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Theme: Prehistory

10,000 BC (2008)

8 March 200810 November 2019

Rating: ★

Prehistoric Drama

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Virgel, …
Category: Science Fiction

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

26 April 200123 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rains
Category: Science Fiction

The 25th Reich (2012)

26 February 201616 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Time Travel, UFOs and Nazi-Ruled Alternate Future

Director: Stephen Amis
Actors: Jim Knobeloch, Serge Donardo, Jak Wyld, Angelo Salamanca, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aaaaaaaah! (2015)

11 October 201512 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Alternate World That Operates on Pre-Verbal Behaviour

Director: Steve Oram
Actors: Steve Oram, Lucy Honigman, Toyah Willcox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Adventures in Dinosaur City (1991)

9 April 19995 June 2019

Rating: 0­

Kids Trapped Inside a Dinosaur TV Show

Director: Brett Thompson
Actors: Omri Katz, Tiffanie Poston, Shawn Hoffman, Tony Doyle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Age of the Hobbits (2012)

8 February 201330 December 2019

Rating: ★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Epic Fantasy

Director: Joseph J. Lawson
Actors: Christopher Judge, Bai Ling
Category: Fantasy

Alpha (2018)

15 February 20197 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Prehistoric Adventure

Director: Albert Hughes
Actors: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Johannes Haukur Johanesson, Marcin Kowakczyk, Natassia Malthe, …
Category: Science Fiction

At the Earth’s Core (1976)

7 November 20017 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost World at the Centre of the Earth/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
Category: Science Fiction

Beauties of the Night (1952)

27 May 199916 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Daydreamer’s Fantasies

Director: Rene Clair
Actors: Gerard Phillipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida
Category: Fantasy

Cavegirl (1985)

22 November 20087 April 2020

Rating: ½

Nerd Time Travels Back to Prehistory Comedy

Director: David Oliver
Actors: Daniel Roebuck, Cindy Ann Thompson
Category: Science Fiction

Caveman (1981)

6 September 20009 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Spoof

Director: Carl Gottlieb
Actors: Ringo Starr, Shelley Long, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Bach, …
Category: Science Fiction

Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

14 April 200121 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Feminism

Director: Michael Chapman
Actors: Daryl Hannah, James Remar, Pamela Reed
Category: Science Fiction

Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

3 April 200121 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Prehistory/Caveman Drama

Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Julie Ege, Tony Bonner, Robert John, Brian O'Shaughnessy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Croods (2013)

31 March 201326 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Prehistoric Comedy

Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Cloris Leachman, …
Category: Fantasy

Dinosaur (2000)

22 May 200015 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright, Joan Plowright, …
Category: Fantasy

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1915)

3 January 201914 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Cavemen and Dinosaurs

Director: Willis O'Brien
Category: Science Fiction

Disaster Movie (2008)

4 July 201016 August 2020

Rating: ½

Parodies of Various Films

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Actors: Matt Lanter, Crista Flanagan, Nicole Parker, Kim Kardashian, …
Category: Science Fiction

Early Man (2018)

19 May 201821 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Aardman Animation/Prehistoric Sports Comedy

Director: Nick Park
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantasia (1940)

15 July 200212 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation and Music Anthology

Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Flintstones (1994)

1 February 200015 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Comedy/Cartoon in Live-Action

Director: Brian Levant
Actors: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Elizabeth Perkins, …
Category: Fantasy

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

23 April 200015 December 2020

Rating: ★

Prehistoric Comedy/Cartoon in Live-Action

Director: Brian Levant
Actors: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnston, Jane Krakowski, …
Category: Fantasy

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

6 December 20151 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Pixar Animation/Dinosaur Befriends Caveboy

Director: Peter Sohn
Actors: Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

30 January 200523 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo SF

Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

19 February 201314 July 2020

Rating: ½

Space Expedition to a Prehistoric Planet

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: John Carradine, Robert Dix, Joey Benson
Category: Science Fiction

Ice Age 2 (2006)

21 June 200627 December 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Prehistoric Talking Animals

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Actors: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, …
Category: Fantasy

Ice Age (2002)

22 March 200228 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Prehistoric Talking Animals

Director: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Actors: John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Goran Visnic, …
Category: Fantasy

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

17 July 20093 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Prehistoric Talking Animals

Director: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Actors: John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, …
Category: Fantasy

Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

9 September 201610 December 2020

Rating: 0­

Animation/Prehistoric Talking Animals

Director: Mike Thurmeier, Galen Tan Chu
Actors: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, …
Category: Fantasy

