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

1. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe

Votes: 208,887 | Gross: $110.50M

2. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult

Votes: 462,617 | Gross: $155.44M

3. Death on the Nile (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand

Votes: 189,777 | Gross: $45.63M

4. The Mummy (2017)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe

Votes: 206,863 | Gross: $80.10M

5. Red Notice (2021)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

An Interpol agent successfully tracks down the world's most wanted art thief with help from a rival thief. But nothing is as it seems as a series of double-crosses ensues.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya

Votes: 319,558 | Gross: $0.18M

6. Contact (1997)

PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt

Votes: 293,897 | Gross: $100.92M

7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 429,605 | Gross: $402.11M

8. Forbidden Planet (1956)

G | 98 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens

Votes: 53,441 | Gross: $3.00M

9. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.

Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Bob Ivy, Ella Joyce

Votes: 51,581 | Gross: $2.00M

10. The Mummy (1932)

Approved | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror

A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.

Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron

Votes: 30,251

11. The Best of Youth (2003)

R | 374 min | Drama, Romance

An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti

Votes: 23,256 | Gross: $0.27M

12. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)

Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.

Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid

Votes: 23,203 | Gross: $0.30M

13. 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: 11,044

14. Equus (1977)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright

Votes: 8,767

15. 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: 2,878 | Gross: $8.42M

16. Time Walker (1982)

PG | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien, buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus.

Director: Tom Kennedy | Stars: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy, Robert Random

Votes: 2,209 | Gross: $0.43M

17. Tutankhamun (2016)

TV-14 | 180 min | Drama, History, Romance

The remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his discovery of the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.

Stars: Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill, Amy Wren

Votes: 2,474

18. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara

Votes: 6,331

19. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)

Approved | 81 min | Horror

British archaeologists and their American investor ship an Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus to London but someone has the amulet to revive the mummy that will then kill all those who disturbed its tomb.

Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland

Votes: 3,429

20. The Mummy's Hand (1940)

Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 4,721

21. The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

Passed | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox

Votes: 3,873

22. The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

Passed | 61 min | Fantasy, Horror

Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames

Votes: 3,445

23. Goodbye, 20th Century (1998)

83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In the year 2019, after global destruction and descent into savagery, the immortal Kuzman discovers his destiny. As he enters the whirling circles of time, he discovers the blasphemy of our century, and how it is to close its circle.

Directors: Darko Mitrevski, Aleksandar Popovski | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Nikola Ristanovski, Vlado Jovanovski, Dejan Acimovic

Votes: 753

24. The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

Approved | 90 min | Horror

In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed ... See full summary »

Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars

Votes: 2,374

25. Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation, Charlie discovers the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Director: Louis King | Stars: Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck, Rita Hayworth

Votes: 2,172

26. Valley of the Kings (1954)

Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1900, in Egypt, archaeologist Mark Brandon is asked by Ann Mercedes to find the tomb of Ra-Hotep but their quest is marred by intrigue, betrayal, murder and danger.

Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 1,638

27. Cat Burglar (2022)

TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Interactive Tex Avery-inspired cartoon where the viewer answers questions with a scenario about a guard dog named Peanut protecting a priceless work of art and a cat burglar named Rowdy trying to steal it from the art museum.

Director: James Bowman | Stars: Alan Lee, James Adomian, Trevor Devall

Votes: 651

28. Man of the Century (1999)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

Fantasy-comedy about a young man who lives as if it is 1928 or so, and his encounters with modern-day women and modern-day criminals.

Director: Adam Abraham | Stars: Gibson Frazier, Cara Buono, Ian Edwards, Brian Davies

Votes: 1,271 | Gross: $0.03M

29. Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? (2004 TV Movie)

100 min | Documentary, History

This documentary examines what historians know about the Bible's Old Testament account of the Plague of the Firstborn and about Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses. Egyptologists discuss whether the ... See full summary »

Directors: Mark Aldridge, Tom Pollock | Stars: Daz Crawford, Morgan Freeman, Claudia Lynx

Votes: 81

30. The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944)

85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

In 19th-century Madrid a young man plays roulette. A mysterious character helps him by pointing with his walking stick the next number on which the ball will fall; the protagonist is the ... See full summary »

Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés, Guillermo Marín, Félix de Pomés

Votes: 877

31. Sentinels of Silence (1971)

G | 18 min | Documentary, Short

An 18-minute helicopter-based aerial visit across the archaeological ruins in Mexico.

