Greatest 27 Adventure Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1957

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it. Explore The Bridge on the River Kwai / IMDB / YouTube

Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him. Explore 3:10 to Yuma / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another while hoping for a rescue, as they try to avoid capture by the Japanese. Details on Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison / IMDB / YouTube

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing. Get info on The Spirit of St. Louis / IMDB / YouTube

The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. Info on 20 Million Miles to Earth / IMDB / YouTube

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Read about The Abominable Snowman / IMDB / YouTube

A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws. Get info on Night Passage / IMDB / YouTube

Story of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats. Find out about The Tarnished Angels / IMDB / YouTube

American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure. Find out about Legend of the Lost / IMDB / YouTube

During the Napoleonic Wars, a British captain is sent to Spain to help prevent the French from stealing a powerful cannon. Find out about The Pride and the Passion / IMDB / YouTube

Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR. More about Jet Pilot / IMDB / YouTube

A cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again. Check out The One That Got Away / IMDB / YouTube

The friendship between two tramp boat owners is threatened by the arrival of a beautiful and seductive passenger. More about Fire Down Below / IMDB / YouTube

Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. Details on The Land Unknown / IMDB / YouTube

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers. Look into Night Ambush / IMDB / YouTube

In 1905, Lord Henry Loam and his family and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant. Details on Paradise Lagoon / IMDB / YouTube

A ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner. Read about Seven Days from Now / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun. Learn about Nine Lives / IMDB / YouTube

A woman who finds a treasure is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it, and one who wants to donate it to Greece. See more about Boy on a Dolphin / IMDB / YouTube

Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself. Learn about Johnny Tremain / IMDB / YouTube

After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area. More about Back from Eternity / IMDB / YouTube

A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent. Info on The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent / IMDB / YouTube

A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite. Explore The Invisible Boy / IMDB / YouTube

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend. Details on The River's Edge / IMDB / YouTube

Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed? Explore Zombies of Mora Tau / IMDB / YouTube

A brave prince wants to win the heart of a stubborn princess by finding the singing, ringing tree for her. Check out The Singing Ringing Tree / IMDB / YouTube

Englishman Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) takes possession of his grandfather's Canadian land, but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ruthless contractor, a new power dam, and his own bad health. More about Campbell's Kingdom / IMDB / YouTube