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Treasure Hunting, children's film, pirate film
In the West Coast of England in 1765, young Jim Hawkins lives with his mother in a country inn that they run. Captain William Bones, a sickly lodger, gives Jim a treasure map after receiving the "black spot" from two strangers. Squire Trel…
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Action Comedy, Adventure, Modern-Day Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, treasure hunt film
Flynn Carsen, a perpetual college student in his 30s with 22 academic degrees, is kicked out of college by Professor Harris, who arranges for Flynn to get his 23rd degree mid-term. They have just completed a 1/20th scale model of the great…
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Action, Treasure Hunting, action comedy film, action film, adventure film
Jack is a renowned archaeology professor at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an, who teams up with young Indian professor Ashmita from the National Museum Institute in Rajasthan to locate India's lost Magadha treasure in Tibet. Their t…
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Adventure, Romance Film, Western, Western film, action film, treasure hunt film
An old legend tells of a fortune in gold hidden in the "Cañon del Oro" ("Canyon of Gold"), later called the "Lost Adams", guarded by Apache spirits. A man named Adams is said to have found it when he was young, only to have the Apaches cap…
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Dark Comedy, buddy film, comedy horror, treasure hunt film, zombie comedy
Larry Wilson and Richard Parker are at a Manhattan morgue where they see the corpse of their CEO, Bernie Lomax. Larry falsely claims Bernie as his uncle so he can get some of Bernie's possessions, including Bernie's credit card. At the ins…
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Treasure Hunting, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, treasure hunt film
Jesse Huston hires Allan Quatermain to find her father Professor Jediah Huston, believed lost on an expedition to find the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Quartermain and his companion, the mysterious Umbopo, penetrate unknown country, follow…
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Action, Thriller, action film, hood film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Two Fort Smith, Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, meet a hysterical old man in a burning building. The old man hands them an envelope, telling them that he stole from Jesus Christ. The old man tells them that he stole some things and stashe…
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Adventure, drama film, treasure hunt film
In June 1980, teenager Beth Easton and her recently widowed mother, Kate, relocate from Los Angeles to the small town of Wheaton, Washington, where they move into Kate's aunt's farmhouse. Initially, Beth misses the city and resents her new…
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Adventure, Modern-Day Fantasy, adventure film, treasure hunt film
Flynn Carsen has served as the Librarian for a year. On his latest mission, he almost fails to retrieve a crystal skull by holding on to another find. Judson, his mentor, tells him that a Librarian must sacrifice their own interests for th…
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Fantasy, Komödie, fantasy film, teen film, treasure hunt film
Jerry and Theresa Russo and their three children: Justin, Alex, and Max, embark on a magic-free vacation to the Caribbean, home to the Stone of Dreams, a powerful magical object capable of reversing any spell or granting any wish. They are…
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Action, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, action film, comedy film, treasure hunt film
Max Donigan and Leo Porter are two seasoned treasure hunters whose adventures rarely result in any notable success. After their latest stint gone wrong, they are recruited by a seemingly psychic woman, Patricia Goodwin, who has a treasure …
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Drama, drama film, treasure hunt film
Kumiko is a twenty-nine year old office lady who lives in utter solitude in Tokyo. She works a dreadful, dead-end job under a boss she hates (who in turn, hates her), unable to connect to her fashionable peers, and nagged by her overbearin…
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Action, Adventure, action film, treasure hunt film
Librarian Flynn Carsen is in England bidding on a priceless Ming vase for the Library. He is simultaneously on the phone with Charlene, and his girlfriend, Katie, who is at the end of her rope. Frantic and distracted, he bids £1 million an…
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Komödie, comedy film, teen film, treasure hunt film
Graduate student Leon (Alan Solomon) summons five college students to his apartment and challenges them to participate in his latest game creation, The Great All-Nighter. He tells them about his game and instructs them to form teams. At fi…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, romance film, treasure hunt film
In British East Africa (colonial era Kenya) in 1897, experienced British safari guide Allan Quatermain is persuaded by Elizabeth Curtis to find her husband, who disappeared in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legenda…
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Sitcom, Western, Western film, comedy film, treasure hunt film
A year after the events of the first film, Mitch Robbins is a much happier and livelier man, having moved out of the city. He is the manager at a radio station, and has employed his best friend, Phil Berquist. However, he is plagued with n…
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Treasure Hunting, fantasy film
Part One In Africa, wealthy businessman Mr. Bitter is on safari with his guides, Allan Quatermain and Bruce McNabb. He wishes to kill a family of African bush elephants, but Quatermain insists otherwise.
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Adventure, Pirate Film, Treasure Hunting, adventure film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
Captain Bones, an elderly pirate, arrives at the Admiral Benbow inn, owned by Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother. Bones spends his days keeping watch for a one-legged man and making a dangerous nuisance of himself. One day, pirate Black Do…
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Komödie, comedy film, treasure hunt film
Milton Parker, an eccentric game inventor, dies after losing a video game with his nurse. Parker's greedy and estranged relatives show up at his mansion for the reading of his will. Lawyer Charles Bernstein tells them that the winner of a …
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Thriller, adventure film, disaster film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Robinson, a veteran captain of underwater salvage vessels, who is divorced and estranged from his young son, is made redundant by his firm Agora along with his friends Kurston and Blackie. A depressed Kurston informs them that he has come …
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Family Comedy, Treasure Hunting, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, heist film
Con-artist Harry Bundage believes that the lost treasure of pirate Captain Joshua St. Edmund is hidden at Candleshoe, the large country estate of Lady St. Edmund.
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Adventure, Psychodrama, Western, Western film, action film, treasure hunt film
U.S. Marshal Mike Donovan (Vincent Cassel) (referred to as Broken Nose by the aboriginal tribe; unlike the comic his nickname is not Blueberry) has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the white settlers and…
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Adventure, Pirate Film, Treasure Hunting, children's film, pirate film
Haakon Haakonsen, a young Norwegian boy in the 1850s, becomes the sole support of his family as a cabin boy on a ship after his father is injured. Jens, who was a shipmate of Haakon's father and a friend of the Haakonsens, agrees to be a "…
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Family Drama, Komödie, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, treasure hunt film
16-year-old Miranda has been abandoned by her mother, and has dropped out of school. She supports herself working at McDonald's while her father, Charlie, is in a mental institution. When Charlie is released, Miranda finds the relatively p…
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