Archaeological adventurers
Seekers of ancient truths or obtainers of rare antiquities. A list of films and TV shows featuring treasure hunters, adventurers and scholars.
See also: Mummy movies, which often feature archaeologists, although they are often unfortunate victims. I also have an occult detective list, which has some crossover with this list, as well as being another well-known archetype.
Further reading:
* Adventurer Archaeologist: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdventurerArchaeologist
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See also: Mummy movies, which often feature archaeologists, although they are often unfortunate victims. I also have an occult detective list, which has some crossover with this list, as well as being another well-known archetype.
Further reading:
* Adventurer Archaeologist: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdventurerArchaeologist
Comments: As I don't have a Facebook account I cannot interact with the new comments system, so have switched it off. I will start a thread on the message board and link it in here shortly.
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Here for the thumbnail, the list starts below:
- DirectorHorace Lisle LucoqueStarsAlbert LawrenceH.J. HamlinRaymond BrownAdventurer Allan Quatermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for King Solomon's gold mines.Allan Quartermain is perhaps the classic archaeological adventurer and features strongly in this list.
- DirectorLouis KingStarsWarner OlandPat PatersonThomas BeckWhile investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation, Charlie discovers the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
- DirectorHarry S. WebbStarsRichard TalmadgeAlberta VaughnGeorge WalshA sailor finds an ancient vase on an uncharted island. He is later hired by archaeologists to lead them back to the island. They discover the temples of a lost civilization.
- DirectorRobert StevensonGeoffrey BarkasStarsPaul RobesonCedric HardwickeRoland YoungWhite hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.One of the few films that I've seen which were preceded by a warning that it contains racist depictions.
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http://archive.org/details/king_solomans_mine - DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreJoseph SchildkrautLionel AtwillDisguised as an Austrian archaeologist, Moto helps unearth the priceless crown of the legendary Queen of Sheba and sans disguise defends it from a variety of thugs and criminals.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsWilliam TracyJeff YorkJoyce BryantDr. Herbert Lee (John Paul Jones), an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son, Terry (William Tracy), and Terry's pal, Pat Ryan (Jeff York), and Normandie Drake (Joyce Bryant). Fang (Dick Curtis), a jungle pirate and warlord, plots to kill The Dragon Lady (Sheila Darcy), Queen of the Temple of Mara, and seize the treasures of her ancestors. Both Fang and The Dragon Lady have sworn death to any foreign intruders.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsHenry BrandonWilliam RoyleRobert KellardThe nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesis, Dr. Nayland Smith, and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys.Also includes regular character Flinders Petrie, the name of a real-life archaeologist who had connections with Indiana Jones.
- DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardFrancis L. SullivanAllan JeayesProfessor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.A fearless archaeologist* battles Nazis - now that sounds familiar.
That coincidence aside, the film inspired Raoul Wallenberg who would go on to save the lives of tens of thousands of Jews.
* Horatio Smith - an unusual first name and a mundane surname. - DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsKay AldridgeClayton MooreWilliam 'Billy' BenedictIt's intrepid Nyoka and her friends versus Vultura, Queen of the Desert, on a quest for the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsWilliam BoydAndy ClydeRand BrooksSue Harmon gets Hoppy and his friends to join their expedition looking for Indian artifacts. Expedition leader Atwood makes a deal with nearby cattle rustler Morgan to loot the Indian treasures instead and sell them. Hoppy is on to their plan and pretending to leave follows them. Not only is he outnumbered by Morgan's men, but California has himself about to be sacrificed in an Indian ritual.Has a character called California Carlson who appears in a lot of these Hopalong Cassidy films. Odd that there's be a character named after a state of the US there.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsRoland WintersKeye LukeMantan MorelandCharlie Chan and his two eldest sons, investigate a murderous gang who is forcing an archaeologist to search for a treasure in Mexico.
