Raiders of the Lost Ark

Who would’ve thought watching a fedora-wearing, whip-cracking archaeologist travel around the world and punch Nazis could be so much fun?

In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races against the Third Reich to recover the Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the regime’s hands.

The 1981 film won four Oscars, including Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing, and was also nominated for the highly coveted Best Picture.

Spielberg reflected: “I wanted to make the kind of movie I grew up loving- fast, fun and packed with cliffhangers.”