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1.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Spaceship Earth
(2007)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Take a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth. A survivor of one of the most violent "neighborhoods" in the universe, learn how earth was ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Donald Brownlee, Seiji Sugita, Peter H. Schultz
Votes: 143
(Creation)
- Roku/History
2.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Beyond the Big Bang
(2007)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, History
The universe began with a massive expansion, billions and billions of years ago, and it continues to expand with every passing second. The idea that the universe, and man's very existence, ... See full summary »
Director: Luke Ellis | Stars: David Ackroyd, Maxie Santillan Jr., Brian Greene, Geoffrey Landis
Votes: 193
(Creation)
- Roku/History
3.
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
Episode:
The Story of Everything
(2010)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary
In two mind-blowing hours, Hawking reveals the wonders of the cosmos to a new generation. Delve into the mind of the world's most famous living scientist and reveal the splendor and majesty... See full summary »
Director: Iain Riddick | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Melissa Ricci, Phoebe Haines, Simon Haines
Votes: 349
(Creation)
- DL
4.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
What Happened Before the Beginning?
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Following a review of the discovery and evidence for the Big Bang this program examines the progress of scientists trying to determine what went on before the Big Bang that could have caused it.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Martin Bojowald, Alan Guth, Edwin Hubble
Votes: 253
(Creation)
- Science Channel
5.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
How Did We Get Here?
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Scientists explore a variety of ways that life may have formed on earth and try to recreate them.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jeffrey L. Bada, Jennifer Blank, Paul Davies
Votes: 213
(Creation)
- Science Channel
6.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Big Bang
(2010)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
This is the greatest story ever told, the creation of everything us. The programme investigates how the Universe came into existence out of nothing, and how it grew from a miniscule point, ... See full summary »
Director: Louise Say | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking
Votes: 248
(Creation)
- DL
7. Earth: Making of a Planet (2011 TV Movie)
96 min | Documentary
Animated film showing the making of Planet Earth from rocks and dust to our current home, beginning 4.5 billion years ago. Explains the clash with planet Thea, creation of oxygen, initial life underwater and stromatolites. Initial plate tectonics, Snowball earth and the first continents of Rhodinia and Gondwana.
Director: Yavar Abbas | Stars: Reg E. Cathey, Paul Essiembre
Votes: 635
4.5 Billion Years Ago (Creation)
- Youtube
8. History of the World in 2 Hours (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History
A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Corey Burton, Alex Filippenko, Peter Ward, Clifford V. Johnson
Votes: 1,043
(Creation)
- Youtube
9.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
God and the Universe
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
"The Universe" explores where the universe came from and whether a creator had a hand in making it. As scientists learn more about the universe our ideas about exactly what God made (the ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Paul Davies, Robert R. Cargill, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 74
(Creation)
- Roku
10.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Birth of the Earth
(2012)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
The Earth was formed by a series of cosmic cataclysms including the most powerful blast in the Universe. Yet amid the turmoil our world was born. Could the same chain of events have created... See full summary »
Director: George Harris | Stars: Erik Dellums, Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Russell Schweickart
Votes: 97
(Creation)
- DL
11.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Standing Up in the Milky Way
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Phil LaMarr, Seth MacFarlane, John Steven Rocha
Votes: 3,554
(Creation)
- DL
12.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Some of the Things That Molecules Do
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Artificial selection is one example, eyes another, of the well-documented and inescapable process of evolution--change in a population of species over time--by natural selection. These are some of the things that molecules do.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nadia Rochelle Pfarr, Carl Sagan
Votes: 2,711
(Creation)
- DL
13.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
(2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination embarks on a journey through space and time to grasp how the autobiography of the Earth is written in its atoms, its oceans, its continents and all living things... See full summary »
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Amanda Seyfried, Glenn Steinbaum
Votes: 1,722
(Creation)
- DL
14.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Immortals
(2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination travels across the cosmos to discover the possibility of beings that live forever and explain why other civilizations perish. Then, visit the Cosmic Calendar of ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Kevin Dart | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christiane Amanpour, Hannah Long, Carl Sagan
Votes: 1,678
(Creation)
- DL
15.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
First Second of the Big Bang
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
The first second of the Universe, the creation of everything when space, time, matter and energy burst into existence. It is the most important second in history, which seals the Universe's... See full summary »
Director: Mark Bridge | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Lawrence Krauss, Michio Kaku
Votes: 117
(Creation)
- Max
16.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Dawn of Life
(2015)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
We're on the verge of unconvering the how life on Earth came to be. Our origin is a hotly contested scientific debate. Did we come from strange volcanic hatcheries deep under the sea? Or did life on Earth come from another planet?
