List of films featuring dinosaurs

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This is a list of films that feature non-avian dinosaurs and other prehistoric (mainly Mesozoic) archosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.


Live-action films

Title Year Country Type Ref.
65 2023 United States [1]
100 Million BC 2008 United States direct-to-DVD [citation needed]
Adhisaya Ulagam 2012 India [citation needed]
Adventures in Dinosaur City 1991 United States, United Kingdom, Italy TV film [citation needed]
The Adventures of Jurassic Pet: The Lost Secret 2019 United States [citation needed]
Age of Dinosaurs 2013 United States direct-to-DVD [citation needed]
Along the Moonbeam Trail 1920 United States [citation needed]
The Animal World 1956 United States [citation needed]
Anonymous Rex 2004 United States direct-to-DVD [citation needed]
Aquaman 2018 United States DC Comics [citation needed]
Area 407 2012 United States [citation needed]
A.R.O.G 2008 Turkey [citation needed]
The Bubble 2022 United States [citation needed]
Aztec Rex 2008 United States direct-to-DVD [2]
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend 1985 United States [citation needed]
Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Fury 2023 Japan Super Sentai franchise [citation needed]
Barney's Great Adventure 1998 United States Barney & Friends [citation needed]
Battle at Big Rock 2019 United States Short Film / Jurassic Park Franchise [3]
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953 United States [citation needed]
The Beast of Hollow Mountain 1956 United States [citation needed]
Beneath Loch Ness 2002 United States [citation needed]
Blackadder: Back & Forth 1999 United Kingdom Short Film [citation needed]
Bringing Up Baby 1938 United States [citation needed]
Brute Force 1914 United States [citation needed]
Carnosaur 1993 United States [citation needed]
Carnosaur 2 1995 United States [citation needed]
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species 1996 United States [citation needed]
Caveman 1981 United States [citation needed]
Claw 2021 United States [citation needed]
Cowboys vs Dinosaurs 2015 United States [citation needed]
The Crater Lake Monster 1977 United States [citation needed]
Destroy All Monsters 1968 Japan Godzilla Franchise [citation needed]
Dino Dana: The Movie 2020 Canada, United States [citation needed]
Dinocroc 2004 United States Godzilla parody [citation needed]
Dinocroc vs. Supergator 2010 United States [citation needed]
Dinosaurs Alive! 2007 United States Documentary
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough 2022 United Kingdom Documentary [4]
Dinosaur from the Deep 1994 France [citation needed]
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 2007 United States Documentary
Dinosaur Hotel 2021 United States [citation needed]
Dinosaur Hotel 2 2022 United Kingdom [citation needed]
Dinosaur Island 1994 United States [citation needed]
Dinosaur Island 2014 Australia [5][6]
Dinosaur Prison 2023 United Kingdom [citation needed]
The Dinosaur Project 2012 United Kingdom [citation needed]
Dino Mecard: The Island Of Tinysaurs 2019 South Korea [citation needed]
Dinosaurus! 1960 United States [citation needed]
Dinosaur World 2020 China, United States [citation needed]
Dinoshark 2010 United States [citation needed]
Dinotopia miniseries 2002 United States [citation needed]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (briefly shown) 2022 United States [citation needed]
Ebola Rex 2021 United States [citation needed]
The Eden Formula 2006 United States [citation needed]
Extinction: Jurassic Predators 2014 United Kingdom [citation needed]
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 2010 France [citation needed]
The Final Level: Escaping Rancala (Jurassic Island) 2019 United States [citation needed]
The Flintstones 1994 United States [citation needed]
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2000 United States [citation needed]
Flying Elephants 1928 United States [citation needed]
Future War 1997 United States [citation needed]
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain 1918 United States [citation needed]
The Giant Behemoth 1959 United States, United Kingdom [citation needed]
Godzilla 1954 Japan Godzilla Franchise [7] [a]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956 United States Godzilla Franchise [7] [b]
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991 Japan Godzilla Franchise [8]
Hatched 2021 United States [citation needed]
Herr Vinners stenåldersdröm 1924 Sweden [9]
House II: The Second Story 1987 United States [10]
Iron Sky: The Coming Race 2017 Finland [citation needed]
It's Alive! 1969 United States [citation needed]
Journey to the Beginning of Time 1955 Czechoslovakia [citation needed]
Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959 United States [citation needed]
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Attack 2010 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic City 2015 United States [citation needed]
The Jurassic Dead 2017 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Domination 2022 United States [11]
Jurassic Expedition 2018 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Galaxy 2018 United States [citation needed]
The Jurassic Games 2018 United States direct-to-DVD [citation needed]
Jurassic Hunt 2021 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Island 2022 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Park 1993 United States Jurassic Park franchise [12][13]
Jurassic Park III 2001 United States Jurassic Park franchise [14]
Jurassic Prey 2015 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Thunder 2019 United States [citation needed]
Jurassic Valley 2022 United Kingdom [citation needed]
Jurassic World 2015 United States Jurassic Park franchise [15]
Jurassic World: Dominion 2022 United States Jurassic Park franchise [16]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2018 United States Jurassic Park franchise [17]
KillerSaurus 2015 United Kingdom [citation needed]
Kingdom of the Dinosaurs 2022 United States [18]
King Dinosaur 1955 United States [citation needed]
King Kong 1933 United States [citation needed]
King Kong 2005 United States [citation needed]
King Kong Escapes 1967 United States [citation needed]
Kong: Skull Island 2017 United States MonsterVerse [c]
Land of the Lost 2009 United States [citation needed]
The Land That Time Forgot 1975 United Kingdom, United States [citation needed]
The Land That Time Forgot 2009 United States [citation needed]
The Land Unknown 1957 United States [citation needed]
Last Day of the Dinosaurs 2010 United States Documentary
The Last Dinosaur 1977 Japan, United States [citation needed]
The Last Dragon 2004 United Kingdom [citation needed]
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time 2018 United States Sharknado Franchise [19]
Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds 1977 Japan [citation needed]
Loch Ness 1996 United States [20]
The Loch Ness Horror 1981 United States [citation needed]
The Loch Ness Horror 2022 United Kingdom [citation needed]
Loch Ness Terror 2008 United States [citation needed]
Lost Continent 1951 United States [citation needed]
Lost in Dinosaur World 1993 United States [citation needed]
The Lost World 1925 United States [21]
The Lost World 1960 United States [citation needed]
The Lost World 1992 United States [citation needed]
The Lost World 1998 United States [citation needed]
The Lost World 2001 United Kingdom [22]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 United States Jurassic Park franchise [23]
Lucy (briefly shown) 2014 France [citation needed]
Meg 2: The Trench 2023 United States [citation needed]
Men in Black 3 (briefly shown) 2012 United States [citation needed]
Monsters of the Past: The Story of the Great Dinosaurs 1922 United States by Arthur Sterry Coggeshall [24]
Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 United States [citation needed]
My Pet Dinosaur 2017 Australia [citation needed]
My Science Project 1985 United States [citation needed]
Night at the Museum 2006 United States Night at the Museum Franchise [citation needed]
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2009 United States Night at the Museum Franchise [citation needed]
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014 United States Night at the Museum Franchise [citation needed]
On the Comet 1970 Czechoslovakia [citation needed]
One Million B.C. 1940 United States [citation needed]
One Million Years B.C. 1966 United Kingdom [citation needed]
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing 1975 United Kingdom, United States [citation needed]
Palm Springs 2020 United States [citation needed]
The People That Time Forgot 1977 United Kingdom, United States [citation needed]
Planet of Dinosaurs 1978 United States [25]
Planet Raptor 2007 United States, United Kingdom, Romania [citation needed]
Planeta Bur 1962 Soviet Union [citation needed]
Poseidon Rex 2013 United States direct-to-DVD [citation needed]
Power Rangers 2017 United States [citation needed]
Prehistoric Beast 1985 United States [citation needed]
Prehysteria! 1993 United States [citation needed]
Prehysteria! 2 1994 United States [citation needed]
Prehysteria! 3 1995 United States [citation needed]
Pterodactyl 2005 United States [citation needed]
Raptor 2001 United States [citation needed]
Raptor Island 2004 United States [citation needed]
Raptor Ranch 2012 United States [citation needed]
Ready Player One 2018 United States [citation needed]
Rebirth of Mothra III 1998 Japan [citation needed]
Reptiloid 2013 Croatia [26]
Return to the Lost World 1992 Canada [citation needed]
Revenge of the Lost 2017 United States [citation needed]
Rise of the Dinosaurs 2013 United States [citation needed]
Rise of the Jurassic 2022 China [citation needed]
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure 2007 United States [citation needed]
Sherlock Holmes 2010 United States [citation needed]
Snake 3: Dinosaur vs. Python 2022 China [citation needed]
Son of Kong 1933 United States [citation needed]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 United States [citation needed]
A Sound of Thunder 2005 United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Czech Republic [citation needed]
Super Mario Bros. 1993 United States Based on video game of the same name [citation needed]
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous 1998 United States [citation needed]
Tammy and the T-Rex 1994 United States [citation needed]
Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975 Japan Godzilla Franchise [citation needed]
Theodore Rex 1995 United States [citation needed]
Three Ages 1923 United States [27]
Timescape: Back to the Dinosaurs 2023 Canada [citation needed]
Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014 United States Transformers Franchise [citation needed]
Transformers: The Last Knight 2017 United States Transformers Franchise [citation needed]
The Tree of Life 2011 United States [citation needed]
Triassic Attack 2010 United States [citation needed]
Triassic Hunt 2021 United States [citation needed]
Triassic World 2018 United States [citation needed]
Two Lost Worlds 1950 United States [citation needed]
Unknown Island 1948 United States [citation needed]
Untamed Women 1952 United States [28]
The Valley of Gwangi 1969 United States [citation needed]
Valley of the Dragons 1961 United States [citation needed]
The VelociPastor 2017 United States [citation needed]
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet 1965 United States [citation needed]
Voyage of Time 2016 United States [citation needed]
Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie 2013 United Kingdom, United States, Australia, India [citation needed]
Warbirds 2008 United States TV film [citation needed]
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 1970 United Kingdom, United States [citation needed]
Wicked Science 2004 Australia [citation needed]
The Witches Cave 1989 Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia [citation needed]
Xtinction: Predator X 2010 United States [29]

