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Plot Summary:
Young diplomat Álex Ventura teams with a combative public official and a brilliant American lawyer to recover treasure stolen by Frank Wild, who travels the world plundering historic items from the ocean.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, political
Best tv shows and movies like La Fortuna (2021):
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Twelve Chairs (1977)
Plot Summary:
A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 305 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, cynical, funny
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The Refugees (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mankind is suffering the biggest exodus in history. Three billion people from the future have traveled to the present to escape from an imminent global disaster. All the refugees must obey to rules: they must not talk about the future and they must not contact their families. The arrival of the refugees take everyone by surprise, including the Cruz family. The series centers on their story, the story of Samuel, Emma, and little Ani. The shift in their existence after the arrival of the mysterious refugee, Alex, who has an incredible mission that will change their lives, and in order to accomplish his mission, he will not hesitate to do whatever there is to be done--including breaking the rules.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lies and Deceit (2020)
Plot Summary:
A literature teacher suspects that a well-respected surgeon has drugged her and begins a legal case against him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Víctor Ros (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 19th century Madrid, after a faithful run-in with the law, a notorious young hoodlum grows up to be a top police detective, who must deal with his shady past, mafia and his police mentor on daily basis.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, detective
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Charitraheen (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hoichoi Originals presents “Charitraheen”, based on the novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, with the twists and turns being much in sync with today’s world.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Captain Alatriste (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a society, the proud and arrogant Golden Age Spain, riding blind towards the end of the Empire and in which the honor and loyalty are all, a Spanish soldier who has travelled Europe fighting under the flag of "Tercio Viejo de Cartagena", survives in the Austrias' Madrid as a mercenary swordsman hired four coppers on request. Brave, honest and loyal man, Diego Alatriste will be involved in intrigues and conspiracies of various kinds that require him to make good use of his steel.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Adventure
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, epic, serious, realistic, stylized
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Lance of Longinus (2007)
Plot Summary:
At a construction site in Paris, a landslide reveals a crypt, and an ancient diary. A man - supposed to be dead for over 200 years - is found injured with the Lance of Longinus, the same spear that pierced the body of Jesus on the cross. History specialist Sophia Beranger is consulted. But she is not the only one who is interested in the case: the Essenians, a secret society, reappear from the past to cover up the mystery. Sophia's brother Erick wants to find the lance, for his personal power. Sophia's father ends by burning the diary, either to protect her, or for reasons he keeps for himself. Sophia tries her best to unveil the mystery of immortality for the benefit of mankind, but suddenly, a number of violent deaths take place around her - and she is the ultimate target.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: biblical, tense, captivating, suspense, controversial
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What Has the Deceased Said (2000)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Comedy
Country: Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, light, humorous, captivating, detective, entertaining
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The Lost Treasure of Aquila (2014)
Plot Summary:
The siblings Sam and Minna and their mother Eva arrive to the Orchid coast to celebrate Christmas in the sun with aunt Anja and their cousin Bianca. It's the first time after their father's death the siblings are back on his beloved Orchid coast, and it is in the same time both beautiful and sad to be there. It promises to be an exciting Christmas when a mysterious mask and old pieces of wood from a sunken ship washes ashore at the hotel where they live. Grandfather Ivo tells the three cousins the legend of pirate Aquila, whose ship sank in the battle for "the greatest treasure of them all". Meanwhile Sam, Minna and their mother Eva learns that the Orchid coast will be destroyed after Christmas. Can pirate Aquila's treasure save the coast?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Treasure Quest: Snake Island (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hidden somewhere off the southeastern coast of Brazil could lie hundreds of millions of dollars-worth of lost Incan gold. One team of treasure hunters has a new theory on where the treasure lies - a remote spot home to 1,000s of deadly vipers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Slade Collins in and Out of Time (2016)
Plot Summary:
'Slade Collins 2: In and Out of Time' is an adventure film sequel to 'Slade Collins and the Tree of Life.' The stories follows a relic hunter named Slade Collins, who seems to have this incredible knack for finding himself waist deep (often times higher) in trouble. In this film Slade, in order to save the woman he loves, must travel back in time to World War II. Along with Jennifer, his long time partner, he must find his father, Rick Collins, who walked out on Slade and his mother when he was only a child. During all of this they find themselves engulfed in the plot of the evil Nazi General Balderic and his crew, who seeks to use time travel as a means of changing the outcome of the war. With time running out, the Collins boys must put aside their differences if they are to avert this Nazi plan for world domination and save the world as we know it. ' Slade Collins 2 : In and Out of Time' is a film that will keep you on the edge of your seat-from its opening scene to its final.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, action adventure, epic
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Moonfleet (2013)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of J Meade Falkner’s 1898 swashbuckling novel. A young man craving adventure joins a gang of smugglers in search of Blackbeard's diamond.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, semi serious, humorous, epic, period piece, nautical, costume drama, period drama
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Veritas: The Quest (2003)
Plot Summary:
Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. Solomon and his team search for the answers to some of the world's mysteries, a quest began because of the mysterious disappearance of Nikko's mother during an archaeological dig. Thus begins Nikko's fantastical journey into an Indiana Jones-style adventure with his father and his colleagues in trying to follow in his mother's footsteps to discover what strange secrets she was uncovering.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, cliffhanger
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The Lost Tomb 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
This drama is adaption of Kennedy Xu's novel series"Grave Robbers’ Chronicles". 50 years ago, a group of Changsha grave robbers dug out manuscripts of the location of treasures from Warring states, but an encounter with an undead rendered almost the whole group dead. In the present, the young grandchild of the sole survivor, Wu Xie, discovers a secret within his grandfather's notes. Together with his third uncle, Wu Sansheng, and a few other experienced tomb robbers, to search for the treasure. But what no one expected to find the intriguing mysteries that accompanied their tomb robbing adventure - just who was the owner of that tomb? Will they be able to find the real coffin? And just where will these puzzle lead the group?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Candle in the Tomb (2016)
Plot Summary:
When archaeologist Shirley Yang learns of her father's disappearance, she returns to China and enlists the help of tomb raiders to track him down.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense
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Candle in the Tomb: The Weasel Grave (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the 1980s, when middle-aged Hu Ba Yi packs his belongings for one of his adventures, he finds an old photo, which brings his memory back to his college days in the 1960s. He then reminiscence about his first adventure that led him to become a tomb-expert.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, enigmatic, captivating
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Reunion: The Sound of the Providence (2020)
Plot Summary:
Yilong Zhu and Xiaotong are leading the cast! Let’s see the restart of these grave robbers. With mysteries unsolved, they’re gathering for adventure! On the way through all sorts of life and death, the secret about “the sound of the providence” is being uncovered step by step….
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Keep Breathing (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone woman must battle the elements and odds to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sea of Danger, Sea of Desire.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, serious, suspenseful
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Maragadha Naanayam (2017)
Plot Summary:
Senguttuvan and Elango are hired by a jewel smuggler to find a cursed treasure responsible for the death of many. Later, with the help of a priest, they summon three spirits to locate the treasure.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Spear of Destiny (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a museum professor disappears, his colleagues must solve riddles and avoid traps to find the mythical Spear of Destiny and rescue the professor.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, disturbing
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TimeCrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove (2020)
Plot Summary:
While searching for lost treasure, time traveling pirates end up in the modern day and do battle with unlikely foes: a group of kids with the latest in techy gadgetry.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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The Thief of Baghdad (2020)
Plot Summary:
In an atmosphere of suspense and excitement, Yousef, Khaled, and Nadia embark on a journey to locate the tomb of Alexander the Great, which has been sought by everyone for years.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, suspense
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Silent Cargo (2022)
Plot Summary:
November 2019. A semi-submersible loaded with three tons of cocaine is seized off the Galician coast after having crossed the Atlantic. The captain, Nando, a promising young amateur boxer, travels accompanied by a Brazilian mechanic and a Colombian hitman. Three strangers locked up for almost a month in a claustrophobic handmade boat.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing
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The Lost Tomb (2015)
Plot Summary:
Wu Xie is an antique shop owner who comes from a family of tomb raiders. As he continues the family trade with his team of tomb raiders, he finds lost treasures of the Warring States as well as the answers to the tragedies of his family’s past. With the help of his grandfather’s notes and his team – the quiet Zhang Qiling, the resourceful Pang Zi, the experienced Wu Sanxing, San Xing’s loyal helper Pan Zi, and the skillful Ah Ning – Wu Xie sets out to find the lost treasures as well as the people responsible for the massacre of his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense
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Treasure Island (2012)
Plot Summary:
Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1–2 January 2012. The screenplay was by Stewart Harcourt and it was produced by Laurie Borg and directed by Steve Barron.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, epic, costume drama, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, nautical
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Hooten & The Lady (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hugely charismatic, roguish American adventurer Hooten and his fantastically feisty partner in crime, Lady Alexandra travel the world, from the Vatican to The Himalayas, the Amazon to Egypt, in their quest to save the world's lost treasures.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: entertaining, feel good, captivating, semi serious, funny
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The Hunt for the Amber Room (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's the greatest myth of the German post-war era: The Amber Room. Since its disappearance in 1945 from Koenigsberg Castle, legions of treasure hunters have tried and failed to find the room. It is said that Physics genius, Albert Einstein hid the legendary Amber Room from the Nazis in the turmoil of the last days of the war. It bears a secret within its amber - in wrong hands, it could destroy mankind! Our adventurers, Eik, Katharina and Justus, come across an incredible trace and with the help of Einstein's great-granddaughter Mila, together they fight off a ruthless pharmaceutical magnate who spares no effort to get ahold of the Amber Room. From Europe's biggest monument in Leipzig, through the halls of Munich's German Museum, across the dunes of St. Peter-Ording, to the Nazi caves of the Berchtesgaden Alps. The adventurous hunt begins. Written by Dreamtool Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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The Charlemagne Code (2008)
Plot Summary:
An action-packed race to find the legendary treasure of the Nibelungen hidden by Charlemagne and thought to be the biggest lost treasure in the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Relic Hunter (1999)
Plot Summary:
Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third. It was inspired by the success of the video game Tomb Raider. It centers around Sydney Fox who is a professor but primarily a globe-trotting "relic hunter", looking for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money. The series includes fantasy and science fiction elements, with many of the relics featured having genuine supernatural powers or being pieces of unusually advanced technology. It ran for three seasons in the U.S. between 1999 and 2002 after fulfilling its initial three-season, 66-episode contract, from which it was not renewed. In both Ireland and the United Kingdom, it is aired on Sky1 and subsidiary channels, while in Canada, it is aired on CityTV and Space, CTV's sister network A-Channel and recently Showcase. The series was shot in the Toronto area, explaining Carrere's frequent attendance in courtside seats at Toronto Raptors games during the time.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sexy, exciting, tense, captivating, witty, cliffhanger, semi serious, intellectual, campy