The 10 Best Dinosaur Movies
by IkuharaKunihiko | created - 29 Aug 2016 | updated - 29 Aug 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Jurassic Park (1993)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,066,928 | Gross: $402.45M
The titan among dinosaur movies, and an almost perfect adventure film.
2. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 90,949 | Gross: $10.00M
One of the greatest movie monsters of all time, and it features several dinosaurs in exciting scenes.
3. The Land Before Time (1988)
G | 69 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.
Director: Don Bluth | Stars: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Helen Shaver, Bill Erwin
Votes: 98,677 | Gross: $48.09M
A beautiful and emotional dinosaur-drama movie.
4. Fantasia (1940)
G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Votes: 103,972 | Gross: $76.41M
A great fantasy experimental movie from Disney, with one memorable episode revolving around dinosaurs.
5. Reptiloid (2013)
PG-13 | 29 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
A giant, Komodo dragon like lizard is hunting a police officer in the middle of a forest.
Director: Marin Mandir | Stars: Marin Mandir, Goran Kramaric, Goran Dujmic, Danijel Galic
Votes: 56
The first Dinosaur movie of Croatian cinema, in the vein of raw monster-hunting-heroes thrillers such as "The Terminator" and "Jaws"
6. The Lost World (1925)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone
Votes: 5,818 | Gross: $1.19M
The landmark of early dinosaur movies, that opened the appetite of the viewers for such monster movies. Great early use of 'stop-motion' special effects.
7. 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: 2,503
One of Zeman's most popular films, and a rarity among dinosaur movies outside the English speaking cinema. It's a kids movies, but it has charm when the kids arrive at the dinosaur era.
8. Godzilla (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi
Votes: 39,631 | Gross: $2.42M
Is it a dinosaur? Not really sure, but it is the originator of Japan's fascination with giant movie monsters, "Godzilla" is also a subversive commentary at the dangers of the nuclear era.
9. Dinosaur (2000)
PG | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
Directors: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 67,214 | Gross: $137.75M
Could have been a lot better, without the silly humor and such stuff, yet it is a good dinosaur movie overall.
10. The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)
Not Rated | 16 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
Director: Willis H. O'Brien | Stars: Alan V. Day, Chauncey A. Day, Herbert M. Dawley, Willis H. O'Brien
Votes: 366 | Gross: $0.10M
I wish this was longer - and had more dinosaurs - but it is an interesting short film with some fascinating, rare footage of 'stop-motion' special effects featuring dinosaurs.
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