Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "archaeological-dig"

1. Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.

Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill

Votes: 206,220 | Gross: $376.85M

2. The Lost City (2022)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.

Directors: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Votes: 159,422 | Gross: $105.34M

3. Blue Beetle (2023)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.

Director: Angel Manuel Soto | Stars: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Becky G, Damián Alcázar

Votes: 95,446

4. The Lost City of Z (2016)

PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

Votes: 99,605 | Gross: $8.58M

5. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.

Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins

Votes: 29,950 | Gross: $41.00M

6. Moloch (2022)

99 min | Horror, Mystery

Betriek lives on the edge of a bog in the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. She discovers that something is chasing her.

Director: Nico van den Brink | Stars: Sallie Harmsen, Alexandre Willaume, Anneke Blok, Fred Goessens

Votes: 6,813

7. The Mummy (1959)

Unrated | 88 min | Adventure, Horror

In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne

Votes: 11,026

8. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,061 | Gross: $14.38M

9. Appointment with Death (1988)

PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud

Votes: 6,065 | Gross: $0.96M

10. Labyrinth (2012)

Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Follows two women in two different eras both in search of the Holy Grail.

Stars: John Hurt, Tom Felton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tony Curran

Votes: 3,540

11. Redemption Day (2021)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

When the love of his life is kidnapped and held for ransom by terrorists, a war hero Brad Paxton races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operation that pits him against the most powerful and shadowy forces.

Director: Hicham Hajji | Stars: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia, Brice Bexter

Votes: 24,253

12. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

G | 68 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.

Directors: Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett

Votes: 3,722 | Gross: $0.82M

13. Unknown: Cave of Bones (2023)

TV-PG | 93 min | Documentary

Follows Paleo anthropologist Lee Berger in South Africa, as he and his team try to prove that the world's oldest graveyard they found, is not human. A small brained, ape-like creature could have practiced complex burial rituals.

Director: Mark Mannucci | Stars: Lee Berger, Keneiloe Molopyane, Agusin Fuentes, John Hawks

Votes: 2,363

14. Temptation (1946)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Ruby, a beautiful divorcee with a shady past, marries a rich Egyptologist, and while he continues excavating a Pharoah's tomb, she becomes bored until she falls for a debt-ridden, blackmailing Egyptian prince.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas

Votes: 381

15. A Month in the Country (1987)

PG | 96 min | Drama

Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, John Atkinson, Jim Carter

Votes: 1,964 | Gross: $0.44M

16. The Awakening (1980)

R | 101 min | Horror

An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist

Votes: 2,870 | Gross: $8.42M

17. Tale of the Mummy (1998)

R | 88 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evil ways. But hundreds of years later on ... See full summary »

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony

Votes: 3,489

18. Hellbound (1994)

R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Two Chicago cops (Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels) investigate a murder until they encounter an ancient demon.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels, Christopher Neame, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 3,871

19. Survival Code (2013 TV Movie)

R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi

In 2045, a former MMA fighter turned government agent, runs a bar in the tiny town of Borealis - where a number of international interests are vying for control of the area.

Director: David Frazee | Stars: Ty Olsson, Patrick Gallagher, Michelle Harrison, Christine Horne

Votes: 1,225

20. Curse of Bigfoot (1975 TV Movie)

Unrated | 88 min | Horror

"Curse of Bigfoot" tells the tale of a group of high school students on an archaeological dig who discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave.

Director: Dave Flocker | Stars: Bob Clymire, Jan Swihart, Bill Simonsen, Dennis Kottmeier

Votes: 779

21. Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (2022)

60 min | Documentary

A life as dramatic as her work. Lucy Worsley discovers the origins of Agatha Christie's macabre magic - and with some compelling characters, uncovers carefully concealed secrets.

Stars: Lucy Worsley, Elena Pischikova, Edgar Jones, James Prichard

Votes: 190

22. Merry Andrew (1958)

Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli).

