Archaeologist
"archaeologist" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
John Rhys-Davies,
Boyd Holbrook,
Harrison Ford
#2
The Omen
Synopsis:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Starring:
David Warner,
Billie Whitelaw,
Lee Remick
Plot:
nanny,
priest,
hospital,
catholic hospital,
baby switch,
switched at birth,
death of wife,
ambassador,
dagger,
child's grave
...
#3
The Mummy
Synopsis:
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
Starring:
Boris Karloff,
Edward Van Sloan,
Noble Johnson
Plot:
ancient egypt,
archeologist,
scroll,
supernatural power,
white cat,
loss of loved one,
mummy,
reincarnation,
museum,
resurrection
...
#4
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#5
Romancing the Stone
Synopsis:
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Starring:
Danny DeVito,
Michael Douglas,
Holland Taylor
Plot:
colombia,
treasure map,
romance novelist,
rescue mission,
emerald,
american abroad,
woman in jeopardy,
publisher,
love,
bus
...
#6
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Synopsis:
Lara Croft ventures to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora's Box but, after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. Lara must recover the box before the syndicate's evil mastermind uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.
Starring:
Gerard Butler,
Djimon Hounsou,
Til Schweiger
#7
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Synopsis:
English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who's in search of a powerful relic.
Starring:
Jon Voight,
Daniel Craig,
Noah Taylor
#8
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Harrison Ford,
Philip Stone,
Ric Young
#9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Synopsis:
When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.
Starring:
John Rhys-Davies,
Harrison Ford,
Sean Connery
#10
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Starring:
Bradford Dillman,
Kim Hunter,
Roddy McDowall
Plot:
ape,
planet of the apes,
future,
fear,
spaceship,
spacecraft,
chimpanzee,
year 1973,
outer space,
cornelius character
...
#11
Wonder Woman 1984
Synopsis:
A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
Starring:
Robin Wright,
Kristen Wiig,
Gal Gadot
Plot:
sequel,
dc comics,
superhero,
dc extended universe,
princess,
one woman army,
greed,
abuse of power,
con artist,
action heroine
...
#12
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Synopsis:
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.
Starring:
Anthony Ramos,
Ron Perlman,
Lauren Vélez
#13
Tomb Invader
Synopsis:
With promises of untold treasure, two modern-day adventurers team up to enter the ancient tomb of Quin Shi Haung, and stop a madman from releasing the mercury trapped within.
Starring:
Tammy Klein,
Gina Vitori,
Lindsay Sawyer
Plot:
tomb,
trap,
booby trap,
girl fight,
treasure,
expedition,
mockbuster,
china,
billionaire,
archaeologist
...
#14
Time Trap
Synopsis:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Starring:
Andrew Wilson,
Cassidy Gifford,
Brianne Howey
Plot:
time travel,
cave,
rope,
sand storm,
caveman,
reference to stephen hawking,
arachnophobia,
rappelling,
flashlight,
climbing a rope
...
#15
The Mummy
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Jonathan Hyde,
Rachel Weisz,
Arnold Vosloo
Plot:
mummy,
mummy character,
good versus evil,
immortality,
gallows,
1920s,
priest,
ancient egypt,
shared universe,
immortal
...
#16
The Mummy
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Jake Johnson,
Marwan Kenzari,
Annabelle Wallis
Plot:
archaeologist,
princess,
egyptian mythology,
tomb,
egypt,
mummy,
mummy character,
ancient egypt,
excavation,
heir to throne
...
#17
The Fifth Element
Synopsis:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Bruce Willis,
Ian Holm
Plot:
alien,
futuristic city,
race against time,
future,
taxi driver,
love,
weapon,
humanity in peril,
alien starship,
humanoid alien
...
#18
The Dig
Synopsis:
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Starring:
Lily James,
Carey Mulligan,
Ben Chaplin
#19
Tad, the Lost Explorer
Synopsis:
Tad is a celebrity archaeologist and adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon... in his dreams! In reality, Tad is a Chicago construction worker. One day, however, he is mistaken for a real professor and takes his place on a flight to Peru in search of the lost city of Paititi.
Starring:
José Mota,
Óscar Barberán,
Michelle Jenner
Plot:
construction worker,
peru,
reference to star wars,
watching tv,
rope,
urination,
hat,
key,
theft,
betrayal
...
#20
Suicide Squad
Synopsis:
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Starring:
Jai Courtney,
Margot Robbie,
Will Smith