The best dinosaur movies of all time
The top 3 according to 36 votes from people: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) · Jurassic Park (1993) · King Kong (2005). (Updated Aug 24, 2026.)
From King Kong to Jurassic Park: the dinosaur films critics and fans rank highest (MovieWeb, Collider, Screen Rant).
Top 11
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1
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
A T. rex loose in San Diego.
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2
Jurassic Park (1993)
Spielberg changed forever what a dinosaur movie could be.
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3
King Kong (2005)
Peter Jackson's remake, with a three-way T. rex fight.
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4
Jurassic World (2015)
The park finally opens, and the Indominus rex escapes.
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5
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Cowboys versus an allosaurus, by Harryhausen.
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6
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
Scarlett Johansson leads a mission to an island full of dinosaurs.
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7
The Land Before Time (1988)
Littlefoot and friends searching for the Great Valley.
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8
Dinosaur (2000)
Disney's CGI dinosaurs over live-action landscapes.
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9
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Raquel Welch and Ray Harryhausen's dinosaurs.
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10
King Kong (1933)
Skull Island's dinosaurs and groundbreaking stop-motion effects.
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11
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Pixar imagines a world where the asteroid missed.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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