- DirectorCompton BennettAndrew MartonStarsDeborah KerrStewart GrangerRichard CarlsonAdventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsCharlton HestonRobert YoungNicole MaureyAn adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.A strong influence on the design of Indiana Jones.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneSophia LorenRossano BrazziAmerican ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsGeorge MontgomeryTaina ElgDavid FarrarAlan Quartermain's son comes to Africa to find the treasure his father was unable to bring home.
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsKenneth NashElizabeth WhiteJ. Peter GraeffeTwo children on vacation in Egypt with their archaeologist parents expose the villainy of Arab workmen and help their father find the treasure he seeks.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsUrsula AndressPeter CushingBernard CribbinsAn Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsRobert FoxworthJoan HackettPeter UstinovIn 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsDavid McCallumJohn ColicosPatrick MacneeThree adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsCharlton HestonSusannah YorkJill TownsendAn archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsDavid WarbeckAlmanta SuskaLuciano PigozziAn American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers.
- DirectorRobert GriffithScott RhodesStarsScott RhodesA parody of "Raiders Of the Lost Ark" and credit card commercials.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiStarsTony AnthonyAna ObregónGene QuintanoA group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVitoA mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsDavid WarbeckJohn SteinerSusie SudlowA safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVitoWhen Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsRichard ChamberlainSharon StoneHerbert LomFortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsStuart WhitmanDonald PleasenceBradford DillmanThree groups of adventurers all vying to find treasure in the jungle clash against each other, the merciless natives, and the dangerous wildlife.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsChristopher ConnellyMarina CostaLee Van CleefAn expedition enters an unexplored jungle to search for a legendary ruby.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsRichard ChamberlainSharon StoneJames Earl JonesAllan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Huston where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race.
- DirectorJackie ChanEric TsangStarsJackie ChanAlan TamLola FornerAsian Hawk (Jackie Chan) and his bumbling sidekick are sent on a quest through Europe to find a mysterious treasure held by a shadowy organization of monks.aka Armour of God
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsChuck NorrisLouis Gossett Jr.Melody AndersonA pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.
- DirectorMino GuerriniStarsTobias HoeslElena PompeiChristopher ConnellyAn American college student in 1930s Africa searches for a lost diamond mine near Mt. Kilimanjaro. He must battle Germans who are using the mine to finance their war plans, as well as Chinese gangsters and murderous local tribesmen.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsBrett StimelyRajinikanthA.R. NicholasAn American couple on a business trip to Bangalore, India is dragged into the theft of a ruby called 'Bloodstone'. The wife is kidnapped, and the husband teams up with a resourceful taxi driver to free his wife and retrieve the ruby.
- DirectorNello RossatiStarsFranco NeroDeborah MooreMary StavinAuthor Ted Angelo discovers a U.F.O. in the Colombian jungle. When he tries to spread the word, he earns more than the usual disbelief. Suddenly he's hunted by almost every organization, like the C.I.A., the K.G.B., the mob, Nazis, and even extra-terrestrials. Those E.T.s obviously do not want to phone home.A kind-of Romancing the Stone rip-off but then the hero stumbles across a centuries-old flying saucer.
This is the first crossover between archaeological adventurers and ancient aliens that I know about. Even though it isn't quite in the "so bad it's good" territory I think I'd still rather watch this than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (which feels like a fancier version of Top Line). - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsMichael DudikoffDonald PleasenceRobert VaughnIn 1965 a guide in the Amazon leads people to a lost city in search of a mad Nazi doctor.
- DirectorAnwar KawadriStarsJeff FaheyCamilla MoreSpyros FokasAn unscrupulous archaeologist searches for Alexander's treasure, using clues he finds by desecrating historical sites and artifacts; but he is not the only one who is trying to find the treasure.
- DirectorEric ZalaStarsChris StrompolosAngela RodriguezMichael BalesA shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), started by three 12-year-olds and completed over a period of six years.