Director: Mark Bridge | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Phil Plait, Moogega Cooper
Votes: 97
(Creation)
- Max
17.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
The First Oceans
(2015)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
For years, scientists suspected that the oceans came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by asteroids, but a new discovery suggests that their true origins may be more exotic.
Director: Mark Bridge | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Moogega Cooper, Phil Plait
Votes: 80
(Creation)
- Max
18.
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016–2019)
Episode:
Creation
(2016)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Morgan Freeman travels the globe to ask: Where did we come from? What happened "in the beginning"?
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Mark Bozzuti-Jones, Bernard Bullen, Duane Hamacher
Votes: 289
(Creation)
- DL
19.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Gasp
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
An astronaut's view of the incredible Earth systems that allow life to breathe.
Director: Graham Booth | Stars: Will Smith, Chris Hadfield, Felipe Gómez Gómez, Kidane Belay
Votes: 611
(Creation)
- Disney+
20.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Storm
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
A portrayal of how Earth was born in a cosmic storm and shaped by violence.
Director: Nat Sharman | Stars: Will Smith, Nicole Stott, Michael Massimino, Jerry Linenger
Votes: 434
(Creation)
- Disney+
21.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Shield
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The epic story of Earth's battle with the sun and how life thrives here against the odds.
Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Will Smith, Jeff Hoffman, Leland Melvin, Ken Sims
Votes: 388
(Creation)
- Disney+
22.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Genesis
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how and why life began on Earth, and what makes our planet different from the others.
Director: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan | Stars: Will Smith, Mae C. Jemison, Hazel Barton, Chris Hadfield
Votes: 328
(Creation)
- Disney+
23.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Terraform
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how for nearly 4 billion years, life microbes, plants and animals have emerged and sculpted the planet's surface and atmosphere in the strangest of ways.
Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Will Smith, Michael Massimino, Omar Mednia Ramírez, Isak Mathis Triumf
Votes: 279
(Creation)
- Disney+
24.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Alien
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how a miraculous event transformed life on Earth into a complex interconnected food web; Astronauts and experts question other intelligent life in the universe.
Director: Nat Sharman | Stars: Will Smith, Mae C. Jemison, Nichelle Nichols, Logan Doull
Votes: 269
(Creation)
- Disney+
25.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Did the Big Bang Really Happen?
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
New discoveries are causing astronomers to question if the Big Bang really happened, and using the latest science, they investigate if it wasn't just the start of our universe but many mysterious multiverses.
Director: Paul O'Connor | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, James S. Bullock, Sean Carroll
Votes: 70
(Creation)
- Max
26.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Dark History of Earth
(2022)
TV-PG | Documentary
Earth's history is marked by one cosmic disaster after another, forging the path of human evolution; now, experts explore how the Earth has teetered on the verge of destruction.
Votes: 29
(Creation)
- Max
27.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Hunt for the Universe's Origin
(2022)
TV-PG | Documentary
Experts explore the elusive endeavor of determining the age of the cosmos.
Votes: 32
(Creation)
- Max
28. 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: 98,668 | Gross: $48.09M
252-66 MYA (Prehistory)
- Netflix
29. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
G | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A time traveling scientist goes back to prehistoric times and feeds dinosaurs a magic cereal that increases their intelligence - next they land in modern New York City for a series of comic adventures.
