The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922)

The Great Secret (1917)

A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor Zulph.

• Action
• Adventure

The Broken Coin (1915)

A movie serial directed by Francis Ford.

• Mystery
• Adventure

Pearl of the Army (1916)

A 1916 movie serial.

• Adventure

King of the Wild (1931)

Richard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.

• Adventure
• Horror
• Action

Flash Gordon (1936)

Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.

• Science Fiction
• Action
• Adventure

The Fortieth Door (1924)

Aimee is a young girl betrothed to a rascal, Hamid Bey. An American archeologist, Jack Ryder, arrives to help the girl escape ending up in Bey's harem, but it takes the boy ten episodes to finally succeed.

• Adventure

The Black Secret (1919)

Adventures of an American Secret Service-girl in search of an important German secret during the war. Chapters: [1] “The Great Secret,”; [2] “Marked for Death,”; [3] “The Gas Chamber,”; [4] “Below the Waterline,”; [5] “The Acid Bath,”; [6] “The Unknown,”; [7] “The Betrayal,”; [8] “A Crippled Hand,”; [9] “Woes of Deceit,”; [10] “The Inn of Dread,”; [11] “The Death Studio,”; [12] “The Chance Trail,"; [13] “Wings of Mystery,”; [14] “The Hidden Way,”; [15] “The Secret Host"

• Action
• Adventure

The Timber Queen (1922)

The Timber Queen follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries to stay independent of a cruel man who wants to marry her and steal her wealth. The UCLA Film and Television Archive has preserved episodes one, four, eight and nine, and distributor Harpodeon has preserved episode twelve.

• Action
• Adventure

Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)

In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.

• Action
• Adventure
• Romance

Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)

In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to prevent the natives from starting a revolution in Burmatra and its neighbors.

• Action
• Adventure
• War

The Lightning Raider (1919)

A beautiful young woman is a daring master thief. She meets the young millionaire Thomas Babbington Norton, while fleeing from the scene of her latest theft.

• Action
• Adventure
• Crime

The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)

This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars.

• Adventure
• Mystery

Mysterious Island (1951)

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

• Science Fiction
• Adventure
• Action
• Fantasy

The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)

A serial in 12 chapters. Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.

• Action
• Adventure
• Crime

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)

A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

• Action
• Adventure

Pirate Gold (1920)

• Action
• Adventure

The Brass Bullet (1918)

Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial

• Action
• Adventure

Perils of the Wild (1925)

Movie serial Perils of the Wild

• Adventure

Nan of the North (1922)

A Canadian Mountie and a young girl team up to prevent an evil couple from finding a fallen meteorite that contains a powerful element called "Tilano."

• Adventure
• Action

The Lost Special (1932)

A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.

• Action
• Adventure