- DirectorJackie ChanStarsJackie ChanCarol 'Do Do' ChengEva CoboJackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.aka Operation Condor or Armour of God II
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsKenji SawadaMasaki KudouHideo MurotaA goblin is sent to Earth to behead students and turn their bodies into demons.
- DirectorBiao YuenStarsBiao YuenMichelle ReisWah YuenA monk from Tibet is sent to Hong Kong by his master. He is to recover a magical bottle to which he has the cap from a lawyer. When these items were united long ago they protected Tibet from invasion by the evil Black Section of Esoteric Buddhism. The monk meets and protects a woman who is acting as the agent for the lawyer, and the Black Section fight to gain the magical bottle for themselves.aka Kid from Tibet
- CreatorGeorge LucasStarsSean Patrick FlaneryGeorge HallCorey CarrierThe adventures of the archaeological treasure hunter in his youth as related by an elderly Indiana Jones.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye DavidsonAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.Also introduces ancient astronaut themes as well as Daniel Jackson, one of the best known recent archaeological adventurers.
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsBilly CrystalJack PalanceDaniel SternOne year after their first adventure, Mitch Robbins and his friends discover a treasure map that belonged to their late trail guide Curly and they set out to discover its secrets.
- DirectorTim SpringStarsLinda BlairDale CookJoe EstevezTwo kids with martial arts training and their black belt father rescue a female professor from gangsters, because they want a stone tablet that she has discovered which may lead to untold riches.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryAllison SmithBill CusackIndiana Jones struggles to help film director Erich von Stroheim finish his latest film with limited time and budget.The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was edited into 22 TV movies, of which this seems to be the earliest one.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonBrian BlessedSophie WardMacGyver and his former college professor are first hunting some artifacts attributed to Zenon, an ancient scientist from Atlantis, and later the lost city of Atlantis itself.MacGyver gets in on the Indiana Jones business, and Brian Blessed helps him.
- DirectorBen BurttStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteurePatrick ToomeyYoung Indiana Jones takes to the skies in the new French air force, and parachutes into Germany to convince Anthony Fokker to defect.There are an awful lot of these.
- 19951h 34m6.6 (1.1K)TV MovieDirectorCarl SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureAdrian EdmondsonHenry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Sean Patrick Flanery) is on the trail of a 140-carat diamond that once belonged to Alexander the Great, using a map given to him by a dying soldier.
- DirectorMark RoperStarsFrank ZagarinoTodd JensenJennifer MacDonaldAfter two archaeologists discover an ancient alien artifact in Africa, they must run for their lifes from both the unstoppable guardian and protector that awakens as a result, and their greedy, madman employer, both of whom want the artifact.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaMichael SchultzStarsCorey CarrierLloyd OwenRuth de SosaThe globe trotting trip that Henry Jones, Jr. sets out on in the early 1900s next takes him and his family to Russia. A few acts of clumsiness puts Indy at odds with his father who is greatly displeased with Indy. Indy runs away into the Russian countryside and wakes in the morning on a haystack. He encounters an odd, cantankerous old man named Leo Tolstoy, who is in full agreement that "hell" is other people. Both are running away to seek a simpler life. They cross the countryside, encountering colorful Gypsies and avoiding fierce Imperial Cossack troops. The hardships of the journey make Indy homesick, but he won't soon forget his journey with the stubborn old man. Indy's next destination is Greece, where his mother Anna realizes that father and son need to spend more time together. The two bristle at each other's company as they explore the sites of ancient Greece, but Henry finally reaches past Indy's impudence and stubbornness when the topic turns to philosophy and the teachings of Aristotle. A series of misadventures lead them to an isolated monastery perched high on the peak of a mountain. While studying in the library, Indy meets Nikos Kazantzakis, the writer who would some day write Zorba the Greek. Lessons on causality come in handy on the harrowing trip in a tiny cage reeled up a thousand-foot mountainside.
