Movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1.1M
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, perverse, epic, saga, action adventure, cult classic, atmospheric, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, manly, boys' night, teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, indiana jones, archaeologist, treasure, adventurer, archaeology, artifact, nazi, desert, chase, escapades, jungle, secret place, villain, journey, good versus evil, courage, treasure map, ancient, damsel in distress, peril, supernatural, shootout, bondage, expedition ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936, 90s, year 1981, 30s
Place:
egypt, africa, nepal, south america, himalaya, usa, germany ...
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Most similar movies to Raiders of the Lost Ark
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, humorous, entertaining and cult classic films with plots about adventurer, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, danger, heroes, lost treasure and escapades mostly in Action, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark: Romancing the Stone (1984), The Mummy (1999), Sahara (2005), National Treasure (2004), The Jewel of the Nile (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, perverse, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, teens, manly, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, artifact, treasure, indiana jones, tombs and skeletons, crocodile, good versus evil, treasure map, food ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1984, year 1935
Place:
india, china, shanghai, asia
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK, Spain, Italy, Jordan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
entertaining, breathtaking, epic, saga, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, manly ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, holy grail, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, map, artifact, mythology, father son relationship, father, escapades, myth ...
Time:
1930s, year 1912, 20th century, year 1989, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, europe, jordan, israel, utah ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, exciting, light, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, unlikely couple, opposites attract, chase, adventurer, escapades, jungle adventure, treasure map, travel, map, stranded ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
south america, colombia, new york, latin america, central america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, breathtaking, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, manly, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, indiana jones, desert, jungle, artifact, chase, alien, sword fight ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
peru, south america, ussr, mexico city, latin america ...
Similarity:
74%
496K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and his companion, Beni stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death – his body will remain undead for ...
Style:
scary, exciting, entertaining, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, adventurer, desert, ancient egypt, tomb, monster, supernatural, archaeologist, treasure, deadly creature ...
Time:
90s, jurassic, future, year 1999, 1920s ...
Place:
egypt, africa, south africa, middle east, north africa ...
Similarity:
82%
109K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, buddy comedy, action packed, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, treasure hunter, adventurer, desert, archaeology, obsessive quest, civil war, escapades, danger, american civil war, lost treasure ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, australia, nigeria, egypt, sahara
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Finds Indy vagabonding around the South Pacific on a treasure hunt for a fabled lost diamond. The war in Europe ends but a new adventure begins for Indy when a mysterious man's dying words, "The eye of the peacock!" send him and Remy ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, fast
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, indiana jones, adventurer, lost treasure, battlefield, last stand, treasure hunter, writers, archaeologist, treasure map, buried treasure, pirate ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918, year 1919, 1900s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, treasure, friendship, treasure hunter, heroic mission, librarian, obsessive quest, adventurer, good versus evil, escapades ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, clever, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, archaeology, treasure hunter, archaeologist, adventurer, secret place, riddles and clues, map, ancient, artifact, journey ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 1974, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., philadelphia, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around Wilmington, North Carolina and on the campus of UNCW. The series was an Amblin ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, humorous, retro, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
adventurer, treasure hunter, indiana jones, travel, heroes, youth, escapades, rivalry, treasure hunt, lost world, spy, great war ...
Place:
europe, ottoman empire
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, romantic, light, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, kids, boys' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, desert, adventurer, archaeologist, couple relations, love and romance, treasure, happy ending, novelist, culture clash, escapades, treasure hunter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
africa, middle east, egypt, french riviera, south of france ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led ...
Style:
retro, funny, grindhouse, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, adventurer, chase, escapades, giant spider, artifact, lost world, treasure hunter, cannon, afrikaans, secret place ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1985, 20th century, 1910s, 1900s ...
Place:
africa, south africa, ottoman empire
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, action packed, saga, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, female protagonist, archaeology, treasure, tomb, strong female lead, solar eclipse, archaeologist, artifact, lost treasure, kick-butt women, time travel ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
cambodia, iceland, italy, venice, siberia ...