Animated films

Title Year Country Type Ref.
Age of the Great Dinosaurs 1979 Japan 2D animation
Allegro non troppo 1976 Italy 2D animation
Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs 2016 United States CGI Animation [30]
The Arctic Giant 1942 United States 2D animation [31][32]
Back to the Jurassic 2015 United States CGI Animation
Bambi Meets Godzilla 1969 Canada 2D animation, short [7]
Dino King 3D: Journey to Fire Mountain 2018 South Korea, China CGI animation
Dino Time 2012 South Korea CGI animation
Dinosaur 2000 United States CGI animation
Dinosaur Island 2002 United States 2D animation
Dinosaur 1980 United States stop-motion animation
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy 1915 United States stop-motion animation
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone 2005 United States 2D animation
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights of Dinosaurs 1987 Japan 2D animation
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 1980 Japan 2D animation
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 2006 Japan 2D animation
Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur 2020 Japan 2D animation
Early Man 2018 United Kingdom Stop-motion
Epic 1984 Australia 2D animation
Fantasia - Rite of Spring 1940 United States 2D animation
A Flintstones Christmas Carol 1994 United States 2D animation
The Flintstones: On the Rocks 2001 United States 2D animation (+stop-motion sequence)
Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 United States 2D animation & live action
The Good Dinosaur 2015 United States CGI animation
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby 1993 United States 2D animation
Ice Age 2002 United States CGI animation
Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 United States CGI animation
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 United States CGI animation
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012 United States CGI animation
Ice Age: Collision Course 2016 United States CGI animation
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild 2022 United States CGI animation
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones 1987 United States 2D animation
Journey to the Center of the Earth (GoodTimes Entertainment) 1996 Canada 2D animation
Jurassic Bark 2018 United States CGI Animation [33]
Jurassic Planet: The Mighty Kingdom 2021 United States CGI Animation
The Land Before Time 1988 United States, Ireland 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure 1994 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving 1995 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists 1996 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island 1997 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock 1998 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire 2000 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze 2001 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water 2002 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration 2003 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses 2005 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers 2006 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends 2007 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave 2016 United States 2D animation, The Land Before Time franchise
The Lego Batman Movie 2017 United States
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 2019 United States
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 1989 Japan, United States
The Man Called Flintstone 1966 United States 2D animation
Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon 1972 Australia 2D animation [34]
Meet the Robinsons 2007 United States CGI animation
The Mighty Kong 1998 United States, South Korea 2D animation
Minions 2015 United States CGI animation
The Missing Link 1980 Belgium, France 2D animation
Playmobil: The Movie 2019 United States, France CGI animation
Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 United States CGI animation
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase 2001 United States, Japan 2D animation
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur 2011 United States 2D animation
Speckles: The Tarbosaurus 2012 South Korea CGI animation
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023 United States CGI animation [35][36]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 United States CGI animation
Tekken: The Motion Picture 1998 Japan Based on the video game franchise of the same name
Tarzan 2013 Germany CGI animation
Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz 2011 United States 2D animation
Toy Story 1995 United States CGI animation
Toy Story 2 1999 United States CGI animation
Toy Story 3 2010 United States CGI animation
Toy Story 4 2019 United States CGI animation
Transformers: The Movie 1986 United States 2D animation
Turok: Son of Stone 2008 United States 2D animation
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1993 United States, United Kingdom 2D animation
Wreck-It Ralph 2012 United States CGI animation
You Are Umasou 2010 Japan 2D animation [37]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A a Trilobite is briefly shown.
  2. ^ A a Trilobite is briefly shown.
  3. ^ A Triceratops skull is briefly shown.

References

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Further reading

  • Berry, Mark F. (2005). The dinosaur filmography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 9780786424535.
  • Farlow, James O.; Brett-Surman, M.K. (2000). "Dinosaurs and the media". In Farlow, James O.; Brett-Surman, M.K. (eds.). The complete dinosaur. Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]: Indiana Univ. Press. pp. 675–706. ISBN 9780253213136.
  • Jones, Stephen (1993). The illustrated dinosaur movie guide (1st Titan ed.). London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1852864873.