Steven Spielberg’s Best Adventure Movies

Adventure filmmaking has been a specialty of numerous filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.  Directors like David Lean established new benchmarks for epic storytelling with ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’, while James Cameron revolutionized the action-adventure genre with ‘Avatar’ and ‘Terminator 2’.  But Steven Spielberg is the director most closely associated with adventure film.  

 Spielberg, a box office powerhouse and one of Hollywood's most significant filmmakers, sets the standard for movies with fearless adventurers, intense quests, and exhilarating action.  Despite the wide range of adventure films, Spielberg's output may be condensed into fifteen films with differing degrees of success.  His adventure films are ranked on this list according to their caliber, impact, and career relevance.

'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (1989)

'Jurassic Park' (1993)

'Jaws' (1975)

'A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

'The Adventures of Tintin' (2011)

'War of the Worlds' (2005)

'Ready Player One' (2018)

'The BFG' (2016)

'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' (1997)

'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' (2008)

–Farheen Ali