Top 28 Adventure Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1972

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. Explore Deliverance / IMDB / YouTube

A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea. Read about The Poseidon Adventure / IMDB / YouTube

A country bumpkin martial artist visits his relatives in Rome, Italy, where he must defend them and their restaurant against harassment from brutal gangsters. Details on The Way of the Dragon / IMDB / YouTube

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier. Details on Jeremiah Johnson / IMDB / YouTube

In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft. See more about Silent Running / IMDB / YouTube

Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his cattle herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of rustlers is trailing them. Details on The Cowboys / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of conniving bush pilots crash-land in the Peruvian jungle, where they come across a community of diamond miners under the thumb of a greedy speculator. Read about All the Way Boys / IMDB / YouTube

Two gentlemen of fortune from the times of Imperial Russia are looking for an uncountable treasure at the dawn of the Soviet Union age. Check out Twelve Chairs / IMDB / YouTube

Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death. Learn about Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx / IMDB / YouTube

After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down. Info on Ulzana's Raid / IMDB / YouTube

Fando and his partially-paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal. Info on Fando and Lis / IMDB / YouTube

After a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to aid in defeating the alien invaders. Get info on Godzilla vs. Gigan / IMDB / YouTube

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. Find out about Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades / IMDB / YouTube

When Snoopy receives a letter from a girl named Lila, who's in a hospital, he goes on a journey with Woodstock to see her. More about Snoopy Come Home / IMDB / YouTube

Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge. More about Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril / IMDB / YouTube

A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west Read about Bad Company / IMDB / YouTube

A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggles to keep their family business alive amid changing times. Learn about Sometimes a Great Notion / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary-style drama about the Fouke Monster, a Bigfoot-type creature that has been sighted in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s. Find out about The Legend of Boggy Creek / IMDB / YouTube

Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends. See more about Shaft's Big Score! / IMDB / YouTube

Henry VIII marries Marie of Normandy but struggles with her garlic consumption. He seeks to annul the marriage without angering her cousin, the French king, by finding legal grounds for the annulment to avoid political conflict. See more about Carry on Henry VIII / IMDB / YouTube

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician. Read about Young Winston / IMDB / YouTube

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. Explore Buck and the Preacher / IMDB / YouTube

At his mother's funeral, banker Henry meets his Aunt Augusta, an eccentric old woman who takes him on a wild adventure to rescue an old lover. Get info on Travels with My Aunt / IMDB / YouTube

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher. Details on Pocket Money / IMDB / YouTube

In eighteenth century Scotland, during the Jacobite Rebellion, David Balfour claims his inheritance from his uncle who has him shanghaied on a ship where David meets fugitive Jacobite rebel Alan Breck. Details on Kidnapped / IMDB / YouTube

After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing. Details on One-Armed Boxer / IMDB / YouTube

Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates. Check out Treasure Island / IMDB / YouTube

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader. Get info on The Wrath of God / IMDB / YouTube