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Plot Summary:
The adventure begins when Lucas, a 13 year old boy, embarks on the vacation of a lifetime. When disaster strikes, Lucas finds himself stranded in a strange land littered with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. While searching for other signs of life, Lucas hears a radio broadcast in the distance and is drawn into the jungle where he encounters a beautiful young girl who claims to have come from the 1950s. Together they set out on a quest to get home all the while uncovering secrets that will forever change the future.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, disturbing, colorful, enigmatic, disgusting, colourful
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The Adventures of Jurassic Pet (2019)
Plot Summary:
An adventurous teenager summons the courage to help a friendly dinosaur to escape from the clutches of a mad scientist that wants to use him for experimentations.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, sincere, disturbing, compassionate
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Prehysteria! 3 (1995)
Plot Summary:
The dinosaurs help young Ella and her family save their mini-putt business.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gay cinema
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Prehysteria! 2 (1994)
Plot Summary:
A rich boy desperate for attention makes friends with the dinosaurs of "Prehysteria!". Prehysteria! 2.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Anak Ng Bulkan (1997)
Plot Summary:
Remake of the 1959 film Anak ng Bulkan.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Terrordactyl (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a meteor shower rains down outside Los Angeles, Jonas and Lars, two friends stuck in tired, boring lives, head out to find a meteor and strike it rich. After recovering one, they start being stalked by terrordactyls, ancient flying reptiles that launch a full-on assault on the city. Trying to survive, they go on the run.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: action adventure, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Plot Summary:
A group of aliens from another planet head for Earth with the intentions of conquering it. Their first ship is destroyed in transit by the giant flying turtle Gamera. A second ship makes it to Earth and captures two Boy Scouts and holds them captive so that Gamera will not attack them. The aliens then implant a remote control device into the monster's neck and use the great turtle to attack Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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King Kong Escapes (1967)
Plot Summary:
King Kong is brought in by an evil genius to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Gamera vs. the Deep Sea Monster Zigra (1971)
Plot Summary:
A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship with a cluster of gumballs on its head. Later, at Sea World, dolphins are dying mysteriously. Zigra kidnaps two men and two children (one of whom is a Coke addict - Coca-Cola that is) and starts causing earthquakes. The two six year olds somehow outwit Zigra and help their incapacitated fathers escape. The Zigra Woman, who can use her eyes to put people into comas, then chases them all over Sea World like an extended Benny Hill skit. Somewhere in this movie Gamera finally shows up, fights Zigra, who turns into a giant swordfish.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious, fast, campy, cult film
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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Plot Summary:
In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Jet Jaguar decides to stop the attack by recruiting Godzilla and enlarging himself to Monster-size.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, classic horror, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, silent, corny, cult film
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Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Plot Summary:
A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, cult film
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Where Time Began (1977)
Plot Summary:
Like in the novel of Jules Verne four persons try to get to the centre of the world by entering into a world of caves by a volcano. On their way they discover among other things also prehistoric animals like some dinosaurs,.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic
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My Pet Dinosaur (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a young boy named Jake accidentally makes a new friend in an experiment gone wrong a troubled town is plunged into chaos. But with the creature rapidly evolving every day, Jake finds it increasingly difficult to keep his new pet secret. Jake's friends and new girl Abbie realize they are not the only ones interested in this strange, mischievous little dinosaur and soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is who is looking for it.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, exciting, suspenseful, touching, semi serious
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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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Dinotopia (2002)
Plot Summary:
Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at odds, even as they struggle to adjust to life in their strange new world where talking dinosaurs live side by side in an uneasy alliance with humans.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, spiritual, offbeat
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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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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
Plot Summary:
Paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Côte d'Ivoire
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, unusual plot structure, humorous, sweet, entertaining, weird, idiotic, ridiculous, cult film, awful