Directors: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag | Stars: John Goodman, Charles Fleischer, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman
Votes: 16,070 | Gross: $9.32M
252-66 MYA (Prehistory)
- DL
30. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
Stars: Nikolay Drozdov, Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Craig Sechler
Votes: 6,881
Mesozoic Era (Prehistory)
- Youtube
31.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
New Blood
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Arizona, USA- 220 million years B.C. In the blazing Pangaean deserts of the Late Triassic, the first dinosaurs appear. The episode chronicles the fate of a predatory Postosuchus driven from... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, André Dussollier
Votes: 317
220 MYA, Arizona, US
- Youtube
32.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Time of the Titans
(1999)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Colorado, USA- 152 million years B.C. This episode follows a young female Diplodocus, starting with her infancy in the Late Jurassic forests where she must evade predators like the birdlike... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 310
152 MYA, Colorado, US
- Youtube
33.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Cruel Sea
(1999)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Oxfordshire, U.K.- 149 million years B.C. This episode follows a shoal of young fish-like Ophthalmosaurus as they struggle to survive the Late Jurassic seas, evading predators like the ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 305
149 MYA, UK
- Youtube
34.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Giant of the Skies
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
127 million years B.C. This episode follows the last journey of a giant Ornithocheirus, one of the largest flying animals of all time, as he travels from Brazil to his genus's mating ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 282
127 MYA, Spain
- Youtube
35.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Spirits of the Ice Forest
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Antarctica, 106 million years B.C. In the Mid Cretaceous, Antarctica is much warmer than in modern times and covered in lush rain forests inhabited by dinosaurs like the tiny herbivore ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 271
106 MYA, Antarctica
- Youtube
36.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Death of a Dynasty
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Montana, USA- 65,5 million years B.C. In the last days of the dinosaurs' hegemony over the world, a female Tyrannosaurus struggles to reproduce in a world poisoned by volcanic gases, which has resulted in dwindling prey numbers.
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 281
65.5 MYA, Montana, US
- Youtube
37. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Using the latest digital technology, the era between the dinosaurs and man is superbly recreated by the BBC and Discovery Channel in another winning production from the coalition.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 3,278
Cenozoic Era (Prehistory)
- Youtube
38.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
New Dawn
(2001)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Germany, 49 million years B.C. A day in the life of a small forest mammal called Leptictidium who is trying to raise young, a giant predatory bird called Gastornis trying to hatch an egg ... See full summary »
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 162
49 MYA, Germany
39.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Whale Killer
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
36 million years B.C., a pregnant Basilosaurus whale resorts to desperate measures to find food for herself and her unborn infant. On land, mammals are growing into enormous creatures.
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 162
36 MYA, Pakistan
40.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Land of Giants
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Mongolia, 25 million years B.C. This episode follows a young Indricotherium. After a dramatic birth, he must survive in a world of rhino-sized predators like Hyaenodon and pig-like monsters such as Entelodon.
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 159
25 MYA, Mongolia
41.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Next of Kin
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Ethiopia, 3,2 million years B.C. A clan of Australopithecus struggle to survive after being driven from their territory. Grey, the leader, is challenged by the younger Hercules, and Blue ... See full summary »
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 144
3.2 MYA, Ethiopia
42.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Sabre Tooth
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Paraguay, 1 million years B.C. A powerful Smilodon called Halftooth must survive on his own after being driven from his clan. South America is a bizarre world of giant sloths, car-sized ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 154
1 MYA, Paraguay
43.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Mammoth Journey
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
30,000 years B.C. In the middle of the Ice Ages, a mammoth herd migrates to escape the chilling winter. On their way, they encounter dangers like snow-covered bogs, cave lions, and the most dangerous predators yet- humans.
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Karyn Drane, Lorne Duquette
Votes: 148
30,000 YA, Belgium
44.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Triumph of the Beasts
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Animation, Documentary
Follow chronologically the story of evolution of mammals from the moment the dinosaurs died off to the end of the Ice age. The discovery of their fossils throughout history is also covered.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 65
20,000 YA, Germany
45.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
The Beasts Within
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Animation, Documentary
Follow the evolution of monkeys, apes and man.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 60
8-5 MYA, France
46. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
120 min | Documentary, History
The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.
Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Sachs, Alex Palmer
Votes: 1,444
Homininid Era (Prehistory)
- DL
47.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
First Ancestors
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
As Africa transitions from forest to Savannah the world's first bipedal ape, australopithecus, evolved and flourished in the new environment.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley
Votes: 75
3.2 MYA, Ethiopia
48.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
Blood Brothers
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
At this stage several kinds of ape men populated Africa, each with its own unique adaptations. These species were doomed as the African continent grew increasingly arid, but a new human species well adapted to a hot dry climate emerged.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley
Votes: 71
2 MYA, Africa
49.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
Savage Family
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
Homo agasta display the beginnings of families, tool making, team work and vocal communications. Some migrate out of Africa resulting in the evolution of additional human species in different parts of the world.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley
Votes: 72
1.5 MYA to 500,000, China, Kenya
50.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
The Survivors
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
Robert Winston follows the final evolutionary push of mankind's ancestors, and discovers the key that makes us human.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley, Suzanne Cave
Votes: 69
400,000-30,000 B.C., Africa, Europe
51. Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (2003)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
Adventurous zoologist Nigel Marven embarks on an underwater expedition through time to explore the seven deadliest seas in Earth's history, coming face to face with strange and dangerous prehistoric sea monsters.
