# List of adventure films of the 2000s

A list of adventure films released in the 2000s.

## 2000

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 102 Dalmatians | Kevin Lima | Glenn Close, Gérard Depardieu, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Des McAnuff | Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo | United States | Live-action/animated film, adventure comedy |
| Amazon | Philippe de Broca | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Arielle Dombasle, Patrick Bouchitey | France Spain | Adventure comedy |
| The Beach | Danny Boyle | Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen | United States | Adventure drama |
| Cast Away | Robert Zemeckis | Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth | United States | Adventure drama |
| Chicken Run | Nick Park, Peter Lord | Mel Gibson (voice), Julia Sawalha (voice), Miranda Richardson (voice), Jane Horrocks (voice) | United States United Kingdom | Animated film, Adventure comedy |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee | Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi | China Hong Kong Taiwan United States | Romantic adventure |
| Dinosaur | Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag | D. B. Sweeney (voice), Ossie Davis (voice), Alfre Woodard (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Don Quixote | Peter Yates | John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, Isabella Rossellini, Lambert Wilson | United States | |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Courtney Solomon | Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch | United States Czech Republic | |
| Gladiator | Ridley Scott | Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris | United States United Kingdom | |
| I Dreamed of Africa | Hugh Hudson | Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Eva Marie Saint, Daniel Craig | United States | |
| The King's Guard | Jonathan Tydor | Trevor St. John, Ashley Jones, Eric Roberts, Ron Perlman | United States | |
| Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins | United States | Space adventure |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen | George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake | United States | |
| Orpheus and Eurydice | Paul Pissanos | Andrew Bullock, Carolina Liriti, David Bowles, Oliver Reed | Greece | |
| The Perfect Storm | Wolfgang Petersen | George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly | United States | Sea adventure, adventure drama |
| Prince of Central Park | John Leekley | Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Cathy Moriarty, Frankie Nasso, Harvey Keitel | United States | |
| Le Prince du Pacifique [fr] | Alain Corneau | Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Marie Trintignant | France | Adventure comedy |
| Red Planet | Antony Hoffman | Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss | United States | Space adventure |
| The Road to El Dorado | Don Paul and Bibo Bergeron | Kenneth Branagh (voice), Kevin Kline (voice), Rosie Perez (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | Alan Jacobs | | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner | United States | Space adventure |
| Supernova | Thomas Lee | James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster | United States | Space adventure |
| Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Britt Allcroft | Alec Baldwin, Mara Wilson, Peter Fonda | United Kingdom United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Titan A.E. | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Matt Damon (voice), Drew Barrymore (voice), Bill Pullman (voice) | United States | Animated film, space adventure |
| Tweety's High-Flying Adventure | James T. Walker | Joe Alaskey (voice), June Foray (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| U-571 | Jonathan Mostow | Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel | United States | War adventure, sea adventure |
| Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco | United States | Mountaineering adventure |
| Voyage of the Unicorn | Philip Spink | Beau Bridges, Heather McEwen, C. Ernst Harth | United States | |
| X-Men | Bryan Singer | Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen | United States | |

