Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise. It pits Indiana Jones (Ford) against a group of Nazis who search for the Ark of the Covenant because Adolf Hitler believes it will make their army invincible. The film co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana's former lover, Marion Ravenwood; Paul Freeman as Indiana's nemesis, French archaeologist René Belloq; John Rhys-Davies as Indiana's sidekick, Sallah; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana's colleague, Marcus Brody.
二戰期間,希特勒在世界各地召集考古學家尋找“失落的約柜”——圣經中引導希伯來人與上帝交流的圣物,希特勒欲借其來護佑納粹的戰爭。為了使希特勒的計劃破滅,印第安納瓊斯博士(Harrison Ford飾)奔赴尼泊爾,一邊奮力挖掘蛛絲馬跡,一邊還要與無孔不入的納粹分子周旋。憑借著過人的智慧和異于常人的膽量及大無畏的勇氣,瓊斯終于在羅馬找到了指示約柜位置的太陽手杖,繼而發現了約柜。就在大功告成之際,納粹軍卻侵吞了勝利果實,還將瓊斯等人留在了蛇穴里!但是無往不勝的瓊斯總是有辦法死里逃生,并狠狠地還以顏色!