Since the dawn of cinema, Hollywood companies have consistently produced adventure films. Adventure movie makers include Ridley Scott, David Lean, Robert Zemeckis, Howard Hawks, and David Lean to mention a few. Such movies are frequently based on actual events. These movies allow the filmmakers a chance to explore the outdoors, which results in excellent imagery. Filmmakers enjoy leaving the comfort of the studio and placing their camera in remote locations to capture the untamed, mesmerising beauty of nature. Outside of civilization, man is most violent. The murkiness of the human heart is at play here.
The A24 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, which was released this year, plunged spectators into its own special interpretation of the multiverse. On Letterboxd, users have voted Evelyn’s perplexing voyage as the year’s top adventure film because it has captured their attention. So, fasten your seatbelts and scroll down to see our list of some of the best adventure films produced in Hollywood in the last ten years, as determined by Letterboxd.
1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Director- Christopher Nolan
Gotham is in a peaceful period eight years after The Dark Knight (2008)’s events. This occurs as a result of Batman taking responsibility for Harvey Dent’s murder. Bane, a new evil power, has, nevertheless, arrived in Gotham. With the intention of seizing control of the city and revealing the identity of Harvey Dent’s true identity. Bruce Wayne has nearly completely withdrawn from society since Wayne Manor was completely renovated, seldom leaving the grounds. Bane’s ruthless takeover of the city also compels Batman to leave his retirement. His allies, though, are few and far between. Bane might get stop by finding the elusive jewel thief Selina Kyle.
Ratings- 3.4, Fans- 4.6K
2. Iron Man 3 (2013)
Director- Shane Black
Tony Stark spends 72 hours creating the new Iron Man armature prototype MK42 while suffering from sleeplessness in Malibu, California. He also remembers what happened in Bern, Switzerland in 1999. When he had a one-night stand with Maya Hansen, a geneticist working on a regeneration method. Also, made fun of Aldrich Killian on New Year’s Eve. The terrorist Mandarin believes the attempts to transmit on television are the result of explosions in Los Angeles. Tony Stark challenges Mandarin and gives him his address after Happy Hogan, Tony’s buddy and bodyguard, sustains critical injuries in an explosion. He loses everything but his prototype in a three-helicopter raid on his estate, and he wakes up in Tennessee. Tony attempts to fix the malfunctioning prototype. Soon he learns that the 1999 incident is related to the recent terrorist strikes.
Ratings- 3.1, Fans- 594
3. Interstellar (2014)
Director- Christopher Nolan
Cooper is a former science engineer and pilot who now lives in the Midwest of the United States. He is tethered to his farming property with his daughter Murph and son Tom. The inhabitants of Earth realise their existence is coming to an end as food starts to run out and severe sandstorms destroy their crops. Cooper eventually finds a NASA outpost close to his house. He is asked to join a dangerous expedition inside a wormhole with a small group of other scientists due to his scientific aptitude and piloting skills. As a result, it set him apart from the other crew members. Cooper must choose whether to stay or risk never seeing his children again. In order to save the human race by discovering another liveable planet as Earth deteriorates.
Ratings- 4.2, Fans- 58K
4. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Director- George Miller
Max Rockatansky is a lone post-apocalyptic survivor. He fights to remain one step ahead of the water-controlling tyrant Immortan Joe’s marauding gangs, the Wild Boys. After narrowly escaping in the desolate wastelands of the dystopian Wasteland. The fearless warrior Imperator Furiosa is one of Joe’s elite lieutenants. She has just departed the Citadel in her fully armoured War Rig vehicle. Hence, taking with her a priceless quintet of wives. Max will soon come into contact with her. Now, Max and Furiosa, an odd duo, are being pursued by the mighty ruler and his armies of fanatical zealots.
Ratings- 4.1, Fans- 16K
5. Deadpool (2016)
Director- Tim Miller
When fate finally turned the tables on Wade Wilson, a dishonourably discharged special forces agent, by uniting him with Vanessa, the love of his life and a similarly broken kindred spirit, terminal cancer stands in the way of a happy future. Wade, who is willing to do everything to extend his life, submits to the highly empirical painful therapy. Provided by the cruel experimenter Ajax in the hopes that it may cause Wade’s dormant mutant genes to become active and cure him of his fatal illness. The all-powerful, cancer-free, and self-healing anti-hero now has to confront the brutal comedy of life personally. He hide his formerly flawless but now permanently disfigured complexion behind a mask as Deadpool in order to exact revenge on Ajax and his goon, Angel Dust.
