Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ancient-language"

1. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian

Votes: 134,453 | Gross: $84.05M

2. Tolkien (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 46,764 | Gross: $4.54M

3. Outlander (2008)

R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.

Director: Howard McCain | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, Jack Huston

Votes: 78,778 | Gross: $0.16M

4. The Keep (1983)

R | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 14,348 | Gross: $3.76M

5. Doom: Annihilation (2019)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A group of UAC Marines respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a moon around Mars, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who seek to create Hell on Earth.

Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale, James Weber Brown

Votes: 10,421

6. Zotz! (1962)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Fred Clark

Votes: 927

7. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, History

The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.

Director: Paul DeNigris | Stars: Gary Moody, Spencer Prokop, Ric Spiegel, Cliff Stephens

Votes: 3,694

8. Age of Mythology (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Arkantos, the heroic admiral of Atlantis, looks for a cause of a series of menacing omens, and accidentally intervenes in the titans' dark plan of preparing an uprising against the gods.

Stars: Warren Burton, Sean Donnellan, Jean Gilpin, J.D. Hall

Votes: 2,276

9. Age of Empires (1997 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, History

Lead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.

Director: Bruce Shelley

Votes: 2,459

10. What Did Old Norse Sound Like? (2016 Video)

1 min | Short

Wyoming's Dr. Jackson Crawford, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, reads a few lines of poetry written in Old Norse.

Director: Jackson Crawford | Star: Jackson Crawford

11. Adventure Inc. (2002–2003)
Episode: Bride of the Sun (2002)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Judson is forced to "borrow" a jade artifact from the governor in order to find the Mayan jade altar in the hidden City of the Sun. The governor's daughter is introduced to her true love via mystical forces.

Director: David Wu | Stars: Michael Biehn, Karen Cliche, Jesse Nilsson, Steve Bacic

Votes: 29

12. Pathfinders in Space (1960–1961)
Episode: The World of Lost Toys (1960)

Family, Drama, Sci-Fi

The crew finds evidence of a civilization that visited the moon 400 million years ago, including toys and a book left behind by children. Will these discoveries help them get inside the ... See full summary »

Director: Guy Verney | Stars: Peter Williams, Harold Goldblatt, Gerald Flood, Gillian Ferguson

13. The Tomorrow People (1992–2023)
Episode: The Rameses Connection: Part 1 (1995)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Sci-Fi

Theft of the Marhaba Stone from the British Museum's Egyptian exhibit sends the spirit of an ancient Egyptian boy to haunt the Tomorrow People for their help.

Director: Roger Gartland | Stars: Kristian Schmid, Christian Tessier, Naomie Harris, Christopher Lee

Votes: 10

14. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: Cosmic Rust (1985)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Megatron gets hit by some meteor fragments. The areas that were hit begin to rust. The Decepticons capture Perceptor to find a cure for their leader. But once cured, Megatron hatches a scheme to infect the Autobots with Cosmic Rust.

Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Roger C. Carmel

Votes: 119

15. Pathfinders in Space (1960–1961)
Episode: Disaster on the Moon (1960)

Family, Drama, Sci-Fi

The crew finds a video recording in the alien spaceship, which tells them of the sad fate of the civilization that visited the moon 400 million years ago, and gives a surprising clue to ... See full summary »

Director: Guy Verney | Stars: Peter Williams, Harold Goldblatt, Gerald Flood, Gillian Ferguson

16. Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2008–2009)
Episode: Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2008)

PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Young archaeologist Jack Hunter planned only to take a picture of a cuneiform tablet from once unsurpassed Mesopotmian metropolis Ugarit in present Syria, but is caught and has to steal it ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Ivan Sergei, Joanne Kelly, Thure Riefenstein, Susan Ward

Votes: 385

17. The Outpost (2018–2021)
Episode: The Book of Names (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Talon promises to find the mysterious "Book of Names"; Gwynn's true identity is revealed; Talon agrees to escort Janzo to meet the Worm's colipsum supplier.

Director: John Lyde | Stars: Jessica Green, Jake Stormoen, Imogen Waterhouse, Anand Desai-Barochia

Votes: 338