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1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
Votes: 322,914 | Gross: $78.62M
2. Minions (2015)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Pierre Coffin
Votes: 259,523 | Gross: $336.05M
3. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian
Votes: 133,968 | Gross: $84.05M
4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
G | 144 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill
Votes: 50,690 | Gross: $7.50M
5. Birdy (1984)
R | 120 min | Drama, War
After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron
Votes: 24,906 | Gross: $1.46M
6. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world.
Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann
Votes: 77,740 | Gross: $111.51M
7. Across the Universe (2007)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Votes: 114,254 | Gross: $51.66M
8. Hudson Hawk (1991)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn
Votes: 60,311 | Gross: $17.22M
9. Underground (1995)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac
Votes: 61,232 | Gross: $0.17M
10. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates
Votes: 94,725 | Gross: $24.01M
11. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After her father's boat is swept away by a sudden storm, plucky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse and monkey in the old family home.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Tami Erin, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 4,620 | Gross: $3.57M
12. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
PG-13 | 109 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 23,395 | Gross: $19.74M
13. Arizona Dream (1993)
R | 142 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor
Votes: 45,644 | Gross: $0.11M
14. This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman who dreams of becoming a children's book author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.
Director: Simon Aboud | Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 13,218 | Gross: $0.04M
15. Yogi Bear (2010)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo and Ranger Smith.
Director: Eric Brevig | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh
Votes: 23,434 | Gross: $100.25M
16. Assassin's Creed II (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Desmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
Directors: Sylvain Bernard, Shea Wageman | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Kristen Bell, Nolan North, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 25,817
17. Brewster McCloud (1970)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy
Votes: 5,605 | Gross: $1.05M
18. Thunderpants (2002)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 6,090
19. The Bullocks (1953)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 19,899 | Gross: $0.10M
20. Steamboy (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
Directors: Shinji Takagi, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anne Suzuki
Votes: 18,707 | Gross: $0.41M
21. Future Boy Conan (1978)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Long after a devastating war almost destroyed the entire world, a boy with superhuman strength fights to save his friends from those who seek to conquer what is left of civilization.
Stars: Noriko Ohara, Sabrina Pitre, Masatô Ibu, Lili Beaudoin
Votes: 4,990
22. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie
Votes: 3,400 | Gross: $0.85M
23. Neverending Story (2001–2002)
375 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Bastian, a boy who loses his imagination after the death of his mother, discovers a magical book that transports him to Fantasia, where he fights as Atreyu to save a world endangered by the Nothing.
Stars: Mark Rendall, Johnny Griffin, Brittany Drisdelle, Valérie Chiniara
Votes: 928
24. Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, Kenneth More
Votes: 1,393
25. Wings of Honneamise (1987)
Unrated | 121 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga | Stars: Leo Morimoto, David Thomas, Mitsuki Yayoi, Heidi Lenhart
Votes: 5,755 | Gross: $0.06M
26. Master of the World (1961)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster
Votes: 3,519
27. The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A student is able to save Midvale College's football reputation using his radical invention.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 996
28. The Invisible Boy (1957)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 1,628
29. My Life So Far (1999)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 3,150 | Gross: $0.62M
30. Spirits of the Air: Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)
96 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Brother and sister endure alone together in a post-apocalyptic Outback until the sudden arrival of a stranger.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Michael Lake, Melissa Davis, Norman Boyd, Rhys Davis
Votes: 783
31. Conan the Future Boy: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection (1984)
49 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the future, some humans build a spaceship to abandon earth. The spaceship crashed in an island isolated from the rest of the world. The story takes place when there are only 2 survivors ... See full summary »
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Noriko Ohara, Mieko Nobusawa, Kazuyo Aoki, Iemasa Kayumi
Votes: 764
32. Doctor Snuggles (1979– )
25 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The fantastic adventures of a friendly doctor and his friends.
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lambert Hamel, Ulli Philipp, Walter Jokisch
Votes: 1,140
33. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
An emotional account of two brothers journey into the wild to bring the medicine for their father's ailment.
