At first glance, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the adventure genre is entirely removed from arthouse as a genre or type of film. The former is all about depicting grand, often epic, and life-changing journeys into unfamiliar territories, while the latter – at least typically – tends to focus more on smaller stories while feeling introspective/psychological, and being made by singular voices while trying to challenge the art form of filmmaking as a whole.
As such, some arthouse movies aren't too concerned with telling stories within fun or broadly appealing genres, but occasionally, something more adventurous/action-packed/fantastical will be infused with some arthouse sensibilities. The following movies demonstrate this well, as all can be defined as adventure movies (in one way or another, and sometimes in non-traditional ways), all the while feeling unique and at least a little arthouse, as far as filmmaking and style are concerned.
Taken from Collider's list.
