The National Treasure Movies are adventure mystery films that follow historian and treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates as he uncovers hidden clues, secret societies, and forgotten treasures buried within American history. Starring Nicolas Cage, the series combines historical puzzles, action, conspiracy, and thrilling treasure hunts.
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha
Plot:
“In order to break the code, one man will have to break all the rules.”
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest’s whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel
Plot:
“The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.”
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth’s diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor’s innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.