Paleontologist movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant paleontologist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, exciting and natural horror films and TV shows about / with paleontologist, danger, dinosaur, kaiju, scientist, escapades, monster, giant monster, creature and deadly plots mostly in Adventure, Sci-Fi and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as paleontologist: The Dinosaur Hunter (2000), Land of the Lost (2009), Pterodactyl (2005), Jurassic Park (1993), T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998), Ammonite (2020), King Kong (1976), Two Thousand and None (2000), Dino Dana: The Movie (2020), Dinossaurs & Robots (2011).

List of paleontologist movies

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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Côte d'Ivoire
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.
Style: serious, weird
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: dinosaur, jungle, lost world, kaiju, giant monster, reptiles, monster, giant creature, prehistoric creature, explorer, jungle adventure, expedition ...
Time: prehistoric times, year 1985, 80s, prehistory
Place: africa
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The Dinosaur Hunter (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: dinosaur, treasure hunt, paleontologist, adventurer, inventions and discoveries, escapades, hunter, race against time, youth, rivalry, interracial, treasure hunter ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
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Land of the Lost (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full ...
Style: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, spoof ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: time travel, dinosaur, paleontologist, survival, chase, lost world, beast, escapades, partner, danger, satire, misfit ...
Time: prehistory, stone age, year 2009, 2000s
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 3.2
 3K
Pterodactyl (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Russia, Armenia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, natural horror, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dangerous animal, pterodactyl, experiment gone awry, deadly creature, creature feature, expedition, dinosaur, save the day, save the world, heroic mission, paleontologist, race against time ...
Time: prehistoric times, jurassic
Place: armenia, turkey
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 8.2
 1.1M
Jurassic Park (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. ...
Style: suspense, epic, breathtaking, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, boys' night, date night, teens ...
Plot: dinosaur, island, survival, creature feature, animal attack, scientist, disaster, research, children, experiment, dangerous animal, child in peril ...
Time: jurassic, 20th century, year 1993, prehistoric times, 90s
Place: fictional island, montana, caribbean, central america, costa rica ...
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T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: Ally Hayden is a teenager who shares her father's interest in dinosaurs and archaeology. When he brings a mysterious fossil back from a dig, she is convinced it's the egg of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. After accidentally knocking the egg to the ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, humorous
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dinosaur, time travel, giant monster, kaiju, children, prehistoric animal, adventurer, paleontologist, anti hero, disorder, animal life, heroic mission ...
Time: 90s, prehistory
Place: canada
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 6.5
 23K
Ammonite (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 1840s England, an infamous fossil hunter and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Style: psychological, intellectual, realistic, contemplative, disturbing ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbianism, lesbian couple, female scientist, older woman younger woman sex, female protagonist, scientist ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, victorian era, 2020s, ancient times ...
Place: london
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 6.0
 35K
King Kong (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style: suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, depressing, fairy tale ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night
Plot: king kong, beast, monster, gorilla, giant monster, kaiju, giant ape, giant snake, world trade center manhattan new york city, island, full moon, survival ...
Time: 70s, prehistoric times, jurassic, year 1976, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, fictional island, asia, usa ...
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Two Thousand and None (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A paleontologist is diagnosed with a fatal brain disease and, rather than falling into a depression, explodes into life.
Style: humorous, touching, semi serious, psychological, sad ...
Plot: terminal illness, self discovery, tragic hero, couples, couple relations, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, best friend, singleness, unfulfillment, disease, paleontologist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: canada
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Dino Dana: The Movie (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where are all the kid dinosaurs? But while working on the solution, her new neighbor Mateo is dino-napped by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it's up to Dana, ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: experiment, children, research, paleontologist, teenage girl, scientific experiment, scientific research, friendship, investigation, friends, escapades, dinosaur ...
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Dinossaurs & Robots (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: An innovative telenovela set against the backdrop of the discovery of ancient fossils by a top paleontologist and the invention of futuristic robots by a brilliant scientist.
Style: novela, futuristic, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: male female relationship, robot, paleontologist, archeological dig, excavation, relationships, couple relations, workplace, robotics, hi-tech, workplace situations, technology ...
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Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a ...
Style: suspense, psychotronic, anamorphic, saga, retro ...
Plot: dinosaur, animal attack, disaster, creature, prehistoric creature, monster, creature feature, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, genetics, wild animal, predator ...
Time: jurassic, 2020s, future
Place: texas, italy, malta, alaska, utah ...
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 8.9
 1.1M
Friends (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 5280 min.
TV show
Story: The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, family outing, boys' night, teen drama ...
Plot: friendship, looking for love, everyday life, best friend, love and romance, couple relations, family relations, group of friends, couples, sex life, friends, roommate ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Conni & Co 2 - The secret of the T-Rex (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Teenager Connie and her friends try to save an island full of nature and place of their encounters from being destroyed by the construction of a hotel there.
