Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Adventure Action Directed by Steven Spielberg
→ Influenced 3 films ← Inspired by 3 films

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

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Influenced By

  1. Gunga Din (1939)
    "Screenwriters Huyck and Katz took Temple of Doom's primary plot (British army adventurers vs. murderous Thuggee cult in colonial India) directly from George Stevens's 1939 RKO film." source
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    "Direct prequel — first film in the Indiana Jones series. Temple of Doom inherits the '30s-serial pastiche style established here, then darkens it." source
  3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    "Lucas explicitly modeled Temple of Doom's tonal darkness on Empire — the middle-installment-as-grim-pivot template." source

Influenced

  1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
    "Direct sequel in the Indiana Jones series." source
  2. The Mummy (1999)
    "Stephen Sommers's reboot is built directly on the Temple of Doom template: pulp-adventure pastiche, exotic-ancient-evil, set-piece-driven plotting." source
  3. Uncharted (2022)
    "Ruben Fleischer's film is a Temple-of-Doom-style adventure pastiche — pulp set pieces, ancient cursed treasure, comic banter throughout danger." source

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by Steven Spielberg, was inspired by 3 earlier films — including Gunga Din, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The Empire Strikes Back — and has been cited as an influence on 3 later works, such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Mummy, and Uncharted. Check out the citations below.