CRAIG'S TOP 10 GENRE SERIES - ADVENTURE

“Adventure films are a genre of film. Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way.”

#1. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM - 1984 

 Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri

#2. KING KONG - 2005

 Director: Peter Jackson

Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody

#3. THE MASK OF ZORRO - 1998

 Director: Martin Campbell

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones

#4. ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES - 1991

 Director: Kevin Reynolds

Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman

#5. JURASSIC PARK - 1993

 Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough

#6. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL - 2003

 Director: Gore Verlinski

Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

#7. THE MUMMY - 1999

  Director: Stephen Sommers

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weiz, John Hannah

#8. JUMANJI - 1995

 Director: Joe Johnston

Starring: Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst

#9. THE GOONIES - 1985

 Director: Richard Donner

Starring: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Anne Ramsay

#10. HOOK - 1991

Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts

Another fascinating list with some popular films which my sister will probably approve of apart from the number 2 of course but INDIANA JONES was never going to lose this and though RAIDERS is the most cherished of that series, TEMPLE is more entertaining and has about everything you could want from an adventure film. Plus Steven Spielberg knows this genre well with half the films on the list vacated by his contribution to cinema, one of the all time greats. Next list will be ANIMATION!