Best 1950s Adventure Movies

Looking for the best 1950s Adventure movies? These are the 9 highest-rated 1950s Adventure titles in our catalogue, led by Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki, The Moonraker and Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)

★ 7.2/10

Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
2. The Moonraker (1958)

★ 6.8/10

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the…
3. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)

★ 6.5/10

Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin…
4. Robin Hoodwinked (1958)

★ 6.5/10

Jerry and a friend overhear that Robin Hood is imprisoned; they set off to free him, but first they have to contend with his guard, Tom.
5. Knights of the Round Table (1953)

★ 6.0/10

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.
6. Maximka (1952)

★ 5.8/10

A black child rescued from by Russian sailors, whom they name Maksimka, having overcome his fear of white people, turns out to be an unusually smart and kind little boy. The rude drunken sailor Ivan Luchkin was…
7. Hell's Island (1955)

★ 5.5/10

Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
8. Kiss of Fire (1955)

★ 5.5/10

In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.
9. Yankee Pasha (1954)

★ 5.3/10

Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.