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1. Io Capitano (2023)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi
Votes: 10,376
2. The Way West (1967)
Approved | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright
Votes: 3,578
3. Along the Great Divide (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Western
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, Walter Brennan
Votes: 2,269
4. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder
Votes: 1,449
5. Nebesnyy verblyud (2015)
90 min | Adventure, Family
In the boundless steppes of Kalmykia, a fearless 12-year-old boy sets off on an epic adventure to retrieve his extraordinary baby camel, as dangerous situations and a true friendship will eventually turn him into a young man.
Director: Yuriy Feting | Stars: Mikhail Gasanov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Petr Novikov, Irina Hurgunova
Votes: 197
6. San Antone (1953)
90 min | Drama, Western
A Texas cowboy is in-love with the fiancee of a despicable Confederate officer whose life he must save after the Civil War when the officer, fighting as a mercenary in Mexico, is captured by Mexican revolutionaries.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado
Votes: 191
7. Gun Battle at Monterey (1957)
Approved | 67 min | Western
A double-crossed partner left for dead seeks revenge against the wishes of a woman who nursed him back to health and fell in love with him.
Directors: Sidney Franklin Jr., Carl K. Hittleman | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Pamela Duncan, Ted de Corsia, Mary Beth Hughes
Votes: 213
8. Into the Lost Desert
PG | Documentary, Adventure, Sport | Completed
Extreme desert explorer Max Calderan has dreamed of crossing the Empty Quarter on foot his entire life. A film crew was there to capture it when he finally started to put the dream in motion.
Director: Christopher Cassel | Star: Max Calderan
9. The Last Drop of Water (1911)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Western
A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Joseph Graybill, Francis J. Grandon
Votes: 289
10. The Year of the Green Centre (1974 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Stars: Barry Paine, Warren Bonython, Charles McCubbin
12.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Mission
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Charlie Trent used to be an Army scout. Now he's the town drunk. Hoss helps him regain his self-esteem when he has him volunteer to lead a gold-bearing troop through the desert where there's very little water.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 191
13.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
The Forge
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a bombing destroyed the Earth embassy on Vulcan, a group known as the Syrrannites are suspected. T'Pol receives a map from her Syrrannite mother, leading into a dangerous desert, the Forge.
Director: Michael Grossman | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,631
14.
Around the World in 80 Days (2021– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2021)
PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
Stuck on Yemen's west coast, foolhardy Fogg decides on a dangerous desert crossing, leaving Abigail Fix in a place where even a fellow Englishwoman proves hostile.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins
Votes: 672
15.
Planet Egypt (2011– )
Episode:
Pharaohs at War
(2011)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History
For centuries the Pharaohs managed to shield Egypt from the outside world. But in the second millennia BC, foreign tribes began to infiltrate the north. From now on, foreign kings would regularly threaten the Nile Kingdom.
Stars: Eric Cline, Israel Finkelstein, Donald Redford, Cheryl Ward
Votes: 25