Films with theme "Dinosaur films", sorted by rating

, 1h29
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Sur la Lune, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about spiders, Films about insects, Films about dragons, Films about extraterrestrial life, Les fées, Giant monster films, Space opera, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Yoshio Tsuchiya, Haruo Nakajima, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara, Akira Kubo, Andrew Hughes

At the close of the 20th century, all of the Earth's kaiju have been collected by the United Nations Science Committee and confined in an area known as Monsterland, located in the Ogasawara island chain. A special control center is constructed underneath the island to ensure that the monsters stay secure, and to serve as a research facility to study them.

, 1h19
Directed by Ralph Zondag
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Musical films, Children's films
Actors D. B. Sweeney, Ossie Davis, Alfre Woodard, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Samuel E. Wright

During the end of the Cretaceous era, an Iguanodon mother is forced to abandon her nest during a Carnotaurus attack. The one surviving egg journeys through several predicaments, before ending up on lemur island, where Plio names the hatched baby Aladar and raises him. Years later, Aladar and the lemurs take part in a mating season, where Zini goes without a mate. After the season ends, a meteor strikes and destroys the island, leaving Aladar, Plio, Yar, Zini and Suri, as the only survivors when they swim to the mainland. The family mourns for the loss of all lemurs before moving on.

, 1h51
Directed by Jay Russell
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Emily Watson, Alex Etel, David Morrissey, Craig Hall, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox

In present-day Scotland, an American tourist couple go into a bar where they meet an old man who tells them a story about the Loch Ness Monster.

, 2h3
Directed by Gareth Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche, Richard T. Jones

In 1954, a nuclear bomb is detonated at the moment a giant creature emerges from the ocean. In 1999, Project Monarch scientists Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham investigate a colossal skeleton unearthed in a collapsed mine in the Philippines. They find two spores; one dormant and one hatched that made a trail into the sea. In Japan, the Janjira Nuclear Power Plant experiences unusual seismic activity and Supervisor Joe Brody sends his wife Sandra and a team of technicians into the reactor. A tremor breaches the reactor, leaving Sandra and her team unable to escape while the plant collapses.

, 8minutes
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un scénariste

« Qu’en était-il du triste sort infligé aux scénaristes à l’époque des cavernes ? Jugez par vous-mêmes ». Un personnage chauve et à lunettes, assis dans son bureau, producteur de la préhistoire — reconnaissable à son short en peau de bête — reçoit une proposition de script sous forme d’un rouleau de parchemin qu’il commence à réduire à grands coups de ciseaux. Il auditionne d’abord une jeune femme qui se livre à un numéro de charme se terminant par un grand écart, puis il reçoit un clown coiffé d’un chapeau melon (qui pourrait être Charlot), avant d’engager un athlète qui lui montre sa force en malmenant une chèvre que l’on a remarquée auparavant broutant le short du producteur et les pages refusées. « Et maintenant, ils tournent ce qui reste de l’histoire ». On assiste à une querelle entre l’athlète et celui qui doit être le réalisateur, qui se termine par un K.O. général. Puis la vedette, chevauchant la chèvre comme un pur-sang, galope dans la nature, suivi par un dinosaure qui sert de grue pour effectuer un mouvement de caméra, l’appareil de prise de vues étant très drôlement actionné par le caméraman qui fait tourner un pédalier de vélo et non pas une manivelle. L’homme au petit chapeau s’exerce ensuite au lancer de couteaux sur l’athlète, ligoté par un singe, puis fait la cour à la belle. Le couple reçoit enfin la bénédiction d’un chaman perché en haut d’un cocotier. Le film doit encore subir les outrages de la censure, représentée ici par trois hommes à chapeau haut-de-forme qui menacent le producteur à qui il ne reste plus qu’à mutiler la pellicule. « Et c’est alors que s’avance le fier scénariste pour voir ce qu’on a fait de son chef d’œuvre ». La projection commence avec le titre à double sens : « Qui est le bouc ? bâclé d’après l’histoire d’Aloysius Flintpebble ("pierre à silex")». Film qui a obtenu le « visa N° 7-11 » ! Il ne reste de l’histoire filmée que des débris sans queue ni tête mais qui se termine par un mariage. Le scénariste s’arrache les cheveux et met au tapis le producteur. « C’est un bon scénario qui reconnaît son auteur… Après, ça devient un film » (It’s a wise scenario that knows its own author… after it gets in the movies).

Directed by Adam Wingard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Kaiju films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Shun Oguri, Eiza González

À une époque où les monstres parcourent la Terre, et alors que l’humanité lutte pour son avenir, Godzilla et King Kong, les deux forces les plus puissantes de la nature, entrent en collision dans une bataille spectaculaire inédite. Alors que Monarch se lance dans une mission périlleuse en terrain inconnu, et qu’il découvre des indices sur les origines des Titans, un complot humain menace d’éradiquer ces créatures – qu’elles soient bonnes ou mauvaises – de la surface de la planète.

, 2h5
Directed by Ryūhei Kitamura
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about spiders, Films about insects, Films about dragons, Films about extraterrestrial life, Les fées, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kane Kosugi, Kazuki Kitamura, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara

Endless warfare and environmental pollution have resulted in the frequent appearance of monsters. The Earth Defense Force (EDF) is established. Mutant humans with extraordinary physical capabilities are discovered and are organized into an EDF troop called the M-Organization. Their main opponent is Godzilla, first sighted in 1954. After repeated battles, Godzilla is captured in a crevasse at the South Pole and buried under an avalanche of ice. The EDF ship Gotengo, commanded by Captain Gordon, battles and destroys Manda but in the process, the ship is wrecked and Gordon is dismissed from the EDF. At M headquarters, mutants Ozaki and Kazama spar before their next mission.

, 1h20
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Kenji Sahara, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata

American reporter, Steve Martin (Raymond Burr), is brought to a hospital with dozens of maimed and wounded citizens. In flashback, Martin recalls stopping over in Tokyo, where a series of ship disasters catches his attention. When a survivor finally washes up on Odo Island, Martin flies there for the story with Tomo Iwanaga (Frank Iwanaga), a representative of the Japanese security forces and learns of the island inhabitants' belief in a sea monster god known to them as "Godzilla", which they believe is causing the disasters.

, 1h45
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Steampunk films, Alternate history films
Actors Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Frédérique Bel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Caro

The film incorporates characters and events from several of the albums, in particular the first, "Adèle and the Beast," first published in 1976, and the fourth, 1978's "Mummies on Parade," within an overall plot of Besson's construction and takes place primarily in Paris, France, circa 1912.

, 1h12
Directed by Pavel Klouchantsev
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Space adventure films, La préhistoire, Dans l'espace, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Venus in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Vladimir Yemelyanov, Yuri Sarantsev

Three Soviet spaceships, Sirius, Vega, and Capella, are on their way to the planet Venus. The Capella is struck by a meteorite and destroyed. The remaining two ships, Sirius and Vega, continue on, despite the fact that the planned mission required three ships. A replacement spaceship, the Arktur, will be sent from Earth, but will not arrive for two months.

, 1h36
Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Jim O'Connolly
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Western
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson, Gustavo Rojo

In Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, a beautiful cowgirl named T.J. Breckenridge (Gila Golan) hosts a struggling rodeo. Her former lover Tuck Kirby (James Franciscus), a heroic former stuntman working for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, wants to buy her out. Along the way, he is followed by a Mexican boy named Lope (Curtis Arden), who intends to join the rodeo on a quest for fame and fortune. T.J. is not interested in Tuck because of this, but Tuck is still attracted to T.J., especially when T.J. jumps off a diving board on her horse. T.J. finally accepts Tuck when he saves a matador from a bull and the two kiss on the lips.

, 1h24
Directed by Jun Fukuda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Natural horror films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kin'ichi Kusumi, Robert Dunham

Strange events are taking place in Okinawa. An Azumi priestess has a terrifying vision of a city being destroyed by a giant monster. A type of metal not found on earth is discovered in a cave by a spelunker, Masahiko Shimizu, who takes it to Professor Miyajima for examination. An excavation led by Masahiko's brother Keisuke accidentally uncovers a chamber filled with ancient artifacts and a mural bearing an ominous prophecy: "When a black mountain appears above the clouds, a huge monster will arise and try to destroy the world; but then, when the red moon sets and the sun rises in the west, two more shall appear to save humanity." Keisuke is joined by archaeologist Saeko Kaneshiro, who translates the prophecy and takes one of the artefacts, bearing the likeness of the legendary monster King Caesar, to study. Two men stalk them, one who speaks to them and claims to be a reporter interested in the story, the other of whom attempts to steal the statue from them but fails and flees.

, 1h36
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Space opera, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Akira Takarada, Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Akira Kubo, Haruo Nakajima

In the 1960s, two astronauts, Fuji and Glenn, are sent to investigate the surface of the mysterious "Planet X". There they encounter advanced and seemingly benevolent human-like beings called the Xiliens and their leader The Controller. The aliens usher the astronauts into their underground base, and moments later the surface is attacked by a creature the Xiliens call "Monster Zero", but which the astronauts recognize as King Ghidorah, a planet-destroying monster that had attacked Earth once before. The monster eventually leaves, but the Controller states that Ghidorah has been attacking repeatedly, forcing them to live underground in constant fear. He requests to borrow the Earth monsters Godzilla and Rodan to act as sentries against Ghidorah's attacks, in return for the cure for cancer (the English dub says the formula can cure any disease). The astronauts return to Earth and deliver the message.

, 40minutes
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Documentary films about nature
Actors Donald Sutherland

Un voyage sans précédent à travers le temps pour découvrir l'histoire incroyable des plus grands dinosaures du monde, de leur apparition à leur extinction, et des découvertes paléontologiques les plus impressionnantes. Créées en collaboration avec les meilleurs scientifiques, des images de synthèse à couper le souffle donnent vie aux animaux les plus extraordinaires : Tyrannosaurus Rex, Giganotosaurus, Argentinosaurus et bien d'autres...

, 1h22
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Giant monster films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata, Haruo Nakajima

In the small mining village of Kitamatsu, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, two miners have gone missing. The two men, Goro and Yoshi, had brawled earlier that day, and after they entered the mine to start their shift, the shaft had quickly flooded. Shigeru Kawamura (Kenji Sahara), a tunneling and safety engineer at the mine, heads below to investigate and makes a gruesome discovery: Yoshi's lacerated corpse. Above ground, a doctor examines Yoshi, and discovers the cause of death to be a series of deep gashes caused by an abnormally sharp object. Some of the miners and their families begin to discuss the possibility of the involvement of Goro, who is still unaccounted for, in the death. Shigeru is personally affected by this incident, since his fiancée Kiyo (Yumi Shirakawa) is also Goro's sister.