A list of adventure films released before the 1920s.
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1900Attack on a China Mission James Williamson United KingdomShort filmCyrano de Bergerac Clément Maurice Benoît-Constant Coquelin FranceShort film 1907Fanfan la Tulipe Alice Guy-Blaché FranceShort filmThe Fencing Master United StatesShort filmLøvejagtenViggo LarsenViggo Larsen, Knud Lumbye DenmarkShort film 1908The Pirate's GoldD. W. Griffith George Gebhardt, Linda Arvidson United StatesShort film, pirate film 1909I tre moschettieriMario CaseriniMaria Caserini ItalyShort film 1911L'OdisseaFrancesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan Giuseppe de Liguoro Italy 1912Robin HoodÉtienne Arnaud, Herbert BlachéRobert Frazer, Barbara Tennant, Alec B. Francis United StatesLes Trois Mousquetaires André Calmettes, Henri Pouctal Émile Dehelly, Marcel Vibert, Nelly Cormon, Jean Peyrière France 1913The Adventures of KathlynFrancis J. GrandonKathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi, Charles Clary United StatesSerialLe avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino FarandolaMarcel FabreMarcel FabreItalyScience fiction adventure, adventure comedyGennaro RighelliGennaro RighelliItaly IvanhoeHerbert Brenon King Baggot, Leah Baird, Herbert Brenon United StatesIvanhoeLeedham Bantock Lauderdale Maitland United KingdomThe Prisoner of ZendaEdwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford James K. Hackett, Beatrice Beckley, David Torrence United StatesThe Sea WolfHobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth, Herbert Rawlinson, Viola Barry United States Sea adventureThor, Lord of the JungleColin Campbell Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi, Charles Clary United States 1914CabiriaGiovanni Pastrone Lidia Quaranta, Umberto Mozzato, Bartolomeo Pagano, Italia Almirante Manzini Italy Epic adventureThe Hazards of HelenJ.P. McGowan, James DavisHelen Holmes, Helen Gibson United StatesRailroad adventure. (serial - continued until 1917).The Last ChapterWilliam Desmond Taylor Carlyle Blackwell United StatesMcVeagh of the South SeasCyril Bruce, Harry Carey Harry Carey, Fern Foster United StatesSouth sea adventureThe Pride of JennicoJ. Searle Dawley House Peters United StatesSoldiers of FortuneWilliam F. Haddock Dustin Farnum United StatesThe SpoilersColin Campbell William Farnum United StatesZapata's GangUrban Gad Asta Nielsen German EmpireAdventure comedy 1915Brigadier GerardBert Haldane Lewis Waller United KingdomCaptain MacklinJohn B. O'Brien Jack Conway, Lillian Gish United StatesThe DictatorOscar EagleJohn Barrymore United StatesAdventure comedyThe ExplorerGeorge Melford Lou Tellegen United StatesFilibus Mario Roncoroni Cristina Ruspoli ItalyHearts and the HighwayWilfrid North Lillian Walker United StatesPeer GyntOscar Apfel, Raoul Walsh Cyril Maude United StatesUnder the CrescentBurton L. King Ola Humphrey, William C. Dowlan, Edward Sloman United StatesSerial, romantic adventureUnder the Red RobeWilfred NoyOwen RoughwoodUnited Kingdom 191620,000 Leagues Under The SeaStuart Paton Lois Alexander, Curtis Benton, Wallace Clarke United StatesAmerican AristocracyLloyd Ingraham Douglas Fairbanks United StatesBeau BrocadeThomas Bentley Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock, Austin Leigh United KingdomThe Beggar of CawnporeCharles Swickard H. B. Warner, Lola May United StatesBullets and Brown EyesScott Sidney William Desmond, Bessie Barriscale United StatesDaphne and the PirateChristy Cabanne Lillian Gish United StatesPirate filmThe Three MusketeersCharles Swickard Orrin Johnson United StatesTo Have and to HoldGeorge Melford Mae Murray, Wallace Reid United StatesUnder Two FlagsJ. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Herbert Heyes United StatesUnter heißer ZoneHarry Piel Mogens Enger, Martha Novelly, Preben J. Rist, Victor Janson German Empire 1917The Lad and the LionAlfred E. Green Vivian Reed, Will Machin, Charles Le Moyne United StatesThe Laughing CavalierA. V. Bramble, Eliot Stannard Mercy Hatton, George Bellamy, Edward O'Neill, A.V. Bramble United KingdomThe Man Without a CountryErnest C. Warde Florence La Badie, Holmes Herbert, J.H. Gilmour United StatesThe Mystery Ship Harry Harvey, Henry MacRaeBen F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Kingsley Benedict United StatesSerialTom SawyerWilliam Desmond Taylor Jack Pickford, Edythe Chapman, Helen Gilmore, Carl Goetz United StatesWhen a Man Sees RedFrank Lloyd William Farnum United StatesSea adventureThe White TerrorHarry Piel Tilly Bébé, Bruno Eichgrün, Preben J. Rist German Empire 1918Bound in MoroccoAllan Dwan Douglas Fairbanks United StatesThe ClawRobert G. Vignola Clara Kimball Young, Milton Sills, Jack Holt United States Eye for EyeAlbert Capellani Alla Nazimova United StatesThe Lion's Claws Harry Harvey, Jacques JaccardMarie Walcamp United StatesSerialThe Mystery of BangaloreAlexander Antalffy, Paul LeniConrad Veidt, Harry Liedtke, Gilda LangerGerman EmpireThe Romance of TarzanWilfred Lucas Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey United States Tarzan of the ApesScott Sidney Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey United States First Tarzan filmThe White Man's LawJames Young Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Holt, Florence Vidor United States 1919Around the World in Eighty DaysRichard OswaldConrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Reinhold SchünzelGermanyThe Elusive PimpernelMaurice Elvey Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche, Norman Page United KingdomThe Jungle TrailRichard Stanton William Farnum United StatesThe Mistress of the WorldJoe MayMia May, Michael Bohnen, Henry Sze, Paul Hansen, Hans MierendorffGermanySerialThe Perils of Thunder MountainRobert N. Bradbury, W. J. BurmanAntonio Moreno, Carol Holloway United StatesSerialSoldiers of FortuneAllan Dwan Norman Kerry, Pauline Starke, Anna Q. Nilsson, Wallace Beery United StatesSpiders, Part 1: The Golden LakeFritz LangLil Dagover, Carl de Vogt, Georg John, Ressel OrlaGermanyVendettaGeorg JacobyPola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry LiedtkeGermanyVictoryMaurice Tourneur Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery United States
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