Director: Michael Kidd | Stars: Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Noel Purcell

Votes: 932

23. Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi (1966)

139 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

After discovery of skeletal remains at an excavation site, a woman known to be deceased for over 2 centuries mysteriously re-surfaces to claim her lover.

Director: Brij | Stars: Prithviraj Kapoor, Biswajeet Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Sailesh Kumar

Votes: 86

24. Beyond Atlantis II (2001 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Point and click adventure about a female egyptologist who enters a newly found portal and visits ancient Egypt, the last ice age and the world of Arabian Nights to crack the metaphysical mystery of a crystal skull found by her evil rival.

Stars: Paul Bandey, David Gasman, Matthew Géczy, Lisa Ray-Jacobs

Votes: 18

25. The Desert of Forbidden Art (2010)

PG | 80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

Risking being denounced as an 'enemy of the people,' Igor Savitsky rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists' works and creates in a far desert of Soviet Uzbekistan a museum now worth millions.

Directors: Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope | Stars: Edward Asner, Sally Field, Ben Kingsley, Igor Paramonov

Votes: 232

26. The Egtved Girl (2018 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History

The Egtved girl is one of Denmark's most famous burial finds from the Bronze Age. The find provides us with a glimpse into life in Europe of this early time. For the first time, modern ... See full summary »

Director: Saskia Weisheit | Stars: Claudia Baittinger, Konstantin Bölk, Karin Frei, Hella Harten-Buga

Votes: 26

27. Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

Is it possible that Ice Age people succeeded in crossing the frozen Atlantic Ocean to North America, thousands of years before the Vikings and Columbus? Two archaeologists believe so after ... See full summary »

Director: Robin Bicknell | Stars: Mishka Balilty, Tomas Enrique, Tamara Freeman, Nimke Jones

Votes: 65

28. Ancient Secrets of Althorp with Charles Spencer (2021 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

The Earl Spencer invites a team of archaeologists to search for evidence of an Anglo-Saxon village in the grounds of his ancestral home - but they uncover something far older.

Director: Peter Gauvain | Stars: Julia Deakin, Cat Jarman

Votes: 9

29. Secrets of the Dead (1999– )

Documentary, History, Mystery

The original British series which follows scientists, archaeologists and historians as they explore new evidence and new theories to explain enduring mysteries from human history.

Stars: Stephen Rashbrook, Piers Gibbon, Mark Halliley, Malin Holst

Votes: 50

30. In Search of Offa (1979 TV Movie)

39 min | Documentary, Biography

Most traces of Mercian King Offa have vanished since his rule in the mid-8th Century, leaving little more than some coins and remnants of a dyke he built as a barrier along the Welsh marches. Michael Wood attempts to find other traces.

Director: Derek Towers | Stars: David Hill, Bob Meeson, Ron Shusnik, Harold Taylor

Votes: 15

31. Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider (2022 TV Special)

59 min | Documentary

Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish.

Director: Chris Nikkel | Star: Ardal O'Hanlon

Votes: 26

32. The Real George Washington (2008 TV Movie)

46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Archaeologists excavate George Washington's childhood home and analyze items found there, while historians analyze the paradoxes of Washington as an impulsive tactician, honest spymaster, prudent suitor and liberty-loving slave owner.

Director: Tucker Bowen | Stars: Bruce Chadwick, Kathryn Coombs, Daniel Cross, Anthony J. Davis

Votes: 37

33. In Search of Eric Bloodaxe (1981 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary, Biography

The lost history of Eric Bloodaxe, the last king of Northumbria, is traced through written fragments and other historical evidence.

Director: Michael Woods | Star: Michael Wood

Votes: 12

34. An Expression of Unity: The Shaker Tobacco Pipes from Union Village (2016 Video)

14 min | Documentary, Short

A surprising discovery found at the former site of Ohio's oldest and largest Shaker village.

