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A protagonist in the modern world accessing ancient

National Treasure
National Treasure

Reality
National Treasure
National Treasure

2004 6.6

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.

AdventureActionThrillerMystery
The Mummy
The Mummy

1999 6.9

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

AdventureActionFantasy
The Mummy
The Mummy

2017 5.5

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

FantasyThrillerActionAdventureHorror
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989 7.8

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

AdventureAction
Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990 6.0

A special examining the appeal of real-life daredevils and heroic figures compared with their fictional counterparts as portrayed in adventure films.

Documentary