Best Treasure Hunt Movies & TV Shows

The Curse of Oak Island

Follow brothers Marty and Rick Lagina through their effort to find the speculated - and as of yet undiscovered - buried treasure believed to have been concealed through extraordinary means on Oak Island.

Stars: Gary Drayton Marty Lagina Rick Lagina Robert Clotworthy

The Mummy

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.

Run time: 124m Tagline: The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed. Release: 1999-04-16

Stars: Arnold Vosloo Brendan Fraser Erick Avari John Hannah Jonathan Hyde Kevin J. O'Connor Oded Fehr Patricia Velásquez Rachel Weisz Stephen Dunham

Raiders of the Lost Ark

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

Run time: 115m Tagline: The return of the great adventure. Release: 1981-06-12

Stars: Alfred Molina Anthony Higgins Denholm Elliott Harrison Ford John Rhys-Davies Karen Allen Paul Freeman Ronald Lacey Vic Tablian Wolf Kahler

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Run time: 118m Tagline: If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones. Release: 1984-05-23

Stars: Amrish Puri Chua Kah Joo David Yip Harrison Ford Kate Capshaw Ke Huy Quan Philip Stone Ric Young Roshan Seth Roy Chiao

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

Run time: 122m Tagline: The adventure continues... Release: 2008-05-21

Stars: Cate Blanchett Dimitri Diatchenko Harrison Ford Igor Jijikine Ilia Volok Jim Broadbent John Hurt Karen Allen Ray Winstone Shia LaBeouf

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Run time: 155m Tagline: A legend will face his destiny. Release: 2023-06-25

Stars: Antonio Banderas Boyd Holbrook Ethann Isidore Harrison Ford John Rhys-Davies Karen Allen Mads Mikkelsen Olivier Richters Phoebe Waller-Bridge Toby Jones