Stars: Bruce Aument, Thomas Grooms, Kim A. McBride, Carol Medlicott

35. The Mummy Who Came in from the Cold (2007 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary

In Yakoutia, a forgotten province of Siberia, an anthropologist Eric Crubezy has unearthed a strange tomb containing the body of a woman with her eyes covered and clothed in a garment of ... See full summary »

Votes: 10

36. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Dinosaur Hunting: A Time Team Special (2001)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History

Phil and Tony lead an expedition to Montana in search of dinosaur fossils. They find scientific expeditions, as well as commercial fossil sales.

Director: Simon Raikes | Stars: Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, Marion Brandvold, Bob Harmon

Votes: 20

37. Dracula: The Series (1990–1991)
Episode: Double Darkness (1990)

22 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An old enemy is out to take down Lucard, though his actions cause unusual problems for a member of the Helsing family.

Director: Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Bernard Behrens, Denis Forest, Geordie Johnson, Mia Kirshner

Votes: 12

38. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Lisa the Skeptic (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Townspeople believe that Lisa has unearthed the fossilized remains of an angel.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Neil Affleck | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,679

39. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode: Would You Believe It? (1981)

TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Two rogue archaeologists find a unique statue but greed clouds the academic mind.

Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Richard Johnson, Nigel Havers, Christopher Blake, Vic Tablian

Votes: 205

40. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Greenwich, London (2003)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

The Time Team visit Greenwich Palace, built by Henry VIII father and extensively developed by the greatest of Tudor Kings. The team is looking for evidence of two major buildings, long ... See full summary »

Director: Karen Plumb | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Stewart Ainsworth

Votes: 20

41. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Death at Jamestown (2001)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Scientists investigate what led to the demise of the British colony of Jamestown, VA around 1610. Were the starvation and outbreaks they faced caused by a string of unfortunate events or did Spain have something to do with it as well?

Director: Alexander Marengo | Star: Liev Schreiber

Votes: 20

42. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Hylton Castle, Sunderland (1995)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History

The Time Team visit Hylton Castle near Sunderland. A local group want to redevelop the local area as a tourist attraction but don't want to disturb any hidden structures.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding

Votes: 40

43. Time Team Digs (2002– )
Episode: The Norman Conquest (2002)

Documentary, History

Highlights of various digs from the Norman period, including castles, a convent and a leper colony. Includes a search for a Knights Templar center.

Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding

Votes: 5

44. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Chicksands, Bedfordshire (2002)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

A military base in the heart of Bedfordshire is home to the joint armed services intelligence departments. The Team was invited to try to discover more about the history of the officers ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Robin Bush, Mick Aston, Phil Harding

Votes: 18

45. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Island of the Eels: A Time Team Special (2001)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

A documentary on a non-Time Team excavation in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Alison Dickens, Mary Alexander, Nick Armour

Votes: 13

46. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Alderton, Northamptonshire (2001)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

A couple of years ago, local man Derek Batten was driving through the village of Alderton, near Northampton, when he was surprised to see a sign advertising a castle and moat for sale.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Robin Bush, Phil Harding

Votes: 25

47. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Aston Eyre, Shropshire (1998)

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History

Time Team's efforts are concentrated as much above the ground as beneath as they travel to Aston Eyre, Shropshire where a farmhouse converted from a medieval gatehouse is just the starting point for three days of hard work.

Director: Jeremy Cross | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis

Votes: 24

48. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Downpatrick, County Down (1998)

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History

One of Ireland's most sacred sites where St Patrick, patron saint of All Ireland, set up his first church. On Cathedral Hill sits a magnificent church renovated from its medieval origins in the 18th century.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding

Votes: 27

49. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Greylake, Somerset (1998)

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History

In Iron Age times, the lowlands of Somerset were marshland. Boats couldn't cross the expansive swamps so wooden walkways stretching for hundreds of yards were built. TT find out if early 1920s reports will re-reveal peat-preserved remains.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding

Votes: 27

50. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Navan, County Armagh (1996)

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History

The team travel to Northern Ireland to the site of the Navan fort, a series of complex earth works dating back to the earliest human occupation. They are looking to confirm a persistent ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding

Votes: 32