feelsalike.comSign in
Dinosaur poster

Movies that feel likeDinosaur (2000)

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

If you loved Dinosaur, the closest films we have are Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Cars 3 (2017) and The Call of the Wild (2020). All three share Dinosaur's epic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The White Balloon (1995).

🍅 65% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Eric Leightonepiccontemplativewarmcozy
10 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Disney Plus · Criterion Channel

Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.

Stream it:Disney+ ↗
See it on the Mood Map

When is Dinosaur streaming? →

If Dinosaur hit the spot, these will too

Bridge to Terabithia poster
Bridge to Terabithia
2007 · dir. Gábor Csupó
🍅 85%★ 7.2adventure · drama · familyDisney+

Both land scale and stillness at once

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

Cars 3 poster
Cars 3
2017 · dir. Brian Fee
🍅 70%★ 6.7animation · drama · familyDisney+

Common ground: villain

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed to the brink—and suddenly, the champion who once ruled the track is fighting just to stay in the race. With his career hanging in the balance, McQueen must turn to an ambitious young race technician with a plan of her own, draw strength from the legacy of the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and risk everything on one last shot at glory.

The Call of the Wild poster
The Call of the Wild
2020 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 62%★ 6.7adventure · family · dramaDisney+

Warm and cozy in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

The Cat Returns poster
The Cat Returns
2002 · dir. Hiroyuki Morita
🍅 88%★ 7.1adventure · fantasy · animationMax

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Dinosaur does

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

Hugo poster
Hugo
2011 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 93%★ 7.5adventure · drama · family

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron poster
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002 · dir. Kelly Asbury
🍅 69%★ 7.2animation · adventure · family

One thread runs through both: villain

The difference: Leans harder into western than Dinosaur does

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

The White Balloon poster
The White Balloon
1995 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 83%★ 7.6drama · family

Family with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

The difference: Trades the scale of Dinosaur for an angle of its own

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

The Black Stallion poster
The Black Stallion
1979 · dir. Carroll Ballard
🍅 90%★ 7.4family · adventure

Both lean on comfort more than on animation

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

The Land Before Time poster
The Land Before Time
1988 · dir. Don Bluth
🍅 65%★ 7.4family · animation · adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dinosaur

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, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.

The Journey of Natty Gann poster
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · dir. Jeremy Kagan
🍅 91%★ 7adventure · family · dramaDisney+

Adventure built on scale, twice over

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.

Children of Heaven poster
Children of Heaven
1997 · dir. Majid Majidi
🍅 83%★ 8.2drama · family

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.

Fly Away Home poster
Fly Away Home
1996 · dir. Carroll Ballard
🍅 87%★ 6.9adventure · drama · family

Warm family in both cases

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

In the mood for more epic?

all epic movies →

The best-reviewed films that share Dinosaur’s defining feeling.