- DirectorJonathan WinfreyStarsStacy KeachBrock PierceKimberlee PetersonWhile excavating near the Pyramids, Dr. Leonhardt finds a small box with a map to the treasures of the Pharaoh Ramessess II. On his way to deliver this to the local authorities, he is kidnapped by his nemesis Dr. Bent. Before Bent can retrieve the papyrus map, Karen, who is Leonhardt's student assistant, and John, Leonhardt's son take the map to look for Leonhardt. They soon find that Bent is in hot pursuit and they figure that the only way to save Leonhardt is to be the first to the treasure so that they could ransom the Doctor from Bent. But Bent has other plans for all three of them.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
- DirectorCarl SchenkelStarsCasper Van DienJane MarchSteven WaddingtonTarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonCarl SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryLloyd OwenRonny CoutteureIt's 1916, and Indiana Jones is living with his dad in Princeton, New Jersey. Spring break is fast approaching, and all Indy can think of is taking his girlfriend Nancy (daughter of cliffhanger author Edward Stratemeyer) to the prom in a slick new Bugati. The car's foreign engine is impossible to get parts for, but a favor from a professor working at Thomas Edison's laboratory raises his hopes. His plans are sidetracked when a mysterious break-in, the theft of an electric motor, and rumors of German spies result in a mystery that only Indy and Nancy can unravel. Indy and his father then head to the southwest to visit family in Albuquerque. With his mischievous cousin Frank, Indy heads to Columbus, New Mexico to sew some wild oats when the town is suddenly attacked by Pancho Villa and his riders. Playing hero, Indy follows the Villistas into the desert and is soon taken captive. As a 16-year old itching for a good fight, Indy is stirred by Villa's words, and joins his cause, riding with the Villistas as General Pershing chases them throughout the desert. Indy meets and befriends the Belgian expatriate Remy, witnesses the intensity of a young George S. Patton, and also finds a murderer who escaped the law eight years earlier in Cairo in this adventure that sets the teenage Indy on a path that will lead him to war-torn Europe.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureJason FlemyngAugust, 1916. Using the name 'Henri Defense', 17 year old Indiana Jones has enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the Great War. After all his commanding officers have been wiped out during combat in Flanders, Corporal 'Defense' is left in charge of what's left of the 9th Belgian Infantry. They are assigned to the French 14th Company and dispatched into the Battle of the Somme. When Indy is captured by the Germans, he quickly gains a reputation as an escape artist, and is sent to the maximum security prison at Dunsterstadt on the Danube.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsSean Patrick FlaneryCatherine Zeta-JonesJulian FirthIndiana Jones helps British and Australian soldiers take the town of Beersheba during the Great War.
- DirectorPeter MacDonaldStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureLynsey BaxterNovember, 1916. Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin have managed to get a transfer from the European trenches to the plains of Africa. On arrival they both receive a promotion to the rank of lieutenant in the Belgian Army. When they take the wrong train they end up in Moshi. Desprerate to join their unit in Lake Victoria, the two men bump into the 25th Royal Fusiliers, a unit of cranky old men led by Indy's old acquaintance Frederick Selous. Indy's passing knowledge of trains and fluent German comes in handy for the Fusiliers, who are about to go on a mission to find and destroy a Phantom Train that carries an enormous German artillery gun. After accomplishing their goal, Selous tricks Indy and Remy into joining his unit for another caper involving the capture of the German military strategist Colonel Von Lettow-Vorbeck.
- 19991h 28m7.1 (536)VideoDirectorSimon WincerStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureBryan PringleAfrica, December 1916. Despite disobeying orders, Indy is promoted to Captain after capturing a German machine gun. He is then ordered to cross the jungle with Remy and Major Boucher to pick up a shipment of weaponry. Along the way his Ubangan Sgt. Barthelemy picks up the sole surviving child from a disease ridden village despite Boucher's orders against it. On the way back, Indy and company succumb to disease themselves, and are picked up by Albert Schweitzer and the orderlies from his jungle hospital. At first resistant to being treated by a German, Indy soon begins to realize that Schweitzer is not interested in war, only attempting to cure people against all odds.
