Greatest 30 Adventure Movies Popular from 1939

Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes. Look into The Wizard of Oz / IMDB / YouTube

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Read about Stagecoach / IMDB / YouTube

At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town. Find out about Only Angels Have Wings / IMDB / YouTube

In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land. Read about Gunga Din / IMDB / YouTube

In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. Details on Jamaica Inn / IMDB / YouTube

Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire. Get info on Beau Geste / IMDB / YouTube

A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives. Read about The Four Feathers / IMDB / YouTube

A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people. Check out Gulliver's Travels / IMDB / YouTube

Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane. Explore Tarzan Finds a Son! / IMDB / YouTube

In India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon. See more about The Rains Came / IMDB / YouTube

A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals. Look into Five Came Back / IMDB / YouTube

Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan. Read about The Man in the Iron Mask / IMDB / YouTube

In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians. More about Allegheny Uprising / IMDB / YouTube

Tasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone. Info on Stanley and Livingstone / IMDB / YouTube

To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters. Check out The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / IMDB / YouTube

Man about town and first class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail. More about Raffles / IMDB / YouTube

Rather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out Pluto rescues Fifi and is proclaimed a hero. Find out about Society Dog Show / IMDB / YouTube

The mirthful adventures of Police Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime wave to save their jobs - then find themselves involved in the real thing. Learn about Ask a Policeman / IMDB / YouTube

Lieutenant Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the aircraft, and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the struggle to overthrow Kane and, with the assistance of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do, and Earth is free of Kane's grip. More about Buck Rogers / IMDB / YouTube

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl Captain J on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa. Explore Mr. Wong in Chinatown / IMDB / YouTube

Strange things happen at night at the St. Agil secondary school. Baume, Sorgue and Macroix - three of the school's pupils - discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing. See more about Les disparus de St. Agil / IMDB / YouTube

Working in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the Princess. Check out Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp / IMDB / YouTube

During the Mexican Revolution, six peasant fighters join Pancho Villa's forces to aid their community. As battles rage on, only two survive, until tragedy and a harsh command force the last warrior to return to civilian life. Read about Let's Go with Pancho Villa / IMDB / YouTube

D'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers. More about The Three Musketeers / IMDB / YouTube

The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rutentuten for which a museum will pay a $5000 prize. They wind up in the mummy's tomb where they are harassed by some criminals pursuing the same objective. These criminals abducted a professor from the museum. They are yearning for the jewels buried inside the mummy's tomb. When Curly accidentally destroys the m. Learn about We Want Our Mummy / IMDB / YouTube

Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him. Read about The Light That Failed / IMDB / YouTube

A tour of the zoo, in typical Tex Avery style: a series of one-liners and sight gags, punctuated by Elmer Fudd teasing a lion at intervals, despite the admonishments of the narrator. Learn about A Day at the Zoo / IMDB / YouTube

A bank robbery in London prevents - again - the marriage of Bulldog Drummond and his girlfriend. But this time, after the robbers are caught, it will be celebrated at last. See more about Bulldog Drummond's Bride / IMDB / YouTube

Group of former reform school kids assigned to corrupt-run shelter. They ally with social workers to oust crooked superintendent and ex-racketeer trying to reform them. Focuses on inmate self-governance dynamics and exposing corruption. Find out about Hell's Kitchen / IMDB / YouTube

Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens. Read about Blondie Takes a Vacation / IMDB / YouTube