• News
  • Reviews
  • Features
    • Articles and Long Reads
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Flickering Myth Films
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on FlickeringMyth.com
    • Write for Flickering Myth

Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

  • Movies
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Long Reads
  • Trending

The Essential Indiana Jones Knock-Offs of the 1980s

January 2, 2026 by Tom Jolliffe

Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones imitators from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work again. Die Hard, aside from spawning four sequels, also inspired innumerable rip-offs. The same goes for Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian, Jaws, The […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Armour of God, Firewalker, gwendoline, Indiana Jones, King Solomons Mines, Raiders of the Lost Ark, River of Death, romancing the stone, The Ark of the Sun God, The Golden Child, The Goonies, The Magic Crystal, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (

FEATURED POSTS:

Movie Review – I Want Your Sex (2026)

Blu-ray Review – The House of Hammer Vol. 1 (2026)

Yo Joe June G.I. Joe Classified Series reveals include Hooded Cobra Commander, Action Man, Deep Six and more

Gymkata: The Terrible Spy/Karate/Horror Film You Need to See

Raiders of the Lost Ark at 45: The Story Behind the Quintessential Action-Adventure Classic

Movie Review – Nesting (2025)

New Transformers: Age of the Primes action figures unveiled by Hasbro

Masters of the Universe Isn’t the Bomb You Think It Is

Movie Review – The Death of Robin Hood (2026)

Movie Review – Disclosure Day (2026)

FLICKERING MYTH FILMS

 

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:

Beyond Superman: The Essential Christopher Reeve Movies

Forgotten Horror Movie Sequels You Never Need to See

Horror’s Revenge: The 2026 Oscars and the Genre’s Long-Overdue Moment

The Essential Joel Edgerton Movies

  • News
  • Reviews
  • Features
    • Articles and Long Reads
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Flickering Myth Films
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on FlickeringMyth.com
    • Write for Flickering Myth

© Flickering Myth Limited. All rights reserved. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content without permission is strictly prohibited. Movie titles, images, etc. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you can read this, you don't need glasses.


 

Flickering MythLogo Header Menu
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Movies
  • Features and Long Reads
  • Trending
  • Flickering Myth Films
  • About Flickering Myth
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth