 | The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Temple of Doom/ Last Crusade) - Widescreen Edition
Buy new: $37.49 / Used from: $15.95 The classic movies, and the true definition of Pulp Cliffhanging Adventure. Required viewing.
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 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.19 Modern-day pulp hero, with a touch of silliness. Screams "80s", but it's a lot of fun.
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 | Big Trouble in Little China (Single Disc Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.11 Another modern day pulp adventure. It also gives it a little twist. The Hero acts more like the sidekick and vice-versa. Don't bother with the "special edition", you don't need it.
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 | The Goonies
Buy used from: $2.48 Pirates, Treasure, evil villains... a great movie with kid heroes that never talks down. Wonderful adventure.
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 | Romancing the Stone
Buy used from: $2.42 80s jungle adventure
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 | The Jewel of the Nile
Buy used from: $3.18 The sequel to Romancing the Stone. What's good is that it's not just a re-hash, and there's a great deathtrap at the end.
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 | Jumanji (Collector's Series)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.99 Jungle adventure set in New Hampshire. Sounds odd, but pretty enjoyable as a family film.
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 | Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $2.53 Goes in the "Lost World" subgenre of the pulps. I think the sequels can be avoided. Neither capture the wonderment and discovery of the first.
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 | Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $0.06 Modern day, based on the videogames, and heavily inspired by the pulp adventure genre.
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 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.40 A good sequel... possibly better than the first. A little grittier, a little more exciting...
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 | Magnificent Warriors
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.65 Kung-Fu 1930's adventure in China. Pretty decent.
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 | The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.47 A good homage to the genre. Brendan Fraser makes a good pulp hero.
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 | Operation Condor
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.74 Another Kung-Fu Pulp Adventure. Probably my favorite Jackie Chan movie.
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 | The Phantom
Buy used from: $16.97 1930's jungle adventure based on the classic hero. Surprisingly, the skin-tight purple suit actually looks pretty good.
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 | The Rocketeer
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $3.99 Fun, disney pulp adventure. Has a great atmosphere to it, and is family-friendly.
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 | The Shadow
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $3.05 One of my favorite characters, yet the movie was a bit lacking. If you can find the old pulp books, or even the radio adventures, they would be VERY good additions to a collection.
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 | Lost Horizon
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $8.49 Frank Capra classic about the search for Shangri-La. Avoid the remake.
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 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $0.07 A modern-day effort to recapture that time. Personally, I like it. Some don't.
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 | MacGyver - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $19.49 / Used from: $10.99 80's high-adventure. Come on... it's MacGuyver!
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 | Relic Hunter
Buy used from: $89.99 Cross between Lara Croft and Indiana Jones. Actually better than I thought it would be, though I'd prefer if they'd put out the whole seasons, rather than a 'best of'.
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 | GURPS Cliffhangers 2nd Edition by Brian J. Underhill
Buy used from: $0.88 A great resource on the genre. Has a lot of great info on what was happening in the world during the 30s and 40s... helps understand why the pulps were so popular then.
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 | GURPS Places of Mystery by Alison Brooks
Buy used from: $24.95 If you like Gurps Cliffhangers, this is a great description of several places in the world that are perfect for setting a pulp adventure. Mainly for Gamers.
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 | Crimson Skies
Buy used from: $65.98 The music for the game. If you don't have an Xbox, just get this instead.
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 | Cliffhangers! Music From The Classic Republic Serials
Buy used from: $29.98 Music from the old republic serials... they were the very definition of the Pulp genre
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