The 10 Best Mummy Movies of All Time, Ranked

The 10 Best Mummy Movies of All Time, Ranked

In the pantheon of great movie monsters, the mummy has a strange history. There aren’t nearly as many mummy movies as there are werewolf movies, zombie movies, or Frankenstein monster movies, and yet mummy movies predate all those other genres, going back at least as far as Georges Méliès’ “Robbing Cleopatra’s Tomb,” way back in 1899. What’s more, movies about mummified remains have been weirdly successful, spawning multiple hit motion picture f…

The Mummy Movies, Ranked

From Boris Karloff's Mummy to the ill-conceived Dark Universe in 2017, the horror franchise hit several highs and lows, but audiences keep coming back for more. With a new Mummy movie in 2026 from Lee Cronin and a new sequel to the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies coming, the legacy of the best Mummy movies remains hit-and-miss.