Films and Sub-Genres

• Swashbuckler
The Mark of Zorro; The Three Musketeers; Pirates of the Caribbean

• Disaster
The Poseidon Adventure; The Towering Inferno; Airport; The Day After Tomorrow

• Fantasy
Star Wars; Lord of the Rings; Superman; Avatar

• Quest
Raiders of the Lost Ark; Romancing the Stone; King Solomon’s Mines

• Thriller/suspense
The Fugitive; The Thirty Nine Steps; Die Hard; Cliffhanger; the Bond franchise

• Historical: big adventures set against backdrop of history, legend and
folklore
Braveheart; Gladiator; Robin Hood Prince of Thieves