Highest-Rated Movies about 'Dinosaur', Sort by Popularity

The Land Before Time (1988), Dinosaur 13 (2014), The Jurassic Games (2018), Jurassic World (2015), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006), The Good Dinosaur (2015), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Dinosaur movies.

#1. The Land Before Time (1988)

Storyline: An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, orphan, killer, friend, mother, charming, emotional ...

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#2. Dinosaur 13 (2014)

Storyline: When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research made the world's greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime; the largest, most complete T. rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes, and competing paleontologists, they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur but fighting for their freedom as well.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, documentarian, archaeologist, tyrannosaurus rex, skeleton, government official, fascinating ...

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#4. Jurassic World (2015)

Storyline: Twenty-two years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park, also known as Jurassic World, is open for business. After years of studying genetics, the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur, the Indominus Rex. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island?

Plot Keywords: guest, military officer, geneticist, young boy, dinosaur, animal trainer, intense ...

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#5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Storyline: After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.

Plot Keywords: squirrel, mammoth, sloth, weasel, dinosaur, saber-toothed tiger, lighthearted ...

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#7. The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Storyline: "The Good Dinosaur" asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While travelling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, young boy, parent, sibling, neanderthal, family member, charming ...

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#8. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Storyline: A research team is sent to an island eighty-seven miles away from the previous home of Jurassic Park, to document and photograph the now liberated dinosaurs. However, InGen the BioEngineering company has sent another larger team to the same island to catch, sedate, and transport some dinosaurs to San Diego where they will be used in a new Jurassic Park location. But life always finds a way. Will both teams return to the mainland with successful findings? Or will another tragedy occur?

Plot Keywords: doctor, paleontologist, engineer, documentarian, daughter, dinosaur, suspenseful ...

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#9. Dinosaur (2000)

Storyline: During an attack on a pack of Iguanodon, an egg is separated and ends up with the possession of a group of lemurs. The lemurs care for this egg and the young creature born from it, which they call Aladar. When meteorites hit earth, Aladar and his family must leave their homeland. Away from home and as close to danger as they have ever been, they meet up with a huge group of dinosaurs, led by Kron and Bruton. All together they are trying to reach the nesting grounds, but it's not going to be easy.

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, lemur, endearing, touching, heartwarming, desert, jungle ...

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#10. Dino Dana: The Movie (2020)

Storyline: Where are all the kid dinosaurs? Dino Dana The Movie finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, completing an experiment that asks where all the kid dinosaurs are. To find the answer, Dana, her older sister Saara, and their new neighbors Mateo and Jadiel go on a dinosaur journey bigger than anything Dana has ever faced before. - From multi-Emmy award-winning Sinking Ship Entertainment comes Dino Dana The Movie, an action-packed dinosaur adventure that follows 10-year-old Dana as she tries to solve dino experiment 901 - where are all the kid dinos? But before she can complete her experiment, Dana's new upstairs neighbour Mateo finds her magical Dino Field Guide, which allows him to see dinosaurs in real life too. This discovery kicks off a prehistoric journey bigger than anything Dana has ever faced before. When Mateo is dino-napped by a T-Rex, who thinks he's one of her babies, it's up to Dana, her sister Saara, and Mateo's older stepbrother Jadiel to get him back. Along the way, Dana and her friends will race through a stampede of Triceratops, take on a Spinosaurus, get beak to nose with a Quetzalcoatlus, and come to realize that family, whether human or Jurassic, is the most important quest of all.

Plot Keywords: girl, child, dinosaur, paleontologist, amusing, charming, passionate ...

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#11. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

Storyline: Cowboy James Franciscus seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public. Another film featuring the stop-action special effects talents of Ray Harryhausen.—Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>

Plot Keywords: professor, cowgirl, paleontologist, old flame, little boy, dinosaur, thrilling ...

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#12. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Storyline: Three years after the Jurassic World theme park was closed down, Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar to save the dinosaurs when they learn that a once dormant volcano on the island is active and is threatening to extinguish all life there. Along the way, Owen sets out to find Blue, his lead raptor, and discovers a conspiracy that could disrupt the natural order of the entire planet. Life has found a way, again.

Plot Keywords: scientist, dinosaur, politician, businesswoman, geneticist, animal trainer, intense ...

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#13. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

Storyline: Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and nonviolent. They agree to go to the Middle Future (this era) in order to grant the wishes of children in New York city. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get side-tracked with their new friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screw Eyes, who has other plans for the dinosaurs.

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, alien, brother, boy, girl, new yorker, lighthearted ...

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#14. The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)

Storyline: Primarily a concert film of stand-up comedian Craig Shoemaker, a.k.a. The Lovemaster, the film is interspersed with vignettes of the situations described in the monologue, and framed by Shoemaker's therapy sessions. Shoemaker's forte is impersonation of characters, both real and imaginary, from his life and television.—Norman Cook <cook@ssdgwy.mdc.com>

Plot Keywords: orphan, dinosaur, friend, mother, charming, thrilling, heartwarming ...

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#15. The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)

Storyline: Littlefoot (Scott McAfee) and his young friends Cera, Ducky and Spike are being harassed by a group of older dinosaurs led by Hyp (Whitby Hertford). When a meteorite strikes nearby, it causes a drought. The resulting scarcity of resources creates animosity among the different species in the Great Valley. Littlefoot and his crew resolve to venture forth to find a solution -- as does Hyp and his gang. Will the groups learn to cooperate, or will their rivalry destroy them?

Plot Keywords: dinosaur, orphan, friend, bully, predator, raw, positive ...

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