Best Adventure Animations and Fiction Films of 2007: A Diverse Lineup

Donkey X

2007 • 84 min • Budget $18M • Box office $7M

Family, Adventure, Animation

Rucio, Don Quixote's donkey, recounts the true story of his master, arguing that Quixote wasn't mad, but rather a highly intelligent, passionate, and enthusiastic man.

5.5

4.6

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

1969 • 105 min

Adventure, Family, Science Fiction

This heartwarming story follows the lives of the Minami sisters – Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki – as they experience the joys and challenges of daily life. Though ordinary young women with everyday circumstances, their bond is exceptional. They are deeply…

5.4

5.7

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Tad Jones and the Basement of Doom

2007 • 18 min • Budget $80K

Animation, Adventure

Tad, a reckless and determined adventurer, searches for a missing puppy and stumbles upon a hidden basement concealing a dark secret.

6.8

6.1

Walking Tall: The Payback

2007 • 88 min

Crime, Adventure, Action

A man returns to his troubled hometown, now consumed by crime, and begins dispensing his own brand of justice.

5.7

4.7

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Eden Log

2007 • 98 min • Box office $157K

Action, Adventure, Drama

A man awakens in a deep cave with no memory of who he is or how he arrived. He discovers the body of another man nearby, but remembers nothing about him. Pursued by a strange creature, he journeys through an…

5.0

5.2

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Garfield Gets Real

2008 • 77 min • Budget $10M • Box office $1M

Family, Comedy, Adventure

Garfield, the famously lazy orange cat who loves lasagna and despises Mondays, unexpectedly leaves the vibrant world of his popular comic strip for reality. However, as the excitement fades, Garfield starts searching for a way to return before his comic…

5.0

4.4

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Big City

2007 • 97 min • Budget $16

Adventure, Family, Western

This French-language film, set in the American Wild West, begins with a Native American ambush on a group of immigrants but quickly transforms into an enjoyable comedy. When the adults go to the ambush site, the children are left alone…

5.3

5.1

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

2007 • 180 min

Adventure, Action, Drama

Ali Baba confronts forty thieves to protect the Caliph of Baghdad and avert a conflict between Eastern and Western powers.

5.4

5.8

Battle for Haditha

2007 • 97 min

Action, Adventure, Drama

The film examines the 2005 Haditha massacre, where 24 Iraqi civilians – men, women, and children – were reportedly killed by four U.S. Marines. The incident allegedly occurred as retaliation for the death of a fellow Marine caused by a…

6.2

6.9

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To Rob a Thief

2007 • 98 min • Budget $4M • Box office $6

Action, Adventure, Comedy

In Los Angeles, Colombian con man Emilio has two weeks to execute a plan: rob his former partner, Claudio Silvestrini, a wealthy infomercial producer known for selling fraudulent products to Latin immigrants. Emilio's friend Alejandro, who deals in pirated DVDs,…

7.5

6.6

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The Fox and the Child

2007 • 96 min • Budget $13M • Box office $29M

Adventure, Family

A girl around ten years old lives with her father in a remote house near the Jurassic Mountains in eastern France. One autumn day, while walking to school through the forest, she spots a hunting fox. The fox runs away,…

6.6

6.9

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Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

2007 • 80 min

Adventure, Comedy, Animation

After Grim misuses his powers, the Boogey Man strips him of his position and abilities in the Underworld Court. Determined to seize control of the world, Grim plans to find Horror's Hand. Billy, Mandy, Irwin, and Grim must reach Horror's…

7.5

7.3

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

2007 • 76 min

Animation, Family, Adventure

After a close call that nearly endangers his grandmother, Littlefoot learns some important lessons. Shortly after, three other dinosaurs appear, saying they've become lost.

6.1

5.1

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Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!

2007 • 73 min

Family, Comedy, Animation

During a vacation in Paris, the Mystery Inc. Gang experiences a detour when Scooby and Shaggy miss their flight. They unexpectedly find themselves on a skydiving trip in the Himalayas, where they must now evade the Abominable Snowmonster.

