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      PG Now Playing 1 hr. 55 min. Adventure Action TRAILER for Raiders of the Lost Ark: Trailer 1 List
      93% 152 Reviews Tomatometer 96% 250,000+ Ratings Audience Score Dr. Indiana Jones, a renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the ark of the covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, Hitler's agents are also after the ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Featuring bravura set pieces, sly humor, and white-knuckle action, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most consummately entertaining adventure pictures of all time.

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      Steve Love the flash back movies!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/01/23 Full Review Cesar It was a great! Awesome way to show my kids movie classics. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Lowell They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Paul S Tremendous re-presentation in IMAX of one of greatest pictures of the late 20th century. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/09/22 Full Review Iron Geezer Even better with the new larger screen and better sound. Great fun. Took our 98 year old father to the movie in a wheelchair! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/22 Full Review hunter ledbetter great way to spend father’s day Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/20/22 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movieclips: Indiana Jones' Most Iconic Scenes Movieclips: Indiana Jones' Most Iconic Scenes 25:49 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - It Not the Years, It's the Mileage Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - It Not the Years, It's the Mileage 2:13 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Truck Chase Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Truck Chase 2:13 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - The Boulder Chase Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - The Boulder Chase 2:13 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Nazi Mechanic Fight Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Nazi Mechanic Fight 2:13 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Taking the Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Taking the Ark 2:12 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Sword vs. Gun Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Sword vs. Gun 2:13 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Face Melting Power Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Face Melting Power 2:12 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - The Well of Souls Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - The Well of Souls 2:01 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Top Secret Raiders of the Lost Ark: Official Clip - Top Secret 1:38 View more videos

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      Vincent Canby New York Times To get to the point immediately, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure movies ever made. May 4, 2023 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times [Raiders of the Lost Ark] grabs you in the first shot, hurtles you through a series of incredible adventures, and deposits you back in reality two hours later -- breathless, dizzy, wrung-out, and with a silly grin on your face. Rated: 4/4 May 4, 2023 Full Review Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times There was the almost exhausting excitement of the film itself. And at the same time a second emotion, a rush of gratitude which almost brought tears for the contagious joy and -- not to be corny about this -- the strength of the film's positive vision. May 4, 2023 Full Review Germain Lussier io9.com Raiders of the Lost Ark is a movie so well-made and confident it didn’t need to have a sequel, but we’re sure glad it did. Jan 3, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing One of the all-time greats. Harrison Ford is perfection-plus as Indiana Jones, so iconic a character that the AFI cited him as the second greatest movie hero of all time (just under Atticus Finch and just above James Bond). Rated: 4/4 Jul 7, 2023 Full Review Don Shanahan Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Raiders of the Lost Ark is still the ideal mold for action movies for the generation that followed. Jul 3, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Dr. Indiana Jones, a renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the ark of the covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, Hitler's agents are also after the ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.
      Director
      Steven Spielberg
      Executive Producer
      Howard G. Kazanjian, George Lucas
      Screenwriter
      Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Adventure, Action
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 12, 1981, Wide
      Rerelease Date (Theaters)
      Sep 14, 2012
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 28, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $248.2M
      Sound Mix
      Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Dolby Stereo, Surround
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)
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