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An '''adventure film''' is a form of [[adventure fiction]], and is a [[film genre|genre of film]]. Subgenres of adventure films include [[swashbuckler film]]s, [[pirate film]]s, and [[survival film]]s. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as [[action film|action]], [[comedy film|comedy]], [[drama (film and television)|drama]], [[fantasy film|fantasy]], [[science fiction film|science fiction]], [[children's film|family]], [[horror film|horror]], [[war film|war]], or the medium of [[animation]].<ref name="loc.gov">{{Cite web |title=Genre-form Guide (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Library of Congress) |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/miggen.html |access-date=2021-09-24 |website=www.loc.gov}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
[[Setting (narrative)|Setting]] plays an important role in an adventure film, sometimes itself acting as a character in the narrative. They are typically set in far away lands, such as lost continents or other exotic locations. They may also be set in a period background and may include adapted stories of historical or fictional adventure heroes within the historical context. Such struggles and situations that confront the main characters include things like [[battle]]s, [[piracy]], [[rebellion]], and the creation of [[empire]]s and [[realm|kingdom]]s.<ref name="filmsite1">{{Cite web |title=Adventure Films |url=http://www.filmsite.org/adventurefilms.html |access-date=2017-05-29 |publisher=Filmsite.org}}</ref> <br />
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A common theme of adventure films is of characters leaving their home or place of comfort and going to fulfill a goal, embarking on [[travel]]s, [[quest]]s, [[treasure hunting|treasure hunts]], [[Hero's journey|heroic journey]]s; and [[exploration]]s or searches for the unknown. Subgenres of adventure films include [[swashbuckler film]]s, [[pirate film]]s, and [[survival film]]s. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as [[action film|action]], [[animation]], [[comedy film|comedy]], [[drama (film and television)|drama]], [[fantasy film|fantasy]], [[science fiction film|science fiction]], [[children's film|family]], [[horror film|horror]], or [[war film|war]].<ref name="loc.gov" /><br />
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==History==<br />
In the early days of adventure films, the [[protagonist]]s were typically male. These characters were courageous, often seen as heroes fighting suppression and facing tyrants. More recent adventure films have featured heroines, such as [[Lara Croft]], as protagonists.<ref name="filmsite1" /><br />
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Adventure film popularity peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, when films such as ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', and ''[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'' were regularly made with major stars, notably [[Errol Flynn]] and [[Tyrone Power]], who were closely associated with the genre.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} Saturday morning [[Serial (film)|serials]] used many of the same thematic elements as high-budget adventure films.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}<br />
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Early influential adventure film creators were [[Douglas Fairbanks]] (''[[The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'', ''[[The Three Musketeers (1921 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood|Robin Hood]]'', ''[[The Black Pirate]]''), [[Zoltan Korda]] (''[[The Four Feathers (1939 film)|The Four Feathers]]'', ''[[Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book|Jungle Book]]'', ''[[Sahara (1943 American film)|Sahara]]'', ''[[The Macomber Affair]]'') and [[John Huston]] (''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'', ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'').<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Adventure game]]<br />
*[[Lists of adventure films]]<br />
*[[Travel documentary]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Cite web |title=Genre: Adventure |url=https://www.imdb.com/genre/adventure |access-date=2017-05-29 |website=[[IMDb]]}}<br />
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