The Mummy 1932

Five score and 3 years ago our movie producers, directors, and all of that artsy crowd, brought forth on this planet, a new genre, conceived in horror and comedy, and dedicated to the proposition that all mummies are created with white wrappings…

…To you who are the sons and brothers of the dearly departed mummies, I see that the struggle to emulate them will be an irresponsible one. For all men praise the dead, if they stay dead, and, however preeminent your virtue may be, I do not say even to approach them, and avoid awakening their rivals…, but when a mummy is out-of-the-way, back in its tomb, the honor and goodwill which it receives is usually misbegotten…

Apologies to Lincoln and Pericles.

Below are fifty-eight mummies of horror, laughs, action, and occasional distracting romance, captured on film for your eternal mummyificent enjoyment.  Included in the list are feature films, short films, made for TV films, campy movies, low-budget movies, high budget movies, movies made from real events, and to wrap up, movies mostly in the English language but Spanish ones are also included, if only for their amusement value. Myriad big names in Hollywood have lent their talents to the making of successful, and not so successful, mummy movies, including: Boris Karloff, The Three Stooges, Lon Cheney, Charlton Heston, Raymond Burr, Tony Curtis, Christopher Walken, Louis Gossett Jr., Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Danny Glover, Tom Cruise, and as sure as Egyptian tombs have mummies, the future will bring other stars plying their craft on hip new mummy movies.

No attempt was made to make a complete list of all known mummy movies; foreign language and made for TV mummy movies are copious, many worth watching, but for the most part, are not included here.  The list below is ranked by popularity, best films first, as determined from taking the average of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes Critics, Rotten Tomatoes Audience, and Amazon ratings. The name of the movie is listed first followed by the year of release then its average rating.

The Mummy 1959

1. The Mummy, 1932, 7.8/10
2. We Want our Mummy, 1939, 7.6/10
3. The Mummy, 1959, 7.6/10
4. Bubba Ho-Tep, 2002, 7.6/10
5. Mil Mascaras vs the Aztec Mummy, 2007, 7.6/10
6. Under Wraps, 1997, 7.4/10
7. The Monster Squad, 1987, 7.2/10
8. Curse of the Mummy, 1970, 7.1/10
9. The Mummy, 1999, 7.1/10
10. The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb, 1980, 7.0/10
11. The Mummy’s Hand, 1940, 6.9/10
12. The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, 1964, 6.9/10
13. Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy, 1955, 6.8/10
14. The Mummy Returns, 2001, 6.8/10
15. The Mummy’s Curse, 1944, 6.5/10
16. The Mummy’s Shroud, 1967, 6.5/10
17. The Awakening, 1980, 6.5/10
    

    Bubba Ho-Tep 2002

18. The Egyptian Mummy, 1914, 6.3/10
19. Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb, 1971, 6.2/10
20. The Mummy Lives, 1993, 6.2/10
21. The Mummy an’ the Armadillo, 2004, 6.2/10
22. The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals, 1969, 6.1/10
23. The Mummy’s Revenge, 1975, 6.1/10
24. The Mummy’s Ghost, 1944, 6.0/10
25. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 2008, 5.9/10
26. The Mummy, 1912, 5.8/10
27. The Mummy’s Tomb, 1942, 5.8/10
28. All New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy in For Love or Mummy, 1999, 5.8/10
29. The Mummy’s Kiss: 2nd Dynasty, 2006, 5.8/10
30. Mummy’s Kiss, 2003, 5.7/10
    

    The Monster Squad 1987

31. The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb, 2006, 5.7/10
32. The Mummy, 2017, 5.6/10
33. The Eternal: Kiss of the Mummy, 1998, 5.3/10
34. Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy, 1999, 5.2/10
35. The Eyes of the Mummy, 1922, 5.1/10
36. Tale of the Mummy, 1998, 4.9/10
37. Dawn of the Mummy, 1981, 4.8/10
38. Attack of the Virgin Mummies, 2004, 4.8/10
39. The Attack of the Aztec Mummy, 1957, 4.6/10
40. 7 Mummies, 2006, 4.6/10
41. Frankenstein vs The Mummy, 2015, 4.3/10
42. The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy, 1964, 4.2/10
43. Legend of the Mummy, 1998, 4.2/10
44. Curse of the Aztec Mummy, 1957, 4.0/10
45. El Macho vs the Canadian Mummies of Mars, 2003, 4.0/10
    

    The Mummy 1999

46. Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy, 1964, 3.9/10
47. Mummy Maniac, 2007, 3.5/10
48. Day of the Mummy, 2014, 3.5/10
49. Mummy Raider, 2002, 3.4/10
50. The Kung Fu Mummy, 2005, 3.0/10
51. American Mummy, 2014, 3.0/10
52. The Mummy Resurrected, 2014, 3.0/10
53. Attack of the Mayan Mummy, 1964, 2.5/10
54. Isis Rising: Curse of the Lady Mummy, 2013, 1.9/10
55. Wanted, a Mummy, 1910, NR
56. The Mummy and the Cow Puncher, 1912, NR
57. The Mummy and the Humming Bird, 1915, NR
58. The Mummy of Tutankhamun, 2017, NR