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Plot Summary:
Hammer Film’s follow-up to the successful One Million Years B.C. is set in an ancient past when humans and dinosaurs co-exist. Athletic cavewomen and hairy men wander around, grunting, sweating and occasionally sacrificing evil blonde babes to the sun in return for protection from stop-motion beasts. The fun-loving, energetic Sanna (Victoria Vetri), one of the sacrificial offerings, manages to escape during a ritual and joins another tribe where she says ‘necro’ a lot and falls in love with a surprisingly hairless guy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, tense, classic horror, prehistoric, natural horror, offbeat, psychotronic, cult film
Best tv shows and movies like When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970):
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Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Plot Summary:
In 1881, Michael Denning, an American soldier, and Hector Servadac, a French aristocrat, are about to have a duel over a woman that they both are infatuated with. However, just as the two men are about to shoot at each other, a comet strikes the Earth and the gravitational pull draws in the two men. Michael and Hector soon deduce that this comet has been periodically landing on Earth and gathering people and animals from various eras in time, including people and dinosaurs. The two men then decide to put their differences aside and fight for survival as well as help make peace between two warring tribes of cavemen. Written by Brian Washington.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: classic horror, psychotronic, vintage
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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: natural horror, scary, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Storm Planet (1962)
Plot Summary:
Four Soviet cosmonauts land on the planet Venus and find it teeming with life, some of it dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, vintage, cult film
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Space Amoeba (1970)
Plot Summary:
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, classic horror, natural horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
Plot Summary:
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, daikaiju, natural horror, fast
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A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990)
Plot Summary:
In a post-Armageddon world, a young woman finds herself in a fight for survival against mutant cavemen, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: futuristic, retro, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, offbeat, semi serious, fast, bizarre
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The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Plot Summary:
A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, classic horror, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, wild, weird
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Gamera the Brave (2005)
Plot Summary:
Toru Aizawa, a 11 year old boy suddenly finds a tiny egg on a red mysterious stone. the egg hatches and comes out an abnormal little turtle (Toto) which not only grows rapidly, but also flies in the air and even blows fireballs. At the meantime, a series of mysterious ship wrecks are reported. Later on, even more disasters happen when a huge evil ferocious monster Lizard (Zeus) suddenly comes out from the sea and attacks, wrecks and demolishes the world. the last hope of mankind relies on the friendly great monster, Gamera, which looks similar to Toto, but disappeared 33 years ago. Is Toto the descendant of Gamera? is Toto able to fight against the huge evil?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, suspense, scenic, cult classic, daikaiju, natural horror, offbeat
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Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
Plot Summary:
Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, cult film
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Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
Plot Summary:
To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, exciting, offbeat, serious, psychotronic
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Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)
Plot Summary:
A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet, and blood-thirsty buggers at that. The crew hopes to be found and rescued, but they have to struggle to survive until then.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, retro, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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Caveman (1981)
Plot Summary:
In this comedy, Atouk becomes leader of the misfit cavemen. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar, and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spoof, funny, cult classic, prehistoric, parody, humorous, slapstick, offbeat, witty, not serious
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Dinosaur Island (1994)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to lush Dinosaur Island, where a tribe of gorgeous cavedwelling warrior women satisfy the exotic fantasies of five downed military airmen. Fearsome battles with the island's ferocious maneating dinosaurs are the only disruption of their seductive pleasures on this island paradise. Narrowly surviving with their lives, the rugged men fall under the seductive spell of their lovely captors and soon find their every dream fulfilled.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, psychotronic, sex comedy, erotic, semi serious, spoof, parody, cult film
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Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
Plot Summary:
As the first nomadic tribes wander across the vast wilderness of the infant planet they confront hostilities created by the harsh environment and each other. After a massive volcanic eruption a tribal chief is killed and his two sons fight for supremacy, not only for the leadership of the tribe but also for the love of a beautiful young woman. The age-old battlegrounds of rivalry, envy and passion are explored in this tale of prehistoric adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, classic horror, prehistoric, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, vintage
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Prehistoric Women (1967)
Plot Summary:
Leader of a tribe of amazon women, Queen Kari, has vanquished a rival tribe and rules them with savage ruthlessness and cruel arrogance. A hunter stumbles onto the enclave and falls for one of the slaves, so unleashing the anger and envy of the possessive, sadistic Queen.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, prehistoric, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, campy
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The People That Time Forgot (1977)
Plot Summary:
A sequel to The Land That Time Forgot. Major Ben McBride organises a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend (Doug McClure) who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, classic horror, prehistoric, natural horror, independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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Son of Godzilla (1967)
Plot Summary:
The 8th Godzilla film is aimed at an even younger audience than its predecessors. In the South Seas, scientists conducting weather experiments encounter gigantic mantises and a giant spider that are attacking Godzilla's offspring.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, exciting, offbeat, suspenseful, grindhouse, classic horror, humorous
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War of the Monsters (1966)
Plot Summary:
After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, gay cinema
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The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
Plot Summary:
The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, captivating, disturbing, grindhouse, natural horror, mythical, independent film, offbeat, semi serious
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King of the Lost World (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, mockbuster, natural horror, fast, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Plot Summary:
The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes up on a nearby beach. The developer's plans go awry when he disrupts Godzilla's rest and the monster goes stomping through Tokyo. It's up to Mothra defend its egg and Japan from Godzilla. One of the most popular films in the original Godzilla series.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, classic horror, epic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, scary
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Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to wake him up to aid in their plan to free the natives.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
Plot Summary:
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, captivating, light, entertaining, natural horror, retro, grindhouse, classic horror, action adventure
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One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Plot Summary:
As the Earth wrestles with its agonising birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilisation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, prehistoric, natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, classic horror, serious, independent film, scary
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Mysterious Island (1961)
Plot Summary:
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, suspenseful, suspense, retro, classic horror, natural horror, serious, psychotronic, light
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Triassic Attack (2010)
Plot Summary:
A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, fast
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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Plot Summary:
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, suspense, independent film, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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The Land That Time Forgot (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shipwrecked castaways stumble upon the mysterious island of Caprona in the Bermuda Triangle, confronting man-eating dinosaurs and a stranded German U-Boat crew while trying to escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, mockbuster, semi serious, natural horror, offbeat, serious, computer animated, psychotronic
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, scary, post modern
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At the Earth's Core (1976)
Plot Summary:
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, retro, classic horror, independent film, atmospheric, serious, unusual plot structure, humorous, futuristic