Ranking The Adventures of Indiana Jones

by countbeefer | created - 11 months ago | updated - 9 months ago | Public

My personal ranking of all the films in the Indiana Jones franchise. This includes the 5 theatrically released films, along with the 22 television films that are part of the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.

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1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure

57 Metascore

In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri

Votes: 535,410 | Gross: $179.87M

"You call him Dr. Jones, doll!"

2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure

65 Metascore

In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 811,133 | Gross: $197.17M

"Junior!"

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure

86 Metascore

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

Votes: 1,037,105 | Gross: $248.16M

"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"

4. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000 Video)

92 min | Adventure, Comedy

May 1917. Sixteen year old Indiana Jones joins an international trio of spies plotting against their German counterparts in the neutral city of Barcelona. After his old acquaintance Pablo ... See full summary »

Directors: Terry Jones, Robert Young | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Tim McInnerny, Amanda Ooms, Timothy Spall

Votes: 292

"No, I'm not upset...I'm incandescent with rage!"

5. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996 TV Movie)

93 min | Adventure, Family

The globe trotting trip that Henry Jones, Jr. sets out on in the early 1900s next takes him and his family to Russia. A few acts of clumsiness puts Indy at odds with his father who is ... See full summary »

Directors: Deepa Mehta, Michael Schultz | Stars: Corey Carrier, Lloyd Owen, Ruth de Sosa, Margaret Tyzack

Votes: 844

"Junior!"

6. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change (2000 Video)

96 min | Adventure, History

May 1919. Indy is in Paris working as a translator during the peace conference following the end of the Great War. He meets up with T.E. Lawrence once more but finds his ideals have changed... See full summary »

Directors: David Hare, Michael Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Lloyd Owen, Cyril Cusack, Anna Massey

Votes: 292

"We gave the old men victory, and they threw it away, we offered them a new world and they made the old one over again."

7. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life (1999 Video)

88 min | Adventure, War

Africa, December 1916. Despite disobeying orders, Indy is promoted to Captain after capturing a German machine gun. He is then ordered to cross the jungle with Remy and Major Boucher to ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Bryan Pringle, Michel Duchaussoy

Votes: 536

"Reverence is a state of mind, not a set of rules. All it requires is everything be done in deep awareness. Good is whatever promotes life. Evil is whatever destroys it. From there, you make your own decisions."

8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure

65 Metascore

Indiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen

Votes: 491,527 | Gross: $317.10M

"Why don't you stick around, Junior?"

9. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002–2008)
Episode: Mystery of the Blues (1999)

TV-MA | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Indy reminisces about his days in 1920's Chicago, and the night he crossed paths with cutthroat gangster Al Capone and jazz-great Sidney Bechet.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Underwood

Votes: 82

"Well, things can't always be the way you want 'em to be..........but sometimes they are."

10. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995 TV Movie)

96 min | Adventure, War

Young Indiana Jones takes to the skies in the new French air force, and parachutes into Germany to convince Anthony Fokker to defect.

Director: Ben Burtt | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Patrick Toomey, Marc Warren

Votes: 756

"I have a bad feeling about this..."

11. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995 TV Movie)

94 min | Action, Adventure

Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Sean Patrick Flanery) is on the trail of a 140-carat diamond that once belonged to Alexander the Great, using a map given to him by a dying soldier.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Adrian Edmondson, Jayne Ashbourne

Votes: 1,066

"How long will you put off your dream looking for this diamond you don't need? Time, Indy, is the most precious thing we own."

12. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom (1999 Video)

93 min | Adventure, War

November, 1916. Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin have managed to get a transfer from the European trenches to the plains of Africa. On arrival they both receive a promotion to the rank of ... See full summary »

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Lynsey Baxter, Tom Bell

Votes: 573

"Are you just making this up as you go along?" "Well........yes."

13. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999 Video)

82 min | Adventure, War

Indiana Jones helps British and Australian soldiers take the town of Beersheba during the Great War.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julian Firth, Cameron Daddo

Votes: 697

"What's it like, the desert?" "It's like nowhere else on this Earth. It's the most terrible place there is. And the most wonderful."

14. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999 Video)

92 min | Adventure

Young Indiana Jones undertakes several perilous missions for the French secret service during the Great War.

Directors: Vic Armstrong, Simon Wincer | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Benedict Taylor, Matthew Wait, Christopher Lee

Votes: 704

"How good is your Russian?" "It's good enough, sir."

15. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure (2000 TV Movie)

85 min | Adventure, Family

When Professor Henry Jones Sr. is invited to give lectures all over the world in May 1908, he takes along his wife and son, and invites his former tutor Miss Helen Seymour to teach Henry Jr... See full summary »

Directors: Jim O'Brien, Michael Schultz | Stars: Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa, Lloyd Owen

Votes: 591

"I was born July 1st, 1899. I don't remember a whole lot about it, but I guess my parents were pretty pleased to see me. They decided to name me after my father. So, I'm Henry Walton Jones...Junior."

16. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

58 Metascore

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen

Votes: 198,776

"I miss the desert. I miss the sea. And I miss waking up every morning wondering what wonderful adventure the new day will bring to us." "Those days have...come and gone." "Perhaps...perhaps not."

17. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life (2000 TV Movie)

94 min | Adventure, Family

On safari in British East Africa in September 1910, ten year old Indiana Jones befriends a Massai boy named Meto who helps him in his search for the little seen Fringe-Eared Oryx for former... See full summary »

Directors: René Manzor, Carl Schultz | Stars: Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa, Lloyd Owen

Votes: 440

"And now I suppose you think you know all about art?"

18. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance (2000 Video)

95 min | Adventure, Family, History

January, 1910. The Jones family attends a meeting of the Theosophy movement in Benares, India. There young Indy befriends a young boy named Jiddu Krishnamurti who is presented by the ... See full summary »

Directors: Deepa Mehta, Gavin Millar | Stars: Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa, Lloyd Owen

Votes: 418

"You took the time to think and then you acted wisely, and so you have your own approbation. You do not need the applause of others."

19. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1999 Video)

95 min | Adventure, Horror

Istanbul, September 1918. Posing as neutral Swedish journalist 'Nils Anderson', Indiana Jones is trying to convince Turkish general Mustafa Kemal to form a separate peace with the allies ... See full summary »

Directors: Dick Maas, Mike Newell | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Katherine Kendall, Keith Szarabajka, Peter Firth

Votes: 622

"We will crush the intruders out and wash the earth with their blood. Their deaths will cleanse us. Their screams from the stake will lull us to sleep. For it is such a purity death has, such a perfect beauty."

20. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1999 Video)

96 min | Action, Adventure, History

It's 1916, and Indiana Jones is living with his dad in Princeton, New Jersey. Spring break is fast approaching, and all Indy can think of is taking his girlfriend Nancy (daughter of ... See full summary »

Directors: Joe Johnston, Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Lloyd Owen, Ronny Coutteure, Robyn Lively

Votes: 724

"They all steal your chickens. The only thing to change is the name of the man who takes them."

21. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell (1999 Video)

89 min | Adventure, History, War

August, 1916. Using the name 'Henri Defense', 17 year old Indiana Jones has enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the Great War. After all his commanding officers have been wiped out ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Jason Flemyng, Richard Ridings

Votes: 711

"Soldiers are citizens of death's gray land. Drawing no dividends from time's tomorrows. In the great hour of destiny they stand. Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows."

22. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002–2008)
Episode: The Perils of Cupid (1995)

TV-MA | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Henry Jones Sr. takes his wife, son and the boy's tutor to the world's first psychoanalytical conference in Vienna, Austria in November 1908. Young Indy meets Princess Sophie of Austria, ... See full summary »

Directors: Bille August, Mike Newell | Stars: Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa, Lloyd Owen

Votes: 533

"Passion burns bright when it's new."

23. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000 Video)

93 min | History

Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin arrive in Ireland in April 1916 on their way to London where they plan to join the Belgian Army. In order to raise enough money for their fare to England, ... See full summary »

Directors: Gillies MacKinnon, Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Elizabeth Hurley, John Lynch

Votes: 342

"If you speak French and Spanish, Italian is not hard to learn."

24. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception (1999 Video)

93 min | Adventure, Family, History

September, 1916. As Corporal Henri Defense, young Indiana Jones has become a motorcycle courier stationed near the trenches at Verdun. His friend Remy is still in the trenches, and both ... See full summary »

Directors: René Manzor, Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Domiziana Giordano, Kenneth Haigh

Votes: 433

"Indy, you're a genius."

25. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002–2008)
Episode: Scandal of 1920 (1999)

TV-MA | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Indy learns love isn't easy as he sees three girls simultaneously while working on the set of a Broadway production. Things come to a head as he tries to balance the production and keeping the girls from finding out about each other.

Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Tom Beckett, Christopher John Fields, Sean Patrick Flanery, Annabelle Gurwitch

Votes: 67

"It's gonna be a night to remember..."

26. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994 TV Movie)

94 min | Action, Adventure

Indiana Jones struggles to help film director Erich von Stroheim finish his latest film with limited time and budget.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Allison Smith, Bill Cusack, Julia Campbell

Votes: 667

"Indy? Where'd you get a name like that, from your dog?" "Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did." "Well, I suppose it's as good a name as Ford."

27. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999 Video)

97 min | Adventure, Romance

June 1918. Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds ... See full summary »

Directors: Bille August, Michael Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Clare Higgins, Veronica Logan, Jay Underwood

Votes: 429

"But the truth of it is, my name is Henry Jones. I just named myself Indiana after my dog. So my friends call me Indy."



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