Indiana Jones

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay, written by Lawrence Kasdan, is based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film follows globetrotting archaeologist Indiana Jones (played by Harrison Ford) as he races against Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant—a sacred artifact said to grant invincibility to its possessor.