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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
· Movie
· 115 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #139
- IMDb #61
- Google retired #2062
- Rotten Tomatoes #81
- Metacritic #123
- Letterboxd #288
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #510
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #42
- Metacritic Critics #352
- Metacritic Audience #38
- Criticker #109
- Douban #719
- Kinopoisk #324
- AlloCiné #42
- Trakt #108
Every rating
73–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. The Ark is believed to hold unimaginable power, and his quest takes him from Nepal to Cairo, facing booby traps, snakes, and rival agents.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Philip Kaufman
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Released
- 12 June 1981
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German, Spanish, Nepali, Hebrew, Arabic
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $389.9M
- Awards
- 14 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →12 major awards won · 14 wins from 18 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Visual Effects | Joe Johnston | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Visual Effects | Bruce Nicholson | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Visual Effects | Kit West | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Production Design | Norman Reynolds | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Production Design | Michael D. Ford | Winner |
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Production Design | Leslie Dilley | Winner |
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54th Academy Awards
16 nominations, 12 won
| Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Norman Reynolds | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Michael D. Ford | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Leslie Dilley | Winner |
| Best Sound | Gregg Landaker | Winner |
| Best Sound | Steve Maslow | Winner |
| Best Sound | Bill Varney | Winner |
| Best Sound | Roy Charman | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Joe Johnston | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Bruce Nicholson | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Kit West | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe | Nominee |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Frank Marshall | Nominee |
Hugo Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Winner |
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |