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Best Adventure Movies of the 1940s

Adventure films released 1940–1949, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

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   #1 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) · ★ 8.0 · 1,397 votes · 2h 6m · adventure, drama, western

   Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the wa…

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   #2 To Have and Have Not (1945) · ★ 7.5 · 587 votes · 1h 40m · adventure, romance, war

   A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.…

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   #3 Sullivan's Travels (1941) · ★ 7.4 · 525 votes · 1h 31m · comedy, adventure, romance

   Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aimi…

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   #4 Fun and Fancy Free (1947) · ★ 6.3 · 546 votes · 1h 13m · comedy, fantasy, adventure

   Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.…

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   #5 Saludos Amigos (1942) · ★ 5.8 · 537 votes · 0h 42m · adventure, animation, music

   A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and A…

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