## 2001

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| Amazons and Gladiators | Zachary Weintraub | Patrick Bergin, Jennifer Rubin | Australia | |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Michael J. Fox (voice), Cree Summer (voice), James Garner (voice) | United States | Animated film, fantasy adventure |
| Attila | Dick Lowry | Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe, Simmone Mackinnon | United States | |
| Back to the Secret Garden | Michael Tuchner | Camilla Belle | United Kingdom | Family-oriented adventure |
| Black Knight | Gil Junger | Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson, Marsha Thomason | United States | Adventure comedy |
| Brotherhood of the Wolf | Christophe Gans | Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Mark Dacascos | France | |
| The Bunker | Rob Green | Jason Flemyng, Charley Boorman, Jack Davenport | United Kingdom | War adventure |
| Cats & Dogs | Lawrence Guterman | Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock | United States Australia | |
| Daresalam | Issa Serge Coelo | Haikal Zakaria, Abdoulaye Ahmat | Chad | |
| The Diamond of Jeru | Dick Lowry, Ian Barry | Billy Zane, Keith Carradine | United States Australia | |
| Elsewhere | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | | Austria Niger Finland Micronesia Australia China Greenland | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara | Ming-Na Wen (voice), Alec Baldwin (voice), Ving Rhames (voice) | United States | Animated film, space adventure |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Chris Columbus | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint | United Kingdom United States | Fantasy adventure |
| High Adventure | Mark Roper | Thomas Ian Griffith, Anja Kling, Götz Otto | Canada United Kingdom Italy Bulgaria | |
| In Desert and Wilderness | Gavin Hood | Karolina Sawka, Adam Fidusiewicz, Artur Żmijewski | Poland | |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis | Megan Cavanagh (voice), Mark DeCarlo (voice), Debi Derryberry (voice) | United States | Animated film, Space adventure |
| Jurassic Park III | Joe Johnston | Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter | United States | |
| A Knight's Tale | Brian Helgeland | Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell | United States | |
| The Knights of the Quest | Pupi Avati | Raoul Bova, Edward Furlong, Thomas Kretschmann, F. Murray Abraham | Italy France | |
| Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure | Jeannine Roussel, Darrell Rooney | Scott Wolf (voice), Alyssa Milano (voice), Chazz Palminteri (voice) | United States | Animated film, Family oriented adventure |
| Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India | Ashutosh Gowariker | Aamir Khan | India | |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Simon West | Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Legend of Suriyothai | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Piyapas Bhirombhakdi, Sarunyoo Wongkrachang, Chatchai Plengpanich | Thailand | |
| The Legend of Zu | Tsui Hark | Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung, Kelly Lin | Hong Kong China | Fantasy adventure |
| Lenya – Die größte Kriegerin aller Zeiten [de] | Michael Rowitz | Anja Knauer, Sonja Kirchberger | Germany | Fantasy adventure |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm | United States New Zealand | Fantasy adventure |
| The Mummy Returns | Stephen Sommers | Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Dwayne Johnson | United States | Adventure comedy |
| The Musketeer | Peter Hyams | Justin Chambers, Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth | United States | |
| The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | Rolf de Heer | Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving | Australia Netherlands Spain France | Adventure drama |
| The Other Side of Heaven | Mitch Davis | Christopher Gorham, Anne Hathaway | United States | Adventure drama |
| Princess of Thieves | Peter Hewitt | Keira Knightley, Stephen Moyer, Malcolm McDowell | United States United Kingdom | |
| The Sea Wolf | Mark Roper | Thomas Ian Griffith, Gerit Kling | Canada United Kingdom Italy Cuba | Sea adventure also known as SeaWolf: The Pirate's Curse |
| She | Timothy Bond | Ophélie Winter, Ian Duncan, Marie Bäumer, Götz Otto, Christoph Waltz | Canada United Kingdom Italy | |
| Shrek | Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | Mike Myers (voice), Eddie Murphy (voice), Cameron Diaz (voice), John Lithgow (voice) | United States | Animated film family-oriented adventure |
| Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki | Rumi Hiiragi (voice), Miyu Irino (voice), Suzanne Pleshette (voice) | Japan | Animated film, fantasy adventure |
| Spy Kids | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega | United States | Family-oriented adventure |

