Cinema on the Egyptian pyramids

The pyramids of Egypt are typically cinematographic elements, due to their perfect geometrical shapes and imposing sizes. What's more mysterious than a 150m high monument built by a 4500 year old civilization? All the elements are there for the cinema to seize these monuments scattered all over Egypt, a further argument in favor of their uses in the film industry.

There is therefore a very large number of films with at least one Egyptian pyramid. Of course, it is the famous pyramid of Khufu which is by far the most shown on the screen, but that of Djoser is also not bad, because it is less known, it is more original since in degrees, and especially it was built by a man somewhat fascinating, the famous Imhotep.

From a diversity of scenarii point of view, we are quite far from what we can find on other monuments of the world. For example, the movies about Christ the Redeemer in Rio or those on the Forbidden City of Beijing, are much more original. On the contrary, the pyramids of Egypt are always the subject of the same film, almost: Archaeologists discover a new pyramid or a mysterious passage in an existing pyramid and awaken an old God who begins to chase them in the form of 'a mummy. That's all, it's over. You have the scenario of a big name of these films. Something else ?

Here is a list of some films in which the pyramids of Egypt appear. They are sometimes at the center of the story, sometimes in the periphery, but their presence is always visible.

List of films in which the pyramids appear

Photos	Name	Directors	Releases	Description
 Adèle Blanc-Sec ×Close Adèle Blanc-Sec Affiche du film Adèle Blanc-Sec	Adèle Blanc-Sec	Luc Besson	2010	In this year 1912, Adele Blanc-Sec, young intrepid journalist, is ready to do anything to achieve his goals, including landing in Egypt and find himself struggling with mummies of all kinds. At the same time in Paris, it's panic! A pterodactyl egg, 136 million years old, has mysteriously hatched!  Adèle Blanc-Sec ×Close Adèle Blanc-Sec Adèle Blanc-Sec
 The land of pharaohs ×Close The land of pharaohs The land of pharaohs	The land of pharaohs	Howard Hawks	1955	This film, now a little old, tells a story of the life of a pharaoh ensuring his eternal rest by building his tomb, an exceptional pyramid.
 The spy who loved me ×Close The spy who loved me The spy who loved me	The spy who loved me	Lewis Gilbert	1977	The James Bond saga, which is largely filmed in Egypt, shows a sequence in which the pyramids are the subject of a very colorful sound and light.  The spy who loved me ×Close The spy who loved me The spy who loved me
 Stargate the door of the stars ×Close Stargate the door of the stars Stargate the door of the stars	Stargate the door of the stars	Roland Emmerich	1994	A sci-fi film in which an Egyptologist believes that the pyramids are at least 10,000 years old and discovers that it hides a secret related to an alien civilization. This is the film behind the Stargate SG1 series.
 Mummy ×Close Mummy Mummy	Mummy	Stephen Sommers	1999	Long before the birth of Christ, for having dared to defy the pharaoh by robbing his young mistress, the high priest of Thebes, Imhotep, is mummified alive and buried in a secret crypt of Hamunaptra, the city of the dead.  Mummy ×Close Mummy Mummy
 Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre ×Close Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre	Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre	Alain Chabat	2001	Cleopatra decides, to challenge the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, to build in three months a sumptuous palace in the desert. If it succeeds, it must concede that the Egyptian people are the greatest of all peoples.
 The curse of the sands ×Close The curse of the sands The curse of the sands	The curse of the sands	David Flores	2007	This is an abysmal TV film, since it is assumed that the decors built for the Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille have been razed for mysterious reasons that will be part of the story of two modern archaeologists. , rediscoverers of the site.
 The day the Earth stopped ×Close The day the Earth stopped The day the Earth stopped	The day the Earth stopped	Scott Derrickson	2008	A film with a very classic scenario, containing archaeologists discovering an unknown ancient Egyptian city, angry gods and aggressive mummies. All to make a classic adventure-horror movie.  The day the Earth stopped ×Close The day the Earth stopped The day the Earth stopped
 10 000 ×Close 10 000 10 000	10 000	Roland Emmerich	2008	12,000 years ago, the Yagahl tribe lived from the mammoth hunt (which they call "mannak") in the heart of a mountain range in what is now Russia. D'Leh (Steven Strait) is a friend of the beautiful Evolet (Camilla Belle), who was once adopted by the tribe.
	Love at the foot of the pyramids	Atef al-Tayeb	2009	Confronted with the housing crisis and the lack of means, Ali and Ragaa marry in secret. Not knowing where to love, they find themselves at the foot of the pyramids. This is where things go wrong.
 Transformers: Revenge ×Close Transformers: Revenge Transformers: Revenge	Transformers : Revenge	Michael Bay	2009	A war without mercy opposes the heroic Autobots to the terrible Decepticons: this war extends from Cybertron to the Earth. In the first years of the twenty-first century, the young Sam Witwicky becomes, without his knowledge, the ultimate hope of humanity.  Transformers 2 ×Close Transformers 2 Transformers 2
 The curse of the pyramid ×Close The curse of the pyramid The curse of the pyramid	The curse of the pyramid	Roger Christian	2013	A film with a very classic scenario, containing archaeologists discovering an unknown ancient Egyptian city, angry gods and aggressive mummies. All to make a classic adventure-horror movie.
 Exodus ×Close Exodus Exodus	Exodus	Ridley Scott	2014	Recounting the exodus of the Jewish people fleeing the grip of ancient Egyptian civilization, the film partly shows the pyramids of Egypt. We even see them on the poster.  Exodus ×Close Exodus Exodus
 Pyramide ×Close Pyramide Pyramide	Pyramid	Grégory Levasseur	2014	A film of horror, the director follows archaeologists who have discovered an unknown pyramid in which they enter. Trapped in the heart of a labyrinth, they feel that something is stalking them.  Pyramid ×Close Pyramid Pyramid
 The club of five and the secret of the pyramid ×Close The club of five and the secret of the pyramid The club of five and the secret of the pyramid	The club of five and the secret of the pyramid	Mike Marzuk	2016	The Club des Cinq flies to Egypt with Bernard, Claude's uncle, to authenticate a gold amulet. But on the spot, Bernard is the victim of an ambush: he is accused of theft and thrown in prison. The five friends quickly understand that a plot is in place to loot the pharaoh's tomb.
 God of Egypt ×Close God of Egypt God of Egypt	God of Egypt	Alex Proyas	2016	In an alternative Egypt, the gods live among men. Gold runs in their veins, and the people fear and admire these overpowering creatures capable of turning into animals. As humans gather to witness the coronation of Horus by his father Osiris, the Machiavellian Seth assassinates his brother the king and exiles his opponent.