Adventure film

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Adventure films
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An adventure film is a form of

Setting plays an important role in an adventure film, sometimes itself acting as a character in the narrative. They are typically set in far away lands, such as lost continents or other exotic locations. They may also be set in a period background and may include adapted stories of historical or fictional adventure heroes within the historical context. Such struggles and situations that confront the main characters include things like battles, piracy, rebellion, and the creation of empires and kingdoms.^[2]

A common theme of adventure films is of characters leaving their home or place of comfort and going to fulfill a goal, embarking on

In the early days of adventure films, the protagonists were typically male. These characters were courageous, often seen as heroes fighting suppression and facing tyrants. More recent adventure films have featured heroines, such as Lara Croft, as protagonists.^[2]

Adventure film popularity peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, when films such as