## 2002

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Ron Underwood | Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson | United States | Space adventure |
| Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Alain Chabat | Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Monica Bellucci | France Germany Italy | |
| Balto II: Wolf Quest | Phil Weinstein | | United States | Animated film, Family-oriented adventure |
| Below | David N. Twohy | Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany | United States | War adventure |
| Blanche [fr] | Bernie Bonvoisin | Lou Doillon, Jean Rochefort, Carole Bouquet, Gérard Depardieu | France | |
| Le Boulet | Alain Berbérian | Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou | France | Adventure comedy |
| Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes [fr] | Pascal Morelli [fr] | | France | Animated film |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Kevin Reynolds | James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk, Richard Harris | United States | |
| The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | John Stainton | Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski | Australia | Adventure comedy |
| Crusade of Vengeance | Byron W. Thompson | Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer | United States Ireland Lithuania | |
| Die Another Day | Lee Tamahori | Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, John Cleese | United Kingdom United States | |
| The Four Feathers | Shekhar Kapur | Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson | United States United Kingdom | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson | United States United Kingdom | Fantasy adventure |
| Hero | Zhang Yimou | Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi | China | |
| Ice Age | Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Ray Romano (voice), John Leguizamo (voice), Denis Leary (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson | United States | Sea adventure |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen | United States New Zealand | Fantasy adventure |
| Les Oreilles sur le dos [fr] | Xavier Durringer [fr] | Béatrice Dalle, Gérald Laroche, Éric Savin | France | |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence | Phillip Noyce | Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, David Gulpilil | Australia | Adventure drama |
| The Race | Djamel Bensalah [fr] | Hélène de Fougerolles, Roschdy Zem, Atmen Kelif, Lorànt Deutsch, Julien Courbey, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot | France | Adventure comedy |
| Reign of Fire | Rob Bowman | Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Scooby-Doo | Raja Gosnell | Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini | United States | Family-oriented adventure, Fantasy adventure |
| The Scorpion King | Chuck Russell | Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Snow Dogs | Brian Levant | Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Star Trek: Nemesis | Stuart Baird | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton | United States | |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee | United States | |
| Stranded | Charles Beeson | Liam Cunningham, Jesse Spencer | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| The Time Machine | Simon Wells | Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons | United States | Science fiction adventure |
| Treasure Planet | Ron Clements, John Musker | Joseph Gordon-Levitt (voice), Brian Murray (voice), David Hyde Pierce (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure, space adventure |
| xXx | Rob Cohen | Vin Diesel | United States | |

## 2003

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | John Singleton | Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson | United States | |
| Agent Cody Banks | Harald Zwart | Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Bruce Beresford | Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent | United States | |
| The Cat in the Hat | Bo Welch | Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin | United States | |
| El Cid: The Legend | José Pozo [es] | | Spain | Animated film |
| Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger | United States | |
| Coronado | Claudio Fäh | Kristin Dattilo, Clayton Rohner, John Rhys-Davies | Germany United States | |
| Elf | Jon Favreau | Will Ferrell, James Caan | United States | |
| Fanfan la Tulipe | Gérard Krawczyk | Vincent Pérez, Penélope Cruz, Didier Bourdon | France | |
| Fat Pizza | Paul Fenech | Paul Fenech, Paul Nakad, John Boxer, Tahir Bilgiç, Rob Shehadie, Jason Davis | Australia | |
| Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure, adventure comedy |
| Japanese Story | Sue Brooks | Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran | Australia | |
| Johnny English | Peter Howitt | Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich | United Kingdom | |
| The Jungle Book 2 | Steven Trenbirth | Haley Joel Osment (voice), John Goodman (voice), Mae Whitman (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Kangaroo Jack | David McNally | Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren | United States | Adventure comedy |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life | Jan de Bont | Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Billy Connolly | New Zealand United States | |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Stephen Norrington | Sean Connery, Shane West, Stuart Townsend | United Kingdom Germany Czech Republic United States | |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Joe Dante | Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin | United States | Live action/animated film, adventure comedy |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen | United States New Zealand | Fantasy adventure |
| Lost Treasure | Jim Wynorski | Stephen Baldwin, Nicollette Sheridan | United States | |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir | Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy | United States | Sea adventure, adventure drama |
| The Medallion | Gordon Chan | Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani | Hong Kong United States | Fantasy adventure |
| El misterio del Trinidad [es] | José Luis García Agraz | Eduardo Palomo, Rebecca Jones | Mexico Spain | |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 | Nick Marck | Randy Quaid | United States | Adventure comedy |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp | United States | |
| Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior | Prachya Pinkaew | Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol | Thailand | |
| Peter Pan | P. J. Hogan | Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood | United States United Kingdom Australia | Fantasy adventure |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport | United States | Pirate film |
| Rencontre avec le dragon | Hélène Angel [fr] | Daniel Auteuil, Nicolas Nollet, Sergi López, Emmanuelle Devos, Gilbert Melki | France | |
| The Rundown | Peter Berg | Dwayne Johnson, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken | United States | Adventure comedy |
| Shanghai Knights | David Dobkin | Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson | United States Hong Kong | |
| Le silence de la forêt | Bassek Ba Kobhio, Didier Ouénangaré | Eriq Ebouaney, Nadège Beausson-Diagne | Cameroon Central African Republic Gabon France | |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore | | United States | Animated film, fantasy adventure, sea adventure |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Kerry Conran | Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie | United States | |
| The Snow Walker | Charles Martin Smith | Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk | Canada | |
| Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega | United States | Family-oriented adventure film |
| Sword in the Moon | Kim Ui-seok | Cho Jae-hyun, Choi Min-soo, Kim Bo-kyung | South Korea | |
| Timeline | Richard Donner | Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Lambert Wilson | United States | |
| Tokyo Godfathers | Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya | Tôru Emori (voice), Yoshiaki Umegaki (voice), Aya Okamoto (voice), Shôzô Îzuka (voice) | Japan | Animated film |
| Travellers and Magicians | Khyentse Norbu | Tsewang Dandup, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji | Bhutan | |
| Zurdo | Carlos Salces | Alex Perea, Alejandro Camacho, Arcelia Ramirez | Mexico | Family-oriented adventure |

