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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 140 films · Page 2.
Detective Film, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, treasure hunt film
In San Francisco, private investigators Sam Spade and Miles Archer meet prospective client Ruth Wonderly. She claims to be looking for her missing sister, who ran off from their home in New York and came to the city with a man named Floyd …
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Adventure, Girls with Guns, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, girls with guns, science fiction film, treasure hunt film
Adventurer Lara Croft defeats a robot in an Egyptian tomb, revealed to be a training exercise arena in her family manor, where she lives with her technical assistant Bryce and butler Hillary. In Venice, as the first phase of a planetary al…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, action-adventure film, heist film, screwball comedy film, treasure hunt film
thumb|270px|Left to right: Edie Adams, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, and Buddy Hackett Smiler Grogan, a recently released convict, crashes his car on California State Route 74. With his dying brea…
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Komödie, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film
Loretta Sage, a former archaeology researcher, writes romance-adventure novels featuring the fictional Dr. Angela Lovemore and her romantic interest, Dash McMahon. To promote her latest book, her publisher, Beth Hatten, puts her on a book …
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Action Comedy, Western, Western film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, treasure hunt film
In 1933, at a San Francisco funfair, a boy named Will who idolizes the legendary Lone Ranger encounters Tonto, an elderly Comanche man who starts recounting his experiences with the Old West adventurer, 64 years ago. In 1869, lawyer John R…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Six days after the end of the American Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen seek out cryptographer Thomas Gates and ask for his help in decoding a message copied into Booth's diary. Thomas recognizes the message as a Playfai…
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Komödie, Road Movie, adventure film, comedy film, screwball comedy film, treasure hunt film
Donald Sinclair, the eccentric owner of The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, devises a new game to entertain the high rollers who visit his hotel. Six special tokens are placed in the casino's slot machines, and the winners are g…
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Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Heist, Romantic Comedy, Secret Agent, comedy thriller, crime thriller film, mystery film, romantic comedy, treasure hunt film
While on holiday in the French Alps, Regina "Reggie" Lampert, an American expatriate working as a simultaneous interpreter, tells her friend Sylvie that she is divorcing her husband Charles. She also meets Peter Joshua, a charming American…
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Komödie, Romantic Comedy, Treasure Hunting, action comedy film, romance film, romantic comedy film, treasure hunt film
Joan Wilder is a successful but lonely romance novelist living in a New York apartment with her cat, Romeo. As Joan leaves to meet her editor and friend Gloria Horne, her neighbor hands her an envelope containing a map, sent by her recentl…
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Animation, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 3028 A.D. (The 31st century), a groundbreaking scientific project known as "The Titan Project" incurs the wrath of the Drej, a hostile race of aliens made of pure energy, who fear that it will allow humans to challenge them. Determined …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
A sea plane flying on a stormy night malfunctions and crashes in the sea off the coast of The Bahamas. Sam and Jared are a couple living a rustic life in a trailer, next to the beach in The Bahamas. Sam works as a guide in the local aquati…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, action film, buddy film, techno-thriller, treasure hunt film
In 1865, at the conclusion of the American Civil War, Richmond, Virginia is in ruins. The CSS Texas, captained by Mason Tombs is loaded with the last of the Confederacy's gold to keep it from Union forces before disappearing. In present-da…
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Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy comedy film, fantasy film, mystery film, treasure hunt film
In the Peruvian jungle, 6-year-old Dora Márquez, daughter of jungle explorers Cole and Elena, goes on adventures with her monkey friend Boots, her 7-year-old cousin Diego, and imaginary friends Backpack and Map while thwarting Swiper the t…
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Military Film, Satire On War, action film, comedy drama, heist film, treasure hunt film, war film
Following the end of the Gulf War, U.S. soldiers remaining in theatre are bored from the lack of action and throw parties at night. Major Archie Gates, a U.S.
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Pirate Film, Sitcom, Treasure Hunting, children's film, comedy film, musical film, pirate film
Jim Hawkins is a young orphan who lives in an inn in England with his best friends, Gonzo and Rizzo. Jim’s father was a first mate who died when he was seven years old. He listens to Billy Bones' tales about the pirate Captain Bernie Flint…
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Action Comedy, Pirate Film, action film, adventure film, children's film, pirate film, romantic comedy, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
In 1668 Jamaica, having escaped a trap set by authorities, Morgan Adams hunts down her paternal uncle and fellow pirate Douglas "Dawg" Brown after he kidnaps her father Black Harry. Harry has one of three pieces of a map to a huge stash of…
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Romantic Comedy, Treasure Hunting, romantic comedy, treasure hunt film
For years, treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has been searching for the sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet, known as the Queen's Dowry. His boat inadvertently blows up on the surface, j…
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Classical Western, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, Treasure Hunting, Western film, contemporary Western film, drama film, treasure hunt film
In 1925, in the Mexican town of Tampico, labor contractor Pat McCormick recruits Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two broke American drifters, as roughnecks to help construct oil derricks for $8 per day (). When the project is completed and t…
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Adventure, Girls with Guns, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, girls with guns, treasure hunt film
On Santorini island, Greece, a strong earthquake uncovers the Luna Temple. The temple was built by Alexander the Great to house his most prized treasures. Among these treasures is a glowing orb with a pattern resembling a code etched into …
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Action, Sci-Fi, Treasure Hunting, drama film, science fiction film, submarine film
In 1868, rumors spread of a sea monster attacking many ships in the Pacific Ocean. Professor Pierre Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, are asked to investigate the scene. They board a U.S.
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Action, Romantic Comedy, Treasure Hunting, action film, romantic comedy, treasure hunt film
Six months after the events of Romancing the Stone, Joan Wilder's and Jack Colton's romance has grown stale. While moored at a port in Southern France, Joan, suffering writer's block, wants to return to New York, while Jack prefers sailing…
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Action, action film, adventure film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
While scuba diving near shipwrecks off Bermuda, vacationing couple David Sanders and Gail Berke recover small artifacts, including a glass ampoule with amber-coloured liquid and a gold medallion bearing a woman's image and the letters "S.C…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, treasure hunt film
In 1981, Kenny Wells helps to run a prospecting company, Washoe, with his father whom he clearly admires. But seven years after his father dies, the business and Kenny are nearly broke after having lost the office, so Kenny and his colleag…
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Adventure, Komödie, Mysterie, comedy film, treasure hunt film
Twelve years after graduating from high school, three friends—Jerry, Dan, and Tom—learn that their childhood companion Billy has died in a parasailing accident. After the funeral, they return to their old tree house and discover a map lead…
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