Museum movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant museum movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic, humorous and suspense films and TV shows about / with museum, danger, painting, escapades, murder, family relations, art, painter, supernatural and disorder plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as museum: Museo (2018), Russian Ark (2002), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Stealing Rembrandt (2002), The Goldfinch (2019), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Relic (1997), House of Wax (2005), The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019), The Unseen (1980).

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 6.8
 6K
Museo (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of ...
Style: road movie, captivating, thought provoking, tense, suspense ...
Plot: museum, anthropology, art dealer, art theft, actor, mission, best friend, father son relationship, danger, christmas eve, gold, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: mexico city, mexico
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Style: light, humorous, entertaining, funny, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: obsessive quest, night watchman, fantasy world, museum, magic, archaeologist, curses spells and rituals, monkey, volcano, culture clash, kids and family, transformation ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1938, stone age ...
Place: london, pompeii, egypt, england, new york ...
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 7.2
 22K
Russian Ark (2002)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
Style: visual, art house, surreal, lyrical, epic ...
Plot: russian history, museum, revolution, painting, time travel, art, lifestyle, haunted by the past, culture clash, storytelling, art history, world history ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 18th century, year 2002, 1800s ...
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr, siberia, eastern europe ...
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Style: romantic, witty, sexy, suspense, detective ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, stolen painting, art theft, museum, psychiatrist, twists and turns, painting, thief, caper, art collector, art, famous painting ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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Stealing Rembrandt (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting turns out to be the only original Rembrandt painting in Denmark, and all hell breaks loose. What do you do when you've got ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot: museum, painting, heist, on the run, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, disorder, art theft, chases and races, small time ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, denmark
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 6.4
 27K
The Goldfinch (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Style: atmospheric, non-linear, psychological, enigmatic, sad ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: tragic event, friendship, painting, adaptation, museum, teenage boy, art, teenager, parent child relationship, gay, lgbt, bombing ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
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How to Steal a Million (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
Style: romantic, feel good, witty, clever, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, kids
Plot: heist, fall in love, art theft, forgery, museum, love story, love and romance, perfect crime, caper, art collector, art, robbery ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 5.8
 30K
The Relic (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover ...
Style: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, splatter ...
Plot: monster, creature feature, human versus monster, supernatural, museum, deadly creature, gory, beast, creature, violence, fear, police investigation ...
Time: 90s, jurassic
Place: chicago, brazil, usa
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Style: exciting, semi serious, dark fantasy, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, pre-teens
Plot: strong female character, archaeologist, mummy, egyptology, adventurer, obsessive quest, adventuress, sister sister relationship, pterodactyl, dinosaur, steampunk, monster ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 2010, victorian era
Place: egypt, paris france, france, europe
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 5.5
 133K
House of Wax (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, torture, group of friends, murder, violence, psycho killer, masked killer, survival, small town, homicidal maniac, gory ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 50s, 20th century, year 1974 ...
Place: usa, florida, louisiana, new york
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The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hired to steal a rare painting from one of most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: art, art critic, museum, female nudity, painting, murder, painter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, art collector, villa, thief, escapades ...
Time: future, year 1968, year 1955
Place: milan italy, italy, minnesota, new york
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 5.2
 2K
The Unseen (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freelance reporter Jennifer and her two friends, Karen and Vicki, accept an invitation for cheap room and board in a large farmhouse offered by a friendly, but shady, museum owner named Ernest Keller since all the motels in and around town are ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: reporter, psychopath, museum, serial killer, murder, small town, stalking, woman in danger, captivity, isolation, journalism, estate ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california
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 6.2
 189K
Inferno (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, crime thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: conspiracy, twists and turns, ancient mystery, treasure hunt, danger, memory loss, religions or cults, riddles and clues, church, conspiracy theory, biohazard, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: italy, florence, europe, istanbul turkey, venice ...
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 6.1
 14K
Waxwork (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, ...
Style: scary, slasher, cult classic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, monster, transformation, werewolf, museum, wax museum, occult, characters killed one by one, female vampire, deadly creature, youth, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 80s
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, teen drama ...
Plot: steampunk, princess, treasure hunt, underwater, adventurer, expedition, ancient civilization, fantasy world, beast, lost world, atlantis, ancient mystery ...