Stars: Nigel Marven, Christopher Cook, Karen Hayley, Michael Davis
Votes: 1,357
Ordovician Era- Eocene Era (Prehistory)
- Youtube
52.
Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (2003)
Episode:
Dangerous Seas
(2003)
Not Rated | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
Nigel first goes fishing in the Ordovician. Even though fish hadn't evolve yet there's plenty of creatures to catch if they don't catch him first. In the Triassic he finds plenty of fish ... See full summary »
Director: Jasper James | Stars: Christopher Cook, Karen Hayley, Nigel Marven
Votes: 103
230 MYA
53.
Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (2003)
Episode:
Into the Jaws of Death
(2003)
Not Rated | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
Nigel continues to court danger in the Devonian as he teases a dunkleosteus and in the Eocene trying to hand feed an arsinoitherium. Then to the Pliocene for an counter with history's largest shark.
Director: Jasper James | Stars: Christopher Cook, Karen Hayley, Nigel Marven
Votes: 85
4 MYA
54.
Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (2003)
Episode:
To Hell and Back
(2003)
Not Rated | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
Nigel follows a school of massive fish hoping to find history's the largest marine carnivore, Liopleurodon. Finally, in the cretaceous in a sea packed with predators Nigel searches for a the apex predator, Mausosaur.
Director: Jasper James | Stars: Christopher Cook, Karen Hayley, Nigel Marven
Votes: 84
75 MYA
55. 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: 1,662
145 MYA (Prehistory)
- Youtube
56. Chased by Dinosaurs (2002–2003)
29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
This two-part series, a sequel to Walking with Dinosaurs featured Nigel and his "team of fellow explorers" encountering prehistoric life over a large range of time, and seeing creatures not featured in the original series.
Star: Nigel Marven
Votes: 877
Mid-Late Cretaceous, 100-75 Million Years Ago (Prehistory)
- Youtube
57. Prehistoric Park (2006)
60 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Nigel Marven travels back in time to rescue exotic creatures on the brink of extinction. CGI is used to create animals no longer seen on earth, from woolly mammoths, and T Rex, to dinosaur-eating crocodiles.
Stars: Rod Arthur, Suzanne McNabb, Nigel Marven, David Jason
Votes: 1,776
Carboniferous- Holocene, 300 Million- 10,000 Years Ago (Prehistory)
- DL
58. Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet (2014)
40 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
A group of young pachyrhinosaurs face the trials of growing up in a prehistoric world.
Directors: Barry Cook, Neil Nightingale, Richard Dale | Star: Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 49
Late Cretaceous, 73.5- 68.5 MYA (Prehistory)
- Youtube
59. When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001 TV Movie)
Unrated | 91 min | Animation, Documentary
The life of American dinosaurs is seen in amazing detail. The Feathered Dromeosaurs (Raptors) debut on this film along with the bizarre Therizinosaur. Each story is compelling and ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: John Goodman, Karen Chin, Philip Currie, Jim Kirkland
Votes: 558
Triassic- Cretaceous, 220- 65 MYA (Prehistory)
- Youtube
60. Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Not Rated | 192 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A four-episode animated series charting the adventures of four dinosaurs - each on a different continent in the prehistoric world: a lone female Velociraptor in Asia; a young male ... See full summary »
Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Beau van Erven Dorens, Lutz Riedel
Votes: 567
Late Cretaceous (Prehistory)
- Youtube
61. Walking with Monsters (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
The final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Edward Gero
Votes: 2,411
Paleozoic Era (Prehistory)
- Youtube
62. Clash of the Dinosaurs (2009)
TV-PG | 172 min | Documentary, History
Dinosaurs were the ultimate prehistoric survival machines, ruling the earth for 120 Million years. Until now we've seen them as skeletons and robotic models. Dino Body takes a new look at ... See full summary »
Stars: Jason Hildebrandt, Richard Coyle, Ken Carpenter, Peter L. Larson
Votes: 230
Late Cretaceous (Prehistory)
- Youtube
63. Animal Armageddon (2009– )
45 min | Documentary, History
This documentary series explores the causes behind six major extinction events in Earth's history. It also speculates on the next such event.