Plot: monkey, children, paleontologist, construction company, corrupt mayor, female leader, tough girl, nature, strong female lead, strong female character, friendship, island ...
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 5.6
 4K
Gorgo (1961)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Never take a baby from his mother. You'll see why in this action-packed monster thriller as young Gorgo, a creature from the sea, is relocated to London from Ireland, with rampaging mommy-dearest not far behind.
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, retro, grindhouse, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: giant monster, kaiju, dinosaur, circus, mutant, giant lizard, monster terrorizes city, creature feature, giant creature, lost world, rescue, reptiles ...
Time: year 1961, prehistory
Place: ireland, london, big ben london, england, europe
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Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse ...
Plot: amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, death row, frame up, false accusation, injustice, law enforcement, legal, murder mystery, alibi, incest ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: england, antarctica, canada
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 2.7
 967
'It's Alive!' (1969)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A farmer traps three people in a cave with his pet prehistoric monster.
Style: natural horror, independent film, scary, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot: monster, deadly creature, kidnapping, dinosaur, kaiju, giant monster, crazy, cave, creature, farm, psychopath, supernatural ability ...
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 6.6
 9K
Ballet Shoes (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night, pre-teens, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot: ballet, dancing, family problems, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, orphan, youth, siblings relations, family relations, hopes, dance ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: london, europe
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 3.4
 2K
New Alcatraz (2001)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Paleontologist Robert Trenton (Dean Cain) is called to Northeastern Antarctica near the Indian Ocean to help the FBI build an underground maximum-security military base and prison for the world's most dangerous criminals and terrorists. The ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, scary
Audience: boys' night
Plot: snake, prison, giant snake, survival, danger, confined, ancient mystery, deadly creature, isolation, monster, killer animal, creature ...
Time: prehistoric times
Place: antarctica, south pole
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Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety.
Style: suspense, sadistic, rough, scary, grindhouse ...
Plot: jungle, piranha, exploitation, jungle adventure, amazon, cannibal, sex slave, violence, rape, cannibalism, cruelty, sadism ...
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, Canada, Mexico, India, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.
Style: breathtaking, biting, exciting, funny, psychotronic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: jungle, adventurer, zoologist, game, friendship, video game, magic, high school, mission, archaeologist, teenage boy, team ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, jurassic, year 1996, year 2016 ...
Place: new hampshire, hawaii
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Legacy of the Incas (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Spain, Monaco, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Peru, the land of the Incas, the Indian pin their hopes on Jaucarapora. They want to him as their king who could drive back the white conquistador. A stranger appears in Lima who risks his life to rescue the president from a charging wildcat. ...
Style: spaghetti western
Plot: hidden treasure, native american, paleontologist, treasure hunter, jaguar, rebellion, mistaken identity, government agent, bandit, jungle, street shootout
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: peru
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Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Style: suspense, classic horror, talky, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: alien invasion, supernatural, monster, mars, martian, imagination, macabre, spacecraft, folk horror, ufo, space and aliens, androids and robots ...
Time: year 1967, prehistory, 60s
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom
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Dennis the Menace (1987)
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: This movie puts Henk Ketcham's comic figure 'Dennis' into real life: While digging in his front garden, Dennis finds a big bone. To prove it's from a dinosaur, he persuades his father to invite an old buddy of him, Bowen Skyler ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, youth, superhero, family relations, mischievous children, small town, friends, disorder, young heroes, suburbs, little girl, unhappiness ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Style: absurd, stylized, natural horror, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, underwater, giant monster, monster, killer shark, fish, octopus, creature feature, kaiju, water, shark attack, dangerous animal ...
Time: prehistory
Place: japan, alaska, california, usa
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The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it ...
Style: psychotronic, natural horror, classic horror, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dinosaur, giant monster, monster, pterodactyl, kaiju, stop motion, cowboy, reptiles, creature feature, giant creature, exploitation, superhero ...
Time: prehistoric times, year 1969, prehistory, 19th century, 1900s ...
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.2
 145K
The Thing (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, gory, alien invasion, deadly creature, evil alien, chase, alien encounter, survival, apocalypse, danger, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 80s, year 1982 ...
Place: antarctica
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 7.1
 89K
Audition (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot: torture, femme fatale, psychopath, murder, sadism, macabre, revenge, serial killer, twists and turns, unsettling, violence, obsession ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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Jurassic Park III (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, predictable, saga ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: dinosaur, island, jungle, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, monster, fantasy world, survival, lost world, genetics, dangerous animal, heroes ...
Time: year 2001, jurassic, 2000s, prehistoric times, 90s ...
Place: costa rica, fictional island, caribbean
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 5.4
 202K
Godzilla (1998)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: dinosaur, godzilla, monster, giant monster, disaster, experiment gone awry, giant, lost world, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, creature, human versus monster, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, tahiti, usa ...
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