The 3 Most Popular Dinosaur Movies of All-Time
Not much tops the fun of watching dinosaur movies, especially when you love prehistoric beasts. While there are countless options to stream, a few stand out among the many. Movies such as Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, and Land Before Time earned their place as the most popular dinosaur movies of all time.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a timeless classic for many movie fans. The 90s film series features countless dinosaurs, including the mighty T. rex. Scientists have brought these creatures back to life by combining toad DNA with cloned DNA found inside dinosaur bones and traces found in mosquitos preserved in amber. As the film goes on, things go wrong, and the dinosaurs begin hunting the humans.
Throughout the Jurassic Park trilogy, the focus remains on the humans trying to escape the dinosaurs hunting them. While interesting, these films take various creative liberties from the scientific facts and books they’re based on.
Dino Fun Fact
The movie Jurassic Park draws inspiration from Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name.
Jurassic World
While Jurassic World is its own series, it relates to the OG Jurassic Park. Corporations in Jurassic World open a theme park akin to a zoo filled with dinosaurs. However, these beasts roam freely throughout the park, which becomes hazardous when the cloned dinosaurs once again turn on their human handlers.
Unlike Jurassic Park, Jurassic World focuses more on trying to escape the dinosaurs while also helping the species. Many accept dinosaurs as part of the natural world by this point in the film universe.
Dinosaur Fun Fact
A Velociraptor named Blue is one of the main dinosaurs in Jurassic World. She appears large enough for a human to ride like a horse, but this is inaccurate. Most Velociraptors were around the size of a wolf.
Land Before Time
The animated film Land Before Time focuses on a group of young dinosaurs surviving the Mesozoic Era together. The main cast includes the following dinosaur species:
- Apatosaurus
- Triceratops
- Parasaurolophus
- Pteranodon
- Stegosaurus
Seeing the friendship between these creatures as they embark on adventures is heartfelt; however, realistically, their bond is impossible. Most of the dinosaurs in Land Before Time lived during distinct parts of the Mesozoic Era or in differing regions.
Bonus Dino Fact
Land Before Time is a film series, but due to its popularity, it also became a television show that featured a baby Tyrannosaurus rex in the friend group.
An Important Note About Dinosaur Movies
As fun as it is to watch the most popular dinosaur movies of all time, you must remember that most don’t accurately depict the creatures in them. For example, a dinosaur going out of its way to antagonize humans like we see in Jurassic Park and Jurassic World is unlikely.
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