List of adventure films of the 1970s

A list of adventure films released in the 1970s.

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
1970
The Adventures of Gerard	Jerzy Skolimowski	Peter McEnery, Claudia Cardinale		[1]
L'Arciere di Sherwood	George Ferron, Giorgio Ferroni			[2]
Brancaleone at the Crusades	Mario Monicelli	Vittorio Gassman		Adventure comedy[3]
Carry On Up the Jungle	Gerald Thomas	Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims		Adventure comedy[4]
Kelly's Heroes	Brian G. Hutton	Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles		War adventure[5]
White Sun of the Desert	Vladimir Motyl	Anatoly Kuznetsov, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze		War adventure[6]
1971
La Poudre d'escampette	Philippe de Broca	Marlène Jobert, Michel Piccoli, Michael York		War adventure, adventure comedy[7]
The Married Couple of the Year Two	Jean-Paul Rappeneau	Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli		[8]
Walkabout	Nicolas Roeg	Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil, John Meillon		Adventure drama[9]
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski, Cecilia Rivera, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo		Adventure drama[10]
The Poseidon Adventure	Ronald Neame	Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley		Sea adventure[11]
Solaris	Andrei Tarkovsky	Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, Donatas Banionis		Space adventure[12]
1973
At Home Among Strangers, A Stranger Among His Own	Nikita Mikhalkov	Yuri Bogatyrev, Anatoli Solonitsin, Alexander Kaidanovsky		War adventure[13]
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad	Gordon Hessler	John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker		Fantasy adventure[14]
In Desert and Wilderness	Wladyslaw Slesicki			Adventure drama[15]
Robin Hood	Wolfgang Reitherman	Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov		[16]
The Three Musketeers	Richard Lester	Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch		[17]
1974
Les 4 Charlots Mousquetaires	André Hunebelle	Gérard Rinaldi, Gerard Filipelli, Jean Sarrus		Adventure comedy[18]
Arabian Nights	Pier Paolo Pasolini	Franco Merli, Ines Pellegrini, Ninetto Davoli		Fantasy adventure[19]
Le Fuhrer en Folie	Philippe Clair	Henri Tisot, Alice Sapritch, Luis Rego		War adventure[20]
The Four Musketeers	Richard Lester	Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York		[21]
Herbie Rides Again	Robert Stevenson	Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers		[22]
Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?	Robert Lamoureux	Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Aldo Maccione		War adventure[23]
À Nous Quatre Cardinal	André Hunebelle	Les Charlots, Jean Valmont		Adventure comedy[24]
When the North Wind Blows	Stewart Raffill	Henry Brandon, Fernando Celis, Dan Haggerty		[25]
Zorro	Duccio Tessari	Stanley Baker, Alain Delon, Moustache		[26]
1975
Dersu Uzala	Akira Kurosawa	Maxim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Vladimir Kremena		Adventure drama[27]
The Great Waldo Pepper	George Roy Hill	Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin		Adventure drama[28]
Jaws	Steven Spielberg	Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary		Sea adventure[29]
The Man Who Would Be King	John Huston	Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey		[30]
Operation Lady Marlene	Robert Lamoureux	Robert Lamoureux, Michel Serrault, Bernard Menez		War adventure[31]
Le Sauvage	Jean-Paul Rappeneau	Catherine Deneuve, Yves Montand, Luigi Vannucchi		[32]
The Wind and the Lion	John Milius	Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith		[33]
1976
Adventures of Frontier Fremont	Richard Friedenberg	Tony Mirrati, Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle		Family-oriented adventure[34]
King Kong	John Guillermin	Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange		[35]
Robin and Marian	Richard Lester	Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw		Romantic adventure[36]
Swashbuckler	James Goldstone	Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle		[37]
1977
The 5th Musketeer	Ken Annakin	Rex Harrison, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress		[38]
The Deep	Peter Yates	Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte		Sea adventure[39]
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	Vincent McEveety	Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars		Family-oriented adventure[40]
The Inglorious Bastards	Enzo G. Castellari	Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten		War adventure[41]
The Mighty Peking Man	Ho Meng-hua	Li Hsiu-hsien, Evelyn Kraft, Hsiao Yao		[42]
Orca	Michael Anderson	Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson		Sea adventure[43]
The Rescuers	Don Bluth, Milt Kahl, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens			Animated film[44]
La Septième Compagnie Au Clair Du Lune	Robert Lamoureux	Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet		War adventure[45]
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Sam Wanamaker	Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting		Fantasy adventure[46]
Star Wars	George Lucas	Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Harrison Ford		Space adventure[47]
1978
Avalanche	Corey Allen	Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow, Jeanette Nolan
Return from Witch Mountain	John Hough	Bette Davis, Christopher Lee		Adventure mystery
Starcrash	Luigi Cozzi	Caroline Munro, Marjoe Gortner		Space adventure
Superman	Richard Donner	Christopher Reeves, Margot Kidder
Warlords of Atlantis	Kevin Connor	Doug McClure		Adventure fantasy
The Wiz	Sidney Lumet	Diana Ross, Michael Jackson		Adventure musical
1979
Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola	Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall		Adventure drama[48]
Arabian Adventure	Kevin Connor	Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias		Fantasy adventure[49]
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Irwin Allen	Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas		Sea adventure[50]
The Black Hole	Gary Nelson	Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster		Space adventure[51]
The Black Stallion	Carroll Ballard	Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr		Family-oriented adventure[52]
Moonraker	Lewis Gilbert	Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michel Lonsdale		Space adventure[53]
North Sea Hijack	Andrew V. McLaglen	Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins		Sea adventure[54]
The Muppet Movie	James Frawley	Charles Durning		Family-oriented adventure[55]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Robert Wise	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley		Space adventure[56]
Time After Time	Nicholas Meyer	Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen		Fantasy adventure[57]

