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40. Little Miss Sunshine
Director – Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Cast – Alan Arkin, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 26 July 2006
Box Office – $100.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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39. Dances With Wolves
Director – Kevin Costner
Cast – Mary McDonnell, Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant,
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 19 October 1990
Box Office – $424.2 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Western
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
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38. Total Recall
Director – Paul Verhoeven
Cast – Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Sharon Stone Arnold, Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 1 June 1990
Box Office – $261.3 million
Genre – Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
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37. Predator Series
Director – John McTiernan
Cast – Carl Weathers, Arnold Schwarzenegger
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 12 June 1987
Box Office – $98.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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36. Stand By Me
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell, Casey Siemaszko
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 1 January 1986
Box Office – $52.3 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama
Awards – None
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35. Lawrence of Arabia
Director – David Lean
Cast – Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains, Anthony Quayle, Arthur Kennedy
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 10 December 1962
Box Office – $70 million
Genre – Adventure, Biography, Drama
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
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34. Apollo 13
Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Sinise
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 22 June 1995
Box Office – $355.2 million[
Genre – Adventure, Drama, History
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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33. Apocalypto
Director – Mel Gibson
Cast – Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood, Mayra Sérbulo, Raoul Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 8 December 2006
Box Office – $120.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – None
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32. The Abyss
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Ed Harris
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 9 August 1989
Box Office – $90 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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31. The Goonies
Director – Richard Donner
Cast – Martha Plimpton, Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Kerri Green
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – 7 June 1985
Box Office – $61.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
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30. Thor Series
Director – Kenneth Branagh
Cast – Tom Hiddleston, Ray Stevenson, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 29 April 2011
Box Office – $449.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
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29. First Blood: Rambo Series
Director – Ted Kotcheff
Cast – Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 18 December 1982
Box Office – $125.2 million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – None
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28. National Treasure Series
Director – Jon Turteltaub
Cast – Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Sean Bean
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 46%
Release Date – November 19, 2004
Box Office – $347.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Mystery
Awards – None
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27. The Princess Bride
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Peter Falk
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 25 September 1987
Box Office – $30.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
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26. Gladiator
Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Oliver Reed, Russell Crowe, Djimon Hounsou, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – May 5, 2000
Box Office – $460.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
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25. Transformers Series
Director – Michael Bay
Cast – Jon Voight, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro, Megan Fox
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 4 August 2007
Box Office – $709.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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24. The Hunger Games Series
Director – Gary Ross
Cast – Woody Harrelson, Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – March 12, 2012
Box Office – $694.4 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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23. Star Trek Series
Director – Robert Wise
Cast – Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, George Takei
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 6 December 1979
Box Office – $139 million
Genre – Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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22. Life of Pi
Director – Ang Lee
Cast – Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain, Gérard Depardieu, Rafe Spall
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 23 November 2012
Box Office – $609 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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21. Big Fish
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Albert Finney, Helena Bonham Carter, Ewan McGregor, Alison Lohman
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 26 March 2004
Box Office – $122.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
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