8 Best Movies & TV Series About Dinosaurs to Watch if You Liked 'The End of Oak Street'

The End of Oak Street is David Robert Mitchell's first movie in nine years. The director of It Follows tries his hand at the Spielberg territory by making an epic blockbuster about ordinary people's struggle against dinosaurs.

If you enjoyed this gripping survival story among prehistoric giants, we've recalled eight dinosaur-themed films and TV series for you to enjoy, including documentaries.

1. 'A Sound of Thunder', 2005

IMDb Score: 4.3/10

In the future, you will be able to enjoy not only a flight to the Maldives, but also a trip 200 million years into the past to hunt real dinosaurs.

To ensure that tourists don't create time paradoxes, qualified guides monitor everything. However, something goes wrong during the safari – the hunters stray from the route and one of them accidentally kills a butterfly with his boot.

This triggers gradual changes in the present: plants mutate, animal species disappear, and new ones appear – the world takes a different evolutionary path.

2. 'The Land Before Time', 1988

IMDb Score: 7.4/10

A great drought struck the land where the dinosaurs used to live. The giants set out in search of the Great Valley, where there is plenty of greenery and water. They roam in separate groups according to species.

The adults teach the cubs, Littlefoot, a diplodocus, and Cera, a triceratops, to stick with their own kind. However, so far, Littlefoot hasn't encountered any other diplodocus besides his mother.

After his mother dies protecting him from a Tyrannosaurus rex, Littlefoot teams up with the other orphaned cubs to find the Great Valley.

3. 'Prehistoric Planet', 2022-2025

IMDb Score: 8.4/10

The Apple TV documentary series was created by the BBC Natural History Unit. Andrew Jones and Adam Valdez directed the project, and Jon Favreau served as producer. Jones and Valdez were part of the Oscar-winning visual effects team for Favreau's The Jungle Book.

The series recounts the story of Earth during the Late Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago. Each episode focuses on the ancient inhabitants of different environments, including coastal areas, deserts, bodies of fresh water, the Arctic ice cap, forests, and swamps.

The creators drew on modern paleontological research, and a team of leading scientists ensured the scientific accuracy of everything depicted on screen.

4. 'The Good Dinosaur', 2015

IMDb Score: 6.7/10

Henry and Ida, two apatosauruses, peacefully grow corn in their garden. Their children help them, but the youngest, Arlo, is weak and fearful, so he is of little use. One day, Arlo is left to guard a storage facility that has been robbed by an unknown thief.

Arlo tracks down the kid of a foolish caveman, but he lacks the strength to kill him. Arlo's father takes him with him to chase the thief, and he dies in a ravine during a heavy rainstorm.

Some time later, the caveman child reappears on the farm. During the chase, they both fall into a raging river and wake up far from home. Thus begins their journey home, filled with trials, which leads to the dinosaur's friendship with the little wild man.

5. 'Journey to the Center of the Earth', 1959

IMDb Score: 7.0/10

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a gripping 1959 classic. This adaptation of Jules Verne's novel follows Professor Oliver, a geology professor at the University of Edinburgh, who mounts an expedition to the center of the Earth.

The story begins when one of his students gives him a sample of volcanic rock as a gift. Inside the sample, they discover a metal weight inscribed with human handwriting.

Oliver learns from the message how to reach the center of the Earth, which he soon accomplishes with his student, Alec. There, they find perfectly preserved prehistoric life, the ruins of Atlantis, and many dangers.

6. 'Planet Dinosaur', 2011

IMDb Score: 8.1/10

Created by Nigel Paterson and Phil Dobree, the series depicts the lives of over 50 dinosaur species and their interactions.

Across five episodes, John Hurt explores the lives of dinosaurs in various parts of the world. For instance, the episode "Feathered Dragons" chronicles the lives of feathered dinosaurs in present-day China and Mongolia during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

The episode "The Great Survivors" chronicles the events following the asteroid impact in the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, as well as the subsequent natural disasters that wiped out numerous plant and animal species.

7. 'Land of the Lost', 2009

IMDb Score: 5.4/10

Rick Marshall's belief in parallel worlds and time travel makes him an outcast in the scientific community.

However, with the help of his assistant and an eccentric amusement park owner, he still experiments with time travel, and this time, the experiment is successful.

The trio finds itself in a parallel dimension, where dinosaurs, prehistoric primates, and lizard-headed cultists coexist in a bizarre ecosystem. The only problem is that the device used to enter this world is beyond repair.

8. 'Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island', 2021

IMDb Score: 7.2/10

This full-length animated movie is based on the series of the same name. It tells about Buddy, a baby Tyrannosaurus rex who is raised by a family of Pteranodons. This time, the whole group takes a vacation to Adventure Island.

The island features robotic dinosaurs representing species that have long since become extinct, and the mechanical menagerie is powered by volcanic energy.

The owner of the ride, Thurston, who is a Troodon, is confident that it's completely safe. However, at some point, things are bound to go wrong: the robot dinosaurs begin to behave erratically, and the Pteranodon family must find a way out of the predicament.