Indiana Jones Movies: All Five Films in Release Order

The Indiana Jones movies follow an archaeology professor who chases ancient relics across the world while a rival, usually backed by an army, chases the same prize. There are five films, Harrison Ford plays Indiana Jones in every one, and John Williams composed the score for all five. Steven Spielberg directed the first four, and James Mangold took over for the fifth. The series leans on the set piece (a rubber raft ride down a mountain, a fight on a train full of stolen treasure) to carry the story from one location to the next.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), directed by Steven Spielberg, opens in 1936 with Indy losing a golden idol in a Peruvian temple to his rival, the French archaeologist René Belloq. US government agents then tell him the Nazis are digging in Egypt for the Ark of the Covenant, and he goes to Nepal to find his former love Marion Ravenwood, played by Karen Allen, because she holds the headpiece he needs. Lucasfilm has said the snake sound in the film was made with a cheese casserole, a small example of the practical sound work behind it. The film cost $18 million and earned about $390 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.

Temple of Doom (1984), also directed by Spielberg, is a prequel set in 1935, a year before Raiders. It begins with a deal in a Shanghai nightclub with the crime boss Lao Che that turns into a poisoning attempt, and Indy escapes with the singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and his young sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan). A plane crash, a rubber raft and a river carry them to Mayapore, an Indian village whose sacred stone and children have been taken. Capshaw sings Anything Goes in Mandarin. It is rated PG in the US.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), directed by Spielberg, starts in 1912 with a young Indy, played by River Phoenix, taking a valuable cross from treasure hunters and earning his fedora. In 1938 the adult Indy learns that his father, the Grail scholar Henry Jones, has disappeared, and the trail runs through Venice and Dr. Elsa Schneider. Sean Connery plays Henry, Denholm Elliott returns as Marcus Brody and John Rhys-Davies returns as Sallah. The film earned about $474 million worldwide on a $48 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo.

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), directed by Spielberg, jumps to 1957 and swaps Nazis for Soviet agents led by Colonel Irina Spalko, played by Cate Blanchett. Indy survives a nuclear test by hiding in a refrigerator lined with lead, and a young greaser named Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf) then asks him to find a colleague who vanished in Peru while hunting a crystal skull. Karen Allen returns as Marion. It is the highest earner of the series, with about $787 million worldwide on a $185 million budget, and it premiered at Cannes on May 18, 2008, according to Variety.

Dial of Destiny (2023), directed by James Mangold, begins in 1944 on a Nazi train where Indy and his friend Basil Shaw (Toby Jones) go after a piece of the Antikythera dial, a device linked to Archimedes. By 1969 Indy is an ageing professor at Hunter College in New York, and his goddaughter Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) arrives looking for the dial, with the Nazi scientist turned NASA employee Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) hunting it too. At 155 minutes it is the longest film in the series, and at $300 million it is the most expensive.

For the numbers, the five films together have earned more than $2.3 billion worldwide. The indiana jones box office page breaks that down by film, and the indiana jones cast page lists who returned and who was recast. Readers who want an opinion on how the films stack up will find it on the indiana jones movies ranked page and the indiana jones reviews page.

As of November 3, 2026, all five Indiana Jones movies stream on Disney Plus in the US. According to JustWatch data via TMDB, Raiders, Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull also stream on Paramount Plus and Amazon Prime Video there, while Dial of Destiny is on Disney Plus only and otherwise rents or buys through the usual stores.

In the UK, Dial of Destiny streams on Disney Plus, and the first four films are on Sky Go. Raiders, The Last Crusade and Skull are also on Now TV Cinema, and Raiders and Temple of Doom are on Channel 4 Plus. In Australia, Dial of Destiny is on Disney Plus, and the first four films are on Paramount Plus and Stan, with Foxtel Now also carrying them.

All five can be rented in the US and the UK. In Australia the first four can be rented, while Dial of Destiny can only be bought outside Disney Plus. Most of the films can be bought in all three countries, so a film that leaves a streaming service is not out of reach. Availability changes often, which is why each country is checked on its own. The where to watch indiana jones page has the full table by film and country, with the date of the last check.

If you are watching for the music, the indiana jones soundtrack page covers the John Williams scores, including Raiders March. If you want to take something home, the indiana jones merchandise page covers collectibles.