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1. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1947, having abandoned his faith, Father Merrin joins an archaeological excavation in Kenya, where an ancient church has been unearthed and something much older waits to be awoken.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney
Votes: 39,894 | Gross: $41.82M
2. 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: 3,551
3. 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: 6,091 | Gross: $0.96M
4. The Pyramid (2014)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.
Director: Grégory Levasseur | Stars: Ashley Hinshaw, James Buckley, Denis O'Hare, Christa Nicola
Votes: 27,330 | Gross: $2.76M
5. Inseminoid (1981)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives
Votes: 4,355
6. Journey to Italy (1954)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer
Votes: 12,332
7. 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: 3,741 | Gross: $0.82M
8. 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: 2,880 | Gross: $8.42M
9. March or Die (1977)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
During the 1920s, French Foreign Legion Major William Foster's (Gene Hackman's) unit is protecting an archaeological dig, but the discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry Arab tribes to attack Foster's small garrison.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow
Votes: 4,000 | Gross: $1.00M
10. 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: 3,882
11. Unearthed (2007)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An unknown creature terrorizes an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate New Mexico town.
Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss, Beau Garrett, Deborah Offner
Votes: 3,882
12. Digging for Britain (2010– )
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary
Dr Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.
Stars: Alice Roberts, Stuart Prior, Cat Jarman, Onyeka Nubia
Votes: 229
13. The Hunt for the Hidden Relic (2002 TV Movie)
R | 182 min | Action, Thriller, Mystery
A German archaeological excavation in Israel finds a 2,000-year-old skeleton holding instructions for a video camera - results of an apparent time traveler who recorded footage of Jesus Christ.
Director: Sebastian Niemann | Stars: Matthias Koeberlin, Naike Rivelli, Manou Lubowski, Hans Diehl
Votes: 2,221
14. Blake et Mortimer (1997)
52 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
The series follows the adventures of Philip Mortimer, a leading British scientist, and his friend Captain Francis Blake of MI5, as they battle diabolical masterminds, mad scientists, and their sworn enemy, Colonel Olrik.
Stars: William Sabatier, Jacques Frantz, Yves Barsacq, Henri Labussière
Votes: 488
15. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
16. Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
After unearthing a tomb that had been untouched for 4,400 years, Egyptian archaeologists attempt to decipher the history of the astonishing find.
Director: James Tovell | Stars: Ahmed Zikrey Abdellhak, Ghareeb Ali Mohammed Abushousha, Nabil Eldaleel, Sabry Mohyeldin Farag
Votes: 7,201
17. The Artifact (2021)
32 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A man works for a museum in Lisbon, and receives an artefact from a colleague working on excavations in Egypt. But this object has a supernatural strength.
Director: Rui Constantino | Stars: Roy Almeida, Caleb Angel, Nolan Chase, Rui Constantino
Votes: 264
18. I Live My Life (1935)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece, where she meets Terry, an archaeologist. She flirts with him and he falls for her. She heads back to New York and he follows... See full summary »
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Frank Morgan, Aline MacMahon
Votes: 769
19. Ivan the Terrible (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Orphaned in his childhood and treated abusively by higher-ranking Boyars, Tzar Ivan was a mercurial ruler who committed his first murder at the age of 13 and was feared for his random acts ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moers | Stars: Erik Schäffler, Axel Petermann, Heidi Kastner, Andreas Kappeler
Votes: 292
20. Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez (2019–2021)
58 min | Documentary
The art historian travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.
Star: Janina Ramirez
Votes: 64
21. Urartu: The Forgotten Kingdom (2020)
48 min | Documentary
Urartu was an early first millennium BC kingdom located in the Armenian highlands. Thanks to its animosity with Assyria, it had militaristic society and is thought to be the first kingdom ... See full summary »
Directors: Armen Grigoryan, Vaga Vardanyan | Stars: Michael Poghosian, Sargis Ayvazyan, Vasiliy Bochkaryov, Stephane Deschamps
Votes: 109
22. Digging Up Britain's Past (2019– )
60 min | Documentary, History
Presenters Helen Skelton and Alex Langlands explore some of the most fascinating periods of British history through current archaeological excavations around the country.
Stars: Alex Langlands, Helen Skelton, Raksha Dave, Elizabeth Norton
Votes: 27
23. 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: 27
24. 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: 10
25. Sardinia Cosmic Megalith
29 min | Documentary, Short, Mystery | Post-production
Around 1850 B.C. a mysterious and advanced culture flourished in the fascinating island of Sardinia, an evolved civilization that communicated with other dimensions called The Nuragic. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ilaria Godani | Stars: J.J. Hurtak, Mauro Aresu, George Nash, Lindsay Marcellino
26. The Tomb of the Scythian Prince (2017 Video)
51 min | Documentary
The Scythians, skilled horsemen and nomadic conquerors, built a feared Empire in the vast Eurasian steppe between the 9th and 2rd century B.C. The only remaining traces of this people are their graves: the Kourganes.
Director: Marc Jampolsky | Stars: Lemmy Constantine, Henri-Paul Francfort
Votes: 8
27. La otra vida del capitán Contreras (1955)
79 min | Comedy
During archaeological excavations in the crypt of Santo Tomé, Toledo (Spain), a sarcophagus is discovered that contains the uncorrupted body of Captain Contreras, a man in a state of ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Maria Piazzai, María Asquerino, Fernando Sancho
Votes: 34
28. Sambaqui, Sociedade Redescoberta (2019)
Documentary, Short
Sambaqui Societies inhabited the coast of pre-colonial Brazil, being known for the cultural deposits in which shell is a major constituent. Animation, observation images and interviews are combined to showcase what is already known about them.