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Norea Sjöquist, Carl-Magnus Lilljedahl, Anwar Elbathy, Kimberly Durley
Votes: 2,214
34. Chouans! (1988)
143 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1793 when terror is widespread in France, peasants known as Chouans fight the revolutionaries in attempt to restore the monarchy.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux
Votes: 863
35. Aquila (1997–1998)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Whilst on holiday, two boys find the skeleton of a Roman centurion in a cave. Buried with him is an unusual 'pod' which turns out to be a flying machine with incredible abilities. Will they... See full summary »
Stars: Ben Brooks, Craig Vye, Sallyanne Law, Vivien Parry
Votes: 334
36. Toonstruck (1996 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy
Overworked animator Drew Blanc falls asleep and gets sucked into the world from his popular show. He must help the inhabitants stop Count Nefarious from turning their world into a twisted nightmare with his mutagen beam.
Director: Keith Arem | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry, Dan Castellaneta, David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 372
37. À la conquête du pôle (1912)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Adventure, Horror
Aboard the futuristic flying machine of his own invention, Professor Mabouloff and his team of intercultural explorers set off on yet another impossible expedition to North Pole's vast landscapes. What wonders await the bold adventurers?
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany
Votes: 1,196
38. Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
Director: Yakov Protazanov | Stars: Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli, Nikolay Batalov
Votes: 2,891
39. Light Years Away (1981)
105 min | Drama
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds.
Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Trevor Howard, Mick Ford, Bernice Stegers, Henri Virlojeux
Votes: 561
40. Taxandria (1994)
82 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Befriended by the keeper, he learns of a secret world he can see ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Katja Studt, Richard Kattan
Votes: 474
41. Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009)
TV-G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A teenage girl discovers a magical world, which forces her to come to terms with her grief for her deceased mother, and her tenuous relationship with her father.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Christine Marie Cabanos, Patrick Seitz, Julie Maddalena, Julie Ann Taylor
Votes: 757
42. Gallant Journey (1946)
Passed | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History
This historical drama is a biopic of the U.S. aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery who was the first American to fly a glider in 1883.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers
Votes: 288
43. A Monkey's Tale (1999)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A rebellious teenage monkey refuses to believe what he has been told and sets out to find the truth.
Director: Jean-François Laguionie | Stars: Matt Hill, Sally Ann Marsh, John Hurt, Rik Mayall
Votes: 528
44. Chucklewood Critters (1998–1999)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A bear and a fox cub who create adventure anywhere they go.
Stars: Barbara Goodson, Mona Marshall, Doug Stone, Steve Bulen
Votes: 22
45. Imaginary Flying Machines (2002)
6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
In the form of a humanoid pig, Hayao Miyazaki narrates the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Star: Hayao Miyazaki
Votes: 73
46. Der Schneider von Ulm (1978)
120 min | Drama, History
Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger dreams of flying. By chance he gets to know the airship designer Jakob Degen and sees his flying objects in action.
Director: Edgar Reitz | Stars: Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna, Hannelore Elsner, Harald Kuhlmann
Votes: 99
47. The Little Man (2015)
84 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
There was house in a cave under little hill and that was a place where Little Man lived. He was quite well there until one night - when he had a mysterious dream. He dreamed about a house ... See full summary »
Director: Radek Beran | Stars: Zuzana Bydzovská, Tatiana Dyková, Vanda Hybnerová, Vladimír Javorský
Votes: 77
48. Machinarium (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure
A point-and-click adventure in which a humble robot must free his friend from the clutches of the nefarious Black Cap Brotherhood and save the control tower of the Steampunk-like city of Machinarium from being blown up.
Director: Jakub Dvorský
Votes: 634
49. Stella und der Stern des Orients (2008)
86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
On New Year's Eve 2005, little Stella visits her grandma in the family home. Unknowingly she activates a time-travel machine and is transported back to the year 1905, where she meets some long-gone relatives when they were her age.
Director: Erna Schmidt | Stars: Laura Berschuck, Hanna Schwamborn, Julius Römer, Hans-Martin Stier
Votes: 67
50. I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind (1983 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama
Leonardo da Vinci -- Renaissance artist, scientist and philosopher -- from the peak of his career at age 45 until his retirement in France.
Director: Lee R. Bobker | Stars: Walter Cronkite, Frank Langella, Richard Burton, Joseph Maher
Votes: 50