Steven Spielbergs blockbuster film adaptation of Michael Crichtons bestselling novel is the quintessentialFrankensteinstory.

Spielbergs dinosaur-infested thrill-ride is as close to perfect as a movie can be.

Its a family-friendly horror movie that has hair-raising thrills without going overboard on the gore.

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But he also takes a much darker approach than those classic Spielberg productions.

The originalMummymovie was a straightforward horror story, but Sommers reimagined it as a romantic adventure.

Indy is tasked with liberating the child slaves of a group of occultists operating underneath a lavish palace.

Jurassic Park & 9 Other Movies That Toe The Line Between Horror & Adventure-1

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Temple of Doomis by far the darkest of theIndiana Jonesmovies.

Predatoris the ultimate man-versus-beast story.

Denham takes Ann to the mysterious Skull Island to shoot his latest project.

Sam Neill as Alan Grant is waving a flare at a T-rex in Jurassic Park.

But deep down, its a tragedy that tugs on the heartstrings.

3The Goonies

Richard Donners 1985 classicThe Gooniesimagines aJurassic Park-style adventure with a gang of bright-eyed children.

What makesThe Gooniestruly special is the dynamic between its lead characters.

Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor looking over his shoulder with worry in The Meg

2Aliens

Ridley Scotts originalAlienmovie is essentially a haunted house movie set in the isolated vacuum of space.

A bloodthirsty extraterrestrial creature gets on board a spacebound cargo ship and starts picking off its crew.

Ripley and Newts dynamic gives all the action-packed spectacle a really moving emotional core.

Kids shooting a movie at a train station in Super 8

1Jaws

The movie that put Spielberg on Hollywoods radar falls into the same adventure-horror category asJurassic Park.

Spielbergs first major box office hit, 1975sJaws, was the original blockbuster.

Much likeJurassic Park,Jaws blockbuster spectacle is grounded in compelling human characters.

Brendan Fraser as Rick and Rachel Weisz as Evie appearing tense and looking at something off camera in The Mummy

Harrison Ford on a rope bridge in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Arnold Schwarzenegger with a big gun in the jungle in Predator

King Kong screams at planes shooting at him in King Kong

Four of The Goonies looking at a map, in The Goonies

Carrie Hen’s Newt stands with Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in front of the marines in Aliens

Brody with a shark behind him in Jaws

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