The best adventure film of every year

The highest-scoring adventure film from each year, scored 0–100 on IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office against every film from the same year. Pick a year for its full list of adventure films.

• 2026: The Odyssey Score 96.0 · 37 adventure films
• 2025: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Score 74.2 · 70 adventure films
• 2024: Dune: Part Two Score 83.3 · 81 adventure films
• 2023: Barbie Score 77.6 · 93 adventure films
• 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once Score 93.3 · 88 adventure films
• 2021: Dune Score 92.8 · 84 adventure films
• 2020: Soul Score 83.9 · 57 adventure films
• 2019: Toy Story 4 Score 79.7 · 86 adventure films
• 2018: Black Panther Score 89.0 · 87 adventure films
• 2017: Coco Score 81.3 · 82 adventure films
• 2016: Zootopia Score 78.5 · 92 adventure films
• 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road Score 97.1 · 89 adventure films
• 2014: Interstellar Score 79.0 · 97 adventure films
• 2013: Frozen Score 78.0 · 86 adventure films
• 2012: Life of Pi Score 93.9 · 75 adventure films
• 2011: Hugo Score 93.3 · 69 adventure films
• 2010: Inception Score 90.0 · 65 adventure films
• 2009: Avatar Score 94.2 · 61 adventure films
• 2008: WALL·E Score 83.2 · 62 adventure films
• 2007: Ratatouille Score 85.3 · 50 adventure films
• 2006: Letters from Iwo Jima Score 82.7 · 69 adventure films
• 2005: King Kong Score 82.6 · 53 adventure films
• 2004: The Incredibles Score 84.7 · 53 adventure films
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Score 98.2 · 51 adventure films
• 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Score 84.8 · 46 adventure films
• 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Score 97.4 · 38 adventure films
• 2000: Gladiator Score 92.0 · 39 adventure films
• 1999: Toy Story 2 Score 78.0 · 29 adventure films
• 1998: Mulan Score 73.7 · 33 adventure films
• 1997: Princess Mononoke Score 73.9 · 33 adventure films
• 1996: Star Trek: First Contact Score 72.0 · 37 adventure films
• 1995: Apollo 13 Score 86.1 · 37 adventure films
• 1994: The Lion King Score 82.4 · 42 adventure films
• 1993: Jurassic Park Score 80.4 · 24 adventure films
• 1992: Aladdin Score 87.0 · 20 adventure films
• 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day Score 89.0 · 22 adventure films
• 1990: Dances with Wolves Score 93.2 · 24 adventure films
• 1989: The Little Mermaid Score 82.0 · 22 adventure films
• 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Score 90.2 · 21 adventure films
• 1987: The Princess Bride Score 69.5 · 23 adventure films
• 1986: Aliens Score 89.2 · 29 adventure films
• 1985: Back to the Future Score 82.0 · 33 adventure films
• 1984: A Passage to India Score 74.3 · 25 adventure films
• 1983: The Right Stuff Score 84.4 · 17 adventure films
• 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Score 89.3 · 17 adventure films
• 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark Score 97.0 · 24 adventure films
• 1980: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Score 85.8 · 26 adventure films
• 1979: The Muppet Movie Score 68.0 · 16 adventure films
• 1978: Superman Score 78.6 · 16 adventure films
• 1977: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Score 97.5 · 19 adventure films
• 1976: The Message Score 46.6 · 10 adventure films
• 1975: Jaws Score 87.2 · 15 adventure films
• 1974: Harry and Tonto Score 53.9 · 10 adventure films
• 1973: Robin Hood Score 58.4 · 12 adventure films
• 1972: Deliverance Score 72.5 · 14 adventure films
• 1971: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Score 58.4 · 10 adventure films
• 1970: Little Big Man Score 66.3 · 10 adventure films
• 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Score 93.3 · 15 adventure films
• 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey Score 80.8 · 12 adventure films
• 1967: The Dirty Dozen Score 72.8 · 12 adventure films
• 1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Score 78.0 · 16 adventure films
• 1965: The Great Race Score 60.3 · 14 adventure films
• 1964: Goldfinger Score 78.4 · 11 adventure films
• 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Score 70.9 · 13 adventure films
• 1962: Lawrence of Arabia Score 96.7 · 11 adventure films
• 1961: The Guns of Navarone Score 68.1 · 6 adventure films
• 1960: Spartacus Score 88.8 · 6 adventure films
• 1959: Ben-Hur Score 95.4 · 8 adventure films
• 1958: The Hidden Fortress Score 57.9 · 5 adventure films
• 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai Score 95.7 · 9 adventure films
• 1956: The Ten Commandments Score 81.6 · 7 adventure films
• 1955: Lady and the Tramp Score 66.1 · 6 adventure films
• 1954: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Score 60.6 · 8 adventure films
• 1953: The Wages of Fear Score 67.7 · 5 adventure films
• 1952: Scaramouche Score 54.8 · 7 adventure films
• 1951: The African Queen Score 75.1 · 3 adventure films
• 1950: King Solomon's Mines Score 49.7 · 4 adventure films
• 1949: Mighty Joe Young Score 37.1 · 1 adventure film
• 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Score 85.5 · 3 adventure films
• 1947: Fun and Fancy Free Score 25.9 · 1 adventure film
• 1946: Great Expectations Score 61.2 · 2 adventure films
• 1945: Objective, Burma! Score 49.0 · 1 adventure film
• 1944: To Have and Have Not Score 65.0 · 2 adventure films
• 1943: For Whom the Bell Tolls Score 56.4 · 5 adventure films
• 1942: Bambi Score 69.2 · 6 adventure films
• 1941: Sullivan's Travels Score 57.0 · 4 adventure films
• 1940: Pinocchio Score 75.4 · 5 adventure films
• 1939: The Wizard of Oz Score 81.1 · 9 adventure films
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood Score 92.9 · 1 adventure film
• 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Score 82.2 · 4 adventure films
• 1936: The Charge of the Light Brigade Score 48.4 · 1 adventure film
• 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty Score 78.7 · 3 adventure films
• 1934: L'Atalante Score 61.0 · 3 adventure films
• 1933: King Kong Score 78.3 · 2 adventure films
• 1932: Shanghai Express Score 59.0 · 4 adventure films
• 1931: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Score 49.2 · 1 adventure film
• 1930: The Big Trail Score 53.8 · 1 adventure film
• 1926: The General Score 97.0 · 2 adventure films
• 1925: The Gold Rush Score 88.2 · 3 adventure films
• 1924: Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Score 72.4 · 4 adventure films
• 1915: Les Vampires Score 98.1 · 1 adventure film