Jon Turteltaub · 2004 · thriller

Historian and treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates chases a fabled Templar-Freemason fortune across America's founding landmarks, stealing the Declaration of Independence to read the map hidden on its back before a rival can beat him to the prize.

1. 1
   Arctic

   In the frozen Canadian Arctic, Gates and his crew dig the lost ship Charlotte from the ice and find a meerschaum pipe whose riddle points to the back of the Declaration of Independence.

2. 2
   Washington

   To keep it from his treacherous backer, Gates steals the Declaration from the National Archives during a gala, uncovering an Ottendorf cipher on its reverse.

3. 3
   Philadelphia

   The cipher leads through Franklin's Silence Dogood letters to Independence Hall's bell tower and a pair of spectacles that reveal a final clue, Here at the Wall.

4. 4
   New York

   On Wall Street, beneath Trinity Church, Gates descends through hidden passages to the vast treasure his family has sought for generations.