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All 5 Indiana Jones movies ranked from worst to best

By Bryce Olin

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Lucasfilm's IJ5. ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Lucasfilm's IJ5. ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. /
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Get ready for edge-of-your-seat thrills in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, winner of four Academy Awards¨. Indy (Harrison Ford) and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) dodge booby-traps, fight Nazis and stare down snakes in their incredible worldwide quest for the mystical Ark of the Covenant. Experience one exciting cliffhanger after another when you discover adventure with the one and only Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the five iconic and acclaimed feature films from the Paramount Pictures library that CBS will be airing on Sunday evenings throughout the month of May. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark airs on Sunday, May 3 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) ©Paramount All Rights Reserved /

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the first movie of the Indiana Jones franchise and where this incredible story started. The film was released in 1981, one year after Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, which also starred Harrison Ford. George Lucas also is credited with the story for The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark. 

Raiders of the Lost Ark is set in 1936 and introduces fans to Indiana Jones, an American archaeologist who sets out to find the Ark of the Covenant and stop the Nazis from discovering the artifact.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most popular and iconic adventure movies of all time. It’s easily the best of the Indiana Jones movies, and in many ways, it kickstarted the action-adventure genre and revealed what was possible for these kinds of treasure-hunter stories. Across the board, this movie is basically a 10/10 or 9/10 in terms of story, action sequences and sets, performances, and direction. Steven Spielberg is one of the best directors of all time, and Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of his best movies.

  • Release Year: 1981
  • Director: Steven Spielberg
  • Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, and Denholm Elliott

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