National Treasure (2004)

Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 44%, but audiences disagreed.

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. Wikipedia ↗

National Treasure is a 2004 American adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub. Nicolas Cage stars as Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian and cryptographer who believes a treasure map is hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence, placed there by the Founding Fathers and connected to a vast treasure accumulated by the Knights Templar over centuries. When Gates's discovery is dismissed and a rival treasure hunter, played by Sean Bean, plans to steal the document by force, Gates decides he must steal the Declaration himself to protect it and decipher the map.

National Treasure was an entertaining, family-friendly adventure that wore its Indiana Jones and Da Vinci Code influences openly while crafting a distinctly American mythology around the Founding Fathers and their secret societies. Nicolas Cage brought his characteristic intensity to the role of a man who truly believes the Founding Fathers left behind a national treasure hunt. The film earned $347 million worldwide on a $100 million budget and spawned a sequel.