Ranking the Indiana Jones Series

[flickchick85]

1.The Last Crusade
2. Raisers of the Lost Ark
3. Dial of Destiny
4. Temple of Doom
5. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

1. Raiders
2. Last Crusade
3. Temple of Doom
4. Dial of Destiny
5. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Raiders is close to a perfect film. The entire thing just keeps moving forward with one classic scene after another, and almost no time wasted. There is basically nothing I would cut from it.

Last Crusade is a bit more stretched out, and I don't think really gets great until Sean Connery shows up. It is fantastic after he does though, and it has the most emotional stakes.

Temple of Doom is stupid and weird, but certainly an exciting adventure and never boring. I like how different it is from the others.

The other two both really suffer from Harrison Ford being so old and not being able to do what he used to. Of the two though, I enjoyed Dial of Destiny quite a bit more. The opening 20 minutes was like a movie of itself, the overall plot was more interesting, and the action scenes were by and large better than the ones in Crystal Skull.

 

[Gothamsknight]

The Last Crusade
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Temple of Doom
Dial of Destiny
Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

 

[DyeLorean]

1 Last Crusade
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark
3 Dial of Destiny
4 Temple of Doom
5 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (the gold standard)
The Last Crusade
Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Temple Of Doom
Dial Of Destiny (dead ****ing last)

 

[OnLeatherWings]

1.) Raiders of the Lost Ark
2.) Last Crusade
3.) Dial of Destiny
4.) Temple of Doom
5.) Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Love them all, but Raiders is way ahead at #1. Kingdom and Temple swap depending on my mood.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Revised ranking following Dial of Destiny...

1) Raiders of the Lost Ark
2) Last Crusade
3) Dial of Destiny
4) Temple of Doom
5) Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls

Don't dislike 3-5 at all, in fact, I have great love for all the films and can even re-watch Skulls pretty often, and as an action franchise, they are hard to beat.