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Dinotopia (2002)
Plot Summary:
Carl and David, two boys flying a small aircraft over the ocean with their father, crash land near an uncharted island. The boys swim safely to shore, but their father unfortunately drowns in the crash. On their own, the brothers explore the island and soon discover it is not only inhabited by people, but by dinosaurs as well! While the place seems easy enough to get used to, the boys must find a way of returning to their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 250 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, feel good, captivating, colorful, epic, mockbuster, colourful
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Prehysteria! (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal a brood of baby dinosaurs.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Extinction: Nature Has Evolved (2014)
Plot Summary:
The amazing footage you will see in this documentary was recorded during an expedition to the Amazon in South America. It has been assembled as per the camera time codes. It has not been altered or tampered with in any way and after extensive testing has been considered absolutely genuine. What you will see will change the way you view the natural world. Are you ready for that? For in the heart of the rainforest, a team of researchers led by the respected Professor John Howson strived to protect endangered and vulnerable species from extinction. But their guides abandoned them after a series of strange and unexplainable events and the team soon got hopelessly lost in the jungle. When events took a horrifying turn, the team realized that they were in the hunting grounds of an apex predator. And now they were the ones on the endangered species list.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, prehistoric
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Adventures in Dinosaur City (1991)
Plot Summary:
A scientist's kids are sucked into a TV screen and wind up in the Stone Age with cavemen and dinosaurs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, offbeat, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Operation Arctic (2014)
Plot Summary:
After stowing away on a rescue helicopter, three children find themselves stuck on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean with little hope of rescue. They have to conquer fear, wild animals, raging weather, lack of food, and find a way to communicate with the mainland.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, scenic, colorful, colourful
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Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Chapter 1, Planet of the Dino-Knights (1995)
Plot Summary:
Josh Kirby Time Warrior Chapter 1 Planet of the Dino-Knights: In the 25th century mankind has found a device capable of destroying the universe. Irwin 1138 separates the Nullifier into 6 pieces which he scatters throughout time. When the evil Dr. Zoetrope goes after the pieces, Irwin 1138 must try to stop him, with the help of a 20th century teenager, Josh Kirby, and a half-human warrior named Azabeth Siege. The race is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, psychotronic, suspense, cult classic, classic horror, natural horror, scary, offbeat, serious, fast
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A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: entertaining, colorful, philosophical, mysterious, profound, epic fantasy, crying, light, epic, fairy tale
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Captain Nova (2021)
Plot Summary:
A fighter pilot travels back in time to save the future world from environmental disaster, but a side-effect turns her young again and no-one takes her seriously.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, futuristic, disturbing, inspirational
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The Lost World (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World. Premiered in the fall of 1999, it ran for three seasons before it was cancelled on a cliffhanger in 2002 after funding for a fourth season fell through. To date, the cliffhanger remains unresolved. All three seasons were released in DVD box sets through 2004. The series continued to be rerun in the United States on TNT at 5:00AM EST Monday through Friday, until eventually that came to an end as well. The series originally aired on Pay-per-view via DirecTV in the summer of 1999 before it aired on syndication. Pay-per-view aired the show uncensored, containing nudity and extended scenes. The syndicated version on TV and DVD releases are edited.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized, retro, sexy, heroic, exciting, offbeat
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Jurassic Attack (2013)
Plot Summary:
While returning from a military expedition a helicopter crash lands a commando unit in a dense, remote tropical jungle – a lost world populated by dinosaurs. Now they must find a way out of this isolated valley before becoming prey for prehistoric predators.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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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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100 Million BC (2008)
Plot Summary:
A scientist from the failed Philadelphia Experiment leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly awry though, when on his return he accidentally brings a giant, man-eating dinosaur back through the portal and into modern-day, downtown Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, tense, mockbuster, natural horror, offbeat, psychotronic
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Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
Plot Summary:
A giant creature attacks Japan during the World Fair and it's up to Gamera to stop it. But the monster injects Gamera with its offspring and a research team must take a craft into Gamera's body to eliminate the parasite.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, daikaiju, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film