It sees Indiana Jones, again played by Harrison Ford, on a race against the Nazis to find the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred religious artifact that the Nazis believe has the power to make them unstoppable. Originally released as Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first Indiana Jones film was later marketed as Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's up to Indy to figure out what's really happening. When the plane crashes, the trio finds themselves in a poor Indian village that had a sacred stone stolen from them along with all their children. It begins in 1935, with Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Shanghai before a quick escape sees him flying over the Himalayas with his sidekick Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan) and a nightclub singer named Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw).

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)ĭirector Steven Spielberg set out to make a sequel to 1981's Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, but he didn’t want Nazis as the main villains again, so he decided to set the second movie before the events of the first film. There's even a theatrical release date order for those of you interested. Indiana Jones in chronological orderĪ spoiler-free, bulleted list version of this guide is at the bottom.

We even included The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV series in our order, and we discuss future Indiana Jones films. Now, you can easily watch Indiana's adventures as they happened. To help you make sense of Indiana Jones, we put all the films in chronological order.

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