Last Updated on 25 March 2024

I searched the Internet for lists of the best dinosaur movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).

I was able to find 26 lists. I took the 26 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 49 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.

The movies that were on the most lists (out of 26) were:

  • Jurassic Park (1993) – all 26 lists
  • The Land Before Time (1988) – 19 lists
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015) – 19 lists
  • Jurassic World (2015) – 17 lists
  • Dinosaur (2000) – 16 lists
  • King Kong (2005) – 15 lists
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) – 13 lists
  • The Valley of Gwangi (1969) – 13 lists
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) – 12 lists
  • One Million Years B.C. (1966) – 12 lists
  • Walking With Dinosaurs (1999) – 11 lists
  • Land of the Lost (2009) – 11 lists

Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:

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