Best movies — aventure on Netflix : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we’ve put together a concise selection of the best adventure films currently available on Netflix. We focused on well-regarded titles across eras and tones — from action-packed epics to family-friendly quests — and verified their current availability. Browse the list to find something that fits your mood; each entry includes a short description and the streaming details you need to start watching.
Updated on 12/03/2026
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Chihiro finds herself stranded in a strange realm of spirits, and when her parents are mysteriously transformed into other beings, she must summon unexpected courage to brave the enchanted world, confront its challenges, and win her family back.
With Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Akio Nakamura, Yumi Tamai and Ryunosuke Kamiki
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2015 · Peter Sohn
A young girl named Chihiro is pulled into a hidden realm teeming with spirits; when her parents are strangely transformed, she must discover a deep well of courage she never knew she possessed to save them and return home.
With Frances McDormand, Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin and John Ratzenberger
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1989 · Robert Zemeckis
A 1980s teenager is mysteriously hurled back to 1955, where his sudden presence spoils the meeting that would lead to his parents’ relationship and unexpectedly attracts his mother’s romantic attention. Racing to preserve his own existence, he must reunite his parents and — with the help of his eccentric inventor friend — find a way to get back to 1985.
With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan and Jeffrey Weissman
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1990 ·
In the final chapter, Marty unearths the loyal DeLorean from a mineshaft and ventures into the 1885 American West to track down Doc. When the time machine fails, the two are stranded in a frontier of spurs and saloons. Their situation grows more complicated as Doc falls for Clara Clayton, the local schoolteacher, while Marty comes to blows with the outlaw Buford Tannen.
With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Mary Steenburgen, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue and Matt Clark
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1985 · Robert Zemeckis
A teenager from the 1980s, Marty McFly, is accidentally hurled back to 1955, where he inadvertantly derails his parents’ first meeting and becomes the object of his mother’s unexpected attraction. Faced with the threat of erasing his own future, Marty must engineer a way to bring his parents back together and, with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown, fix the timeline and find a way back to 1985.
With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells and Marc McClure
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1984 · James Cameron
After a devastating future in which ruthless artificial intelligences rule, the machines send a cybernetic assassin—the "Terminator"—back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, because her unborn son is fated to head the human uprising against mechanical domination. The human resistance answers by sending a lone protector to keep her safe. Can he stop a near‑invulnerable killing machine and alter the course of destiny?
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich and Bess Motta
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2009 · Quentin Tarantino
In occupied France during World War II, a squad of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds is assembled to spread terror inside the Third Reich by relentlessly hunting and killing Nazi personnel. Led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine, their brutal campaign soon intersects with the life of a young Jewish-French woman who runs a movie theater in Paris—a modest venue that becomes central to the dangerous plans unfolding around them.
With Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger and Daniel Brühl
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2024 · Sérgio Machado
When a great flood forces every creature to board Noah's Ark two-by-two, two unlikely mouse friends refuse to be left behind: Vini, a gifted poet whose crippling stage fright hides a tender soul, and Tito, a smooth, magnetic guitarist with a knack for improvisation. With a clever cockroach as their ally and a streak of lucky timing, they slip aboard as stowaways and quickly find themselves caught in the middle of mounting hostility between the ark’s carnivores and herbivores. To keep peace and lift the animals’ spirits during forty long days and nights, the pair turns to music—performing timeless songs shaped by the spirit of Vinicius de Moraes—and must discover whether melody and courage can calm old instincts and knit a fragile community together.
With Rodrigo Santoro, Alice Braga, Marcelo Adnet, Keith Silverstein, Ian James Corlett, Luis Bermudez and Laila McCann
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2004 · Hayao Miyazaki
A young hatmaker is cursed by a mysterious witch who enters her shop and ages her into an old woman overnight. Forced to leave her old life behind, she crosses paths with the elusive wizard Howl and becomes swept up in his efforts to evade the king’s demands for magical service, drawn into a dangerous struggle that challenges both their destinies.
With Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashûin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori Isaki and Yo Oizumi
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1981 · Steven Spielberg
Commissioned by the government to recover the fabled Ark of the Covenant, celebrated archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones—habitually clad in tweed—finds himself fighting to outwit and stop the full might of the Nazi regime.
With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, Wolf Kahler and Anthony Higgins
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1963 · Tony Richardson
Bound by deep affection yet divided by stark social classes, Tom and Sophie must navigate family expectations and mounting chaos to discover whether their love can survive.
With Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento and David Tomlinson
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2024 · Chris Sanders
Marooned on a remote, deserted island after a maritime disaster, Roz—a resourceful, self-aware robot—must adapt to a harsh new world. She forms unlikely friendships with the local wildlife and lovingly raises an abandoned gosling.
With Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill and Catherine O'Hara
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1989 · Steven Spielberg
In 1938, famed archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones is recruited by an influential collector to hunt for the Holy Grail. He soon learns the medieval scholar who disappeared while searching for it is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr., and sets off to rescue him using the clues in a notebook his father sent before vanishing. Indy’s trail leads to Venice, where he teams up with the enigmatic academic Dr. Elsa Schneider and his allies Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must beat the Nazis to the Grail, preventing the regime from seizing its supposed power of eternal life and using it to conquer the world.
With Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover and River Phoenix
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1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Afflicted by a curse from a boar spirit, Ashitaka — a young prince of a fading tribe — travels west in search of a cure. His journey brings him into contact with San, a fierce human woman who fights to defend the forest, and Lady Eboshi, an ambitious leader bent on clearing the land for progress. Torn between their opposing aims, Ashitaka must find a way to bridge the divide and restore balance between people and nature.
With Youji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijô and Akihiro Miwa
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1986 · Rob Reiner
When word spreads that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural neighborhood, four friends set off to see the body for themselves. Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy face an intimidating junkman and wade through a leech‑ridden marsh; along the way they reveal secrets about one another and confront the stark differences in their family lives. What begins as a reckless outing gradually becomes a pivotal coming‑of‑age experience that will mark them forever.
With Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko and Gary Riley
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2014 · Wes Anderson
During the interwar years, a celebrated concierge at a storied European hotel forges a close bond with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. Their partnership is drawn into a daring plot when an invaluable Renaissance painting is stolen, setting off a fierce struggle to recover the work and to claim a vast family inheritance. As they navigate danger, loyalty, and social ritual, they witness the continent’s gradual decline and then rapid convulsions that reshape Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
With Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum and Harvey Keitel
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1975 · Steven Spielberg
A seaside town is terrorized by a massive great white shark, forcing the police chief, an ambitious young marine biologist, and a weathered shark hunter to join forces in a desperate, time‑pressed hunt to kill the predator before it can strike again.
With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Jay Mello and Jeffrey Kramer
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2021 · Denis Villeneuve
Paul Atreides, a gifted young heir who cannot yet fathom the scale of his fate, must voyage to the galaxy’s most hazardous world to secure the future of his family and his people. As ruthless powers erupt into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of a priceless substance—one that could unlock humanity’s greatest potential—only those who master and overcome their fear will survive.
With Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista and Sharon Duncan-Brewster
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2001 · Andrew Adamson
Life isn’t easy for Shrek, a good-natured but decidedly smelly ogre. Sent to rescue a beautiful princess guarded by a fire-breathing dragon, he reluctantly joins forces with an irreverent, fast-talking donkey — and together the unlikely pair embark on a chaotic, heartfelt quest full of surprises.
With Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Peter Dennis and Clive Pearse
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2023 · J. A. Bayona
On October 13, 1972, a chartered Uruguayan Air Force aircraft transporting a rugby team to Chile went down on a glacier deep in the remote Andes.
With Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Tomas Wolf, Diego Ariel Vegezzi, Esteban Kukuriczka and Francisco Romero
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Best movies Netflix by genre
These are our picks for the best adventure films currently available on Netflix. If this list helped you find something to watch, explore our other Netflix selections by genre to discover more titles that match your tastes. We keep our guides updated to reflect changes in availability, so check back regularly — and feel free to get in touch if you notice anything missing.