Probably The Best Action/Adventure Movie Ever Made.

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2010)

Indiana Jones is a college professor who the government hires to find priceless relics. After hearing that Hitler and the S.S. are searching for the Ark of the Covenant, the government hires Jones to beat the Nazis to it.
Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most exciting and action packed movies ever made, along with being the best Steven Spielberg has ever done. George Lucas' imagination combines with Spielberg's direction to create a film that is truly epic and amazingly gutsy. The fact that anyone would even try to cram this many action set pieces into one movie is almost as amazing as how well they executed it. Every action scene is more complex and exciting than the one before it.
Raiders is like a movie made by the child inside Spielberg; unbridled creativity and enthusiasm brought to life on screen. He combines elements of almost every genre as well as many of the movies he probably loved growing up (North by Northwest, The Maltese Falcon) into a truly glorious concoction.
Yes, you have to throw logic out the window in certain scenes and the acting/writing could be better, but it doesn't matter. Raiders has basically every movie beat on the amount of sheer fun you have watching it as well as one of the greatest endings ever. Raiders of the Lost Ark is not only Steven Spielberg's crowning achievement, but one of the best movies ever made and essential viewing for any film buff.