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Doc Safari
05-31-17, 17:42
In the last few months I've been reading up on the legend of the gold in Victorio Peak:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorio_Peak

This has sort of whetted my appetite to watch movies about finding treasure and whatnot.

I can think of a few:

1. Treasure of the Sierra Madre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_(film)


2. Impasse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impasse_(film)


3. A Simple Plan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_Plan_(film)


4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Of Course!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark

5. Romancing the Stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romancing_the_Stone

6. The Goonies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies

7. Fool's Gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_Gold_(2008_film)

8. Sahara


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_(2005_film)

9. Three Kings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kings_(1999_film)


10. No Country for Old Men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(film)



I've got Mackenna's Gold on my "to watch" list, but I'm looking for other titles that have to do with finding treasure, or loot, or drug money, or the like.
officerX
05-31-17, 18:01
I liked National Treasure. A bit silly, I know, but I love history so it was right up my alley.

The 3 original Indiana Jones movies will always be in my top 10 favorite movies of all time.
pingdork
05-31-17, 18:19
Captain Ron was funny.
Into the Blue has Jessica Alba in bikini


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Pi3
05-31-17, 18:55
I loved the end of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, where they were on horseback, shook hands and rode off in opposite directions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAapNGRfaBI

This shows almost to the end, but not quite.
Honu
05-31-17, 19:22
having taught scuba for 15 year
into the blue
in the beginning made me laugh so hard as that is almost exactly what dive instructing is like
flip over big fat guys or ladies and young girls flirting and of course the hotties after you for other reasons :)


Captain Ron is so so funny !!!!!

ditto National Treasure :) good entertainment

the Three Kings was fun to watch

and all the others mentioned


the Good the Bad the Ugly !!!!!!

You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Davinci code was OK






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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2w9X_tHU7k
nightchief
05-31-17, 19:54
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly for sure...
I like Kelly's Heroes too

NC
ggammell
05-31-17, 20:35
Fools Gold for the selfish reason of I spent my honeymoon on the island where the opening scenes were shot (Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef). The rest of the film was shot in the Caribbean.
Straight Shooter
05-31-17, 22:04
Shoot- aint NUTHIN can beat The Count of Monte Cristo...dude got betrayed, imprisioned in a hellish prison, got educated, got the scoop on the biggest cache of loot ever...escapes, finds loot, gets paid big time, gets revenge, and gets his woman and life back.
Awesome book & movie.
Moose-Knuckle
06-01-17, 03:54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Yx7pCNMWg
Moose-Knuckle
06-01-17, 03:56
Shoot- aint NUTHIN can beat The Count of Monte Cristo...dude got betrayed, imprisioned in a hellish prison, got educated, got the scoop on the biggest cache of loot ever...escapes, finds loot, gets paid big time, gets revenge, and gets his woman and life back.
Awesome book & movie.

Which version?

My favorite film adaptation is the 1975 one starring Richard Chamberlain.

IMHO the book and film are the best vengeance story yet penned.


Speaking of treasure movies and Richard Chamberlain . . .

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold and King Solomon's Mines should be added to the list.
Moose-Knuckle
06-01-17, 04:33
And who could forget Chuck Norris's contribution to the genre . . .



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19BCkJaWQM
chuckman
06-01-17, 07:22
11 posts and no one mentions It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Mad,_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BAtxv62H6c
titsonritz
06-01-17, 11:18
The Maltese Falcon
pinzgauer
06-01-17, 14:40
"Race for the Yankee Zephyr"
SteyrAUG
06-01-17, 16:34
Into the Blue has Jessica Alba in bikini




Might as well add "The Deep" and Jacqueline Bisset in a white t shirt.
pinzgauer
06-01-17, 16:51
Might as well add "The Deep" and Jacqueline Bisset in a white t shirt.
Ditto "Yankee Zephyr" and Leslie Anne Warren
Bluto
06-01-17, 17:05
Goonies
threeheadeddog
06-02-17, 22:41
The Woman in Gold

Not really what your looking for, but it has that same feel. About reclaiming stolen art lost during WWII.
eightmillimeter
06-03-17, 01:53
The opening scene in "Fools Gold" is gut busting funny.

Captain Rob is just an awesome movie.

Kelly's heros is a classic.
Pilot1
06-03-17, 09:20
Another Kelly's Heroes fan here. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is also right up there with many others already mentioned.