Last Updated on 25 March 2024
I searched the Internet for lists of the best or greatest adventure movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 31 lists. I took the 31 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 94 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 31) were:
- Jaws (1975) – 25 lists
- The Birds (1963) – 22 lists
- Cujo (1983) – 21 lists
- Arachnophobia (1990) – 17 lists
- Anaconda (1997) – 17 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Reddit/KnewsMedia – 13 Sep 2022
- MovieWeb – 30 Aug 2022
- Kneel Before Zod – 15 Aug 2022
- Best Similar – 11 Aug 2022
- Buzzfeed – 15 Jun 2022
- Ranker.com – 10 Jun 2022
- Opera News – 31 May 2022
- The Lineup – 12 Apr 2022
- WhatNerd – 26 Feb 2022
- TechMediatainment – 3 Jan 2021
- ScariestThings.com – 2 Aug 2020
- GameSpot – 10 Apr 2020
- Goliath – 16 Jan 2020
- ScreenRant – 18 Jul 2019
- Back to the Movies – 1 Jul 2019
- Horror Bound – 20 May 2019
- Den of Geek – 24 Oct 2018
- SlashFilm – 9 Aug 2018
- LiveAbout.com – 28 Mar 2018
- Rotten Tomatoes – 3 Aug 2017
- iHorrorDb – 1 Oct 2016
- Top10 Films UK – 15 Jul 2016
- Teen Vogue – 19 Jun 2016
- Mental Floss – 8 Jun 2015
- Games Radar – 17 Jul 2013
- Mr. Movie – 9 Sep 2011
- Attack from Planet B – 19 Aug 2010
- Film Jabber – date unknown
- MoviesList.best – date unknown
- Watch Mojo – date unknown
Attached is the Excel spreadsheet with the raw data and the full list with scores and weighting.
