American films about Ancient Egypt

List of the best American films about Ancient Egypt according to the audience: Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb, The Mummy, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Gods of Egypt, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, Paterson, Goodbye to All That.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA, Egypt

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, China, Japan, United Kingdom
Duration02:28

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, cartoon, short
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-travel machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA
Duration02:30

    The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Australia, China, Hong Kong
    Duration01:28

      A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Germany, Belgium

      The Scorpion King teams up with a female warrior named Tala, who is the sister of The Nubian King. Together they search for a legendary relic known as The Book of Souls, which will allow them to put an end to an evil warlord.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:38

      When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, detective
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:47

        An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, Germany, USA
        Duration02:35

        A week in the life of a bus driver and poet named Paterson, and his supportive wife Laura.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredocumentary, biography, history, sport
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:33

        The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she’s happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she’s told and illustrated since childhood have become published books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and her will to live. But a death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with Joe, her oldest friend. As Sam watches “Papa” Joe care for and love the kids in his under-resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that no matter life’s circumstances, the love of God is always reaching out to us.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:14

        The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our heros are forced to return to the mainland overrun with the undead.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:37

        Soon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A teenage girl, distraught from her vain attempt to connect with her estranged mother, resorts to cutting herself. When she develops an online relationship with an older woman, she learns to accept her sexuality and the endless solitude of sprawling suburbia.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrethriller, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        Set in the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected situation that threatens the family's entire livelihood.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryFrance, Belgium, China, USA
        Duration02:21

        A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:49

        Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        Moments after parachuting from Flight 777, a former Marine and a flight attendant find themselves descending into a world of madness. Panic and chaos plague the streets, cities are on fire, and they're being hunted by a team of mercenaries.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:50

          The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrehorror, comedy
          CountryUSA, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan
          Duration02:09

          An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately confrontational; THE ABC's OF DEATH is the definitive snapshot of the diversity of modern horror.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredocumentary
          CountryUSA

          Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy - the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case “conspiracy theory” is now “conspiracy fact.”

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA

            An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:51

            A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genreaction, comedy, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:23

            Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrefantastic, detective
            CountryUSA

            Maverick filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrethriller
            CountryJapan, USA
            Duration01:30

            Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrefantastic, comedy, family, cartoon, detective, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:31

            Get ready to Rock! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang team up with the one and only KISS in this all-new, out-of-this-world adventure! We join the Gang at Kiss World – the all-things-Kiss theme park, as they investigate a series of strange hauntings. With help from Kiss, they discover that the Crimson Witch has returned to summon The Destroyer from the alternate dimension of Kissteria! The evil duos ghastly plan, to destroy the earth! Can the Gang's cunning and Kiss's power of rock save the day?!

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genreaction, drama, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrecomedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:53

            The characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about – and get inspired by – the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA

            Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:24

            At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:36

            A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:39

            Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:06

            An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman) eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:24

            An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:30

            Belle, her little sister, and her comatose twin brother move into a new house with their single mother Joan in order to save money to help pay for her brother's expensive healthcare. But when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house including the miraculous recovery of her brother, Belle begins to suspect her Mother isn't telling her everything and soon realizes they just moved into the infamous Amityville house.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China
            Duration01:41

              Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA

              Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff.

              Markimdb: 2.8
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:39

              Fowl-mouthed villain Turkie carves through the likes of a rapping grandma, a mindless puppet, a wig-wearing inventor, a bisexual space worm, and their equally ridiculous friends on his quest to recover the last copy of "ThanksKilling 2". Also known as "Turkeys, In, Space!".

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA

              More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

              Markimdb: 5.8
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA

              A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genredrama, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:23

              When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrefantastic, drama, cartoon
              CountryIsrael, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
              Duration01:58

              More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her digital doppelganger will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want, with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio’s head animator, Wright’s double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to speak at Miramount's "Futurological Congress". However, a group of terrorists plot an attack on the convention.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrecomedy
              CountryUSA

              The unfiltered internal monologues of a young man and a young woman are exposed as they begin a new relationship together.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

              An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.




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