Shows Like The Dinosaurs

If you liked The Dinosaurs (2026), a documentary and animation series created by Dan Tapster, here are 20 shows 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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Prehistoric Planet (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also documentary
Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic series from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed…
2
Life on Our Planet (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also documentary
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
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Walking with Dinosaurs (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary
Each episode tells the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by world-leading dinosaur hunters. As the dinosaurs' bones emerge from the ground, their prehistoric stories…
4
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary
Sir David shines the spotlight on some of nature’s evolutionary anomalies and reveals how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate.
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Natural World (1983)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British…
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Our Planet (2019)
★ 8.5/10Also documentary
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
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Life After People: The Series (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary
Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about…
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Great Migrations (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary
Shot from land and air, in trees and cliff-blinds, on ice floes and underwater, this documentary tells the powerful stories of many of the planet's species and their movements, while revealing new scientific insights…
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Ancient Apocalypse (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also documentary
Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age. He attempts to prove that a climatic event 12,000 years ago wiped out an…
10
Planet Dinosaur (2011)
★ 7.9/10Also documentary
The stories of the biggest, deadliest and weirdest creatures ever to walk the Earth, using the latest fossil evidence and immersive computer graphics.
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Dynasties (2018)
★ 8.3/10Also documentary
Follow the true stories of five of the world's most celebrated, yet endangered animals; penguins, chimpanzees, lions, painted wolves and tigers. Each in a heroic struggle against rivals and against the forces of…
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Secrets of the Penguins (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also documentary
Over two extraordinary years, National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory discovered never-before-filmed secret traditions, surprising intelligence and close-knit societies of penguins. This astonishing series reveals…
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One Strange Rock (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary
A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe, brought to life by the only people to have left it behind – the…
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Nature (1982)
★ 7.9/10Also documentary
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems…
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Earth at Night in Colour (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also documentary
Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours filmed in full color like never before.
16
Planet Earth II (2016)
★ 8.6/10Also documentary
David Attenborough presents a documentary series exploring how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.
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Predators (2022)
★ 8.2/10Also documentary
Tom Hardy narrates this thrilling natural history series following five apex predators facing the ultimate test of survival in drastically changing environments across the globe.
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Seconds from Disaster (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by…
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Welcome to Earth (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also documentary
Will Smith whose curiosity and wonder is positively infectious—is guided by National Geographic Explorers traveling to different corners of the world to get up close and personal with the weirdest, most unusual…
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Planet Earth (2006)
★ 8.6/10Also documentary
David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.