11 Treasure Hunt & Quest Movies on Netflix 2022

January 13, 2021By Karen Kelly

Stories of Treasure Hunting seem to stick in our heads and Movies with Treasure Hunting plots are rarely forgotten.

Updated for 2022

Netflix may no longer have Hugo, Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider or the Mummy available for your viewing pleasure but they did add a few Treasure Hunt related titles to their catalogue. So if you fancy a little armchair Treasure Hunting, pop the corn, grab your favourite beverage and settle in for one of these flicks.

1. Jumanji (PG) 1995

When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. This is the original with the great, Robin Williams that has been remade in recent years.

2. Castle in the Sky (G) 1989

Young orphan Sheeta and her kidnapper, Col. Muska, are flying to a military prison when their plane is attacked by a gang of air pirates led by the matronly Dola. Escaping from a mid-air collision via a magic crystal around her neck, Sheeta meets fellow orphan Pazu and the pair join forces to discover the mystical floating city of Laputa while pursued by both Muska and the pirates, who lust for the city's myriad treasures.

3. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG) 2019

Another one for the kids, Dora, a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents in the jungle and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.

4. The Legend of Cocaine Island (PG13) 2019

Next up is a comedic documentary... A family man with no drug running experience searches the Caribbean for a lost stash of cocaine said to be worth at least $2 million.

5. Monthy Python and the Holy Grail (PG) 1975

A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.

6. Finding 'Ohana

Finding Ohana Treasure hunt movie on netflix

On Oʻahu for the summer, two siblings from Brooklyn connect with their Hawaiian heritage — and their family — on a daring quest for long-lost treasure.

Geocache champion Pilialoha "Pili" Kawena, age 12, is abruptly lifted from her busy New York life and dropped into rural O'ahu to help care for her grandfather. Initially sceptical about her new surroundings, Pili finds a cryptic pirate's journal in her Papa's studio hinting at a 200-year-old shipwrecked treasure hidden away in the island's caves and mountains. With her older brother and new friends in tow, she uses her clue solving skills to lead them on an adventure of a lifetime through the natural wonders of Hawaiʻi. As she learns to respect and love her native culture she also discovers not all secrets should be shared.

7. The Dig (PG13) 2021

Ralph Fiennes portrays Basil Brown in this movie based on actual events. In 1939, Suffolk landowner Edith Pretty hired local self-taught archaeologist-excavator Brown to tackle the large burial mounds at her rural estate in Sutton Hoo and the excavator and his team discovered a wooden ship from the Dark Ages.

7. The Rundown (PG13) 2003

the rundown movie with the rock

Beck (The Rock) is a tight-lipped bounty hunter who doesn't like to use a gun and accepts any job without asking questions. When Beck's employer, Walker (William Lucking), sends him to the Amazon to locate Walker's cocky son, Travis (Seann William Scott), Beck discovers a population controlled by a tyrannical treasure hunter (Christopher Walken). To survive, Beck and Travis must work together, without their affections for a mysterious rebel (Rosario Dawson) getting in the way.

8. The Adventures of Tintin (PG) 2011

Tintin , accompanied by his faithful dog, Snowy, buys a model of an old ship called the Unicorn. A shady character named Sakharine and later an American named Barnaby try to buy the model from him, but Tintin refuses. The lad discovers that the ship contains a clue about a hidden treasure.

9. Outer Banks (Seasons 1&2)
Not a movie but worth a mention...

Outer Banks is a coming of age story that follows a tight-knit group of local teens (the "Pogues") in the beach vacation destination of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. When a hurricane kills the power for the summer season, it sets off a chain of illicit events that force the friends to make life-altering decisions. The search for their ringleader's missing father, forbidden romances, a high-stakes treasure hunt, and the escalating conflict between the Pogues and their rivals turn their summer into one filled with mystery and adventure they'll never forget.

10. Black Sails (Seasons 1-4)

Another series is Black Sails, a pirate adventure that centers on the tales of Captain Flint, who has a reputation throughout the West Indies as being the most brilliant, most feared of all the Golden Age pirates.

11. Detectorists (PG16) (Seasons 1&2)
Again, not a movie but pickings are bit slim on Netflix at the moment

This charming and heartwarming sitcom series is about a Metal Detector Club in England.

Did I miss one? Which one was your favourite watch? Let me know in the comments below.

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