7.4

6.5

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Shrek the Halls

2007 • 28 min • Budget $60M

Adventure, Animation, Comedy

This new holiday film follows Shrek as he attempts to embrace the Christmas spirit for Fiona and their children. He wants to give them a memorable holiday, but quickly learns he needs to master Christmas traditions. Just as he envisions…

6.4

Rise: Blood Hunter

2007 • 97 min • Box office $2M

Action, Adventure, Horror

A reporter investigating a dangerous cult awakens in a morgue, only to discover she has become one of the undead. Driven by vengeance, she embarks on a relentless pursuit of the cultists who orchestrated her demise.

5.4

4.9

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Sukiyaki Western Django

2007 • 121 min • Budget $3M • Box office $2M

Adventure, Action, Comedy

A gunslinger with no name rides into a town consumed by warring factions. Both sides try to recruit him, but he sets off on his own course.

6.2

6.1

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The Last Mimzy

2007 • 94 min • Box office $27M

Drama, Science Fiction, Adventure

When two siblings discover a peculiar box of toys, they start to develop extraordinary abilities. Their parents and teacher become entangled in a bewildering new reality, and face a challenge that surpasses anything they could have foreseen.

6.3

6.2

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The Contractor

2007 • 105 min

Action, Adventure, Drama

James Dial, a former CIA operative, is persuaded to carry out an assassination in London. The mission fails, and he's compelled to go into hiding. While in hiding, he forms a friendship with a 12-year-old girl.

5.6

5.4

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The Darjeeling Limited

2007 • 92 min • Budget $16M • Box office $24M

Adventure, Drama, Comedy

Three American brothers, estranged for a year, embark on a train journey through India hoping to reconnect and rediscover their bond. Their self-proclaimed "spiritual quest" quickly takes an unexpected turn, complicated by incidents involving medication, local remedies, and a case…

7.2

17+

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Underdog

2007 • 82 min • Budget $25M • Box office $65M

Family, Action, Adventure

During a laboratory mishap, a beagle named Shoeshine gains extraordinary abilities. He confides this secret in the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

5.5

4.8

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Transformers

2007 • 144 min • Budget $150M • Box office $709M

Adventure, Science Fiction, Action

Teenager Sam Witwicky is drawn into the age-old conflict between the Autobots, the heroic alien robots, and the Decepticons, their evil counterparts. Sam unknowingly possesses a key to incredible power, and the Decepticons will do anything to get it back.

6.8

7.1

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Stardust

2007 • 127 min • Budget $70M • Box office $137M

Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Near a town bordering a magical land, a young man promises his love to retrieve a fallen star from the magical realm. His journey there leads him to a world beyond imagination, where he discovers his true identity.

7.3

7.6

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The Last Legion

2007 • 102 min • Budget $67M • Box office $25M

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

With the Roman Empire falling apart, the young Emperor Romulus Augustus escapes Rome and journeys to Britain to find a group of loyal soldiers.

5.6

5.4

13+

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Beowulf

2007 • 115 min • Budget $70M • Box office $195M

Adventure, Action, Animation

In 6th-century Scandinavia, the brave warrior Beowulf sets out to defeat Grendel, a monstrous creature who terrorizes the people.

5.9

6.3

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TMNT

2007 • 87 min • Budget $34M • Box office $95M

Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Following their victory over their longtime enemy, Shredder, the Turtles have drifted apart. Their sensei, Splinter, is concerned by their strained relationship as unusual events start happening in New York City.

6.2

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The Golden Compass

2007 • 113 min • Budget $180M • Box office $372M

Adventure, Fantasy

In a world similar to our own, young Lyra Belacqua, an intelligent orphan, accidentally learns a disturbing secret. This discovery leads her away from her familiar life at Jordan College and into a perilous journey to the Arctic, a journey…

6.1

13+

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Into the Wild

2007 • 148 min • Budget $15M • Box office $56M

Adventure, Drama

In 1992, after graduating from Emory University as a high-achieving student and athlete, Christopher McCandless gives up everything. He donates his $24,000 savings to charity and travels by hitchhiking to Alaska, where he intends to live self-sufficiently in the wilderness.

7.8

8.0

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National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2007 • 124 min • Budget $130M • Box office $459M

Action, Adventure, Mystery

Benjamin Franklin Gates joins forces with Abigail Chase and Riley Poole. Armed with newly discovered pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben follows a clue within them. He hopes to clear his ancestor's name in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

6.4

6.5

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