Movies about mummies

List of the best films about mummies according to visitors: The Mummy, The Mummy's Hand, Seven Mummies, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, Stargate, The Pyramid, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy, Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores.

In the top there are new films of 2018, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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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
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA

A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.

Markimdb: 2.4
Genrehorror, fantasy, adventure, western
CountryUSA

Six escaped convicts and their female hostage make a desperate run for the Mexican border, where they stumble across a lost treasure of untold wealth, and find certain death instead on the Arizona desert.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrehorror, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA

Thousands of years ago, the great Child King Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life -- No one knows the secrets of his death. All that is about to change.Free -spirited archaeologist Danny Fremont (Casper Van Dien, Sleepy Hollow) is certain that if found, King Tut's Emerald Tablet would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Fremont is his nemesis archaeologist Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde, Titanic), a member of a secret society who wants the tablet to harness unspeakable evil on the world and will stop at nothing to get it.

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
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:10

    An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Morocco
    Duration01:29

      A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid's depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight again. They come to realize they aren't just trapped, they are being hunted.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, South Korea
      Duration02:30

      Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      The mummy of a cursed pharaoh and a reanimated corpse terrorize a medical university. Only an Egyptologist and a college professor, the deranged Dr. Frankenstein, may be able to stop the creatures before it's too late.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantasy, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:44

      It's officially Spring Break at Monster High, and Lagoona takes her gilfriends across the sea to the Great Barrier Reef, but they are ship wrecked and end up on a mysterious skull shaped island. Here they enjoy the local hospitality until they realize that they are being used by a slippery showman named Farnum to lure the rarest, most mysterious monster of them all, "the Beast" into a trap. Frankie is taken by the Beast but tables turn and she ends up rescuing him and returning with him to Monster High. The story goes to high voltage when they realize that Frankie has inadvertently led Farnum to the location of the greatest gathering of monsters anywhere...Monster High.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, comedy
      CountryYugoslavia, USA
      Duration01:33

      Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the horny Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.

      Markimdb: 1.8
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      A team of archaeologists discover an ancient mummy, unleashing a deadly curse from its eternal tomb.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:14

      Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died - however his monster is found.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      Oooh Hollywood! The glitz, the glam...the Headless Horseman?! Join your favorite K-9 sleuth, Scooby-Doo, along with Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang as they find themselves in a tinsel-town twist! While on a VIP tour of the legendary Brickton Studios, Scooby and friends get a first-hand experience of the rumored hauntings when classic movie monsters drop in for a creepy casting call. There's only one way to solve this thriller and save the aging studio - it's Mystery Inc's movie magic time! Grab your Scooby Snacks and hop in the director's chair for this all-new LEGO® movie!

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, adventure, military
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Morocco, Germany, China, Canada
      Duration01:52

      Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA, Venezuela
      Duration01:20

      Welcome to Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. A place steeped in history and legend; Gods and spiritual guides; untold wealth – and the bone-cracking, blood-spilling guardians of its riches. Jack Wells has arrived in Egypt in search of the famous diamond known as The Codex Stone. His journey leads him to the tomb of the cursed King Neferu, cursed not by name but by nature. With his centuries-old slumber disturbed by timeless human greed, the King rises from the dead with a blood-lust that cannot be quenched and a raging fury that will shred flesh from bone, bringing terrible and tormented death to all who dare witness the Day of the Mummy.

      Markimdb: 2.1
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration01:26

      Six young archaeology students discover the remains of an ancient Aztec mummy and accidentally unleash the fury of an evil god.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      The film tells the story of a prop from the 1923 movie The Ten Commandments that was actually an authentic artifact from antiquity with cursed powers. In the modern day these resurface leading to murder and mayhem.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:36

      A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

      Markimdb: 2.1
      Genrehorror, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      When American soldiers inadvertently steal Attila the Hun's secret riches, the wrath of the barbarian is awakened; the mummified warrior will stop at nothing to kill the intruders.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA

      An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman's house. They are killed and the lamp is moved to a museum to be studied. The curator's daughter is soon possessed by the genie and invites her friends to spend the night at the museum, along with some uninvited guests...

