Best Adventure movies of 1980s

Actors : Dabney Coleman, Henry Thomas, Christina Nigra, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Richard Franklin,

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Actors : Grace Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia d'Abo, Wilt Chamberlain,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.

Actors : Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson, Kurt Russell, Mickey Rooney,

Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.

Actors : José Lewgoy, Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Salvatore Basile,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

Actors : Ray McAnally, Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Actors : Spiros Focás, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an ...

Actors : Cliff De Young, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Joey Cramer,
Directors : Randal Kleiser,

In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.

Actors : Jean Reno, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Shenar, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : Luc Besson,

The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

Actors : John Candy, Éva Gábor, Tristan Rogers, Bob Newhart,

The R.A.S. agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Leo McKern, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for ...

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, Eric Roberts, Jon Voight,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.

Actors : James Woods, Alex Karras, Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.

Actors : Jean Marsh, Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Walter Murch,

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Sandahl Bergman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.

Actors : Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Gary Goddard,

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Actors : Grant Bardsley, Freddie Jones, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne,

A young boy and a bunch of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.

Actors : Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Klaus Kinski,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.

Actors : Barrie Ingham, Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek,

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his arch-enemy, Professor Ratigan.

Actors : Richard Marcus, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together ...

Actors : John Marshall, Melanie Griffith, Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall,
Directors : Noel Marshall,

A family goes to Africa to meet their father who lives with wild lions.