## 2004

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| Alexander | Oliver Stone | Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Hopkins | Germany Italy France Netherlands United Kingdom United States | |
| Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | Dwight H. Little | Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland | United States | |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Frank Coraci | Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile de France | United States Germany United Kingdom Ireland | |
| Arsène Lupin | Jean-Paul Salomé | Romain Duris, Kristin Scott Thomas, Pascal Greggory | Spain Italy France United Kingdom | Romantic adventure |
| Balto III: Wings of Change | Phil Weinstein | | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| The Bourne Supremacy | Paul Greengrass | Matt Damon | United States | |
| Catch That Kid | Bart Freundlich | Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | David N. Twohy | Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandiwe Newton, Judi Dench, Karl Urban | United States | Space adventure |
| Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King | Uli Edel | Kristanna Loken, Benno Fürmann, Alicia Witt | Germany | Fantasy adventure |
| EuroTrip | Jeff Schaffer | Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Travis Wester, Michelle Trachtenberg | United States Czech Republic | Adventure comedy |
| La Femme Musketeer | Steve Boyum | Susie Amy, Michael York, Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Cazenove | United States | |
| Flight of the Phoenix | John Moore | Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Tony Curran | United States | Adventure drama |
| George and the Dragon | Tom Reeve | James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze, Michael Clarke Duncan | United States United Kingdom | Fantasy adventure |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Alfonso Cuarón | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Hidalgo | Joe Johnston | Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard | United States | |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki | | Japan | Animated film, fantasy adventure |
| In the Shadow of the Cobra [nl] | Ted Nicolaou | Sean Young, James Acheson, Rutger Hauer | United States | |
| The Incredibles | Brad Bird | | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| King Arthur | Antoine Fuqua | Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Stellan Skarsgård | United States | |
| King Solomon's Mines | Steve Boyum | Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody | United States | |
| The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | David Titcher | Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Kyle MacLachlan | United States | |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum | United States | Sea adventure |
| Milady [fr] | Josée Dayan | Arielle Dombasle, Asia Argento | France | |
| National Treasure | Jon Turteltaub | Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Harvey Keitel | United Kingdom | |
| The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | Tom Hanks (voice) | United States | |
| Shark Tale | Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, Rob Letterman | Will Smith (voice), Robert De Niro (voice), Renée Zellweger (voice) | United Kingdom | Animated film, sea adventure |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Kerry Conran | Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie | United States | |
| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Stephen Hillenburg | Tom Kenny (voice), Bill Fagerbakke (voice), Rodger Bumpass (voice), Clancy Brown (voice), David Hasselhoff | United States | |
| Team America: World Police | Trey Parker | Trey Parker (voice), Matt Stone (voice), Kristen Miller (voice), Masasa Moyo (voice), Daran Norris (voice) | United States | Marionette film, adventure comedy |
| Thunderbirds | Jonathan Frakes | Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles, Ben Kingsley | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Troy | Wolfgang Petersen | Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole, Sean Bean | United States United Kingdom Malta | |
| Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders | Raymond Lee | Vincent Zhao, Ho Yun Tung | Hong Kong | Fantasy adventure |
| Without a Paddle | Steven Brill | Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds | United States | Adventure comedy |

## 2005

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D | Robert Rodriguez | Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Beauty and the Beast | David Lister | Jane March, William Gregory Lee, Justin Whalin | United Kingdom South Africa | Fantasy adventure |
| Beowulf & Grendel | Sturla Gunnarsson | Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley | Iceland United Kingdom Canada | |
| The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Jonathan Pryce | United States United Kingdom | Fantasy adventure |
| Casanova | Lasse Hallström | Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons | United States | |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore | United States United Kingdom | |
| Chicken Little | Mark Dindal | Zach Braff (voice), Steve Zahn (voice), Joan Cusack (voice) | United States | Animated film, Family-oriented adventure |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Descent | Neil Marshall | Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder | United Kingdom | Adventure drama |
| Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Dwayne Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike | United States | |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Jay Chandrasekhar | Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds | United States | |
| Duma | Carroll Ballard | Alexander Michaeletos, Eamonn Walker, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| End of the Spear | Jim Hanon | Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Chase Ellison | United States | Adventure drama |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Garth Jennings | Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Stephen Fry (voice), Alan Rickman (voice) | United States | |
| The Island | Michael Bay | Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson | United States | |
| Into the Blue | John Stockwell | Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan | United States | Sea adventure |
| The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | Kayvan Mashayekh | Moritz Bleibtreu, Bruno Lastra, Vanessa Redgrave | United States | Adventure drama |
| King Kong | Peter Jackson | Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody | United States | |
| The King Maker | Lek Kitaparaporn | Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies, Cindy Burbridge | Thailand United States | |
| King of the Lost World | Leigh Scott | Bruce Boxleitner, Steve Railsback | United States | |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson | United Kingdom United States Germany | |
| Kirikou and the Wild Beasts | Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup [fr] | | France | Family-oriented adventure |
| Lassie | Charles Sturridge | Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch | United Kingdom Ireland United States France | Family-oriented adventure |
| The Legend of Zorro | Martin Campbell | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones | United States | |
| Lenny the Wonder Dog | Oren Goldman, Yariv Ozdoba | Sammy Kahn, Craig Ferguson, Michael Winslow | United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Love Wrecked | Randal Kleiser | Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett | United States | |
| MirrorMask | Dave McKean | Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, Gina McKee | United Kingdom United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Promise | Chen Kaige | Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung | China | Fantasy adventure |
| River Queen | Vincent Ward | Samantha Morton, Cliff Morton, Kiefer Sutherland | New Zealand United Kingdom | |
| Robots | Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Ewan McGregor (voice), Halle Berry (voice), Robin Williams (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Sahara | Breck Eisner | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz | United States | Romantic adventure |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin | United States | Space adventure |
| A Sound of Thunder | Peter Hyams | Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley | United States United Kingdom Germany Czech Republic | |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | George Lucas | Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman | United States | |
| Valiant | Gary Chapman | Ewan McGregor (voice), Ricky Gervais (voice), Tim Curry (voice), Jim Broadbent (voice) | United Kingdom | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Zathura: A Space Adventure | Jon Favreau | Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard | United States | Space adventure |

