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1. Up (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 1,125,509 | Gross: $293.00M
2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria
Votes: 212,830 | Gross: $177.24M
3. Disaster Movie (2008)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Carmen Electra, Vanessa Lachey, Nicole Parker, Matt Lanter
Votes: 94,557 | Gross: $14.19M
4. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,379
5. A Lot Like Love (2005)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Unacquainted Emily and Oliver join the mile-high club together on the way from LAX to NYC--end of story. Except that they keep meeting constantly over the next seven years..
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Taryn Manning, Aimee Garcia
Votes: 71,212 | Gross: $21.84M
6. Where Time Began (1977)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Braña
Votes: 734
7. Carry on Behind (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Professors Vooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Connor
Votes: 2,966
8. Racing Extinction (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, News
A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Elon Musk, Joel Sartore, Louie Psihoyos, Charles Hambleton
Votes: 8,196
9. 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: 1,663
10. Dinosaurs Alive (2007)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short
This program presents some of the more recent ideas about dinosaurs that are gaining acceptance while following paleontologists searching for fossils over the decades in the Gobi Desert and New Mexico.
Directors: David Clark, Bayley Silleck | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sterling Nesbitt, Alan H. Turner
Votes: 398 | Gross: $43.97M
11. Dinotasia (2012)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Animation
A collection of vignettes presenting possible experiences in the lives of dinosaurs during various periods.
Directors: David Krentz, Erik Nelson, David E. Duncan | Stars: Werner Herzog, Lorànt Deutsch
Votes: 427
12. 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
13. Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
156 min | Documentary
David Attenborough's comprehensive study of fossils, which give many clues to how life existed on pre-historic Earth.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 887
14. Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit (2000 Music Video)
6 min | Short, Music
Director: Joseph Kahn | Stars: Cappadonna, Jacky Elastic, Ghostface Killah, The GZA
Votes: 52
15. Bizarre Dinosaurs (2009)
48 min | Documentary
As dinosaurs grew into the behemoths of the Cretaceous period they evolved many extraordinary but apparently useless features including spikes, sails horns, crests and the tiny "arms" of ... See full summary »
Director: Jenny Kubo | Stars: Jack Horner, Paul Sereno, Gregory Erickson, Robert Bakker
Votes: 182
16. Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007)
Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Short
If it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown... See full summary »
Director: Marc Fafard | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Rodolfo Coria
Votes: 468
17. Dinosaurs Never Existed! (2016 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short, History
Dinosaurs did actually exist. There's literally thousands of fossilised evidence, yet the delusional scam artist Eric Dubay will try to convince you otherwise.
Star: Eric Dubay
Votes: 47
18. Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Family
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis is a construction and management simulation video game based on the Jurassic Park series. Your primary goal is to construct a five-star rated dinosaur theme park.
Stars: Christopher Kirby, Marcella Russo, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 415
19. Dinosaurs: Return to Life? (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | Documentary
Scientists discuss the possibility of reverse-engineering the DNA of modern birds to recreate dinosaur species, instead of cloning fragments of dinosaur DNA extracted from amber and other ancient fossils.
Director: Dan Levitt | Stars: Jack Horner, Harry Prichett
Votes: 24
20. Dinosaurs Story (2020– )
6 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A movie about the life of Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Age. The story of how they hunt for food, survive from the attack of predators, live in groups, and individuals. In this movie, there ... See full summary »
Votes: 28
21. Flat Earth: Why Is Questioning the Shape of Our Plane(t) a Psyop? (2016– )
History
Two-part interview with Eric Dubay set to video and photographic evidence about how to lie to people to make money off gullible idiots
Stars: Eric Dubay, Mel Fabregas
Votes: 35
22. National Geographic: Dino Death Trap (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
A fossil mother lode in the Gobi Desert is providing a window into a critical period of the Jurassic period when dinosaurs gained the huge size but where few fossils have been found.
Director: Jenny Kubo | Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Matthew Carrano, James M. Clark, David Eberth
Votes: 63
23. Short Trip to the Center of the Earth
Short, Fantasy | Announced
Stars: Yvo René Scharf, Lothar Scharf, Torsten Lipphardt, Tim Eisenhardt
24. Tour a Natural History Museum with Eric Hovind & Daniel Johnson (2012 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Daniel Johnson, Eric Hovind
25. Seek Out Natural Mysteries (2020)
150 min | Documentary
The science-and-nature-focused documentary series Seek Out Natural Mysteries depicts the four unsolved mysteries in nature.
Director: Jie Wang | Stars: Jie Wang, Ping Yuan, Huichun Wu, Sam Cheetham
27. Auf den Spuren der Dinosaurier (2012)
48 min | Documentary
Stars: Alexander Brandt, Kai Dahm, Pascal Glißmann, Nils Knötschke
28.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Earthshock: Part One
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the midst of an argument between Adric and the Doctor, the Tardis materializes underground in Earth's distant future where a team of paleontologists and geologists find themselves under attack from a pair of androids.
Director: Peter Grimwade | Stars: Peter Davison, James Warwick, Clare Clifford, Janet Fielding
Votes: 682
29.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
From Within
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A town gets possessed after a dinosaur skeleton that hides ancient parasites that affect the brain and cause madness is unearthed. The only hope is an immune mentally challenged boy who must learn how to destroy them.
Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Christianne Hirt, Patrick Stevenson, Gabrielle Miller
Votes: 353
30.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
S.O.S. Dinobots
(1984)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After finding dinosaur bones hidden near their base, the Autobots decide to create mechanical dinosaurs called the Dinobots.
Director: John Walker | Stars: Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Corey Burton, Christopher Collins
Votes: 212
31.
Mega Disasters (2006–2008)
Episode:
Asteroid Apocalypse
(2006)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary
Many scientists now believe that a "killer asteroid" wiped out the dinosaurs and 70% of all living things 160-million years ago. How likely is it that a similar event can occur again? In ... See full summary »
Stars: J.V. Martin, Roger Tilling
Votes: 11
32.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Polar Extremes
(2024)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary
Paleontologist Kirk Johnson explores the polar extremes of the planet, including miles-high ice sheets and warm polar forests brimming with life.
Directors: Lucy Haken, Joby Lubman | Stars: Rich Barclay, Jonathan Bloch, Julie Brigham-Grette, Dennis Davis
Votes: 89
33.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
(2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
A Chinese paleontologist flies into controversy when he discovers a four winged dinosaur and claims it is the missing link between dinosaurs and birds rather than evolving from reptiles. ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Davis | Star: Lance Lewman
Votes: 33
34.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
Bloodiest Battle
(2008)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
A chance discovery leads to a paleontologist's gold mine, an trove of several dinosaur fossils including a large percentage of rare predators. As scientist piece together what happened at ... See full summary »
Stars: Erik Thompson, George Blasing, Philip Currie, Thomas Holtz
Votes: 19
35.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
Cannibal Dinosaur
(2008)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
This episode profiles Majungasaurus, the top predator on the Island of Madagascar seventy million years ago. Based on bite marks on the skeleton of one animal paleontologists believe one ... See full summary »
Director: Kreg Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Thompson, George Blasing, Philip Currie, Lawrence Witmer
Votes: 24
36.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
Gang Killers
(2008)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Paleontologists speculate that some dinosaurs were pack hunters. The discovery of a fossil site containing several deinonychus and a much larger herbivore provide a prime opportunity to evaluate this hypothesis.
Director: Kreg Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Thompson, George Blasing, Peter L. Larson, Larry Dean Martin
Votes: 24
37.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
T-Rex Hunter
(2008)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
As an apex predator Tyrannosaurus Rex seems invulnerable to attack. So the discovery of the fossil of a juvenile T-Rex with multiple broken bones made paleontologists wonder, what killed it.
Director: Kreg Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Thompson, George Blasing, Lawrence Witmer, Philip Currie
Votes: 25
38.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
Hunter Becomes Hunted
(2008)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
The Jurassic brought a pair of ceratosaurus and an allosaurus, two Apex predators, together and they didn't like each other. Jurassic Fight Club profiles the two competitors before letting ... See full summary »
Director: Kreg Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Thompson, George Blasing, Larry Dean Martin, Lawrence Witmer
Votes: 23
39.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
Raptors Last Stand
(2008)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
A Paleontologist discovers the fossils of an previously unknown armored herbivore with a carnivore nearby. Jurassic Fight Club simulates what the encounter between these two animals might have been like.
Director: Kreg Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Thompson, Robert Gaston, Jim Kirkland, Thomas Holtz
Votes: 19
40.
Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
Episode:
River of Death
(2008)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Paleontologists look to modern day mass deaths to help determine what killed the herd of pachyrhinosaurus found in a fossil field in Alberta Canada.
Director: Kreg Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Thompson, George Blasing, Lawrence Witmer, Peter L. Larson
Votes: 19
41.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Arctic Dinosaurs
(2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Dinosaurs are generally considered tropical animals. So what are their fossils doing north of the arctic circle? Paleontologists battle the fierce climate to find out if the arctic was ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruth Berry, Jackie Mow, Chris Schmidt | Star: Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
42.
Voyage of the Continents (2012–2015)
Episode:
North America
(2014)
TV-G | Documentary, History
North America has a storied history which local geologists are happy to explain. It still bears part of the continent of Africa from the collision that joined it to Pangea and formed the ... See full summary »
Director: Alexis de Favitski | Stars: Richard Allen, Roland Burgmann, Jamie Farrell, Anna Flori-Lamour
Votes: 10
43.
Voyage of the Continents (2012–2015)
Episode:
Asia: The Tectonics of Life and Death
(2012)
TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History
Asia was involved in two of the greatest mass extinctions on earth. 251 million years ago the Siberian traps erupted in a massive two million year long volcanic eruption. Scientist ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Hooke, Yanick Rose | Stars: Eric Buffetaut, Stéphane J. Bureau, Sylvie Crasquin, Christiian France-Lanord
Votes: 10
44.
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020–2021)
Episode:
Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery
(2021)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Musical
After going to see a medium, Zoey's powers mysteriously start glitching again.
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart
Votes: 478
45.
Naked Science (2004– )
Episode:
Dinomorphosis
(2011)
Documentary, Adventure
A chance discovery by Chinese farmer reveals a clearly feathered dinosaur leading to a treasure trove of other feather species and a revolution in thinking about dinosaurs. Then an intrepid... See full summary »
Director: Jenny Kubo
Votes: 8
46.
Planet Dinosaur (2011)
Episode:
Feathered Dragons
(2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, Action
A look at some of the more recently discovered and highly intriguing feathered dinosaurs from Asia, including the Epidexipteryx, the Oviraptor, the Gigantoraptor and the Microraptor.
Director: Nigel Paterson | Star: John Hurt
Votes: 94
47.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021– )
Episode:
The Maltese Kitten/A Day With Black Panther
(2023)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Team Spidey and Black Cat join forces to stop Doc Ock from destroying the precious Maltese Kitten. Miles and Black Panther's special day is nearly spoiled by Electro.
Directors: Chris Moreno, Darren Bachynski, Mitchell Stookey | Stars: Benjamin Valic, Lily Sanfelippo, Jakari Fraser, Kelly Ohanian
Votes: 13
48.
White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode:
Digging Deeper
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Neal and Peter take on an unprecedented asset recovery case for the Museum of Natural History: a stolen Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and its egg.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason
Votes: 624
49.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
(2024)
TV-PG | Documentary, Family
Sir David Attenborough and experts unearth the fossil of the largest Jurassic predator.
Directors: Victoria Bobin, Victoria Robin | Stars: David Attenborough, Steve Etches, Neil J. Gostling, Chris Moore
Votes: 19
50.
Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode:
Dead Clade Walking
(2014)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Joan revisits one of Sherlock's cold cases, she discovers an unsolved murder is connected to a rare prehistoric fossil. Meanwhile, Sherlock finds himself in uncharted territory when ... See full summary »
Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 1,026