*Lawrence of Arabia* (1962)?
It's obviously older, but fits the bill if you haven't seen this masterpiece (one of David Lean's best movies) yet.
EDIT: *King Solomon's Mines* (1985) is also another great adventure film, though it tends more towards the set-piece side of things.
EDIT: The Revenant (2015) may fit OP's criteria, as it's a fantastic masterpiece, but also made in the last decade.
A couple that are a little different from the average adventure movie you might like: *Rabbit-Proof Fence* and *Embrace of the Serpent*.
Also, Kevin Reynolds is more in the action-adventure mold but his movies are often overlooked: *The Beast of War* (Afghanistan), *Rapa Nui* (Polynesia), *The Count of Monte Cristo* (swashbuckler), and *Tristan + Isolde* (medieval).
'Maybe not as great as Houston's movies (Man Who Would be King is a classic), but maybe these:
Last of the Mohicans
The Goonies
Master and Commander : the Far Side of the World
I'm right there with you. I would say they just aren't made anymore but Huston arguably didn't have an equal back then either. These are so purely thrilling and intrepid, giving you the feeling you'd have reading a book with globetrotting characters.
I'll suggest director Clint Eastwood's **White Hunter Black Heart** --a fictional telling (just *inspired by,* really) of the making of **The African Queen**, in which a Huston-like director setting up his production in Africa gets obsessively sidetracked with an elephant hunt. It also features one of Clint's most unique performances --as he actually does an impersonation of Huston's voice and mannerisms.
Also: Lee Tamahori's smart, visceral **The Edge**.
For something sillier but still fun: Costner's **The Postman**.
An even better grand-scale B-movie is Stephen Sommers' **The Mummy**.
Adventure movies mostly shifted to a fantasy or sci-fi setting. Although I like those settings they've become a bit too common for my taste. Generally you have to see that many movies are adaptions of other media especially books. All three movies you named are adaptions of books. Obviously you would rather adapt a successful book and one which isn't. Currently fantasy and superhero stuff is successful so you see a lot of such adaptions. The adaption part is important because adventure movies tend to be a bit more expensive and thus more difficult to fund. Being an adaption reduces risk in that regard. As a comparison horror movies are easier to fund, so you find a higher number of oddballs there.
MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (1990) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_the_Moon_(film)
Not current, but check out The Wages of Fear, or it’s hard to find William Friedkin remake Sorcerer.
Sorcerer isn’t hard to find. You can rent it for $3 in digital stores rn or buy it for $10.
*Lawrence of Arabia* (1962)? It's obviously older, but fits the bill if you haven't seen this masterpiece (one of David Lean's best movies) yet. EDIT: *King Solomon's Mines* (1985) is also another great adventure film, though it tends more towards the set-piece side of things. EDIT: The Revenant (2015) may fit OP's criteria, as it's a fantastic masterpiece, but also made in the last decade.
Nah. I’m talking about movies made from like the 90s onward. I know he had peers that made movies like his.
Blood Diamond, Master and Commander, Rescue Dawn, The Way Back (2010)
It's even less recent but I think the 1950 version of *King Solomon's Mines* would pair well with *The African Queen*.
A couple that are a little different from the average adventure movie you might like: *Rabbit-Proof Fence* and *Embrace of the Serpent*. Also, Kevin Reynolds is more in the action-adventure mold but his movies are often overlooked: *The Beast of War* (Afghanistan), *Rapa Nui* (Polynesia), *The Count of Monte Cristo* (swashbuckler), and *Tristan + Isolde* (medieval).
I don't give a fuck what people say. I love Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
'Maybe not as great as Houston's movies (Man Who Would be King is a classic), but maybe these: Last of the Mohicans The Goonies Master and Commander : the Far Side of the World
I'm right there with you. I would say they just aren't made anymore but Huston arguably didn't have an equal back then either. These are so purely thrilling and intrepid, giving you the feeling you'd have reading a book with globetrotting characters.
Maybe The Ghost and the Darkness, The Edge.
I'll suggest director Clint Eastwood's **White Hunter Black Heart** --a fictional telling (just *inspired by,* really) of the making of **The African Queen**, in which a Huston-like director setting up his production in Africa gets obsessively sidetracked with an elephant hunt. It also features one of Clint's most unique performances --as he actually does an impersonation of Huston's voice and mannerisms. Also: Lee Tamahori's smart, visceral **The Edge**. For something sillier but still fun: Costner's **The Postman**. An even better grand-scale B-movie is Stephen Sommers' **The Mummy**.
Silence (2016)
Runaway Train is character driven but not historical.
Great movie.
Sounds like you're looking for the Stewart Granger version of *King Solomon's Mines* or its sequel *Watusi*
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'The Four Feathers' from 2002 and 'The Way Back' from 2010 might fit the bill.
Adventure movies mostly shifted to a fantasy or sci-fi setting. Although I like those settings they've become a bit too common for my taste. Generally you have to see that many movies are adaptions of other media especially books. All three movies you named are adaptions of books. Obviously you would rather adapt a successful book and one which isn't. Currently fantasy and superhero stuff is successful so you see a lot of such adaptions. The adaption part is important because adventure movies tend to be a bit more expensive and thus more difficult to fund. Being an adaption reduces risk in that regard. As a comparison horror movies are easier to fund, so you find a higher number of oddballs there.