Best Adventure Movies of 2017
2017 gave us a lot of adventure movies and not all of them were worth the ticket. These 20 are the ones that landed, ranked by the score real viewers gave them rather than by opening weekend. Coco sits at the top with 8.2, and the list averages 7.5 across the board.
20 titles · average score 7.5 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Coco (2017)
★ 8.2 · 21,261 ratingsDespite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and…
- 2
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
★ 8.0 · 1,225 ratingsHaving died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3…
- 3
The Dawn Wall (2017)
★ 8.0 · 357 ratingsIn an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
- 4
No Game No Life: Zero (2017)
★ 7.8 · 450 ratingsSix thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos…
- 5
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)
★ 7.7 · 777 ratingsIn 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors.…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.5. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best adventure movie of 2017?
Coco is the highest-rated adventure film of 2017 with a 8.2 audience score from 21K ratings. Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds and The Dawn Wall follow closely behind.
How are these 2017 movies ranked?
By average audience score on TMDB, restricted to films with at least 150 ratings so that a handful of votes cannot push an obscure title to the top. The list averages 7.5.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.