Indiana Jones is an American franchise based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones Jr, a professor of archaeology.
In 1992, the franchise was extended to a television series with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which depicts the character in his childhood and youth, and includes adventures with his father.
Novelizations of the films have been published, as well as numerous novels with original adventures, including a series of German novels by Wolfgang Hohlbein, twelve novels set before the films published by Bantam Books, and a series set during the character’s childhood inspired by the television series.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Year: 1984 Time: 118 mn Director: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Year: 1981 Time: 115 mn Director: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
NUMBER – 3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Year: 1989 Time: 127 mn Director: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. finds himself up against Adolf Hitler’s Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
NUMBER – 4
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Year: 2008 Time: 122 mn Director: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: In 1957, archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. is called back into action and becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
