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1. The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron
Votes: 7,177
2. The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 207,894 | Gross: $143.01M
3. Ice Age (2002)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.
Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Goran Visnjic
Votes: 519,975 | Gross: $176.39M
4. The Black Demon (2023)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Stranded on a crumbling rig in Baja, a family faces off against a vengeful megalodon shark.
Director: Adrian Grunberg | Stars: Omar Chaparro, Bolivar Sanchez, Carlos Solórzano, Josh Lucas
Votes: 9,188
5. Dinosaurs (1991–1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.
Stars: Stuart Pankin, Allan Trautman, Jessica Walter, Leif Tilden
Votes: 21,783
6. Brother Bear (2003)
G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize
Votes: 124,058 | Gross: $85.34M
7. The Croods (2013)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener
Votes: 232,369 | Gross: $187.17M
8. One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Prehistoric man Tumak is banished from his savage tribe and meets pretty Loana, who belongs to a gentler coastal tribe, but he must fight caveman Payto to win her favors.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown
Votes: 9,654
9. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 41,101
10. Synchronic (2019)
R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides
Votes: 40,304
11. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.
Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 87,522 | Gross: $37.76M
12. Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022–2023)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure
Follow Po, who partners up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade, to find a collection of four powerful weapons before a mysterious pair of weasels do, and save the world from destruction.
Stars: Jack Black, Rita Ora, James Hong, Della Saba
Votes: 2,716
13. The Lost World (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Claude Rains
Votes: 4,484
14. Brother Bear 2 (2006 Video)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An old female friend of Kenai needs his help on a quest, much to Koda's growing consternation.
Director: Ben Gluck | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Mandy Moore, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis
Votes: 20,417
15. Megalodon (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.
Director: James Thomas | Stars: Michael Madsen, Dominic Pace, Caroline Harris, Ego Mikitas
Votes: 2,570
16. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth.
Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Victoria Pratt, Peter Fonda, Steven Grayhm
Votes: 1,899
17. Dinosaur Train (2009–2023)
TV-Y | 28 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Friendly dinosaurs climb aboard a train to visit different times throughout the prehistoric age, learning about dinosaurs and having fun adventures.
Stars: Ian James Corlett, Erika-Shaye Gair, Claire Margaret Corlett, Ellen Kennedy
Votes: 1,687
18. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 8,745 | Gross: $5.00M
19. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
Stars: Nikolay Drozdov, Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Craig Sechler
Votes: 6,895
20. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
G | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in a Mexican valley and putting it in a wild west show. His star attraction, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 4,961
21. Prehysteria! (1993)
PG | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal a brood of baby dinosaurs.
Directors: Albert Band, Charles Band | Stars: Brett Cullen, Colleen Morris, Samantha Mills, Austin O'Brien
Votes: 2,181
22. Dinosaurus! (1960)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts
Votes: 1,703
23. The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Approved | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"The Monster That Challenged the World" is a 1957 horror / science fiction movie of when horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters enter the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Barbara Darrow
Votes: 3,165
24. 2010: Moby Dick (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A modern-day adaptation of the classic novel featuring the captain of a high tech submarine and his obsessive quest to destroy the enormous prehistoric whale that maimed him.
Director: Trey Stokes | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Renée O'Connor, Matt Lagan, Adam Grimes
Votes: 2,968
25. Son of Kong (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Family, Horror
The showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston
Votes: 5,310 | Gross: $1.34M
26. Jurassic City (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Prehistoric animals emerge from a science lab and tear up most of Los Angeles.
Director: Sean Cain | Stars: Ray Wise, Kevin Gage, Vernon Wells, Robert LaSardo
Votes: 2,371
27. Rise of the Dinosaurs (2013)
R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of soldiers attempting to rescue a hostage from a terrorist crash land into unfamiliar jungles which are inhabited by a group of long hidden dinosaurs.
Director: Anthony Fankhauser | Stars: Gary Stretch, Corin Nemec, Vernon Wells, Michael Worth
Votes: 1,434
28. The Land Unknown (1957)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon
Votes: 2,054
29. Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A comprehensive animated survey of the evolution of humanity and the history of predominately Western Civilization.
Stars: Patrick Préjean, Roger Carel, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq
Votes: 4,382
30. Dawn of the Croods (2015–2017)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Eep, Grug, Thunk, Ugga, Sandy and Gran are back. Follow them as they meet new friends, outrun new creatures and encounter "firsts" the world has never seen - such as school, slumber parties, hiccups and elections.
Stars: Dan Milano, A.J. LoCascio, Laraine Newman, Cree Summer
Votes: 863
31. A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
One day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey through prehistory, up to the beginning of time.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Vladimír Bejval, Zdenek Hustak, Josef Lukás, James Lucas
Votes: 2,514
32. Speckles: The Tarbosaurus (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A lonely Tarbosaurus named Spekles grows up into a world surrounded by dangers and must fight the One-eye'd monster that once orphaned him.
Director: Han Sang-Ho | Stars: Lee Hyung-suk, Goo Ja-Hyeong, Sin Yong-woo
Votes: 878
33. Jurassic Prey (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of people brought together through a twist of fate hide out in a remote cabin, unaware that a ferocious monster roams the surrounding area.
Director: Mark Polonia | Stars: Danielle Donahue, Jeff Kirkendall, Bob Dennis, James Carolus
Votes: 821
34. Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1881, in Algeria, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are fighting a duel when a comet brushing Earth takes the two men to the Moon where they discover a prehistoric civilization.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz
Votes: 763
35. Amphibious Creature of the Deep (2010)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Verdi Solaiman, Mohammad Aditya, Steven Baray, Dorman Borisman
Votes: 1,181
36. Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special (2000)
29 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
The first half of this special is a recreation of Al's life, from birth through his death in adolescence.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks
Votes: 1,664
37. Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Because of his undying love for acorns, Scrat makes an astounding discovery that sends him deep into the black and endless space; however, his actions have consequences of cosmic proportions. Will he stay forever stranded in the void?
Directors: Michael Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu | Stars: Chris Wedge, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano
Votes: 3,211
38. David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014 TV Movie)
64 min | Documentary, Animation
This documentary narrated by David Attenborough was filmed at the Natural History Museum, London, and uses state of the art CGI imagery to bring to life several extinct animals in the ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel M. Smith | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 912
39. Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary
Famous naturalist David Attenborough explains the rise and fall of pterosaurs, mistakenly known as flying dinosaurs. He also flies a glider to show how big the Quetzalcoatlus, at the time the largest known pterosaur species, really was.
Director: Matthew Dyas | Stars: David Attenborough, Douglas A. Lawson
Votes: 1,035 | Gross: $5.69M
40. SuperCroc (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Documentary
Paleontologist Paul Sereno and reptile expert Brady Barr are doing a research on "Sarcosuchus Imperator", a 40 feet long prehistoric relative of crocodiles. The story about the creature is presented through CGI animation as well.
Stars: Gregory Erickson, Sam Neill, Paul Sereno
Votes: 89
41. Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World (2010)
Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Short, History
The T-Rex of the Seas come alive.
Directors: Ronan Chapalain, Pascal Vuong | Stars: Guillaume Denaiffe, Norbert Ferrer, Chloe Hollings, Richard Rider
Votes: 452 | Gross: $6.60M
42. B.C. (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a 4000 year old mammoth is accidentally unleashed from the Museum of Natural History in the small town of Salida, Colorado, a rancher, the museum's janitor, and a runaway teenager must join forces to hunt it down and kill it.
Director: Ben Trimp | Stars: Mark Banning, Patrick Bradford, Lily Chun, Liam Dolan
Votes: 8
43. Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bugs discovers a Micronesian Film Documentary in "Cromagnonscope" showing Elmer Fuddstone and a sabertooth bunny in 10,000 BC.
Directors: Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dave Barry
Votes: 335
44. Prehistoric Porky (1940)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Thurl Ravenscroft, Kent Rogers
Votes: 350
46. La grotte de Lascaux (1996 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Alain Jaubert | Stars: Marcel Cuvelier, Laura Guerin
Votes: 17
47. Trey the Explainer (2015– )
Documentary, History
Explain Everything - and more. This channel's goal is to help educate the average person on science topics. I will mostly examine biology, zoology, anthropology paleontology, and cryptozoology subjects.
Star: Trey Swenton
48. Foreigner (2023)
17 min | Short, Sci-Fi
An alien looking for life on other planets arrive on earth now made of wastelands. He discovers a laboratory where the last humans had holed up to defend themselves from animal attacks.
Director: Giovanni Lodigiani | Stars: Annie Einan, Linda Lodigiani
49. Jurassic Weekend im Cineplex Baunatal - Aftermovie (2022)
Short
Director: Sven Riebeling | Stars: Anja Kreutz, Marco Pennazzato, Yvo René Scharf, Boris Schmidt
50. Jurassic Days 4.0 - Aftermovie (2021)
5 min | Short
Director: Yannick Brand | Stars: Yannick Brand, Ricky Brüggemann, Thorsten Böhle, Alexander Grünnewig