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Best Adventure Movies of the 2000s
#1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · ★ 8.5 · 27,480 votes · 3h 21m · action, fantasy, adventureAs armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellows…
#2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · ★ 8.4 · 28,290 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventureYoung hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along…
#3 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 24,583 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventureFrodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Towe…
#4 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) · ★ 8.4 · 11,504 votes · 1h 59m · fantasy, adventure, animationSophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to…
#5 Gladiator (2000) · ★ 8.2 · 21,548 votes · 2h 35m · action, adventure, dramaAfter the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced…
#6 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 23,701 votes · 2h 21m · fantasy, adventureHarry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.…
#7 Up (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 22,197 votes · 1h 36m · comedy, adventure, animationCarl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate…
#8 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 794 votes · 2h 28m · action, adventure, dramaWhen two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.…
#9 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 30,189 votes · 2h 32m · fantasy, adventureHarry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the…
#10 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) · ★ 7.8 · 22,852 votes · 2h 23m · action, fantasy, adventureWhen wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly team…
#11 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) · ★ 7.8 · 22,662 votes · 2h 37m · fantasy, adventureWhen his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools. Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as…
#12 Finding Nemo (2003) · ★ 7.8 · 20,919 votes · 1h 40m · adventure, animation, familyNemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly b…
#13 Shrek (2001) · ★ 7.8 · 19,294 votes · 1h 30m · comedy, fantasy, adventureIt ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dra…
#14 Into the Wild (2007) · ★ 7.8 · 10,365 votes · 2h 28m · adventure, dramaAfter graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hi…
#15 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) · ★ 7.8 · 6,314 votes · 1h 27m · comedy, adventure, animationThe Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge again…
#16 Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) · ★ 7.8 · 545 votes · 1h 8m · adventure, science-fiction, animationFour talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogram…
#17 Iron Man (2008) · ★ 7.7 · 28,904 votes · 2h 6m · action, adventure, science-fictionAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.…
#18 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) · ★ 7.7 · 23,981 votes · 2h 41m · fantasy, adventureCars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a w…
#19 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) · ★ 7.7 · 21,283 votes · 2h 18m · fantasy, adventureWhen a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.…
#20 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 21,213 votes · 2h 33m · fantasy, adventureDumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.…
#21 The Incredibles (2004) · ★ 7.7 · 19,352 votes · 1h 55m · action, adventure, animationBob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a myst…
#22 Cast Away (2000) · ★ 7.7 · 12,606 votes · 2h 23m · adventure, dramaChuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a te…
#23 Big Fish (2003) · ★ 7.7 · 7,968 votes · 2h 5m · fantasy, adventure, dramaThroughout 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, t…
#24 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) · ★ 7.7 · 5,016 votes · 1h 23m · comedy, adventure, romanceA captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.…
#25 The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) · ★ 7.7 · 2,121 votes · 2h 11m · action, adventure, thrillerYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.…
#26 The World's Fastest Indian (2005) · ★ 7.7 · 926 votes · 2h 7m · adventure, drama, historyThe life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flat…
#27 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001) · ★ 7.7 · 857 votes · 1h 43m · action, fantasy, adventureLegendary dhampir D competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman seemingly abducted by undead nobleman Meier Link.…
#28 Avatar (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 34,759 votes · 2h 42m · action, fantasy, adventureIn the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.…
#29 Casino Royale (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 12,033 votes · 2h 24m · action, adventure, thrillerLe Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financi…
#30 The Emperor's New Groove (2000) · ★ 7.6 · 7,482 votes · 1h 18m · comedy, fantasy, adventureWhen the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.…
#31 Treasure Planet (2002) · ★ 7.6 · 4,744 votes · 1h 36m · fantasy, adventure, science-fictionWhen space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space…
#32 The Fall (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 1,610 votes · 1h 57m · fantasy, adventure, dramaIn a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes…
#33 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) · ★ 7.5 · 15,347 votes · 2h 20m · action, adventure, science-fictionWhen the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must…
#34 Hero (2002) · ★ 7.5 · 2,600 votes · 1h 39m · action, adventure, dramaDuring China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's l…
#35 The Secret Life of Bees (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 599 votes · 1h 54m · adventure, drama, familySet in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationshi…
#36 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 17,591 votes · 2h 31m · action, fantasy, adventureCaptain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutch…
#37 Ice Age (2002) · ★ 7.4 · 14,667 votes · 1h 21m · comedy, adventure, animationManny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ic…
#38 Star Trek (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 10,760 votes · 2h 7m · action, adventure, science-fictionThe fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based…
#39 Bridge to Terabithia (2007) · ★ 7.4 · 5,483 votes · 1h 35m · adventure, drama, familyJesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differen…
#40 Serenity (2005) · ★ 7.4 · 4,007 votes · 1h 59m · action, adventure, thrillerA group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours…