Movie connections for
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Followed by

Indiana Jones 5 (2012)

Spin off

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (2008) (VG)
 -  The warehouse from the opening sequence of the film is a bonus level in the game.
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (2009) (VG)

References

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
 -  During Indy's walk through the Peruvian marketplace, extras can be seen on the right dressed as the Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim Holt characters.
The Wild One (1953)
 -  The first shot of Mutt on his motorcycle.
The Wrong Man (1956)
 -  poster seen
Paths of Glory (1957)
 -  poster seen
Touch of Evil (1958)
 -  poster seen
Vertigo (1958)
 -  poster seen
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
 -  Spalko's vehicle getting over-run with monkeys and the way she tosses one away
Star Wars (1977)
 -  Indy has "a bad feeling about this."
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 -  reappearance of the Ark of the Covenant
The Untouchables (1987)
 -  Indy tells Mutt he "brought a knife to a gun fight," a Connery line from The Untouchables
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
 -  A picture of Professor Henry Jones is seen on Indiana Jones Desk.
"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (#1.1)" (1992)
 -  Indiana Jones told Mutt Williams about having once rode with Pancho Villa, an adventure that was shown in this TV episode.

Referenced in

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: A Look Inside (1999) (TV)
 -  Lucas and Spielberg discuss the possibility of a fourth film.
The Music of 'Indiana Jones' (2003) (V)
 -  John Williams alludes to a possible fourth Indiana Jones film
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas (2005) (TV)
 -  It's referenced
"Saturday Night Live: Shia LaBeouf/Avril Lavigne (#32.17)" (2007)
 -  Mentioned during the monologue, twice
MTV Video Music Awards 2007 (2007) (TV)
 -  Shia LeBeouf announces the name of the new Indiana Jones movie
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-25)" (2008)
 -  Referenced in the 'Pinheads and Patriots' segment.
Indyfans and the Quest for Fortune and Glory (2008)
 -  Explores the fanbase behind the film
"Saturday Night Live: Shia LaBeouf/My Morning Jacket (#33.11)" (2008)
 -  Mentioned during monologue and La Rivista Della Televisione
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick (2008) (TV)
 -  Indy finds the skull
Disaster Movie (2008)
 -  mentioned by Amy
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#7.18)" (2008)
 -  Subject of a $16,000 question
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend (2008) (V)
 -  making of motion picture
The Crystal Skulls (2008) (V)
 -  Behind the scenes footage and clips
Warrior Make-up (2008) (V)
 -  Behind the scenes footage and clips
"Supernatural: Monster Movie (#4.5)" (2008)
 -  Deans refers film as new "Raider's movie."
Ninjas vs. Zombies (2008)
 -  Quote: "You know what sucked? Indiana Jones Sucked.. George walks in to Steven.. I can make F**kin Ants,.. I'm George F**kin Lucas, I can do what I want!"
"Robot Chicken: They Took My Thumbs (#4.2)" (2008)
 -  A contractor builds temples for the Indiana Jones movies.
"Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man" (2009)
 -  Nicola asks Jonathan if he wants to be like Indiana Jones, still doing the same old thing after 30 years.
Hierarchy (2009)
 -  Poster on Wall
"Life on Mars: Everyone Knows It's Windy (#1.16)" (2009)
 -  Frank Morgan alludes to it when trying to convince Sam that jumping off the roof will get him back to 2008
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009) (TV)
 -  under Guy Dyas's name in graphic
"Community: Social Psychology (#1.4)" (2009)
 -  Abed mentions that he plans on attending a film festival showing all four Indiana Jones movies.

Features

"Puppet Playhouse" (1947)
 -  seen on TV

Featured in

"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-21)" (2008)
 -  Clips of this film are shown during the interview with Gregg Goldstein about the film career of Sean Connery.
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-05-24)" (2008)
 -  Clips shown for the review.
Adventures in Post Production (2008) (V)
 -  Behind the scenes footage and clips
Iconic Props (2008) (V)
 -  Behind the scenes footage and clips
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' (2008) (V)
 -  Clips and behind the scenes footage
The Effects of Indy (2008) (V)
 -  Behind the scenes footage and clips
Indiana Jones 4: Pre-production (2008) (V)
 -  clips and behind the scenes footage
81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)
 -  Clip shown during 2008 Action montage

Spoofs

"Manimal" (1983)
 -  The quick sand scene, with Mutt using a giant snake to pull Indy free of it, who has a snake phobia, spoofs a similar scene from Manimal, with the character turning into a snake to save another snake hating character from quick sand

Spoofed in

Carolina Jones and the Broken Covenant (2008) (V)
 -  Adult movie psudo-sequel featuring Indy's "daughter."
"South Park: The China Probrem (#12.8)" (2008)
 -  The plot of the episode is how Indiana Jones was raped by Spielberg and Lucas in this movie

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