In the mood for more old-school monster movies and archaeological heists? You need to watch these five movies like The Mummy! They’ve got it all! Action, adventure and just a little bit of camp. Curse of King Tut’s Tomb, I’m talking to you. If you haven’t heard about it yet, The Mummy is an upcoming movie that will hit theaters on June 9, 2017. It is a reboot of the trilogy from 1999, 2001 and 2008. Here are some other amazing movies like The Mummy.
Movies Like the Mummy
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National Treasure
National Treasure
is a 2004 adventure heist movie that is the prequel to the 2007 movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Benjamin Franklin Gates, a cryptologist, historian and treasure hunter, must find the ancient Templar Treasure before a group of mercenaries locates it. National Treasure stars Nicolas Cage as Benjamin.
Sahara
Sahara
is a 2005 action, adventure, comedy movie that is based on the 1992 book of the same name by Clive Cussler. Dirk Pitt, an explorer and his partner, Al Giordino, head out on an adventure in West Africa’s deserts in search of a lost battleship from the Civil War. Sahara stars Matthew McConaughey as Dirk and Steve Zahn as Al.
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
is a 2006 fantasy adventure movie. Danny Fremont, an archaeologist, believes that finding King Tut’s Emerald Tablet would change the world. Also out to find the tablet, to use it to evoke evil on the world, is Morgan Sinclair, an Egyptologist and Fremont’s rival. The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb stars Casper Van Dien as Danny and Jonathan Hyde as Morgan.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
is a 2008 action adventure movie that is the 4th installment in the Indiana Jones movie franchise. The other 3 movies are: Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984 and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade in 1989. Dr. Henry “Indian” Jones, a famous adventurer/archaeologist, becomes entangled in a Soviet Union scheme to find out the mysteries behind the Crystal Skulls artifacts. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull stars Harrison Ford as Indiana.
Gods of Egypt
Gods of Egypt
is a 2016 fantasy movie. Bek, a mortal Egyptian hero and Horus, the Egyptian God of Air, team up together to face off against Set, the Egyptian God of Darkness. Gods of Egypt stars Brenton Thwaites as Bek, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus and Gerard Butler as Set.
After watching these movies like The Mummy, I bet you’ll rethink that trip to explore the ancient ruins of Egypt and toss open a few tombs, now won’t you? Okay, so that was never really on my travel bucket list (um, not that I’d admit, anyway). Don’t forget, Fandango has a great “gift with purchase” special going on to celebrate the June 9th release of The Mummy. Get $5 monster movies on FandangoNOW with ticket purchase. Offer valid 5/19-6/12. Terms apply.
I loved all the Indiana Jones movies. I mean, who doesn’t love Harrison Ford? National Treasure was another good one. I need to watch the other movies that I somehow missed along the way.
National Treasure is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it a bunch of times and it never gets old.
Gods of Egypt perfectly goes with the heading of the article, though I haven’t seen any of those movies except for Indiana Jones in bits, I would love to see them with some popcorn on a Saturday night.
Great round up!
I’ve seen most of these movies, and I saw the original Mummy movies. Adventure movies are my favorites!
I’ve heard of several of these but Indiana Jones was my speed, I’ve seen them all, I’m now introducing old movies to my 12 year old. It has made memory lane a lot more fun.
Great list! National treasure is definitely a fave. I’ll be looking into Gods of Egypt.
What a great roundup of films. I loved National Treasure when I was a kid (and I’m usually not a Nicholas Cage fan!).
Wow, I just don’t get it. Is this connected to the original? Why did they name is the same as the the good one from the early 2000’s? I loved the first one!
Great list of movies! I love National Treasure so thank you for this great reminder! I will be watching it again soon!
I watched the Mummy. I love the fact that it’s not that scary. I want to try your suggestions.
I love movies like this. I have seen a lot of these. Gods of Egypt is one that I have to check out yet. I am thinking it will be good, too.
I haven’t seen these movies. I want to watch the first one on the list, looks interesting.
I have never seen these movies. I may have to watch them all now.