Highest grossing Adventure movies that are award winners or nominees

Despicable Me 2(2013)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, He has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.



The Jungle Book(2016)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo.



Deadpool(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A fast-talking mercenary with a morbid sense of humor is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers and a quest for revenge.



Inside Out(2015)

Combined Rating:
96
Combined Critics Rating: 95

After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.



Jurassic Park(1993)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.



Transformers: Dark of the Moon(2011)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.



Zootopia(2016)

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Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.



The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.



Alice in Wonderland(2010)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.



Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.



Suicide Squad(2016)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.



Transformers(2007)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.



Iron Man(2008)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.



Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.



The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.



Iron Man 2(2010)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.



Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.



Independence Day(1996)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 30

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.



Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl(2003)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.



Skyfall(2012)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.




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