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The Best R-Rated Adventure Movies

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List of R-Rated adventure movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated adventure movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Adventure movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated adventure movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Adventure movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Adventure films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Adventure film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

This list includes Gladiator, The Matrix and more.

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Starship Troopers
Neil Patrick Harris, Denise Richards
Released: 1997
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
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Children of Men
Julianne Moore, Clive Owen
Released: 2006
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
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Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford
Released: 1979
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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V for Vendetta
Natalie Portman, John Hurt
Released: 2006
Directed by: James McTeigue
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Dogma
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Released: 1999
Directed by: Kevin Smith
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Mad Max 2
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
Released: 1981
Directed by: George Miller
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First Blood
Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy
Released: 1982
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
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Mad Max
Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Released: 1979
Directed by: George Miller
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Vacation
Chevy Chase, Christie Brinkley
Released: 1983
Directed by: Harold Ramis
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The Matrix
Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving
Released: 1999
Directed by: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
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Equilibrium
Christian Bale, Sean Bean
Released: 2002
Directed by: Kurt Wimmer
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Midnight Express
John Hurt, Randy Quaid
Released: 1978
Directed by: Alan Parker
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300
Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender
Released: 2006
Directed by: Zack Snyder
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Gladiator
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
Released: 2000
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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The Matrix Reloaded
Monica Bellucci, Keanu Reeves
Released: 2003
Directed by: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
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Little Miss Sunshine
Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston
Released: 2006
Directed by: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
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Kingdom of Heaven
Eva Green, Liam Neeson
Released: 2005
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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Runaway Train
Jon Voight, Rebecca De Mornay
Released: 1985
Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
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Paul
Steven Spielberg, Sigourney Weaver
Released: 2011
Directed by: Greg Mottola
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Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone
Released: 1990
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
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The Missing
Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood
Released: 2003
Directed by: Ron Howard
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Alive
John Malkovich, Ethan Hawke
Released: 1993
Directed by: Frank Marshall
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Resident Evil
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez
Released: 2002
Directed by: Paul W. S. Anderson
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Alien 3
Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance
Released: 1992
Directed by: David Fincher
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The Quick and the Dead
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone
Released: 1995
Directed by: Sam Raimi
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