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Tom Hanks Solves a ‘National Treasure’-Style Mystery on Free Streaming Next Month

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15 February 2026

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Before every streaming service had its own globe-trotting puzzle thriller, there was The Da Vinci Code — the movie that turned symbology into blockbuster spectacle. And now, nearly two decades after it dominated theaters, Tom Hanks’ mystery juggernaut is heading to free streaming on Tubi next month.

If you’ve been craving something in the National Treasure lane — secret societies, ancient clues, historical conspiracies — this is your chaotic, slightly more serious option. Although, please be warned, it is not as good as it should have been. The film also stars Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu, Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing, Jean Reno as Captain Bezu Fache, Paul Bettany as Silas, and Alfred Molina as Bishop Aringarosa.

While National Treasure leaned into swashbuckling fun, The Da Vinci Code plays it straight — moody lighting, heavy themes, and a tone that insists this is Very Serious Business, and yet, that intensity is part of the appeal. It commits to its mystery. It treats every clue like a seismic revelation. It moves briskly, even when the exposition gets dense.

Was ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Successful?

Hanks pushed back against criticism in an interview with the Evening Standard, saying, “We always knew there would be a segment of society that would not want this movie to be shown. But the story we tell is loaded with all sorts of hooey and fun kind of scavenger-hunt-type nonsense. If you are going to take any sort of movie at face value, particularly a huge-budget motion picture like this, you’d be making a very big mistake.” Hanks reprised his role in two sequels — Angels & Demons, which made nearly $500 million globally, and Inferno, which tanked with just over $200 million worldwide. The franchise was rebooted for television with a show titled The Lost Symbol. Inferno in particular was spectacularly bad.

Collider’s review stated that Inferno doubled down on everything that made the previous Robert Langdon films so exhausting, delivering a messy, joyless thriller that felt creatively bankrupt from the jump:

“It’s almost like Dan Brown looked at Indiana Jones and thought, ‘Yeah, I like what he does, but I hate that he has a personality. Also, if he could mansplain everything to a female sidekick, that would be a plus.’”

The Da Vinci Code will begin streaming for free on Tubi from March 1.