In the years since its release, the film has grown in esteem, and many now consider it to be among the greatest films of the 1980s and one of the greatest action-adventure films ever made. It had a significant and lasting impact on popular culture; the film's success spawned a host of imitators across several media and inspired a variety of filmmakers. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the first film in what would become the "Indiana Jones" franchise, that includes three more films—"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"—a television series, video games, comic books, novels, theme park attractions, toys, board games, collectibles and an . The United States Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1999.