## 2006

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 300 | Zack Snyder | Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West | United States | |
| Alatriste | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Viggo Mortensen | Spain | |
| Apocalypto | Mel Gibson | Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo | United States | Adventure drama |
| Asterix and the Vikings | Stefan Fjeldmark [da], Jesper Møller | | Denmark France | Animated film, adventure comedy, family-oriented adventure |
| Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Michel Ocelot | | Belgium Spain Italy France | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Blackbeard | Kevin Connor | Angus Macfadyen, Mark Umbers, Rachel Ward, Jessica Chastain | United States | Sea adventure |
| Blood Diamond | Edward Zwick | Djimon Hounsou, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly | United States | Adventure drama |
| Casino Royale | Martin Campbell | Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen | United Kingdom United States Czech Republic Germany Italy | |
| The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Russell Mulcahy | Casper Van Dien, Malcolm McDowell | United States | |
| The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard | Tom Hanks, Angelina Jolie | United States | |
| Eight Below | Frank Marshall | Paul Walker | United States | Adventure drama |
| Eragon | Stefen Fangmeier | Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Flicka | Michael Mayer | Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello | United States United Kingdom | |
| Flushed Away | David Bowers, Sam Fell | Hugh Jackman (voice), Kate Winslet (voice) | United Kingdom United States | Family-oriented adventure |
| Flyboys | Tony Bill | James Franco, David Ellison, Jean Reno, Philip Winchester | United States | |
| The Guardian | Andrew Davis | Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward | United States | Adventure drama |
| Happy Feet | George Miller | | United States Canada Australia | Animated film, adventure comedy |
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | Carlos Saldanha | Ray Romano (voice), John Leguizamo (voice), Denis Leary (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Jade Warrior | Antti-Jussi Annila | Tommi Eronen, Markku Peltola, Zhang Jinchu | Finland Netherlands Estonia China | |
| Kokoda | Alister Grierson | Jack Finsterer | Australia | |
| Lettres de la mer rouge | Éric Martin [fr], Emmanuel Caussé [fr] | Arnaud Giovaninetti | France | |
| The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | David Titcher | Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar | United States | |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin | United States | |
| The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar | Kasper Barfoed | Julie Grundtvig Wester, Christian Heldbo Wienberg, Nicklas Svale Andersen | Denmark | |
| Night at the Museum | Shawn Levy | Ben Stiller, Robin Williams | United States | Adventure comedy, fantasy adventure |
| Paprika | Satoshi Kon | Megumi Hayashibara (voice), Toru Emori (voice), Katsunosuke Hori (voice) | Japan | Animated film, science fiction adventure |
| The Pink Panther | Shawn Levy | Steve Buscemi, Kevin Kline | United States | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport | United States | Adventure comedy, fantasy adventure |
| La piste | Éric Valli | Julian Sands | France | Adventure drama |
| Poseidon | Wolfgang Petersen | Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett | United States | Sea adventure |
| Rescue Dawn | Werner Herzog | Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies | United States | |
| Sinking of Japan | Shinji Higuchi | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ko Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa | Japan | |
| Superman Returns | Bryan Singer | Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey | United States | |
| The Thief Lord | Richard Claus | Alice Connor, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Rollo Weeks, Vanessa Redgrave | Germany Luxembourg United Kingdom | |
| Wolfhound | Nikolai Lebedev | Aleksandr Bukharov, Oksana Akinshina | Russia | Fantasy adventure |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Brett Ratner | Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart | United States | Science-fiction Adventure |

## 2007

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| Arn – The Knight Templar | Peter Flinth | Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Vincent Pérez | Sweden Norway Finland Denmark | |
| Aztec Rex | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ian Ziering, Jack McGee, Dichen Lachman, Marco Sanchez | United States | |
| Battle for Terra | Aristomenis Tsirbas | | United States | Animated film, space adventure |
| Beowulf | Robert Zemeckis | Ray Winstone (motion capture), Anthony Hopkins (motion capture), Angelina Jolie (motion capture) | United States | Animated film, fantasy adventure |
| Black Water | David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki | Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody, Andy Rodoreda | Australia | |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Gábor Csupó | Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Robert Patrick | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Bucket List | Rob Reiner | Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes | United States | |
| La carta esférica [es] | Imanol Uribe | Carmelo Gómez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón | Spain | |
| The Darjeeling Limited | Wes Anderson | Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody | United States | |
| Diamond Dogs | Shimon Dotan | Dolph Lundgren | Canada China | |
| The Golden Compass | Chris Weitz | Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | David Yates | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| In the Arms of My Enemy | Micha Wald | Adrien Jolivet, Grégoire Colin, François-René Dupont, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet | Belgium France | |
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | Uwe Boll | Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ron Perlman, John Rhys-Davies | Canada United States | |
| Into the Wild | Sean Penn | Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt | United States | Adventure drama |
| Jacquou le Croquant | Laurent Boutonnat | Gaspard Ulliel, Tchéky Karyo, Bojana Panić | France | |
| Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi | Hans Pos [nl] | Thijs Römer | Netherlands | |
| The Last Legion | Doug Lefler | Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley | Italy United Kingdom France | |
| Meet the Robinsons | Stephen Anderson | Daniel Hansen (voice), Jordan Fry (voice), Wesley Singerman (voice), Angela Bassett (voice) | United States | Animated film, science fiction adventure |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday | Steve Bendelack | Rowan Atkinson, Max Baldry, Willem Dafoe, Jean Rochefort | United Kingdom France Germany United States | |
| National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Jon Turteltaub | Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren, Justin Bartha | United States | |
| Pathfinder | Marcus Nispel | Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown | United States | Adventure drama |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Chow Yun-fat | United States | |
| Rogue | Greg McLean | Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington | Australia | |
| De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe | Steven de Jong [nl] | Pim Wessels, Peter Tuinman, Cees Geel | Netherlands | |
| The Seeker | David Cunningham | Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston, Ian McShane | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | Dan Castellaneta (voice), Julie Kavner (voice), Nancy Cartwright (voice), Yeardley Smith (voice), Hank Azaria (voice), Harry Shearer (voice) | United States | Animated film |
| Stardust | Matthew Vaughn | Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Sunshine | Danny Boyle | Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne | United States United Kingdom | Space adventure |
| Wild Hogs | Walt Becker | Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy | United States | |

