No one can stare down snakes (ugh!), punch Nazis (yay!), unearth legendary antiquities (score!) and outrun ginormous boulders (yikes!) like Indiana Jones.
Crank up that crowd-pleasing John Williams theme because Harrison Ford's globe-trotting archaeologist is back on the big screen – for the fifth and final time. Directed by James Mangold, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" (in theaters Friday) finds the retiring academic putting the iconic fedora back on and grabbing a whip to chase down a device that could alter the course of history.
In honor of the franchise closer, we're ranking all the whip-cracking "Indiana Jones" movies from the past 40-plus years. (And if you need to catch up on the previous four adventures, they're streaming on Disney+ and Paramount+).
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5. 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' (2008)
Steven Spielberg's last turn in the director's chair for the series he created went over like a knuckle sandwich, with Indy meeting his greaser son Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) for the first time and racing Soviet bad guys to find a mysterious crystal skull in Cold War-era 1957. While the long-awaited franchise return of Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood − Indy's one true love − and the debut of Cate Blanchett as an evil femme fatale are highlights, the B-movie misfires are many, from weird aliens (!) and computer-generated monkeys to an indestructible fridge we'd all like to forget, thank you very much.
4. 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984)
Let's start with the good stuff: The Shanghai-set "Anything Goes" opening is downright magnificent. The rest of the misadventure is a mine cart going off the rails as Indy, young sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) and nightclub singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) wind up on a quest in 1935 to find the Sankara stones and free Indian children from a cult that's all about human sacrifice. (Fun fact, kids: This movie was partly responsible for instituting the PG-13 rating.) A lot of it has not aged well, but in hindsight, "Doom" is an intriguing prequel showing Indy's character evolution from "fortune and glory" treasure hunter to the hero everyone knows and love.
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3. 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' (2023)
A thrilling cold open that takes Indy back to 1944 gives way to our aging protagonist navigating personal tragedy in 1969. His spirits are raised when goddaughter Helena Shaw (a great Phoebe Waller-Bridge) comes back into his life and she knicks one half of the Archimedes Dial, a device that in the wrong hands could change history. Naturally, the "wrong hands" here belong to a Nazi, scientist Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen). Indy and Helena have to piece together the artifact before the villains do in a fine effort that plays the hits and, aside from a bonkers climax, doesn't stray too far from the Indy template.
2. 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (1989)
Spielberg's third Indy outing is a rousing affair, mainly thanks to Sean Connery arriving like a force of nature as Indy's lovably irascible dad, Henry. Set in 1938, the zippy father-and-son plot has Indy on the case of finding the Holy Grail but winding up in the clutches of German antagonists alongside his estranged parent. Bickering and do-gooding ensue as − you guessed it − the heroes have to find the cup of Christ before the Nazis in an adventure full of cool moments: Indy accidentally runs into Hitler, and, insightfully, Henry quietly lets Indy know it's OK to let some things go to embrace what's really important.
1. 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)
One of the greatest movies of all time, the finest action flick ever, the best film George Lucas had a hand in making (apologies, "Star Wars"). Pick any superlative, and it's probably on point for Spielberg's masterpiece. From Indy escaping murderous natives in a jungle opener to the literally face-melting climax, there's not a wrong note to be found as our hero reunites with feisty bar-brawling romantic interest Marion in 1936, searches for the Ark of the Covenant and deals with a rival archeologist (Paul Freeman) and a host of Nazi henchmen. It's a clever action comedy, a sweeping love story, a cautionary tale of leaving things alone that you don't understand, a gripping mystery with religious implications and a rollicking adventure that gets better every time you watch it.
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