Ratings- 3.7, Fans- 2.5K
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Director- Jon Watts
After Captain America: Civil War (2016), Peter Parker, Tony Stark’s protégé and a fifteen-year-old sophomore, returns to Queens, New York, where he is attempting to balance high school and his superhero persona. As Peter waits impatiently for his mentor to give him the opportunity to prove himself and earn the right to join the Avengers, Stark decides to put the youngster on a short leash out of concern that he would try to take on too much. Then, the Vulture, a wing-wielding super-criminal wielding cutting-edge Chitauri weapons, appears. Parker, of course, sees his entrance as a fantastic chance to prove that he has what it takes to join the Earth’s most powerful super-hero squad.
Ratings- 3.6, Fans- 1.6K
8. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018)
Director(s)- Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, Rodney Rothman
Miles Morales, a bright adolescent from Brooklyn, reluctantly enrols in an exclusive boarding school in New York City as he struggles to find his place in the world while juggling school and family. A stealthy radioactive spider from another dimension bit Miles as he struggled with his new responsibilities and found a whole new universe concealed in an abandoned NYC subway tube. Miles is surprised to learn that life has gotten even trickier now that he possesses unfathomable powers, similar to the Spider-Man from 2002, and that he is about to become embroiled in a terrible inter-dimensional struggle.
Despite his conviction that not everyone is suited to be a hero, youthful and wholly inexperienced Miles finds himself under increasing pressure to master his newly discovered skills while the fate of the cosmos hangs in the balance. A hero does not, however, always come out on top. It is the one who tries at all times.
Ratings- 4.4, Fans- 38K
9. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Director(s)- Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
The Avengers are left dispersed and divided as Thanos snatches away half of all life. The Avengers and their friends must come together once more and learn to put differences aside in order to work together and undo the damage now that there is a means to undo it. As they prepare for the ultimate final showdown with Thanos, which will see the heroes engage in the greatest conflict they have ever faced, the Avengers come to the realisation that sacrifices must be made along the road.
Ratings- 3.9, Fans- 11K
10. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Director- Patty Jenkins
After saving the world in Wonder Woman (2017), Princess Diana of Themyscira, an immortal Amazon warrior, finds herself attempting to blend in by working as an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Museum in 1984. When a clear, golden-yellow citrine gemstone attracts the eye of the power-hungry entrepreneur, Maxwell Lord, Diana Prince finds herself caught up in a diabolical scheme of global dimensions with the memory of the heroic American pilot, Captain Steve Trevor, seared on her mind. As a long-lost friend from the past miraculously reappears in the picture and Barbara Minerva, Diana’s nervous gemologist colleague, yields to passion, Maxwell is abruptly thrust into the spotlight due to lies, avarice, and broken promises. As the world is being brought to its knees by catastrophic events, emotionally fragile Diana is forced to confront a harsh choice.
Ratings- 2.3, Fans- 79
11. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Director- Jon Watts
Following the thrilling encounter with super-hero charlatan Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Peter Parker finds himself in a vulnerable position because his identity has been exposed. Unaware of the serious repercussions of his ill-advised choice, Peter, who is on the run and without anybody to turn to for guidance, searches for a radical and equally risky remedy to right a wrong. The Spider’s head on a platter is something that formidable foes from a recent past want as the unfathomable Multiverse enlarges with a vengeance.
Ratings- 4.1, Fans- 15K
12. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Director(s)- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Overworked Evelyn Wang tries to deal with everything, including a strained relationship with her critical father Gong Gong and her daughter Joy. Her laundromat is on the verge of disaster, and her marriage to her cowardly husband Waymond is in trouble. In addition, Evelyn must prepare for an uncomfortable appointment with Deirdre, the shabbily dressed IRS auditor, as if dealing with a depressing midlife crisis weren’t difficult enough. A mysterious multiverse rift eventually turns into an enlightening tour of alternate realms, though the stern agent loses patience. Evelyn might go into the rabbit hole.
Ratings- 4.5, Fans- 29K
