The Most Magical and Underrated Adventure Movies that You Need to See

Sometimes, movies take us on such an adventure that we momentarily forget the troubles of everyday life (as if we were spirited away, see number 1 on this list). Now, these days in virutally 80% of the moveis produced there are some elements of adventure in it, and many movies would technically qualify as an adventure movie on some level. But just before you think you’ve seen it all, we dare say that there are at least a few adventure movies here that you haven’t seen, becuase they were sadly underrated. We dare say that you will find some (if not all) of the movies here adventurous!

1

Spirited Away

Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki
Hayao Miyazaki
2001

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

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8.6 IMDB
2

The Wrong Trousers

Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins
Nick Park
1993

Gromit finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by a new lodger who is actually a ruthless criminal (and a small penguin). The penguin is planning a robbery and needs to use Wallace and his mechanical remote controlled trousers to pull off the raid. However, Gromit is wise to the penguin and comes to the rescue.

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8.3 IMDB
3

Big Fish

Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup
Tim Burton
2003

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

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8 IMDB
4

Life of Pi

Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon
Ang Lee
2012

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

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7.9 IMDB
5

Almost Famous

Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson
Cameron Crowe
2000

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater—fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond, and lead singer Jeff Bebe.

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7.9 IMDB
6

Moonrise Kingdom

Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton
Wes Anderson
2012

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

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7.8 IMDB
7

Coraline

Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders
Henry Selick
2009

When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.

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7.7 IMDB
8

The Book of Life

Diego Luna, Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana
Jorge R. Gutierrez
2014

The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

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7.3 IMDB
9

Rango

Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty
Gore Verbinski
2011

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

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7.2 IMDB
10

Kon-Tiki

Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
2012

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

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7.2 IMDB
11

9

Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly
Shane Acker
2009

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.

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7.1 IMDB
12

Swiss Army Man

Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
2016

Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

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7 IMDB
13

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Burton
2016

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

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6.7 IMDB
14

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Freddie Highmore, Johnny Depp, David Kelly
Tim Burton
2005

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

6.6 IMDB
15

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch
Andy Serkis
2018

A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

6.5 IMDB