Action & Adventure Films and Television

Swashbucklers, martial arts, spy thrillers, quests, chases and heroes tested by impossible odds.

This screen archive follows action and adventure from silent-era swordplay through martial-arts cinema, James Bond, Indiana Jones, modern franchises and stunt-driven spectacle. The decade-by-decade collection remains intact so older entries stay discoverable while the strongest starting points are easier to find.

Start Here

• The Adventures of Robin Hood — classic swashbuckling adventure built around speed, colour and swordplay.
• Enter the Dragon — martial-arts cinema crossing into the international action mainstream.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark — archaeology, serial adventure, traps and globe-spanning pursuit.
• The Princess Bride — fencing, rescue, romance and knowingly old-fashioned adventure.
• GoldenEye — a strong entry point into the long-running James Bond archive.
• The Bourne Identity — espionage and pursuit reshaped around a hunted protagonist.

Browse the Chronological Archive

The full archive remains below, organised by decade with television separated where the collection already supports it.

1920s Action & Adventure Films

• 1920 – The Mark of Zorro
• 1922 – Robin Hood
• 1926 – The Black Pirate

1930s Action & Adventure Films

• 1934 – The Scarlet Pimpernel 
• 1935 – Captain Blood 
• 1937 – The Prisoner of Zenda
• 1938 – The Adventures of Robin Hood

1940s Action & Adventure Films

• 1940 – The Mark of Zorro 
• 1940 – The Sea Hawk 
• 1942 – The Black Swan 

1950s Action & Adventure Films

• 1954 – Seven Samurai
• 1958 – The Moonraker

1960s Action & Adventure Films

• 1962 – James Bond – Dr. No
• 1963 – James Bond – From Russia with Love
• 1964 – James Bond – Goldfinger
• 1965 – James Bond – Thunderball
• 1967 – James Bond – You Only Live Twice
• 1968 – Kong Island
• 1969 – James Bond – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

1970s Action & Adventure Films

• 1971 – James Bond – Diamonds Are Forever
• 1973 – Enter the Dragon
• 1973 – Lady Snowblood (film)
• 1973 – James Bond – Live and Let Die
• 1973 – The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
• 1974 – James Bond – The Man with the Golden Gun
• 1975 – Get Mean
• 1975 – Kiliç Aslan 
• 1977 – Beast with a Gun
• 1977 – James Bond – The Spy Who Loved Me
• 1977 – The Dragon Lives Again
• 1979 – James Bond – Moonraker

1970s Action & Adventure Television

1976 – 1981 – Charlie’s Angels – Charlie’s Angels

1980s Action & Adventure Films

• 1981 – James Bond – For Your Eyes Only
• 1981 – Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 1983 – Fantasy Mission Force
• 1983 – James Bond – Octopussy
• 1984 – Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• 1984 – The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak
• 1985 – 9 Deaths Of The Ninja
• 1985 – James Bond – A View to a kill
• 1985 – Blastfighter
• 1985 – The Goonies
• 1985 – The Last Dragon
• 1986 – Big Trouble in Little China 
• 1986 – The Seventh Curse
• 1987 – James Bond – The Living Daylights
• 1987 – Hard Ticket to Hawaii
• 1987 – Rolling Vengeance
• 1987 – Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity
• 1987 – The Princess Bride
• 1987 – The Running Man
• 1989 – Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• 1989 – James Bond – License to Kill

1980s Action & Adventure Television

1976 – 1981 – Charlie’s Angels – Charlie’s Angels

1990s Action & Adventure Films

• 1990 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• 1991 – Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
• 1991 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
• 1993 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
• 1994 – Street Fighter 
• 1995 – Crying Freeman (film)
• 1995 – Fist of the North Star
• 1995 – James Bond – Goldeneye
• 1995 – Mortal Kombat
• 1997 – James Bond – Tomorrow Never Dies
• 1998 – Mulan 
• 1999 – The Demolitionist
• 1999 – James Bond – The World Is Not Enough

2000s Action & Adventure Films

• 2000 – China Strike Force
• 2000 – Charlie’s Angels – Charlies Angels
• 2000 – Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 
• 2002 – The Bourne Identity
• 2002 – James Bond – Die Another Day
• 2006 – James Bond – Casino Royale
• 2007 – TMNT
• 2008 – James Bond – Quantum of Solace
• 2008 – Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2010s Action & Adventure Films

• 2011 – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
• 2012 – James Bond – Skyfall
• 2014 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
• 2015 – James Bond – Spectre
• 2016 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
• 2019 – Girls Guns and Blood

2020s Action & Adventure Films

• 2020 – Mulan (2020 film)
• 2021 – James Bond – No Time To Die

Major Franchises and Adventure Traditions

• James Bond — espionage, gadgets, globe-spanning missions and a screen history stretching across generations.
• Indiana Jones — archaeological adventure, pulp serial danger and supernatural artefacts.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — martial arts, comic-book action and recurring screen reinvention.
• Charlie’s Angels — television action, investigation and later film adaptations.

Related Screen Collections

• Film & Television — return to the main screen archive.
• Fantasy Films — quests, magic, legendary worlds and sword-and-sorcery.
• Science Fiction Films — future technology, alien worlds and speculative adventure.
• Superhero Films — costumed heroes, comic-book worlds and superhuman action.
• Western Films — frontier danger, gunfighters and hard travel.

Using Action and Adventure as Inspiration

Action and adventure stories are useful for pacing, pursuit, infiltration, rescue, travel hazards and escalating set-pieces. Borrow the pressure and structure rather than the plot, then carry those ideas into Player Resources or Games Master Resources.