Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Directed By Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Starring Harrison Ford Harrison Ford  •  Paul Freeman Paul Freeman  •  Karen Allen Karen Allen  •  John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies  •  Denholm Elliott Denholm Elliott Genres Action  •  Adventure  •  Costume Adventure  •  Period Film Studios &
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Indiana Jones  •  Academy Award Nominated  •  National Film Registry  •  AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills  •  Academy Award Best Picture Nominated  •  They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?  •  1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die  •  Roger Ebert's Great Movies  •  AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition  •  BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated  •  Academy Award Best Cinematography Nominated  •  Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated  •  Academy Award for Best Production Design Winning  •  Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film Winning  •  Alamo Drafthouse 100  •  Time Out: New York's 100 Best Action Movies  •  BBC's 100 Greatest American Films  •  Lucasfilm  •  Writers Guild of America's 101 Greatest Screenplays
Other Titles Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [United States] Release Info 1981-06-12T00:00:00Z June 12, 1981
Color  •  115 minutes PG Rated PG
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Comments (26)

 
SLionsCricket

SLionsCricket on 1/13/2013 Reply  · 

I really like this movie BUT its definitely the most overrated FlickChart movie. Number 4!?!?! It doesn't deserve this place!

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SLionsCricket

SLionsCricket on 3/21/2013 Reply  · 

I am starting to take my word back...Its not the most overrated movie...It, I believe, is definitely overrated...It is great but I find it overrated. Top 30, different story. Same, to me, applies for Back to the Future-

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kane100

kane100 on 11/15/2013 Reply  · 

You Have No Soul. Or Childhood.

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PiccoloKing

PiccoloKing on 8/16/2018 Reply  · 

He has something better, good taste.

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Crapbaskets123

Crapbaskets123 on 9/18/2022 Reply  · 

...he literally said it was a top 30 movie

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Caesar

Caesar on 3/24/2013 Reply  · 

Steven Spielberg's best movie (which is saying something, considering his filmography).

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SLionsCricket

SLionsCricket on 6/27/2013 Reply  · 

You know what!?!? I take back everything I said before. Raiders is too fu*king awesome!!! :)

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Danielod

Danielod on 9/10/2013 Reply  · 

this movie would not have been the same without the beginning and the end

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Danielod

Danielod on 9/10/2013 Reply  · 

SLionsCricket, you are too funny

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tilite1981

tilite1981 on 10/19/2013 Reply  · 

This and Jurassic Park will always convince me Spielberg is a genius . You don't get more exciting then Raiders.

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Danielod

Danielod on 12/1/2013 Reply  · 

Not any Star Wars movie can handle the awesomeness of... Raiders of the Lost Ark

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cheesydog1

cheesydog1 on 4/14/2014 Reply  · 

I don't agree that it's better than Star Wars but it's still great

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Area_hulk

Area_hulk on 8/28/2014 Reply  · 

This might be the best of his blocbuster movies.

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Danny237

Danny237 on 5/22/2015 Reply  · 

Harrison is one of the best actors. Has great actuations on Witness, The Fugitive, Jack Ryan's flicks, Anchorman 2, Star Wars original trilogy, but the best role by he was here!

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TommyDoyle78

TommyDoyle78 on 7/23/2015 Reply  · 

Awesome!

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Koroy

Koroy on 9/11/2015 Reply  · 

Do I hate it ? No.
Do I love it ? No.
Is it in my top 50 ? No.
Is it outside my top 100 ? No.(It is 79 To be specific)
Do I think it should stay at the 79 spot ? No.
Do I think it should come some places up ? No.
Do I think it should go some places down ? No.
Do I like Harrison Ford ? No.
Do I loves this movies ending ? No.
Is it Speilberg's best ? No.
Well do I care about this movie ? No.
Then why am I writing this ? Dont No.
Bottomline- I think this movie is OVERRATED

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Crapbaskets123

Crapbaskets123 on 9/18/2022 Reply  · 

You can't have this movie in your top 100 and call it overrated lmao

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Eagleskywalker87

Eagleskywalker87 on 9/29/2017 Reply  · 

One of the greatest action movies of all time! Great main character, brilliant sets and locations, rememberable villains, well shot action with amazing stunt work. What's not to like? Oh, and without this and Star Wars I wouldn't into film as I am today!

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thegoatanakin

thegoatanakin on 8/18/2020 Reply  · 

It's still awesome!

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IloveMovie243

IloveMovie243 on 11/12/2020 Reply  · 

Most movies can quite give me the rush of thrills and excitement as the Indy Trilogy!

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IloveMovie243

IloveMovie243 on 6/15/2021 Reply  · 

*can’t, ugh

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JimmyMcGill

JimmyMcGill on 8/27/2022 Reply  · 

No. 4 might be too high but this is still one of the best action-adventure films of all time.

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Crapbaskets123

Crapbaskets123 on 11/25/2022 Reply  · 

It's one of the best acting movies of all time from the characters, pacing, action set pieces, and entertainment value, but number 4 is just ridiculous

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TroubleMike

TroubleMike on Mar 2 Reply  · 

Raider's of the Lost Ark is the moment Hollywood figured out that Corny is what sells, in American movies.

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