Director: Robert Amram | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Orson Welles

Votes: 182

32. The Feathered Serpent (1948)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Mystery

Charlie Chan and his two eldest sons, investigate a murderous gang who is forcing an archaeologist to search for a treasure in Mexico.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung

Votes: 421

33. Breaking the Maya Code (2008)

TV-G | 116 min | Documentary, Mystery

The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great untranslated writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, ... See full summary »

Director: David Lebrun | Stars: Michael D. Coe, Ian Graham, Nikolai Grube, Peter Mathews

Votes: 333

34. Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu (1995 Video Game)

Adventure, Mystery

A fictional adventure of real life Robert Ripley, the man behind "Ripley's Believe It or Not!". On the eve of WWII, Ripley and his girlfriend Mei must visit China and other places to solve an ancient riddle. A sinister group pursues them.

Stars: Phil Banton, Karen Yip, Tony Eng, Tara Moss

Votes: 34

35. Pantheon Black (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 100 min | Sci-Fi

A crew of deep space researchers investigates a peculiar asteroid that is covered by what appear to be hieroglyphics. In their curiosity, they cut it open and unleash a being of pure ... See full summary »

Director: Fabian Rush | Stars: Eve Barden, D.J. Brouillard, Justin Dray, Barry Ellenberger

Votes: 9

36. Egyptian Tomb Hunting (2018)

120 min | Documentary, History

Actor, comedian and history buff Tony Robinson travels across Egypt, where a series of incredible new tomb discoveries are being made. He travels the length of the Nile meeting the archaeologists unearthing extraordinary wonders.

Stars: Tony Robinson, Maria Nilsson

Votes: 48

37. Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates (1966 TV Movie)

Approved | 100 min | Action, Adventure

In this feature-length reediting of the serial 'Perils of Nyoka (1942)', the famed African jungle girl Nyoka competes with an equally resourceful (and white) female nemesis, Vultura, to obtain a set of mysterious tablets of wondrous power.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore, William 'Billy' Benedict, Lorna Gray

38. Bronze Age (2016)

Documentary

The Bronze Age saw the rise of urban societies, vast trading empires and military might. How did this come about, and why did it end?

Star: Jamie Effros

Votes: 35

39. Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen (2012 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery, Romance

Teen detective Nancy Drew joins a team of archaeologists and explores the mysteries of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Dave Rivas, Marianna de Fazio, Gabriel Wolf

Votes: 51

40. The Story of Time (1951)

10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Mankind's numerous ways of measuring the passage of time through history are depicted through stop-motion animation, from ancient sundials to simple mechanical devices, up through complex modern timepieces.

Votes: 85

41. Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand (2002 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew interns at a museum featuring an exhibit on ancient Mayan culture while investigating the theft of a priceless artifact.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Laurie Jerger, Jake Perrine, David S. Hogan

Votes: 88

42. The Camels Are Coming (1934)

Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy

A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.

Directors: Tim Whelan, Robert Stevenson | Stars: Jack Hulbert, Anna Lee, Hartley Power, Harold Huth

Votes: 127

43. La zone (1928)

28 min | Documentary, Short

About 'The Zone', a wasteland just outside Paris and a refuge to lower classes from the middle of the 19th century to the 1940's where they could build shelters and live mostly out of sight from the society.

Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: La Goulue, Isabelle Kloucowski, Geymond Vital

Votes: 34

44. Scribblenauts Unlimited (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Fantasy

Maxwell must collect starites by helping people around the world in order to save Lily from turning into stone

Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

Votes: 166

45. Golden Hands of Kurigal (1966 TV Movie)

Approved | 100 min | Action, Drama

Yet another truncated version of a 12 episode serial "re-edited" into feature length form for television distribution. This time it's Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. (1949).

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Rosemary La Planche, Roy Barcroft, Carol Forman

46. Sous Le Lit (2023)

13 min | Short, Adventure, Horror

After the disappearance of her archaeologist father, Bunny approaches a secret society of fellow archaeologists. After living in her father's shadow she decides to step up and continue her ... See full summary »

Director: Iabou Windimere | Stars: Iabou Windimere, Joe Kidd, Rajiim A. Gross, J Tyler Pennington

47. Les mystères des pyramides (1999 TV Movie)

82 min | Documentary

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Director: Jean-François Delassus

48. Maabus (1995 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

You're in control of a weaponized probe sent to a remote tropical island where strange dangerous radiation has been detected. Fight off giant creatures, solve puzzles and find it's source. The game can't be saved during its final third.

Star: James Loxley

49. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: The Mask (1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

During World War II, Lt. Wilenski bails out of a crippled plane over the Sahara Desert, but the harsh and unrelenting conditions in the desert almost result in his death. After his rescue, ... See full summary »

Director: John Newland | Stars: Wesley Lau, Luis Van Rooten, Stephen Bekassy, Joan Elan

Votes: 126

50. Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952–1953)
Episode: Murder Preferred

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Craig Kennedy, famed Criminologist, hears the murder shots as a welching gambler makes a telephone appeal that is too late. Kennedy, Evening Star reporter Walt Jameson, and Police Inspector... See full summary »

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Donald Woods, Sydney Mason, Lewis Wilson, Elizabeth Root