Stars: Peter Ward, Michael Carroll, Craig Chesner, Mathew Wedel
Votes: 215
Ordovician- Holocene, 450 Million- 10,000 YA (Prehistory)
- Youtube
64. Planet Dinosaur (2011)
180 min | Documentary, Animation, Action
Based on the latest paleontological discoveries from all continents, veteran actor John Hurt narrates the gory, bleak stories of the brutal relationship between the ancient apex predators and their gigantic herbivorous prey.
Star: John Hurt
Votes: 1,749
Late Jurassic- Late Cretaceous, 154- 65 MYA (Prehistory)
- Youtube
65. Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary
Famous naturalist David Attenborough explains the rise and fall of pterosaurs, mistakenly known as flying dinosaurs. He also flies a glider to show how big the Quetzalcoatlus, at the time the largest known pterosaur species, really was.
Director: Matthew Dyas | Stars: David Attenborough, Douglas A. Lawson
Votes: 1,034 | Gross: $5.69M
Jurassic- Cretaceous (Prehistory)
- Youtube
66. Dinosaur Revolution (2011)
TV-PG | 176 min | Documentary
A documentary series following various prehistoric creatures, depicting their way of lives as well as their lust for survival.
Stars: Rick Robles, Thomas Holtz, Scott Hartman, Scott Sampson
Votes: 312
Mesozoic Era (Prehistory)
- Youtube
67. Prehistoric Planet (2022–2023)
TV-PG | 203 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 10,664
(Prehistory)
- AppleTV
68. 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: 67,209 | Gross: $137.75M
(Prehistory)
- Disney+
69. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 719,331 | Gross: $56.95M
- Max
70. One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Prehistoric man Tumak is banished from his savage tribe and meets pretty Loana, who belongs to a gentler coastal tribe, but he must fight caveman Payto to win her favors.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown
Votes: 9,627
1,000,000 B.C.
71. Quest for Fire (1981)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong
Votes: 24,121 | Gross: $20.96M
75,997 B.C.
- DL
72. Primal (2019– )
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A caveman and a dinosaur bond over shared tragedy and work together to survive in a perilous prehistoric world.
Stars: Aaron LaPlante, Laëtitia Eïdo, Fred Tatasciore, Imari Williams
Votes: 20,706
- Max
73. The Good Dinosaur (2015)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Director: Peter Sohn | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla, Ryan Teeple
Votes: 127,413 | Gross: $123.09M
Prehistory (ALT)
- Disney+
74. Early Man (2018)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Director: Nick Park | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall
Votes: 23,796 | Gross: $8.27M
2,000,000 B.C.
- 4K DL
75. Dawn of the Croods (2015–2017)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Eep, Grug, Thunk, Ugga, Sandy and Gran are back. Follow them as they meet new friends, outrun new creatures and encounter "firsts" the world has never seen - such as school, slumber parties, hiccups and elections.
Stars: Dan Milano, A.J. LoCascio, Laraine Newman, Cree Summer
Votes: 861
Prehistory (ALT)
- Netflix
76. The Croods (2013)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener
Votes: 231,957 | Gross: $187.17M
Prehistory (ALT)
- 4K DL or HD Netflix
77. The Croods: A New Age (2020)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.
Director: Joel Crawford | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener
Votes: 52,979 | Gross: $58.57M
Prehistory (ALT)
- 4K DL
78. The Croods: Family Tree (2021– )
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It continues the evolving story of the croods and Bettermans as they learn to live together on the most idle farm in prehistory.
Stars: Ally Dixon, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Matthew Waterson, Amy Landecker
Votes: 3,528
Prehistory (ALT)
- Hulu
79. Ice Age (2002)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.
Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Goran Visnjic
Votes: 519,042 | Gross: $176.39M
20,000s B.C.
- Disney+
80. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the ice age is coming to an end, and join everybody for a journey to higher ground. On the trip, they discover that Manny is not in fact the last of the woolly mammoths.
Director: Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott
Votes: 296,573 | Gross: $195.33M
20,000s B.C.
- Disney+
81. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.
Directors: Carlos Saldanha, Michael Thurmeier | Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Eunice Cho
Votes: 264,158 | Gross: $196.57M
20,000s B.C.