Notes

1. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Adventures of Gerard". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
2. "Overview:L'Arciere di Sherwood". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
3. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:Brancaleone Alle Crociate". Allmovie. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
4. Brenner, Paul. "Overview:Carry On Up the Jungle". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
5. Williams, Karl. "Overview:Kelly's Heroes". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
6. LeVasseur, Andrea. "Overview:White Sun of the Desert". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
7. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:La Poudre d'escampette". Allmovie. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
8. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:Les Mariés De L'An II". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
9. Blaise, Judd. "Overview:Walkabout". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
10. Williams, Karl. "Overview:Aguirre, the Wrath of God". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
11. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Poseidon Adventure". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
12. Tobey, Matthew. "Overview:Solaris". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
13. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:At Home Among Strangers, A Stranger Among His Own". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
14. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Golden Voyage of Sinbad". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
15. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:W pustyni i w puszczy". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
16. D'Arminio, Aubry Anne. "Overview:Robin Hood". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
17. Phipps, Keith. "Overview:The Three Musketeers". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
18. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:Les 4 Charlots Mousquetaires". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
19. Firsching, Robert. "Overview:Arabian Nights". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
20. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:Le Fuhrer en Folie". Allmovie. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
21. Deming, Mark. "Overview:The Four Musketeers". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
22. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Herbie Rides Again". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
23. Fountaine, Clarke. "Overview:Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?". Allmovie. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
24. "Overview:À Nous Quatre Cardinall". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
25. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Overview:When the North Wind Blows". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
26. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Zorro". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
27. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Dersu Uzala". Allmovie. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
28. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Great Waldo Pepper". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
29. Bozzola, Lucia. "Overview:Jaws". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
30. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Man Who Would Be King". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
31. Fountain, Clark. "Overview:Operation Lady Marlene". Allmovie. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
32. Tobey, Matthew. "Overview:Le Sauvage". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
33. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Wind and the Lion". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
34. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Adventures of Frontier Fremont". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
35. Brenner, Paul. "Overview:King Kong". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
36. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Robin and Marian". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
37. Betzold, Michael. "Overview:Swashbuckler". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
38. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The 5th Musketeer". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
39. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Deep". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
40. Brenner, Paul. "Overview:Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
41. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Inglorious Bastards". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
42. Gore, Chris. "Overview:The Mighty Peking Man". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
43. Firsching, Robert. "Overview:Orca". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
44. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Rescuers". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
45. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:La Septième Compagnie Au Clair Du Lune". Allmovie. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
46. Brenner, Paul. "Overview:Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger". Allmovie. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
47. Deming, Mark. "Overview:Star Wars". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
48. Bozzola, Lucia. "Overview:Apocalypse Now". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
49. Blaise, Judd. "Overview:Arabian Adventure". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
50. Beday, Jeremy. "Overview:Beyond the Poseidon Adventure". Allmovie. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
51. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:The Black Hole". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
52. Deming, Mark. "Overview:The Black Stallion". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
53. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Moonraker". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
54. Deming, Mark. "Overview:Ffolkes". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
55. Fountain, Clarke. "Overview:The Muppet Movie". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
56. Williams, Karl. "Overview:Star TreK: The Motion Picture". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
57. Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Time After Time". Allmovie. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

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