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Movies: Best "fossil" Movies


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Ammonite(2020)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 58min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.5/5 (with 219 votes)

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

Creature from the Black Lagoon(1954)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 19min | Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
3.5/5 (with 329 votes)

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.

Angel's Egg(1985)

3.9/5 (with 159 votes)

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.

Directed by Mamoru Oshii

Horror Express(1972)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 30min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 126 votes)

Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.

Journey to the Beginning of Time(1955)

1h 25min | Adventure, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.

Directed by Karel Zeman - With Petr Herrmann, Vladimír Bejval, Bedřich Šetena, Zdeněk Husták

Triassic Attack(2010)

2.2/5 (with 27 votes)

A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.

Directed by Colin Ferguson - With Steven Brand

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life(2009)

3.9/5 (with 12 votes)

Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary, he takes us on a deeply personal journey which reflects his own life and the way he came to understand Darwin’s theory.

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur(2016)

59min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 6 votes)

David Attenborough tells the story of the discovery and reconstruction in Argentina of the world's largest-known dinosaur, a brand new species of titanosaur.

Directed by Charlotte Scott

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive(2014)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey around London’s Natural History Museum, one of his favourite haunts. The museum's various exhibits coming to life, including dinosaurs, reptiles and creatures from the ice age. Shot by the same 3D team that worked on Gravity, examines how the animals and creatures at the London museum once roamed the earth.

Directed by Daniel M. Smith

The Intruder Within(1981)

3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

When drillers on an offshore oil rig dredge up several prehistoric eggs, one man is attacked by what appears to be an unidentified deep-sea creature protecting them. Soon, strange symptoms and behaviors become apparent among the crew and one of the creatures grows to adult-size.

Directed by Peter Carter

More Dinosaurs(1985)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Gary Owens needs more dinosaurs and sends Eric Boardman on the ultimate dinosaur safari to find them. Join the hunt for a living dinosaur in the jungles of Africa, separate the facts from fiction in dinosaur movies, visit Dinosaur National Monuent and much more. There's no bone unturned in this award winning program.

The Genius of Charles Darwin(2008)

2h 19min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 7 votes)

A documentary series from Channel 4, hosted by professor Richard Dawkins, well-known darwinist. The series mixes segments on the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, the theory of natural selection and evolution, and Dawkins' attempts at convincing a group of school children that evolution explains the world around us better than any religion.

Directed by Russell Barnes - With Richard Dawkins
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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon(2018)

59min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England. Using state of the art technology and CGI David brings the story of the fossilised ichthyosaur out of the rock and shows us what this creature was really like as it lived during the Jurassic time period.

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard(2021)

59min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Sir David Attenborough joins an archaeological dig uncovering Britain's biggest mammoth discovery in almost 20 years. In 2017, in a gravel quarry near Swindon, two amateur fossil hunters found an extraordinary cache of Ice Age mammoth remains and a stone hand-axe made by a Neanderthal.

Your Inner Fish(2014)

4.4/5 (with 4 votes)

How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this 3-part science series that looks at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates — the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree.

Ice Age Death Trap(2012)

54min | Documentary
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts. The discovery opens a highly focused window on the vanished world of the Ice Age in North America.

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs(1985)

4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Gary is turning into a dinosaur, and Eric must find the cure. This becomes a globetrotting journey into everything dino while searching for the magic waters needed to stop Gary's odd transformation. Will Eric be too late? Get ready to meet the Garysaurus!

Son of Dinosaurs(1989)

3.2/5 (with 1 vote)

The mysterious Dr. Lizardi entrusts Gary and Eric with a dinosaur egg. Now, they must find out everything they can about dinosaurs before the egg hatches. This quest takes them everywhere from Knott's Berry Farm to a dig site deep in the Canandian Badlands...

Toumai - Urahn der Menschheit(2006)

1h 17min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts(2016)

A mining operation in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia revealed a treasure trove of fossils from animals that lived ten million years after the KT extinction that killed the dinosaurs. Surprisingly, enormous reptiles were dominate. Scientists investigate who was the apex predator of the era - Titanoboa, a quarter ton giant snake five times bigger than the largest anaconda, or a similarly giant crocodilian with an incredibly deadly bite force. —David Foss.