Movies Like T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous

If you liked T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998), a family and adventure movie directed by Brett Leonard, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also family and adventure
The Great Valley turns barren and herds of dinosaurs have to find another place to inhabit. Cera, Littlefoot and Petrie, all kids, leave to find food and get stranded on a lush unknown island.
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The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and family
On a day known to the dinosaurs as "Treasure Day", Bron becomes stuck in the Mysterious Beyond. This event urges the young Longneck Littlefoot to take his friends on a quest to the Fire Mountain to save his father…
3
Dino Time (2012)
★ 6/10Also adventure and family
Young daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her…
4
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also family and adventure
Littlefoot learns a series of important lessons following an incident that nearly costs his grandmother her life. Soon afterwards, three dinosaurs arrive claiming they have lost their way.
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The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult…
6
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
Littlefoot's grandfather narrates the story about the Lone Dinosaur that killed a Sharptooth. A giant monolith formed after the fight and if it's destroyed, bad luck will loom over the valley.
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The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also family and adventure
As the Great Day of the Flyers nears, the Great Valley's flying youngsters are eager to participate in the annual exhibition to show off their skills. Everyone, that is, except free-spirited pterodactyl Petrie, whose…
8
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
When the water supply to the Great Valley is blocked, Littlefoot and his friends must cooperate with a group of bullies to find the reason the cause.
9
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also family and adventure
In a time when dinosaurs rule the Earth, the smallest dinosaur of the herd, a playful Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi, embarks on the biggest adventure of his life. As he tries to find his place in a spectacular world…
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The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and family
Littlefoot befriends with a mysterious, fun-loving dolphin-like creature named Mo, who is trapped in "new water" caused by heavy rain. The gang then goes on an adventure to the "big water" to bring Mo home.
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The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
When Littlefoot's grandfather falls ill, the only way to cure him is with a flower from the forbidding land of the mists, which holds unexpected perils and danger.
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Extinct (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also family and adventure
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It's up to…
13
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure
After a big storm, food is scarce — and hungry dinos are everywhere. It's up to you to help the Camp Fam survive in this thrilling interactive special.
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The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also family and adventure
Littlefoot and his friends return in another adventure. But this time, they aren't the smallest dinosaurs in the valley anymore.
15
Time Trap (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
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The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
Littlefoot and his pals set off in search of a "stone of cold fire" that fell from the night sky. Since he's the only one who has seen it though, nobody really believes him. Petrie's uncle Pterano offers support only…
17
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and family
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
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The Land Before Time (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also family and adventure
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs…
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The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and family
When five dinosaur friends witness two thieves stealing an egg from their hideout, they decide to save the egg. Later, they plan to raise the creature that comes out of it.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and family
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.