## 2008

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 10,000 BC | Roland Emmerich | Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Affif Ben Badra, Tim Barlow | United States | |
| Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls | Mark Atkins | Sean Cameron Michael | United States | |
| Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End | Peter Flinth | Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård | Sweden Norway Finland Denmark | |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier | Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Depardieu, Alain Delon | Belgium Spain Italy Germany France | Family-oriented adventure |
| Australia | Baz Luhrmann | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham | United States | |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Raja Gosnell | Jamie Lee Curtis, Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona | United States | Adventure comedy |
| Bolt | Chris Williams, Byron Howard | | United States | Animated film, adventure comedy |
| De Brief voor de Koning | Pieter Verhoeff | Yannick van de Velde, Quinten Schram, Hanna Schwamborn | Netherlands | Fantasy adventure |
| The Children of Huang Shi | Roger Spottiswoode | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-fat | United States China Australia Germany | Adventure drama |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes | United States New Zealand | Fantasy adventure |
| City of Ember | Gil Kenan | Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Dachimawa Lee | Ryoo Seung-wan | Im Won-hee, Gong Hyo-jin, Park Si-yeon | South Korea | |
| Female Agents | Jean-Paul Salomé | Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain | France | War adventure |
| The Flyboys | Rocco DeVilliers | Jesse James, Reiley McClendon, Stephen Baldwin | United States | |
| Fool's Gold | Andy Tennant | Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland | United States | Adventure comedy, romantic adventure |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | Rob Minkoff | Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Kim Jee-Woon | Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung | South Korea | Action-adventure |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg | Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf | United States | Adventure comedy |
| Inkheart | Iain Softley | Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Jim Broadbent, Sienna Guillory | United States United Kingdom Germany | |
| Die Jagd nach dem Schatz der Nibelungen [de] | Ralf Huettner [de] | Benjamin Sadler, Bettina Zimmermann, Fabian Busch, Hark Bohm | Germany | |
| La Jeune Fille et les Loups [fr] | Gilles Legrand [fr] | Laetitia Casta, Stefano Accorsi, Jean-Paul Rouve, Michel Galabru | France | |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Eric Brevig | Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Jumper | Doug Liman | Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson | United States | Science fiction adventure |
| The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice | Jonathan Frakes | Noah Wyle, Stana Katic | United States | |
| The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon | Farhad Mann | Michael Shanks, Shannen Doherty, J. R. Bourne | United States | |
| Merlin and the War of the Dragons | Mark Atkins | Simon Lloyd-Roberts, Jürgen Prochnow | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Rob Cohen | Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh | United States | Fantasy adventure, adventure comedy |
| Nim's Island | Mark Levin | Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler | United States Australia | Family-oriented adventure |
| North Face | Philipp Stölzl | Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek | Germany Austria | Adventure drama |
| Outlander | Howard McCain | Jim Caviezel, John Hurt, Ron Perlman | United States | Science fiction adventure |
| Quantum of Solace | Marc Forster | Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton | United Kingdom United States | |
| Rambo | Sylvester Stallone | Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze | United States | War adventure |
| The Red Baron | Nikolai Müllerschön | Matthias Schweighöfer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes | Germany | War adventure |
| Red Cliff | John Woo | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi | China | |
| Roadside Romeo | Jugal Hansraj | | India United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior | Russell Mulcahy | Michael Copon, Randy Couture, Karen Shenaz David | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Dave Filoni | Matt Lanter (voice), James Arnold Taylor (voice), Dee Bradley Baker (voice), Tom Kane (voice) | United States | Animated film, space adventure |
| Strange Wilderness | Fred Wolf | Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Kevin Heffernan | United States | Adventure comedy |
| The Tale of Despereaux | Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen | | United States United Kingdom | Animated film |
| A Viking Saga | Michael Mouyal | Ken Vedsegaard | Denmark | |
| WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | | United States | Science fiction adventure |