Similarity:
78%
296K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake uncovers the location of the legendary El Dorado. With the help of his mentor and an ambitious journalist he works to uncover its secrets while surviving on an island filled with pirates, mercenaries, and a ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, visually appealing, action adventure, epic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeology, lost treasure, danger, treasure hunter, treasure map, jungle, adventurer, artifact, escape, deception ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2000s, year 2006
Place:
new york, the philippines, boston, barcelona, spain
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, stylized, semi serious, fast ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adventurer, jungle, archaeologist, treasure hunter, hunter, woman with a gun, beautiful scenery, disaster, cannon, lost treasure, missing person, jungle adventure ...
Time:
victorian era, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
africa, south africa, east africa, new jersey
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, spoof, mythical ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
archaeologist, treasure hunt, archeological dig, artifact, adventurer, museum, heroes, chase, expedition, obsessive quest, good versus evil, save the world ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, comic book, alter ego, masked man, good versus evil, escapades, villain, heroes, island, silver, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939
Place:
fictional island, new york, usa, new york state, southeast asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete ...
Style:
breathtaking, exciting, light, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
pirate, treasure hunt, pirate ship, swashbuckler, island, ship, female protagonist, treasure map, sword fight, adventurer, treasure, betrayal ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island, jamaica
Similarity:
100%
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468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, scenic, action adventure, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
king kong, creature, jungle, dinosaur, giant animal, monster, gorilla, giant ape, beast, rescue, island, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, prehistoric times, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, fictional island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Hugely charismatic, roguish American adventurer Hooten and his fantastically feisty partner in crime, Lady Alexandra travel the world, from the Vatican to The Himalayas, the Amazon to Egypt, in their quest to save the world's lost treasures.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, action adventure, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, lost treasure, treasure hunter, adventurer, jungle, desert, hidden treasure, male female relationship, partner, journey, exploration, chemistry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, rome italy, himalaya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
An adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale.
Style:
captivating, epic, fast, serious
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeologist, adventurer, rivalry, escapades, danger, treasure, leader, damsel in distress, jungle, male female relationship, heroes ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
cape town south africa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Filmed on location in South Africa, a retelling of H. Rider Haggard's classic novel "King Solomon's Mines," featuring the adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, rough, humorous ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, adventurer, rescue, obsessive quest, secret place, danger, wild ride, heroic mission, violence, chase, gunfight, male female relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Morocco, Jordan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and ...
Style:
dark fantasy, costume drama, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, treasure, ancient egypt, supernatural, mythology, good versus evil, monster, chase, tomb, desert ...
Time:
year 2001, 1930s, jurassic, future, 20th century ...
Place:
egypt, london, africa, middle east, england ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third. It was inspired by the success of the video ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, tense, captivating, witty ...
Plot:
archaeologist, escapades, relic, artifact, treasure hunt, adventurer, treasure hunter, female protagonist, woman, one woman army, treasure, women ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, stylized, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, wuxia, chase, treasure hunt, treasure, human sacrifice, mind control, redemption, adventurer, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, africa, hong kong, china, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination ...
Style:
entertaining, serious, suspenseful, action packed, action drama ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, archaeology, ancient mystery, adventurer, riddles and clues, treasure hunter, artifact, escapades, treasure map, president ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 1865, 19th century, 1860s ...
Place:
south dakota, washington d.c., virginia, buckingham palace, paris france ...
Similarity:
57%
298K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style:
exciting, epic, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
mars, alien, superhuman powers, space opera, heroic mission, monster, space travel, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, space adventure, warrior ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 1880s, 19th century ...
Place:
virginia, arizona, new york, space western, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, sexy, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeology, archaeologist, treasure map, monster, kick-butt women, female protagonist, adventurer, woman with a gun, fantasy world, female martial artist, archeological dig ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
greece, africa, shanghai, europe, asia ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.
Style:
breathtaking, biting, funny, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, game, zoologist, friendship, video game, magic, high school, surrealism, archaeologist, teenage boy, team ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 1996, year 2016, jurassic ...
Place:
new hampshire, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of ...
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, exciting, motion capture, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, reporter, dog, adventurer, journalist, childhood, ship, escapades, riddles and clues, danger, captain ...
Time:
year 2011, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place:
ethiopia, morocco, belgium, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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