Time: 1910s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1914
Place: atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Several years after the demise of Jurassic World, a volcanic eruption threatens the remaining dinosaurs on the island of Isla Nublar. Claire Dearing, the former park manager and founder of the Dinosaur Protection Group, recruits Owen Grady to help ...
Style: exciting, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, adult
Plot: dinosaur, jurassic park, tyrannosaurus rex, monster, genetic engineering, eaten alive, creature, prehistoric creature, clone, reptile, survival, animal attack ...
Time: jurassic, 2010s, prehistoric times, 21st century
Place: northern california, las vegas, san francisco
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Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun goes down. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes, it is up to Nick to save the museum ...
Style: 3d animation, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: museum, magic, mummy, secret, skeleton, night, school, night watchman, magical creature, supernatural, supernatural power, friendship ...
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The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
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Violeta Went to Heaven (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes.
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Plot: music, museum, folklore, follow your dream, loss of daughter, hopes, lifestyle, musician's life, performer's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, musical tour ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1940s, 1930s
Place: chile, latin america, geneva switzerland, paris france, santiago chile ...
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 6.5
 865
Dirty Pictures (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, thought provoking, erotic ...
Plot: museum, art, lawsuit, courtroom, jury, politics, courtroom drama, against the rules, fighting the system, righting the wronged, perversion, rebelliousness ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1990
Place: ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
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 6.6
 25K
Juliet, Naked (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman has a romance with a past his prime musician revered by a man in her life.
Style: humorous, thought provoking, romantic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: fandom, english countryside, musician, infidelity, museum, music, love triangle, father son relationship, rock musician, dysfunctional relationship, pregnancy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place: england, london
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Son of the Mask (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Style: humorous, light, slapstick, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot: baby, mischievous children, superhero, transformation, rivalry, museum, party, mythology, supernatural ability, chaos and mayhem, split personality, pet dog ...
Time: 2000s
Place: pakistan
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The Maiden Heist (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
Style: exciting, light, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: heist, art theft, museum, caper, bank robbery, happy ending, unlikely criminals, buddies, robbery, husband wife relationship, bank robber, obsession ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: denmark, new york, miami
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Malta, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story: When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, clever, suspense, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: conspiracy, holy grail, treasure hunt, religion, twists and turns, christianity, investigation, ancient mystery, conspiracy theory, riddles and clues, secrets, secret society ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1st century, 21st century
Place: london, italy, paris france, europe, england ...
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 6.9
 2K
Museum Hours (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: At the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna, a museum guard and a visiting out-of-towner find refuge in life, art, and each other, in Jem Cohen’s painterly rumination on how art influences and echoes contemporary society.
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: art, friendship, tour guide, security guard, city life, art history, painting, painter, old man, anarchist, artist, inspiration ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: austria, vienna
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 6.6
 3K
Francofonia (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, visual ...
Plot: nazi occupation, art, world war two, painting, nazism, painter, museum, art history, fear, evacuation, shipwreck, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1929, year 1942, year 1972, year 1959 ...
Place: vichy, paris france, st. petersburg russia, germany, russia ...
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The Curse of Robert the Doll (2016)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A student who starts working the night shift at a Museum suspects that one of the exhibits, a creepy vintage doll named Robert, is alive .......
Style: bloody, suspenseful, scary, suspense
Plot: doll, evil doll, police, museum, puppet, serial killer, curses spells and rituals, family relations, danger, macabre, supernatural, parents and children ...
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Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004)
Genre: Documentary, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understand the unique the incredible beasts that have fascinated people for ages. CGI is used to create the dragons.
Style: serious, computer animated, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: kids
Plot: cave, dragon, scientist, museum, skeleton, good versus evil, heroic mission, save the world, rivalry, imaginary, supernatural ability, danger ...
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 3.6
 2K
Mammoth (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater Louisiana, a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. The meteor is actually a spaceship containing an alien life form which animates ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: museum, supernatural, save the world, alien encounter, escapades, danger, dangerous animal, race against time, survival, rescue, heroic mission, space travel ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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 7.3
 292K
Megamind (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bumbling supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
Style: feel good, entertaining, computer animated, witty, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot: superhero, villain, mad scientist, villain turns good, good versus evil, prison, superhuman powers, talking animal, anti hero, reporter, heroes, master villain ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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