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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

Directed by Steven Spielberg

All-time standing

#136 of 4,399

In the top 3% of movies

By scope

1980s #10 of 379 Top 3% 1981 #1 of 33 Top 3%

Ballots (50)

All time 41

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #5
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #13
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #28
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #42
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #43
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #56
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #66
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #74
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #78
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #81
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #85
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #99
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #224
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #537
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2019
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Dissolve

The Dissolve

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
HitFix

HitFix

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Philadelphia Weekly

Philadelphia Weekly

  • Published 2011
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 1999
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  • Included, unranked
Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Decade 9

Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #1
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #6
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #10
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #10
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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #46
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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