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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1427
- IMDb #981
- Google retired #3474
- Rotten Tomatoes #1655
- Metacritic #2024
- Letterboxd #1553
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2265
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1407
- Metacritic Critics #2770
- Metacritic Audience #848
- Douban #829
- Kinopoisk #533
- AlloCiné #179
- Trakt #772
Every rating
57–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 57, highest is AlloCiné on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An archaeologist-adventurer escapes Shanghai with a nightclub singer and a young boy. They crash-land in a remote Indian village whose children have been kidnapped and a sacred stone stolen. Their quest to retrieve the stone and rescue the children leads them to a terrifying cult practicing black magic in a hidden temple.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Released
- 23 May 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Hindi, Sinhala
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $28.0M
- Box office
- $333.1M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 13 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1984 | Best Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1984 | Best Editing | Michael Kahn | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1984 | Best Sound | Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye, Laurel Ladevich | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1984 | Best Special Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1984 | Best Fantasy Film | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1984 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs | Winner |
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Special Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Michael Kahn | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye, Laurel Ladevich | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
7 nominations
| Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Anthony Powell | Nominee |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Nominee |
| Best Make-up | Tom Smith | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Jonathan Ke Quan | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz | Nominee |