In some ways, all movies contain some level of action and adventure. In fact, what movies actually do is take the audience through a journey that they have not experienced before. But in some of them, there is a little more stress on action & adventure. This is the reason why you can find a whole separate genre of action & adventure DVDs out there.

All stories follow a similar pattern. At first, we will get to see the life of the hero. Then something life-changing happens to the hero. Then the hero has to face a lot of struggles and overcome them. And after all those struggles, the hero and the world around them will experience a new phase. This is true for action movies as well. However, the difference between an action movie and a drama movie is in the nature of challenges that the hero faces and also the way that the hero overcomes them. Read this article to know more about action and adventure DVDs. Having a better understanding of them will help you make better purchase decisions.

Four best action & adventure movies

At some point in the story, the hero has to take up the challenge and go on an adventurous path to overcome the enemy. Not to forget the hero’s worst fears. To the fact, all of us have to go through that phase in life. And those random real-life stories come on screen as adventure movies. But there is no doubt that not all action movies get this right. Some of them are not even worth watching. However, there are some action movies that have their place among the best movies of all time. Here is a list of four such movies that are worth watching.

Life of Pi

There aren’t a lot of action & adventure movies that are based on books. But Life of Pi is an anomaly. The movie follows the life of Pi, who is an Indian boy after he escaped a shipwreck. He escapes on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The next day after the shipwreck, he finds out that he is not alone in the boat. From that point, it is a journey of adventure and spiritual discovery. What is even more impressive is that you can experience the beautiful imagery of the movie in 3D. In some respects, this movie is similar to Cast Away.

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out in the years 2001 and 2002. Each one of these instalments is over three hours long. However, this runtime is necessary to capture the essence of the book by J.R.R Tolkien. When it came out, it set a new milestone for the Hollywood action & adventure movie genre. Not surprisingly, the movie bagged a few Oscar awards as well. The movie is about a young hobbit Frodo, played by Elijah Wood, who is trying to destroy the One Ring to save it from getting into the hands of Sauron. Many people try to stop him from doing that along the way.

2001: A Space Odyssey

This movie came out in 1968, i.e., more than fifty years ago. But the cinematography and the visual effects of the movie still stands out to this day. Except for the starting sequence of the movie that features some stop motion, the visual effects in the rest of the movie is really impressive. It is not surprising that this Stanley Kubrick movie is one of the best movies of all time in film history. This movie is still a subject of interest for movie buffs around the world even after half a century of its existence. Being a sci-fi action & adventure movie, it explores the complex relationship between man and machine.

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Even though there are many Indiana Jones movies, it is the first movie that is loved by most critics and audiences. This is also, one of the earlier movies by the famed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg. The protagonist of the movie Indiana Jones, played by Harrison, tries to save the Ark of the Covenant from the Nazis. Like so many other action & adventure movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark also follows the journey of an archetypal Hollywood hero. Even though this movie seems to have a lot of clichés by today’s standards, this movie predates most other movies in this genre.

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