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Action, Action Comedy, Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, horror film, treasure hunt film
In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, Pharaoh Seti I discovers that his high priest Imhotep has been having an affair with his mistress Anck-su-namun. The two kill Seti when he confronts them. Anck-su-namun takes her own life to buy Imhotep time to e…
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Action, Treasure Hunting, action film, treasure hunt film
In 1936, American archaeologist Indiana Jones recovers a Golden Idol from a booby-trapped Peruvian temple. Rival archaeologist René Belloq corners him and steals the idol; Jones escapes in a waiting float plane. After returning to the Unit…
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Action, Adventure, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film
Towards the end of World War II, Nazis capture Indiana Jones and Oxford archaeologist Basil Shaw as they attempt to retrieve the Spear of Longinus from a castle in the French Alps. Astrophysicist Jürgen Voller informs his superiors the Lan…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
Facing foreclosure of their homes in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon to an expanding country club, a group of boys who call themselves "the Goonies"—Michael "Mikey" Walsh, Richard "Data" Wang, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, and …
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Adventure, Komödie, Musical, Treasure Hunting, buddy film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, musical film, road movie, thriller film, treasure hunt film
In the summer of 1937, three convicts – Pete, Delmar, and Everett – escape from a Mississippi chain gang to retrieve a buried treasure hidden by Everett before the area is flooded to make a lake. The three are assisted by a blind man drivi…
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, Pirate Film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
13 years after Will Turner first leaves Elizabeth Swann aboard the Flying Dutchman, Will is visited by his twelve-year-old son, Henry. Will is still bound to the Dutchman, but Henry says that he can be freed from his curse by the Trident o…
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, Komödie, Pirate Film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
In the early 18th century, Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter, Elizabeth, sail aboard HMS Dauntless, which is captained by Lieutenant Norrington. They encounter a shipwreck and rescue a boy named Will Turner. Elizabeth notices a gol…
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Action, Komödie, Pirate Film, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film, zombie film
Around 1750, some 21 years after Captain Jack Sparrow acquired Sao Feng's map to find the Fountain of Youth and the Black Pearl stolen by Hector Barbossa, a castaway found in the ocean was brought to King Ferdinand at Cádiz, holding a ship…
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Fantasy, Parodie, Pirate Film, Romantic Comedy, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
About one year after Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann helped Captain Jack Sparrow escape from Port Royal, their wedding is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company, who arrives with arrest warrants. Commodore Jam…
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Action, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, action comedy film, adventure film, treasure hunt film
In 1912, Boy Scout Indiana Jones lives with his father Henry Jones Sr. in Moab, Utah. One day, while exploring caves on an excursion with his scout troop, Indy takes a crucifix owned by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado from a group of gravero…
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Action, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, treasure hunt film
In 1935, American archeologist Indiana Jones survives a murder attempt in Shanghai by Triad crime boss Lao Che, who hired him to retrieve the remains of Nurhaci. Jones flees from the city accompanied by his young orphan sidekick Short Roun…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, fantasy film, horror film
In 3067 B.C., a warrior known as the Scorpion King leads an army to conquer the world. However, they are eventually defeated, and he is exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere. Dying, the King offers Anubis his soul in return for the power to de…
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Action, Adventure, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film
Orphaned brothers Sam and Nathan "Nate" Drake are caught trying to steal a map made after the Magellan expedition from a Boston museum. Before the orphanage can expel Sam, he sneaks out to be on his own, but promises Nate that he will retu…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, treasure hunt film
Louvre curator Jacques Saunière is pursued by Silas, an albino Catholic monk who demands the location of the "keystone" to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Saunière gives him a false lead and is murdered. The police find his body posed lik…
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Action Comedy, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, treasure hunt film
In 1957, Soviet agents led by Colonel Doctor Irina Spalko kidnap American archeologist Indiana Jones and his partner George "Mac" McHale. They infiltrate Hangar 51 in Nevada and use Jones to locate a mummified alien from the Roswell incide…
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Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film, thriller film
Many years after his adventures with Shrek, Puss in Boots is accidentally crushed by a church bell after subduing a giant during a party in the town of Del Mar. As he recovers, the town doctor advises him to retire because he has already l…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, Western film, comedy drama, comedy film, mystery film, prison film
The Yelnats family has been cursed with bad luck, which they blame on their ancestor Elya's failure to keep a promise to fortune teller Madame Zeroni over a century earlier in Latvia. One day, Stanley Yelnats IV is wrongfully convicted of …
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Action, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film
Following the disappearance of her father, Lord Richard Croft, Lara Croft makes a living as a bike courier. She is arrested after a collision with a police car. Richard's business partner, Ana Miller, posts her bail and urges Lara to accep…
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Action, Adventure, Computeranimation, action film, adventure film, comedy film, detective film, family film, fantasy film, mystery film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
In 1940s Brussels, young journalist Tintin browses an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, and purchases a model of a ship known as the Unicorn. He is then accosted by an Interpol officer named Barnaby and a ship collector named Ivan Iva…
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Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, heist film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
In 1974, a child named Benjamin Franklin Gates is told by his grandfather about a fabled treasure hidden in America. The treasure, passed down from ancient times to the Knights Templar, Founding Fathers, and Freemasons, has long been the o…
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Cartoon, Fantasy, Pirate Film, Sci-Fi, Treasure Hunting, space opera
On the planet Montressor, Jim Hawkins operates an inn with his mother, Sarah. Billy Bones crashes his spaceship near the inn, gives Jim a sphere, and warns him to 'beware the cyborg'. A group of pirates arrive to search for the sphere, des…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, adventure film, buddy film, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film
In 1519 Spain, con-artists Tulio and Miguel win gold and a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged dice gamble against some sailors (though they win the map fairly after Tulio was given normal dice from one of the opponen…
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Found Footage, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, found footage film, horror film, thriller film
Polymath and archaeologist Scarlett Marlowe continues her dead father's search for the legendary philosopher's stone, an alchemical substance discovered by Nicolas Flamel allegedly capable of turning base metals into gold or silver and gra…
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Action Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film
In 1556, Don Aguirre leads Spanish conquistadors to South America to search for the Tears of the Moon, a mythical tree whose flowers can cure illness and lift curses, believing it may save his ill daughter. After many conquistadors die, th…
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