- Disney+
82. Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sid, Eddie and Crash get in trouble with Santa and have to get their names off of the naughty list.
Director: Karen Disher | Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah
Votes: 11,246
20,000 B.C.
- Disney+
83. Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Directors: Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier | Stars: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Aziz Ansari
Votes: 224,867 | Gross: $161.32M
20,000 B.C.
- Disney+
84. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Scrat's acorn sends an asteroid to Earth, the Herd must find a way to stop the asteroid from hitting Earth with the help of a returning friend.
Directors: Michael Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu | Stars: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Chris Wedge
Votes: 74,858 | Gross: $64.06M
20,000s B.C.
- Disney+
85. Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Sid takes a job as an egg nanny, he's unaware an old enemy has plans of his own. The shenanigans lead to the first egg hunt and creation of popular Easter traditions.
Directors: Ricardo Curtis, Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier | Stars: Blake Anderson, Steve Apostolina, Tyree Brown, David Cowgill
Votes: 4,005
20,000 B.C.
- Disney+
86. Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022–2024)
TV-G | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Six all-new animated shorts starring Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the "Ice Age" adventures, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood.
Stars: Kari Wahlgren, Chris Wedge
Votes: 2,638
20,000 B.C.
- Disney+
87. Brother Bear (2003)
G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize
Votes: 123,751 | Gross: $85.34M
19,000s B.C., Alaska
- Disney+
88. Brother Bear 2 (2006 Video)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An old female friend of Kenai needs his help on a quest, much to Koda's growing consternation.
Director: Ben Gluck | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Mandy Moore, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis
Votes: 20,356
19,000s B.C., Alaska
- Disney+
89. Alpha (II) (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.
Director: Albert Hughes | Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk, Jens Hultén
Votes: 66,537 | Gross: $35.85M
18,000 B.C., Europe
- Starz or 4K DL
90. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 40,999
10,000 B.C.
- Max
91. Far Cry Primal (2016 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Set during the Stone Age, Far Cry Primal follows Takkar, who rises from an unarmed hunter to the leader of his tribe.
Director: Jean-Christophe Guyot | Stars: Elias Toufexis, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Debra Wilson, DeLaRosa Rivera
Votes: 4,058
10,000 B.C., Europe
- PC
92. 10,000 BC (2008)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the prehistoric past, D'Leh is a mammoth hunter who bonds with the beautiful Evolet. When warriors on horseback capture Evolet and the tribesmen, D'Leh must embark on an odyssey to save his true love.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Camilla Belle, Steven Strait, Marco Khan, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 135,470 | Gross: $94.78M
10,000 B.C., Eurasia
- Max
93. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman
Votes: 162,460 | Gross: $39.57M
9500 B.C., Eurasia
- DL
94. Conan the Destroyer (1984)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia d'Abo, Wilt Chamberlain
Votes: 85,330 | Gross: $31.04M
9500 B.C., Eurasia
- Netflix
95. Conan and the Young Warriors (1994)
25 min | Animation, Action, Family
Ill-fated CBS Saturday morning cartoon show that was a spin-off on the syndicated Conan the Adventurer. "Conan and the Young Warriors" deals with a maturer Conan who is a mentor to three students, two of them are boys and one is a girl.
Stars: Philip Maurice Hayes, Mark Hildreth, Kelly Sheridan, Chiara Zanni
Votes: 89
9500 B.C., Eurasia
- DL
96. Red Sonja (1985)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith
Votes: 44,874 | Gross: $6.95M
9500 B.C., Eurasia
- DL
97. Conan the Adventurer (1992–1993)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Young Cimmerian barbarian Conan and his allies must stop snake-man wizard Wrath-Amon and his snake-men army from resurrecting evil serpent god Set. Conan must also destroy the evil wizard's ring that turned his family into stone.
Stars: Michael Donovan, Michael Beattie, Scott McNeil, Doug Parker
Votes: 1,492
9500 B.C., Eurasia
- DL
98. Conan the Barbarian (2011)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang
Votes: 102,704 | Gross: $21.30M
9500 B.C.
- Prime
99. Gods of Egypt (2016)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Chadwick Boseman
Votes: 125,847 | Gross: $31.15M
4,000 B.C., Mesopotamia
- 4K DL
100. Year One (2009)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, Oliver Platt
Votes: 103,657 | Gross: $43.34M
4,000 B.C.-2,067 B.C., Mesopotamia
- DL
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