List of adventure films before 1920

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A list of adventure film s released before the 1920s.

TitleDirectorCastCountryNotes
1900
Attack on a China Mission James Williamson United KingdomShort film
Cyrano de Bergerac Clément Maurice Benoît-Constant Coquelin FranceShort film
1907
Fanfan la Tulipe Alice Guy-Blaché FranceShort film
The Fencing Master United StatesShort film [1]
Løvejagten Viggo Larsen Viggo Larsen, Knud LumbyeDenmarkShort film
1908
The Pirate's Gold D. W. Griffith George Gebhardt, Linda Arvidson United StatesShort film, pirate film
1909
I tre moschettieri Mario Caserini Maria Caserini ItalyShort film
1911
L'Odissea Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan Giuseppe de Liguoro Italy
1912
Robin Hood Étienne Arnaud, Herbert Blaché Robert Frazer, Barbara Tennant, Alec B. Francis United States
Les Trois Mousquetaires André Calmettes, Henri Pouctal Émile Dehelly, Marcel Vibert, Nelly Cormon, Jean Peyrière France
1913
The Adventures of Kathlyn Francis J. Grandon Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi, Charles Clary United States Serial
Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola Marcel Fabre Marcel Fabre Italy Science fiction adventure, adventure comedy
Hussein il pirata  [ it ] Gennaro Righelli Gennaro Righelli Italy
Ivanhoe Herbert Brenon King Baggot, Leah Baird, Herbert Brenon United States
Ivanhoe Leedham Bantock Lauderdale Maitland United Kingdom
The Prisoner of Zenda Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford James K. Hackett, Beatrice Beckley, David Torrence United States
The Sea Wolf Hobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth, Herbert Rawlinson, Viola Barry United StatesSea adventure
Thor, Lord of the Jungle Colin Campbell Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi, Charles Clary United States
1914
Cabiria Giovanni Pastrone Lidia Quaranta, Umberto Mozzato, Bartolomeo Pagano, Italia Almirante Manzini ItalyEpic adventure
The Hazards of Helen J.P. McGowan, James Davis Helen Holmes, Helen Gibson United StatesRailroad adventure. (serial - continued until 1917).
The Last Chapter William Desmond Taylor Carlyle Blackwell United States
McVeagh of the South Seas Cyril Bruce, Harry Carey Harry Carey, Fern Foster United StatesSouth sea adventure
The Pride of Jennico J. Searle Dawley House Peters United States
Soldiers of Fortune William F. Haddock Dustin Farnum United States
The Spoilers Colin Campbell William Farnum United States
Zapata's Gang Urban Gad Asta Nielsen German EmpireAdventure comedy
1915
Brigadier Gerard Bert Haldane Lewis Waller United Kingdom
Captain Macklin John B. O'Brien Jack Conway, Lillian Gish United States
The Dictator Oscar Eagle John Barrymore United StatesAdventure comedy
The Explorer George Melford Lou Tellegen United States
Filibus Mario Roncoroni Cristina RuspoliItaly
Hearts and the Highway Wilfrid North Lillian Walker United States
Peer Gynt Oscar Apfel, Raoul Walsh Cyril Maude United States
Under the Crescent Burton L. King Ola Humphrey, William C. Dowlan, Edward Sloman United States Serial, romantic adventure
Under the Red Robe Wilfred Noy Owen Roughwood United Kingdom
1916
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Stuart Paton Lois Alexander, Curtis Benton, Wallace Clarke United States
American Aristocracy Lloyd Ingraham Douglas Fairbanks United States
Beau Brocade Thomas Bentley Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock, Austin Leigh United Kingdom
The Beggar of Cawnpore Charles Swickard H. B. Warner, Lola May United States
Bullets and Brown Eyes Scott Sidney William Desmond, Bessie Barriscale United States
Daphne and the Pirate Christy Cabanne Lillian Gish United States Pirate film
The Three Musketeers Charles Swickard Orrin Johnson United States
To Have and to Hold George Melford Mae Murray, Wallace Reid United States
Under Two Flags J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Herbert Heyes United States
Unter heißer Zone Harry Piel Mogens Enger, Martha Novelly, Preben J. Rist, Victor Janson German Empire
1917
The Lad and the Lion Alfred E. Green Vivian Reed, Will Machin, Charles Le Moyne United States
The Laughing Cavalier A. V. Bramble, Eliot Stannard Mercy Hatton, George Bellamy, Edward O'Neill, A.V. Bramble United Kingdom
The Man Without a Country Ernest C. Warde Florence La Badie, Holmes Herbert, J.H. Gilmour United States
The Mystery Ship Harry Harvey, Henry MacRae Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Kingsley Benedict United States Serial
Tom Sawyer William Desmond Taylor Jack Pickford, Edythe Chapman, Helen Gilmore, Carl Goetz United States
When a Man Sees Red Frank Lloyd William Farnum United StatesSea adventure
The White Terror Harry Piel Tilly Bébé, Bruno Eichgrün, Preben J. Rist German Empire
1918
Bound in Morocco Allan Dwan Douglas Fairbanks United States
The Claw Robert G. Vignola Clara Kimball Young, Milton Sills, Jack Holt United States
Eye for Eye Albert Capellani Alla Nazimova United States
The Lion's Claws Harry Harvey, Jacques Jaccard Marie Walcamp United States Serial
The Mystery of Bangalore Alexander Antalffy, Paul Leni Conrad Veidt, Harry Liedtke, Gilda Langer German Empire
The Romance of Tarzan Wilfred Lucas Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey United States
Tarzan of the Apes Scott Sidney Elmo Lincoln, Enid MarkeyUnited StatesFirst Tarzan film
The White Man's Law James Young Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Holt, Florence Vidor United States
1919
Around the World in Eighty Days Richard Oswald Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Reinhold Schünzel Germany
The Elusive Pimpernel Maurice Elvey Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche, Norman Page United Kingdom
The Jungle Trail Richard Stanton William Farnum United States
The Mistress of the World Joe May Mia May, Michael Bohnen, Henry Sze, Paul Hansen, Hans Mierendorff Germany Serial
The Perils of Thunder Mountain Robert N. Bradbury, W. J. Burman Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway United StatesSerial
Soldiers of Fortune Allan Dwan Norman Kerry, Pauline Starke, Anna Q. Nilsson, Wallace Beery United States
Spiders, Part 1: The Golden Lake Fritz Lang Lil Dagover, Carl de Vogt, Georg John, Ressel Orla Germany
Vendetta Georg Jacoby Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke Germany
Victory Maurice Tourneur Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, Wallace BeeryUnited States

References

  1. "The Fencing Master (1907) - IMDb".