- DirectorBille AugustMichael SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryClare HigginsVeronica LoganJune 1918. Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her attention, Indy and his new pal, ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway make plans to crush Indiana's competitor by smothering Guiletta with presents and compliments. Afterwards, Indiana is begrudgingly ordered to Casablanca to find a traitor who is selling arms to the Berber rebels. Traveling incognito, he is joined by American novelist Edith Wharton and journalist Lowell Thomas. Indy and Edith soon find themselves attracted to each other despite their age difference.
- CreatorGil GrantStarsTia CarrereChristien AnholtLindy BoothSydney Fox is a university professor and black belt who globe-trots after lost, stolen and rumored to exist artifacts and antiquities.
- DirectorVic ArmstrongSimon WincerStarsSean Patrick FlaneryBenedict TaylorMatthew WaitYoung Indiana Jones undertakes several perilous missions for the French secret service during the Great War.
- DirectorDick MaasMike NewellStarsSean Patrick FlaneryKatherine KendallKeith SzarabajkaIstanbul, September 1918. Posing as neutral Swedish journalist 'Nils Anderson', Indiana Jones is trying to convince Turkish general Mustafa Kemal to form a separate peace with the allies instead of the Germans. His mission becomes jeopardized when he learns there is a traitor, codenamed 'The Wolf' in his spy network. Afterwards, as part of a small team of special agents, Indy is sent to Transylvania to find out why the mysterious General Targo has raided a German P.O.W. camp. They soon found out the General had taken up impaling his enemies, just like Vlad Tepes used to in the 15th century.
- DirectorTerry JonesRobert YoungStarsSean Patrick FlaneryTim McInnernyAmanda OomsMay 1917. Sixteen year old Indiana Jones joins an international trio of spies plotting against their German counterparts in the neutral city of Barcelona. After his old acquaintance Pablo Picasso helps him get a job at Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Indy devices a plan to forge a love letter written by the German cultural attaché to make it seem he is having an affair with the Countess of Toledo. In August of the same year, Indiana is reassigned to Prague where he is to receive an important phone call. Unfortunately his hotel room proves to be unequipped with a phone. Indy heads for the Ministery of Telephones, where he learns that having to confront Czech bureaucracy can be quite a trial.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaGavin MillarStarsCorey CarrierMargaret TyzackRuth de SosaJanuary, 1910. The Jones family attends a meeting of the Theosophy movement in Benares, India. There young Indy befriends a young boy named Jiddu Krishnamurti who is presented by the society to be the next world teacher and possible messiah. Traveling on to China in March, mother Jones takes Miss Seymour and Indy on a sightseeing trip while father meets with Chinese translator Yen Fu. Indy becomes ill during a rain storm and the travelers seek shelter with a poor Chinese family. Dispite the misgivings of his mother, a local doctor is allowed to treat the boy with acupuncture.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonCarl SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureElizabeth HurleyIndiana Jones and Remy Baudouin arrive in Ireland in April 1916 on their way to London where they plan to join the Belgian Army. In order to raise enough money for their fare to England, they both start get a job at a local pub. Here Indy meets struggling play wight Sean O'Casey and soon impresses two Irish girls who think he's an American millionaire traveling the world. When they finally arrive in London, Indiana meets a spunky female bus conductor and suffragette named Vicky Prentiss who is not afraid to make her stance on women's rights be known to anyone who will listen. Finding they have a lot in common, Indy asks Vicky to accompany him on a visit to his former tutor, Helen Seymour, but soon realizes Vicky is adamant in having her opinion heard.
- DirectorDavid HareMichael SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryLloyd OwenCyril CusackMay 1919. Indy is in Paris working as a translator during the peace conference following the end of the Great War. He meets up with T.E. Lawrence once more but finds his ideals have changed a lot since the start of the war. Indy then decides to finally head home to Princeton even though it means having to face his father. He gets reacquainted with his childhood friend Paul Robeson, who becomes the subject of racism as they visit New York city.
- DirectorRené ManzorNicolas RoegStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureDomiziana GiordanoSeptember, 1916. As Corporal Henri Defense, young Indiana Jones has become a motorcycle courier stationed near the trenches at Verdun. His friend Remy is still in the trenches, and both grow more disillusioned about the war each day. Chosen to sneak into enemy territory on account of his gift for languages, Indy overhears German officers speaking of the imminent arrival of their most powerful artillery guns, nicknamed Big Bertha. A month later Indy and Remy are granted leave to Paris, where Indiana meets the exotic dancer Mata Hari at a dinner party. He falls for her immediately, but soon finds out she is dating other men as well, including the French Minister of War.
- DirectorJim O'BrienMichael SchultzStarsCorey CarrierMargaret TyzackRuth de SosaWhen Professor Henry Jones Sr. is invited to give lectures all over the world in May 1908, he takes along his wife and son, and invites his former tutor Miss Helen Seymour to teach Henry Jr. during the trip. Their first stop is Cairo, Egypt. When Junior, who prefers to be called 'Indy' and Miss Seymour visit the pyramids, they are invited by T.E. Lawrence (another former student of hers) to join an archaeological dig. When the mummy disappears and a priceless headpiece is stolen, young Indy gets his first taste of adventure. On their next stop in Tangiers, the family stays with Professor Jones' former class mate Walter Harris. Indy befriends a young slave named Omar who belongs to Emily Keen. The two of them get into trouble when they Indy insists on visiting the market place to see a salted head displayed on a pole. Caught by slave traders, they are end up at an auction from which only Harris can attempt to rescue them.
- DirectorRené ManzorCarl SchultzStarsCorey CarrierMargaret TyzackRuth de SosaOn safari in British East Africa in September 1910, ten year old Indiana Jones befriends a Massai boy named Meto who helps him in his search for the little seen Fringe-Eared Oryx for former US President Teddy Roosevelt. From there on he and his family and tutor travel to Paris, France where Indy meets a young Norman Rockwell and gets involved in a quarrel between the painters Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso. The young American boys get a fascinating insight into modern art as Picasso schemes to one up the old master Degas.
- 2002–20081h 33m6.7 (533)TV EpisodeDirectorBille AugustMike NewellStarsCorey CarrierMargaret TyzackRuth de SosaHenry Jones Sr. takes his wife, son and the boy's tutor to the world's first psychoanalytical conference in Vienna, Austria in November 1908. Young Indy meets Princess Sophie of Austria, daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and develops deep feelings for her. He even asks Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Adler for love advice. On their next stop in Florence, Anna Jones becomes the object of affection for the persuasive opera composer Giacomo Puccini. With her husband away in Rome, Anna is torn between her feelings for her husband and the impulsive Italian.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsAngelina JolieJon VoightIain GlenVideo game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.
- DirectorMark RoperStarsThomas Ian GriffithAnja KlingHarry PeacockChris, slick adventurous grandson of legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain, searches for the mythical treasure of Alexander the Great with the help of a pretty German girl, while eluding a dangerous greedy gangster.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahThe mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.
- DirectorJonas McCordStarsAntonio BanderasOlivia WilliamsJohn ShrapnelA crucified body dated back to the first century A.D is uncovered at an ancient cave in Jerusalem. Trouble ensues as word spreads.
- DirectorIan BarryDick LowryStarsBilly ZaneParis JeffersonKeith CarradineBased on Louis L'Amour novel, The Diamond of Jeru tells the story of an American scientist and his wife who hire an ex-pat war veteren to act as a guide on a journey up an unchartered Borneo river in search of diamonds.
- DirectorBrian PaulinStarsErin BrownDarian CaineRuby LaroccaMisty, the Mummy Raider (Misty Mundae) must battle an evil Neo Nazi scientist (Ruby Larocca) and an ancient, powerful mummy (Rich George) trying to raise the Fourth Reich.Softcore Lara Croft parody, apparently.
- DirectorSebastian NiemannStarsMatthias KoeberlinNaike RivelliManou LubowskiA German archaeological excavation in Israel finds a 2,000-year-old skeleton holding instructions for a video camera - results of an apparent time traveler who recorded footage of Jesus Christ.
- StarsMichael BiehnKaren ClicheJesse NilssonWhen adventure callsno place is too far, no risk is too high, and no task is too difficult for The Ultimate Adventure Company.
- DirectorJan de BontStarsAngelina JolieGerard ButlerChris BarrieAdventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsDwayne JohnsonSeann William ScottChristopher WalkenA tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsStephen BaldwinNicollette SheridanCoby Ryan McLaughlinA cop finds a mysterious map from the Age of Exploration inside a stolen painting, and enlists the aid of his antiquarian brother to solve its riddles .
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsNicolas CageDiane KrugerJustin BarthaA historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.
- DirectorOrhan OguzStarsIpek TuzcuogluEce UsluÖzgü NamalA group of archeologists are determined to make digs on a ghost town to find an old book, ignoring that the town is cursed due to events occurred about seven hundred years ago. An evil spirit comes to haunt this team...
- DirectorPeter WintherStarsNoah WyleSonya WalgerBob NewhartA bookworm becomes the librarian. Same night a magical spear gets stolen and he's off to get some real life experience around the globe on his quest for the spear - starting with being thrown off a plane over Amazonas by his cute helper.First of the Librarian franchise, which feels a bit like a cut-price National Treasure (itself an Indiana Jones clone, with more of a focus on more recent American history), which would expand out into team series a bit like Warehouse 13 (which you can find on my occult detective list).
- StarsPatrick SwayzeAlison DoodyRoy MarsdenAn adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsBing ShaoJackie ChanWeixing YaoArcheologist Jack keeps having reoccurring dreams of a past life, where he is the great general Meng Yi, who is sworn to protect a princess named Ok-Soo. Jack decides to go investigate everything with his friend William.
- DirectorBreck EisnerStarsMatthew McConaugheyPenélope CruzSteve ZahnMaster explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.
- DirectorMark RoperStarsThomas Ian GriffithGerit KlingBarry FlatmanJeffery Thorpe roams the Caribbean in his boat, 'The Sea Wolf'. He will take any job, no matter how suspicious the circumstances. When a mysterious woman gives him an antique gold coin, the real adventure is about to begin!
- DirectorJohn TerleskyStarsGreg EviganGarret SatoBogdan UritescuA band of mercenaries steals Attila the Hun's fabled sword and inadvertently awakens the most feared creature in all of mythology - Cerberus, the monstrous three-headed dog with a thirst for blood.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksAudrey TautouJean RenoA murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
- DirectorPeter MervisStarsC. Thomas HowellLance HenriksenNicole SherwinAn anthropologist must unlock the code hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci in order to find the greatest treasure ever, one that could change Christianity forever.Da Vinci Code mockbuster from The Asylum, possibly fits the theme better than the original. Pity the film is terrible.
- DirectorRyan LittleStarsBrian WimmerArielle KebbelMichael Van WagenenThree boy scouts, one a great-nephew of Butch Cassidy, and their pretty girl friend hunt for the lost treasure of the legendary bank robber in 1950s Utah. A modern gang of outlaws wants to grab the loot, too, and soon the intrepid heroes are fleeing for their lives on trains, rafts and automobiles.
- DirectorSachin BajajStarsSunny DeolVivek OberoiSameera ReddyAn archaeologist loses life to protect a map from a rival. In the journey to unlock the mysteries of the map, his two sons overcome death-defying obstacles.The Indian Indiana Jones (or a Welcome to the Jungle rip-off).