Best Canadian Adventure Movies
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Best Canadian Adventure Movies
TOP Movies: Life of Pi (2012), Superman (2025), Dune: Part One (2021), Apollo 13 (1995), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Shrek (2001), The Suicide Squad (2021), War of the Worlds (2005), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Interstellar (2014), Ice Age (2002), The Shape of Water (2017), Dark Cove (2016), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), Shrek 2 (2004), The Adam Project (2022), Iron Man (2008), Girls Trip (2017), Tommy Boy (1995), Dark Phoenix (2019).
List of Best Movies
696K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
Is relevant?
388K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The next installment in the Superman series. This will be WB's ninth live-action Superman film. The plot is unknown at this time.
Style:
surprise ending, inspirational, emotional, epic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
superhero, urban setting, heroism, villain, alien, superhero team, dog, clone, lex luthor character, superheroine, robot, showdown ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
kansas, north america, antarctica, pentagon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style:
cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, captivating, philosophical ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
desert, space opera, alien planet, politics, prophecy, messiah, premonition, outer space, survival, mind control, epic battle, desert planet ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2020s
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
334K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style:
factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
astronaut, nasa, survival, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, space exploration, race against time, trapped in space, against the odds ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
houston texas, usa, north america, texas, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story:
Zack Snyder's definitive director's cut of Justice League (2017).
Style:
saga, exciting, tense, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
batman, superhero, superheroine, heroes, immortal, justice league, surrealism, superhero team, superman, female warrior, superhuman, villain ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
usa, iceland, london, paris france, tower bridge london ...
Is relevant?
803K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
princess, magic, friendship, dragon, stereotypes, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, wedding, satire, talking animal, shrek, ogre ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2001, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The continuing escapades of the Suicide Squad.
Style:
entertaining, funny, visually stunning, perverse, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
superhero, supernatural ability, fight scenes, violence, super villain, female warrior, final battle, giant monster, graphic violence, alien parasite, villain turns good, evil genius ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., south america, america, louisiana
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, disaster, survival, end of the world, alien, invasion, space and aliens, evil alien, extraterrestrial, catastrophe, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2005, future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, boston, los angeles ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sweet, touching, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
beauty and the beast, happy ending, magic, love story, beast, opposites attract, true love, fantasy world, prince, heroine, spell, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Is relevant?
2.5M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
Is relevant?
560K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. ...
Style:
touching, feel good, road movie, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
unlikely friendships, ice age, friendship, odd couple, heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, friends, escapades, bonding, talking animal, journey ...
Time:
prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
antarctic
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Style:
touching, romantic, biting, fairy tale, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
sign language, interspecies romance, creature, love story, female protagonist, rescue, supernatural, interspecies sex, laboratory, cold war, scientist, friendship ...
Time:
year 1962, year 2017, 60s, future, 2010s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, los angeles, america, pittsburgh ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Five friends go camping on the wild coast of Vancouver Island. Things start to go seriously wrong while partying with two Australian surfers
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friends, camping, party, attempted rape, wildlife, hiking, maniac, sex maniac, violence, island, murderer, struggle for survival ...
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Spencer returns to the world of Jumanji, prompting his friends, his grandfather and his grandfather’s friend to enter a different and more dangerous version to save him.
Style:
funny, breathtaking, action adventure, action comedy, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, body swapping, curse, mission, teamwork, virtuality, trophy, ostrich, desert, obstacle course, rescue ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, jurassic
Place:
new hampshire
Is relevant?
550K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, 3d animation, computer animated, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
princess, cat, transformation, kingdom, creature, shrek, dragon, talking animal, donkey, godmother, prince, true love ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, medieval times, middle ages, 16th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in ...
Style:
feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, multiverse, teenager, peter parker character, superheroine, teenage life, teenage girl, spider man, alternate universe, love, teenage superhero, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Style:
enigmatic, mysterious, funny, disturbing, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
time travel, time, father, suv, child, female warrior, time traveler, travel, space, time paradox, death of father, astronaut ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Style:
exciting, witty, saga, clever, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, technology, prodigy, weapon system, billionaire, tony stark character, self sacrifice, inventor, flying, terrorism, treason ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, america, iraq, los angeles ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
Style:
buddy comedy, sexy, raunchy, rom com, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
female friendship, female protagonist, woman punches a man in the face, black, female bonding, motel, african american, african american woman, bare chested male, male nudity, women, promise ...
Time:
year 2017, future, year 2011, year 2000, year 2012 ...
Place:
louisiana, indiana, new orleans, usa
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
Style:
road movie, humorous, slapstick, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, dumb, stupidity, nothing goes right, odd couple, death of father, skinny dipping, twists and turns, on the road, entrepreneurship, immaturity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, chicago, ohio, seattle
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, action adventure, saga, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
telekinesis, superhero, mutant, heroic mission, supernatural ability, good versus evil, near death experience, superhero team, supernatural power, mind control, school, shape shifting ...
Time:
90s, year 1975, year 2019, 70s, year 1992
Place:
paris france, new york
Is relevant?
224K
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
This is the story of how Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and it involves love, loss, hatred, envy and an unwillingness to accept anything that is different.
Style:
fairy tale, absurd, sinister, crying, powerful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
bullying, wizard of oz, witch, magic, feminism, abuse of power, talking animal, prejudice, based on broadway musical, dancing, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, nature, arctic, isolation, rescue, human spirit, stranded, hopes, airplane, winter, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
canada, antarctic, persia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Third entry in the "Deadpool" franchise. Plot TBA.
Style:
buddy comedy, raunchy comedy, entertaining, psychotronic, action packed ...
Plot:
multiverse, x men, avenger, masked hero, final battle, regeneration, epic battle, redemption, mind reading, vulgar language, heroes, bald woman ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north dakota, new york, canada, north america
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
Style:
suspense, natural horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
animal attack, trapped, disaster, survival, flood, alligator, creature feature, natural disaster, hurricane, survival horror, crocodile, killer animal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Style:
futuristic, teen, intense, saga, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dystopian future, distopia, tough girl, post apocalypse, teenager, chosen one, good versus evil, teenage love, strong female lead, rebellion, female warrior, female fighter ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, year 2015
Place:
chicago
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, breathtaking, sexy ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
survival, dog, wilderness, rescue, expedition, pets, dog sled, husky dog, animal, winter, storytelling, heartwarming ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 90s
Place:
antarctica, new zealand, oregon, antarctic, astoria oregon ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Style:
3d animation, humorous, computer animated, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
talking animal, raccoon, squirrel, animal that acts human, friendship, human, stealing food, cons and scams, fish out of water, furry, heroic mission, animal protagonist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mentor, kung fu, animal, danger, furry, master warrior, hand to hand combat, chosen one, good versus evil, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
china, iran, ancient china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must ...
Style:
emotional, intense, suspenseful, exciting, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, tribe, grief, spirituality, family drama, loss, tragedy, survival, revenge, military, resilience, violent ...
Time:
20th century, future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
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