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

20 July 201228 December 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Prehistoric Talking Animals

Director: Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier
Actors: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Peter Dinklage, …
Category: Fantasy

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

18 May 201915 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazi Moonbase/Alien Lizard People from the Centre of the Earth

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Lara Rossi, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Tom Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)

30 July 201516 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Journey Through Prehistory

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of Time (1967)

12 February 200511 January 2020

Rating: ½

Time Travel

Director: David L. Hewitt
Actors: Anthony Eisley, Scott Brady, Abraham Sofaer
Category: Science Fiction

The Land Before Time (1988)

12 May 200011 February 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Will Rynn, Judith Barsi, …
Category: Fantasy

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)

31 December 199530 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Director: Roy Allen Smith
Actors: Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1995)

31 December 199530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Director: Roy Allen Smith
Actors: Scott McAfee, Charles Durning, Linda Gray, Juliana Hansen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)

31 December 19974 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Director: Charles Grosvenor
Actors: Brandon La Croix, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Glen Bennett, Aria Noelle Curzon, …
Category: Fantasy

Land of the Lost (2009)

11 June 20091 March 2019

Rating: 0­

TV Series Remake/Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Brad Silberling
Actors: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

6 May 200024 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon, John McEnery, Keith Barron, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Land Unknown (1957)

2 August 20014 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Virgil Vogel
Actors: Jock Mahoney, Shawn Smith, Henry Brandon, William Reynolds, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Dinosaur (1977)

11 July 20178 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Alex Grasshoff, Tom Kotani
Actors: Richard Boone, Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (2018)

14 December 20187 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Actors: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo, Judah Friedlander, …
Category: Horror

Lucy (2014)

27 July 201418 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Drug Grants Enhanced Intelligence and Superpowers/Action Film

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, …
Category: Science Fiction

Minions (2015)

12 July 201519 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Cute Mischievous Creatures

Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Actors: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mr. Nobody (2009)

3 July 20105 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Alternate Life Pathways

Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Actors: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans, …
Category: Science Fiction

One Million B.C. (1940)

14 November 20197 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cavemen vs Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Drama

Director: Hal Roach, hal Roach Jr
Actors: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr
Category: Science Fiction

One Million Years B.C. (1966)

11 February 200123 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cavemen vs Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Drama

Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Martine Beswick, Robert Brown
Category: Science Fiction

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

21 April 200815 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, Doug McClure, Thorley Walters, …
Category: Science Fiction

Prehistoric Women (1950)

13 November 201813 November 2018

Rating: 0­

Prehistoric Drama

Director: Gregg G. Tallas
Actors: Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon, Joan Shawlee, Judy Landon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Quest for Fire (1981)

3 May 20047 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Prehistory/Caveman Adventure

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Actors: Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman
Category: Science Fiction

Slave Girls (1967)

12 March 20139 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Prehistoric Women-Ruled World/Hammer Film

Director: Michael Carreras
Actors: Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Sydney Bromley, Carol White, …
Category: Fantasy

Synchronic (2019)

23 January 202130 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Drug That Causes People to Travel Through Time

Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides, …
Category: Science Fiction

Teenage Caveman (1958)

12 May 20043 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Cavemen

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Robert Vaughn, Frank DeKova, Leslie Bradley, Sarah Marshall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

30 June 200926 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tree of Life (2011)

4 June 201114 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★½

Lost American Childhood/The Evolution of Life on Earth

Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, …
Category: Fantasy

Valley of the Dragons (1961)

25 August 20148 October 2019

Rating: ★

Jules Verne Adaptation/Prehistoric Lost World on a Comet

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Sean McClory, Cesare Danova, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Walking With Dinosaurs (2013)

22 December 201312 April 2020

Rating: ★

Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Director: Barry Cook, Neil Nightingale
Actors: Charlie Rowe, Karl Urban, Angourie Rice, Justin Long, …
Category: Fantasy

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

25 August 200219 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Cavemen vs Dinosaurs

Director: Val Guest
Actors: Victoria Vetri, Robin Hawdron, Patrick Allen, Imogen Hassall
Category: Science Fiction

Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)

12 May 20048 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Children’s Time Travel Film

Director: Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Billie Richards, Larry Mann, Paul Soles, James Doohan
Category: Science Fiction

Year One (2009)

30 January 20102 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Cavemen Stumble Through the Old Testament Comedy

Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • Disaster Movies
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  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
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