantic adventure[76] |
Ladyhawke |
Richard Donner |
Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer |
|
Fantasy adventure[77] |
Lupin the 3rd: The Golden Legend of Babylon |
Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsu Yoshida |
|
|
Anime film[78] |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure |
Tim Burton |
Paul Reubens |
|
Adventure comedy[79] |
Red Sonja |
Richard Fleischer |
Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman |
|
Fantasy adventure[80] |
Return to Oz |
Walter Murch |
Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh |
|
Fantasy adventure[81] |
Runaway Train |
Andrei Konchalovsky |
Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay |
|
Adventure drama[82] |
Santa Claus: The Movie |
Jeannot Szwarc |
David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow |
|
Family-oriented adventure[83] |
Spies Like Us |
John Landis |
Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest |
|
Adventure comedy[84] |
Wills & Burke |
Bob Weis |
Garry McDonald, Kim Gyngell, Jonathan Hardy |
|
Adventure comedy[85] |
1986 |
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold |
Newt Arnold, Gary Nelson |
Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones |
|
[86] |
An American Tail |
Don Bluth |
Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff |
|
Family-oriented adventure[87] |
Biggles: Adventures in Time |
John Hough |
Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchinson |
|
Fantasy adventure, war adventure[88] |
Castaway |
Nicholas Roeg |
Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe |
|
Adventure drama[89] |
Castle in the Sky |
Hayao Miyazaki |
|
|
Fantasy adventure[90] |
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
Michael Chapman |
Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar |
|
Adventure drama[91] |
Firewalker |
J. Lee Thompson |
Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett, Jr., Melody Anderson |
|
Adventure comedy[92] |
The Golden Child |
Michael Ritchie |
Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis |
|
Adventure comedy[93] |
Jake Speed |
Andrew Lane |
Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins |
|
Adventure comedy[94] |
King Kong Lives |
John Guillermin |
Peter Anthony Elliott, Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton |
|
[95] |
Labyrinth |
Jim Henson |
Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie |
|
Fantasy adventure[96] |
The Mosquito Coast |
Peter Weir |
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix |
|
Adventure drama[97] |
Pirates |
Roman Polanski |
Walter Matthau, Damien Thomas, Richard Pearson |
|
Adventure comedy[98] |
Shanghai Surprise |
Jim Goddard |
Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman |
|
[99] |
Solarbabies |
Alan Johnson |
Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric |
|
Science fiction adventure[100] |
SpaceCamp |
Harry Winer |
Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston |
|
Space adventure[101] |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
Leonard Nimoy |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley |
|
Space adventure[102] |
1987 |
Armour of God |
Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang |
Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Maria Dolores Forner |
|
Adventure comedy[103] |
Benji the Hunted |
Joe Camp |
Benji, Red Steagall, Nancy Francis |
|
Family-oriented adventure[104] |
A Chinese Ghost Story |
Ching Siu Tung |
Leslie Cheung, Wong Tsu Hsien, Wu Ma |
|
Fantasy adventure[105] |
The Chipmunk Adventure |
Janice Karman |
|
|
[106] |
Ishtar |
Elaine May |
Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani |
|
Adventure comedy[107] |
Jane and the Lost City |
Terry Marcel |
Sam Jones, Maud Adams, Kristen Hughes |
|
Adventure comedy[108] |
The Princess Bride |
Rob Reiner |
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin |
|
Adventure comedy, romantic adventure[109] |
1988 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Terry Gilliam |
John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle |
|
Fantasy adventure[110] |
The Bear |
Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace |
|
Adventure drama[111] |
The Big Blue |
Luc Besson |
Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette |
|
Romantic adventure, sea adventure[112] |
Bloodstone |
Dwight H. Little |
Brett Stimely, Anna Nicholas, Rajinikanth |
|
[113] |
Cobra Verde |
Werner Herzog |
Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy |
|
Adventure drama[114] |
The Deceivers |
Nicholas Meyer |
Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor |
|
Adventure drama[115] |
El Dorado |
Carlos Saura |
Francisco Algora, Omero Antonutti, Gerardo Arce |
|
Adventure drama[116] |
The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck |
David Keith |
David Keith, Kathy Shower, Brant Van Hoffman |
|
Adventure comedy[117] |
The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 |
Jamie Uys |
N!xau, Lena Farugia, Hans Strydom |
|
Adventure comedy[118] |
Gorillas in the Mist |
Michael Apted |
Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris |
|
Adventure drama[119] |
My Neighbor Totoro |
Hayao Miyazaki |
Chika Sakamoto, Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi |
|
Family-oriented adventure[120] |
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey |
Vincent Ward |
Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish McFarlane |
|
Fantasy adventure[121] |
Willow |
Ron Howard |
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis |
|
Fantasy adventure[122] |
1989 |
The Abyss |
James Cameron |
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn |
|
Science fiction adventure[123] |
The Adventures of Milo and Otis |
Masanori Hata |
Dudley Moore |
|
Family-oriented adventure[124] |
Babar: The Movie |
Alan Bunce |
|
|
Family-oriented adventure[125] |
Back to the Future Part II |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson |
|
Science fiction adventure[126] |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Stephen Herek |
Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin |
|
Science fiction adventure[127] |
Cheetah |
Jeff Blyth |
Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins |
|
Adventure drama[128] |
Crusoe |
Caleb Deschanel |
Aidan Quinn, Ade Sapara, Elvis Payne |
|
Adventure drama[129] |
Erik the Viking |
Terry Jones |
Tim Robbins, Gary Cady, Mickey Rooney |
|
Fantasy adventure[130] |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott |
|
Adventure comedy[131] |
The Return of the Musketeers |
Richard Lester |
Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay |
|
[132] |
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
William Shatner |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley |
|
Space adventure[133] |