## 2009

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 9 | Shane Acker | Elijah Wood (voice) | United States | Animated film, science fiction adventure, fantasy adventure |
| 12 Paces Without a Head | Sven Taddicken [de] | Ronald Zehrfeld, Matthias Schweighöfer | Germany | |
| 2012 | Roland Emmerich | John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt | United States Canada | |
| Agora | Alejandro Amenábar | Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac | Spain | |
| Avatar | James Cameron | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana | United States | |
| Barbarossa | Renzo Martinelli | Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan, F. Murray Abraham, Ángela Molina | Italy | |
| Dragonball Evolution | James Wong | Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Emmy Rossum | Australia United Kingdom Hong Kong United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Envoyés très spéciaux [fr] | Frédéric Auburtin | Gérard Lanvin, Gérard Jugnot, Omar Sy | France | Adventure comedy |
| Fräulein Stinnes fährt um die Welt [de] | Erica von Moeller | Sandra Hüller, Bjarne Henriksen | Germany | |
| Haeundae | Yoon Je-kyoon | Sul Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Lee Min-ki | South Korea | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | David Yates | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson | United Kingdom United States | Fantasy adventure |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Carlos Saldanha | Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary | United States | animated film, family oriented |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits | Canada United Kingdom | Fantasy adventure |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz | Germany United States | War adventure |
| Into the Blue 2: The Reef | Stephen Herek | Chris Carmack, Laura Vandervoort | United States | |
| Janosik: A True Story | Kasia Adamik, Agnieszka Holland | Václav Jiráček | Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Hungary | |
| Land of the Lost | Brad Silberling | Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride | United States | Science fiction adventure |
| The Last Flight | Karim Dridi | Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet | France | |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Shawn Levy | Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria | United States | Adventure comedy, fantasy adventure |
| OSS 117: Lost in Rio | Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Michel Aumont | France | Adventure comedy |
| The Princess and the Frog | John Musker, Ron Clements | Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David | United States | Animated film |
| Race to Witch Mountain | Andy Fickman | Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino, Alexander Ludwig | United States | Family-oriented adventure, science fiction adventure |
| Safari [fr] | Olivier Baroux | Kad Merad, Lionel Abelanski, Valerie Benguigui | France | Adventure comedy |
| Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong | United Kingdom United States | |
| Sin Nombre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores | Mexico United States | Adventure drama |
| Solomon Kane | Michael J. Bassett | James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood | United Kingdom France Czech Republic | |
| Star Trek | J. J. Abrams | Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy | United States | Space adventure |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox | United States | |
| Up | Pete Docter | Edward Asner (voice), Christopher Plummer (voice), Jordan Nagai (voice), Bob Peterson (voice) | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Valhalla Rising | Nicolas Winding Refn | Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Gordon Brown | United States United Kingdom Denmark | Adventure drama |
| Van Diemen's Land | Jonathan Auf Der Heide | Oscar Redding, Greg Stone, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, Mark Leonard Winter | Australia | |
| Vicky the Viking | Michael Herbig | Jonas Hämmerle, Waldemar Kobus, Günther Kaufmann | Germany | |