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Name: The Lost City
Director: Aaron Nee
Genre: action, adventure, comedy
Released: 2022
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.1

The Lost City has an iRankMovies score of 65.8/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Lost City (2022)

The adventure is real. The heroes are not.

Release:2022

Runtime:1h 52m

Country:United States

Director:Aaron Nee, Adam Nee

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureComedy

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Keywords

Kidnapping RomcomWriterModelNovelistLost TreasureDuringcreditsstingerLost Civilization

iRank66

The Lost City rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.1/10· 174K votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic60%

TMDb6.458/10· 4K votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Lost City

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.

Cast of The Lost City

Sandra Bullock
as Loretta Sage / Angela
Channing Tatum
as Alan / Dash
Daniel Radcliffe
as Abigail Fairfax
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
as Beth Hatten
Brad Pitt
as Jack Trainer
Oscar Nuñez
as Oscar
Patti Harrison
as Allison
Bowen Yang
as Ray the Moderator
Stephen Lang
as Fantasy Villain
Joan Pringle
as Nana
Héctor Aníbal
as Rafi
Thomas Forbes-Johnson
as Julian

The Lost City facts

Budget: $74M
Box office: $192.9M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Book tour kidnapping premise launches adventure-comedy with chaotic entertainment energy
•Action-adventure balance maintains pacing with witty dialogue and comedic character dynamics
•Lost treasure and civilization mythology create fantastical setting with escapist appeal

What the audience disliked

•Lost civilization concept feels somewhat generic within adventure-comedy landscape
•Comedy sometimes overwhelms action tension creating tonal imbalance at critical moments