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:32

      After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantasy, cartoon
      CountryUSA

      Monsters once lived in hiding—even from each other—because they were afraid they would be in danger if humans knew they existed. But Draculaura, the daughter of Dracula, along with her best ghoulfriends, dreamt of a school where everyone was welcome and accepted for who they are. Determined to make their dream come true, the ghouls travel the world on an epic adventure to recruit new students. But even in this amazing place, there's drama: a villainess zombie is spreading trouble rather than friendship, and every student must live with the fear that their secret will be revealed. Now the ghouls must save their school so that every monster has a place where they belong and their uniqueness is celebrated!

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, action, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:25

      A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apocalypse

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountrySpain, France, USA
      Duration01:56

      Tad Jones, the most awkward explorer, must rescue his beloved Sara from a millionaire who is looking for King Midas' necklace.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryIndia
      Duration01:53

      A young photographer from Mumbai uses her mind to play games with a prominent Hindu rightist leader.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, West Germany
      Duration01:33

      Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicious.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:30

      Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw and the "in-between" bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
      CountryRomania, USA

      Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone, and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to save her soul. It might be to late....

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, history
      CountryFrance, Germany, Netherlands
      Duration01:54

      Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.

      Markimdb: 2.9
      Genrehorror, fantasy
      CountryUSA

      Orgy of the Dead is an unrated 1965 film directed by Stephen C. Apostolof under the alias A. C. Stephen. The screenplay was adapted by cult film director Edward D. Wood, Jr from his own novel. It is a combination of horror and erotica, and is something of a transition for Wood, who began as a horror writer and later began writing pornography.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
      Duration01:28

      When an archaeological expedition opens an ancient Egyptian tomb, the unimaginable evil of a cursed pharaoh is unleashed.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrehorror, fantasy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:13

      An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, action, adventure
      CountryChina, Australia, Russia, Thailand
      Duration02:13

      An innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000 year old nightmare - a secret that should have remained buried.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, adventure, short, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:08

      The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, western, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genrehorror, action, comedy, sport
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:29

      Eight of the world's most legendary monsters, along with their diabolical managers, compete in a wrestling tournament deathmatch to determine the most powerful champion of all time. Interviews, pre-fight breakdowns, trash talking, and monster origin segments round out this ultimate fight of the living dead.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Germany, Belgium, South Africa

      The heroic tale of young Mathayus and his relentless quest for justice against an evil and powerful villain, King Sargon. Mathayus faces heart-stopping tribulations during his adventurous, odds-defying trajectory toward his ultimate destiny: becoming the formidable warrior king of an ancient desert empire.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryRomania

      Princess Luisa and knight Gabriel must face a dragon to save their kingdom.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:21

      Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedition, Alexander King, plans a world tour exhibiting this magnificent discovery from the ancient world but on the opening night the sarcophagus is void of its contents. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, comedy, family, cartoon
      CountryGermany, United Kingdom
      Duration01:29

      The Wishbone family is far from happy. With a struggling bookshop, an overworked husband, and two misunderstood teenagers, Emma is at her wit's end trying to be the perfect mom. After dragging her family to a costume party on Halloween night, they are cursed by an evil witch and transformed into a Vampire, a Mummy, a Werewolf, and Frankenstein's monster. Now Emma will fight to keep her Monster Family together and uncover the secret of their curse... eventually leading them to the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula!

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, adventure, family
      CountryNetherlands
      Duration01:17

      In a dull village where nothing ever happens, a boy finds a living mummy in his room. It's the start of an amazing friendship.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:20

      Simon Ashby is a wealthy psychotic who is is coddled by his aunt in their palatial mansion outside of London. One day, Ashby's long lost brother mysteriously arrives at the house, but events prove that he is an impostor, sent by Keith Kossett, son of the attorney for the family estate, who has been dipping into the family trust fund.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:45

      The new adventures of the three heroes and, of course, the horse Yuliya!!!!. Where will the fate of the fairy tale heroes, who have fallen in love with them still go, what challenges do they have to overcome, that will help them defeat the dark forces? We will find out about this very soon.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrethriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Egypt, Hungary
      Duration01:58

      Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!




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