Director: Thiago Bezerra Benites | Stars: Beatriz Ramos da Costa, Beatriz Ramos da Costa
29. Tierra de Atlantes
Documentary | Post-production
Recent archaeological discoveries have confirmed the existence of Tartessos, a civilization traditionally imagined as an Eldorado in the Mediterranean Sea, and often mistaken as Atlantis -and which reality is not far from the myth.
Director: José Antonio Hergueta | Stars: Juan María Acosta, Carolina Lopez-Ruiz, Leonardo García Sanjuán, Francisco José García Fernández
32. Kalemegdan under the German shovel (Nemacki asov na Kalemegdanu) (2023)
31 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary on the plans for building an Olympic stadium in the Belgrade fortress during World War II, the archaeological excavations by the Nazi organization Ahnenerbe that preceded it, and the misuse of archaeology for propaganda
Director: Dimitrije Markovic | Stars: Aleksandar Bandovic, Angelina Bankovic, Ljubomir Bulajic, Lidija Ham
33. Le peuple ancien (2001)
14 min | Action, Short, Thriller
An archaeological excavation uncovers a manuscript written by a Roman commander in Gaul. Most of the local tribes have been pacified but every year terrible hill people ravage the area. The Romans set out to crush them.
Directors: Julien Lacombe, Pascal Sid | Stars: Romain Chesnel, Henri Debeurme, Axel Drhey, Didier Gallon
Votes: 17
34.
King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode:
Arrow Head
(1997)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After Hank finds an arrow head in his lawn, Peggy gives a archaeologist permission to have an archaeological dig their yard.
Directors: Klay Hall, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 576
35.
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
36.
Je veux être... toi (1977–1982)
Episode:
Paléontologue
(1978)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Director: Georges Ferraro | Stars: Daniel, Éric, Erwan, Florence
37.
In Search of... (2018– )
Episode:
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
(2019)
Documentary
In 1587 a small group of English settlers arrived in Roanoke, North Carolina, only to mysteriously disappear shortly thereafter. Historians are baffled, but many experts believe the colony was swallowed up by the ocean.
Stars: Connie Bormans, Scott Dawson, Roberta Estes, Andy Gabriel-Powell
Votes: 28
38.
The Naked Archaeologist (2005–2008)
Episode:
Delilah's People
(2005)
23 min | Documentary, History
Calling someone a Philistine is the ultimate insult - but archaeology turns the insult into a compliment.. We examine the tribe of Delilah and Goliath, their fertility cults, a temple like ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Thorson | Stars: Simcha Jacobovici, Trude Dothan, Carl Ehrlich, Seymour Gitin
Votes: 26
39.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Egypt's Darkest Hour
(2019)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, History, War
A look into what took down the Egyptian Empire.
Director: Davina Bristow | Stars: Fabio Abraham, Salima Ikram, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 42
40.
Blake et Mortimer (1997)
Episode:
Le mystère de la grande pyramide
(1997)
Animation, Adventure, Crime
A new chamber in the Pyramid of Kheops is about to be discovered. Blake and Mortimer find that an uncommon thief, the Colonel Olrik, wants to steal the treasure that it may contain.
Directors: Yannick Barbaud, Stéphane Bernasconi | Stars: Yves Barsacq, Pierre Baton, Patrice Baudrier, Hervé Bellon
Votes: 34
41.
Digging for Britain (2010– )
Episode:
WW2 Special
(2019)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Paul Olding | Stars: Alice Roberts, Naoíse Mac Sweeney
Votes: 7
42.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Padstow, Cornwall
(2008)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History
Uncovering evidence of a port near the Cornish village of Padstow.
Director: Laurence Vulliamy | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Stewart Ainsworth
Votes: 11
43.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Looe, Cornwall
(2009)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History
Two chapels are dug. One on the island, other on the mainland, between tides. Some excavators remain on the island, to continue digging. What was here before Glastonbury Abbey started a cult of Saint Michael?
Director: Emily Boulting | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 15
44.
Warriors (2008– )
Episode:
Mayan Armageddon
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | History, Reality-TV, War
Recent archeological discoveries unearth secrets of a fierce warrior society, one built on human sacrifice, bizarre rituals and deadly weapons. A bloody battle at the ancient city of Dos ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Barnhart, Terry Schappert
Votes: 8
45.
Digging for Britain (2010– )
Episode:
The Greatest Discoveries: The Early Settlers
(2020)
TV-14 | 28 min | Documentary
Star: Alice Roberts
46.
Digging for Britain (2010– )
Episode:
The Greatest Discoveries: A Land of Tribes
(2020)
TV-14 | 28 min | Documentary
Star: Alice Roberts
47.
Digging for Britain (2010– )
Episode:
The Greatest Discoveries: Roman Conquest
(2020)
TV-14 | 28 min | Documentary
Star: Alice Roberts
48.
Digging for Britain (2010– )
Episode:
The Greatest Discoveries: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
(2020)
TV-14 | 28 min | Documentary
Star: Alice Roberts
49.
Great Canadian Rivers (2001– )
Episode:
St, Croix River
(2004)
Documentary
Prior to 1965 the Saint Croix river was employed to transport timber for the vast logging industry. Today the river has returned to nature making it popular with canoeists who enjoy the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Bartone, Jay Beaudoin, Alan Gilmour, Tom Jackson
50.
The Architecture the Railways Built (2020–2023)
Episode:
Curzon Street
(2021)
43 min | Documentary
Tim Dunn visits the historic Grade 1 Curzon Street Station, to be reborn as part of the terminus for HS2, the rail link between London and Birmingham. He also visits a new Metro station in Copenhagen and the world's oldest model village.
Directors: Rich Mathews, Phil Stein, Jacqueline Hewer | Star: Tim Dunn