All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring John Rhys-davies, ranked

In 1936, American archaeologist Indiana Jones overcomes an ancient booby-trapped temple in Peru to retrieve a golden idol. Jones travels to Nepal to recover the headpiece of the staff of Ra, an artifact used to locate the Ark, from his old mentor Abner Ravenwood. The sadistic Nazi commander, Arnold Toht, flanked by mercenaries, arrives at Marion’s bar to recover the headpiece.

In 1938, when Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father’s footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure of heart.

In 1938, when Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father’s footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure of heart.

While on vacation, four British teenagers explore an island only to stumble upon the revelation that it serves as the headquarters for a terrorist group.

John Blackthorne, an English ship pilot, finds himself in a predicament when his vessel crashes on the Japanese coast in the early 17th century. Forced to navigate the complex political landscape, he becomes entangled in a power struggle between Toranaga and Ishido, the two most influential figures in Japan at the time. As they vie for the coveted title of Shogun, Blackthorne becomes a key player in a war that will determine the ultimate wielder of power.

Pierce Brosnan takes the lead in this gripping miniseries portraying rivalry, extortion, and murder within the high-stakes business milieu of Hong Kong. Ian Dunross assumes the title of ‘Tai-Pan’ (supreme leader) of a formidable trading company just as a rival endeavors a hostile takeover.

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella.

Season one of The Shannara Chronicles roughly follows the storylines set out in The Elfstones of Shannara, set in the fictional Four Lands. The series chronicles the journey of Wil, Amberle and Eretria who, with the guidance of the last druid Allanon, must go on a quest to protect the Ellcrys from dying and releasing all the banished demons back into the Four Lands.

James Bond is assigned to aid the defection of a KGB officer, General Georgi Koskov, covering his escape from a concert hall in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia during intermission. Disobeying his orders to kill the sniper, he instead shoots the rifle from her hands with a Walther WA 2000, then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov across the border into Austria and then on to Britain.

The movie traces the journey of a young Jewish girl, Hadassah, who ultimately transforms into the Biblical character Esther, the Queen of Persia. In this narrative, she plays a pivotal role in rescuing the Jewish nation from annihilation by their arch-enemy, all the while capturing the heart of the fiercely handsome King Xerxes.

Five years after the first film, Mia Thermopolis has just graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and is returning to Genovia with her bodyguard, Joe. There, she will await her reign once her grandmother, Queen Clarisse, abdicates. During Mia’s 21st birthday party, she dances with all the eligible bachelors in hope of finding a husband.

Derived from an actual event that took place in New Jersey during the early 20th century, a series of shark attacks shattered the tranquility of the once peaceful New Jersey shore, instilling terror among the locals and triggering a panic that served as the inspiration for author Peter Benchley to pen the iconic novel, Jaws.