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Dinosaurs on screen
Every major film and series that put dinosaurs in front of an audience, newest first — tagged by how much science versus movie magic went into it. Hover a card for cast, crew, and where to watch.
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Walking with Dinosaurs
2025 · Documentary
Walking with Dinosaurs
A six-part reimagining of the 1999 original, each episode built around a real fossil dig in progress — Spinosaurus, Lusotitan, Triceratops, and T. rex among them.
Director: BBC Studios Science Unit
Cast: Narrated by Bertie Carvel
Studio: BBC / PBS
Watch: BBC iPlayer (UK), PBS (US)
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Film
Jurassic World Rebirth
A covert team races to extract genetic material from the three largest dinosaurs left on Earth, on an island quarantined since a failed research operation.
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Netflix (from March 2026; previously Peacock)
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory — Season 2
2024 · Series
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory — Season 2
The Nublar Six, years removed from Camp Cretaceous, are pulled into a global conspiracy involving dinosaur trafficking while being hunted themselves.
Studio: DreamWorks Animation / Netflix
Watch: Netflix
Prehistoric Planet — Season 2
2023 · Documentary
Prehistoric Planet — Season 2
Immersive, natural-history-style episodes treating the Late Cretaceous as a living ecosystem, built from current fossil evidence and produced with Jon Favreau.
Cast: Narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Studios / Apple TV+
Watch: Apple TV+
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory — Season 1
2023 · Series
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory — Season 1
A direct continuation of Camp Cretaceous, following the survivors as adults navigating a post-Nublar world.
Studio: DreamWorks Animation / Netflix
Watch: Netflix
Jurassic World Dominion
2022 · Film
Jurassic World Dominion
Four years after dinosaurs escaped into the wild, the original Jurassic Park trio reunites with the Jurassic World cast to confront a bioengineering conspiracy.
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Netflix (from March 2026; previously Peacock)
Prehistoric Planet — Season 1
2022 · Documentary
Prehistoric Planet — Season 1
The series that reset expectations for dinosaur CGI, treating extinct animals with the same tone as a modern nature documentary.
Cast: Narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Studios / Apple TV+
Watch: Apple TV+
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
2020–2022 · Series
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Six teenagers stranded on Isla Nublar during the events of Jurassic World must survive both dinosaurs and each other across five seasons.
Studio: DreamWorks Animation / Netflix
Watch: Netflix
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · Film
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
A volcanic eruption forces a rescue mission back to Isla Nublar, and dinosaurs end up auctioned to private buyers on the mainland.
Director: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Netflix (from March 2026; previously Peacock)
Jurassic World
2015 · Film
Jurassic World
Twenty-two years after the original park's failure, a fully operational dinosaur theme park opens — and a genetically engineered hybrid gets loose.
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Netflix (from March 2026; previously Peacock)
Jurassic Park III
2001 · Film
Jurassic Park III
Dr. Alan Grant is deceived into joining an aerial tour of Isla Sorna that crash-lands, introducing the Spinosaurus as the franchise's new apex predator.
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Streaming home unclear as of mid-2026
Dinosaur
2000 · Film
Dinosaur
An orphaned Iguanodon raised by lemurs joins a herd migration to find a new home after an asteroid impact devastates the landscape.
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Cast: Voices of D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Watch: Disney+
Walking with Dinosaurs
1999 · Documentary
Walking with Dinosaurs
The original landmark series that treated dinosaurs as a wildlife documentary subject rather than movie monsters, using early CGI and animatronics.
Cast: Narrated by Kenneth Branagh (UK) / Avery Brooks (US)
Studio: BBC
Watch: BBC iPlayer (UK), limited availability (US)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Film
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Dr. Ian Malcolm returns to a second InGen island to document its wildlife, before a rival team's capture operation goes badly wrong.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Streaming home unclear as of mid-2026
Jurassic Park
1993 · Film
Jurassic Park
A billionaire's cloned-dinosaur theme park fails catastrophically during a visit meant to reassure investors — and redefined blockbuster filmmaking.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin
Watch: Streaming home unclear as of mid-2026
The Land Before Time
1988 · Film
The Land Before Time
A young Apatosaurus named Littlefoot leads a group of orphaned dinosaurs across a post-extinction wasteland to find the legendary Great Valley.
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Voices of Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson
Studio: Universal Pictures / Amblin / Sullivan Bluth
Watch: Peacock
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