
Treasure Hunt movies
A clue-by-clue hunt for an artifact or secret, packed with puzzles, traps, rivals, and last-minute setbacks.

1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Adventure Fantasy Comedy Treasure Hunt Quest Fantasy2023•2h 14min
Canada, United States
Director: John Francis Daley
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The charming bard-thief Edgin and the barbarian Holga put together a team of misfit adventurers for a grand heist. But things soon go wrong when they are betrayed by their former ally Forge, who, with the help of a cunning and dangerous Red Wizard, seizes power in the city of Neverwinter.
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2. The Phoenician Scheme
Comedy Adventure Crime Dark Comedy Treasure Hunt2025•1h 42min
United States, Germany
Director: Wes Anderson
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Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
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3. Ready Player One
Adventure Action Science Fiction Treasure Hunt Simulation & Reality-Shift Sci-Fi2018•2h 20min
United States, India
Director: Steven Spielberg
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In a bleak future, most people escape their harsh reality into a vast virtual world called the Oasis, a game where anyone can become whoever they want. After the death of the Oasis's creator, players learn that he has hidden keys within the game, and whoever finds them all will gain complete control over this world.
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4. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Fantasy Adventure Action Quest Fantasy Treasure Hunt2013•2h 41min
New Zealand, United States
Director: Peter Jackson
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The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
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5. The Adventures of Tintin
Adventure Animation Mystery Treasure Hunt Whodunit2011•1h 47min
New Zealand, United States
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.
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6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Adventure Action Fantasy Treasure Hunt Supernatural Fantasy2017•2h 9min
United States
Director: Espen Sandberg
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Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.
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7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Adventure Fantasy Action Treasure Hunt Swashbuckling Fantasy2003•2h 23min
United States
Director: Gore Verbinski
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Pirates led by the legendary Captain Barbossa, sailing aboard the famed Black Pearl, attack Port Royal in search of an ancient coin from the Aztec treasure. Along with the coin, they kidnap Elizabeth, the governor’s daughter. The local blacksmith Will, who is secretly in love with her, sets out to rescue her. Helping him is the notorious pirate Jack Sparrow, who has his own score to settle with the crew of the Black Pearl.
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8. The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Action Adventure Comedy Western Epic Action2008•2h 10min
South Korea
Director: Kim Jee-woon
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The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
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9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Adventure Fantasy Action Treasure Hunt Swashbuckling Fantasy2006•2h 31min
United States
Director: Gore Verbinski
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Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
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10. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Adventure Action Fantasy Treasure Hunt Swashbuckling Fantasy2011•2h 16min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Rob Marshall
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Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.