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-In the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Nicolas Cage, the same protagonist solves some tracks down to the golden city which is under the lake of Mount Rushmore.

-In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Indiana Jones archeologist in search of the legendary Crystal Skull, where in the story referred to, actually, "El Dorado" is a city called Akator (in Ugha name), where the archaeologist has to return the skull before the Russians.

-In the animated film The Road to El Dorado two young win a map that purportedly shows the way to the Golden City. They discover that the map is authentic and that the city exists.


-In the video game Gun, the protagonist Colton White must stop a ruthless railroad magnate desperately seeking El Dorado, specifically the city of Quivira.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune: In this video game for PlayStation 3 treasure hunter Nathan Drake follows the track of the famous pirate Sir Francis Drake, who made it to El Dorado, but it was only a statue and not the city. That statue had become the seekers are mutant beings for their greed.
Both Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God), film directed in 1972 by German director Werner Herzog, as El Dorado, directed by Carlos Saura in 1988, narrates the expedition organized by Pedro de Ursua in search of the mythical city, expedition would end in the conspiracy and rebellion Aguirre against the Spanish monarchy.
The first single from the album The Final Frontier of the British band Iron Maiden is entitled "El Dorado".
The German duo Modern Talking plate included in "America" ​​a song titled "The Witchqueen of El Dorado", referring rather to the functions of spiritual rulers of El Dorado.
The Spanish folk metal group Wizard of Oz is an instrumental song on his album Gaia III: Atlantia 2010 called "Strength and Honor (El Dorado)". In the story that goes with this album, it tells the story of El Dorado.
Also the Spanish group led by Carlos Goñi, Revolver, released a CD in 1995 called El Dorado, including a song of the same name.
The animated television series Japanese-French-Luxembourg The Mysterious Cities Of Gold, chronicles the adventures of a young man who embarks Spanish to the New World and befriends a young Inca and a native of the Galapagos Islands, who initiated the search El Dorado.

-In the adventure film The Mask of Zorro, the cruel millionaire Don Rafael Montero presents "El Dorado" other magnates (which is the alter ego of the masked hero, Alejandro de la Vega) in which a large group of working Californians enslaved to extract the gold used Montero in its plan to buy California to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

-In the cartoon series DuckTales, is narrated in some chapters of the adventures of his characters in search of the town of Dorado, consuming them in a gold rush.

-In a work of Voltaire, Candide or optimism call notes in a chapter on the existence of a place called El Dorado in which two children were playing with rich gold and many minerals.

-In the anime One Piece, in chapter 187 tells the story of the warrior Karugara and Norland (the liar), where Norland, being a scout and explorer Admiral ship of a kingdom in the North Sea, is guided by the sound of a hood, and this sound arrives at the island of Jaya. being struck by a strange disease that has claimed many lives, the inhabitants of this village sacrifice a woman of his tribe to their Gods to cure their disease. Norland proposes to cure them all in exchange for never again practice the ritual of sacrifice. Then Norland achieves its promise to cure disease Jaya residents. Karugara Norland and start a great friendship. As a thank you for helping them Karugara leads to Norland and his crew to Shandra, the "City of Gold", where he shows Norland Golden Bell, the pride of his tribe. Then of events that occurred on the island, Norland returns home, say goodbye Karugara reaches Norland, and invites him back to Jaya (Karugara promises that every day will ring the bell so that he and his crew can reach Jaya ). Later, Norland tells her about the Golden City of the King of his people and this came with it to see with their own eyes, if true. However, a Knoked Up takes part of the island of Jaya to heaven. Kuragara desperate to ring the bell for Norland find the island and fighting to recover, not finding the Golden Island, King declared a liar and Norland sentence to be executed.
In the anime Digimon Savers Digimon Data Squad or see a digimon called eldoradimon which is a clear reference to El Dorado.