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- “10,000 BC” (2008) We’re not starting with a big movie, but with one that has a year from prehistory as its title. “10,000 BC” is a Roland Emmerich film, so it’s basically a big, sloppy action movie but only set in ancient times.
- “The Flintstones” (1994) No, “The Flintstones” is not accurate. Humans didn’t live alongside dinosaurs, much less have bird can openers. However, the Flintstones truly is the modern Stone Age family.
- “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) Years before Emmerich made his film, another movie went way further into prehistory. is actually a remake of a 1940 film, but this is the one people remember because it starred Raquel Welch and had stop-motion animation from the legendary Ray Harryhausen.
- “Caveman” (1981) A broad caveman comedy starring Ringo Starr and directed by the co-writer of “Jaws?” It happened! “Caveman” is kind of a crazy slice of film history for its weirdness.
21 titles. Sort by List order. 1. One Million B.C. 1940 1h 20m Approved. 5.7 (1.7K) Rate. Tale of Prehistoric survival and love between a male and a female belonging to opposing tribes that happened to be at slightly different stages of evolution. Director Hal Roach Jr. Hal Roach Stars Victor Mature Carole Landis Lon Chaney Jr. 2.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Director: Stanley Kubrick. 2001: A Space Odyssey. G. Adventure. Mystery. Sci-Fi. Release Date. April 2, 1968. Director. Stanley Kubrick.
- One Million Years B.C. (1966) Director: Don Chaffey. The 1966 film One Million Years B.C., a remake of the 1940 movie, completely disregards the 65-million-year separation and brings dinosaurs and humans together.
- Three Ages (1923) Directors: Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton. Buster Keaton's 1923 film Three Ages was his first full-length feature as writer, producer, director, and star.
- Ice Age (2002) Director: Chris Wedge. Ice Age is a family-friendly animated film from 2002. Set during a great ice age, the story follows a woolly mammoth, a sabertooth tiger, and a sloth who team up to return a human baby to its parents.
- 7 Quest For Fire
- 6 Iceman
- 5 One Million Years B.C.
- 4 Early Man
- 3 Three Ages
- 2 Ice Age
- 1 2001: A Space Odyssey
Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Quest for Fire is a quest for the ages. The casting of Ron Perlman was a stroke of genius, and undoubtedly saved them thousands on makeup, with the Hellboyactor already resembling somewhat of a prehistoric man. No offense, Ron. The historical epic follows three members of the Cro-Magnon tribe, and their cross-country hunt for ...
There have been a number of takes on the famed discovery of the carcass of the perfectly preserved prehistoric male dubbed the "Iceman," including Fred Schepisi’s 1984 version. However, it’s the 2017 Felix Randau dramatization Icemanthat takes the prize as the best. Related: Why Prehistoric Planet is a Ground-Breaking Documentary The speculative pi...
The 1966 remake of the 1940 movie of the same name, One Million Years B.C.is very literally a product of its time, both in terms of 1966 filmmaking and a representation of primitive times. It follows troglodytes Tumak (John Richardson) and Loama (Raquel Welch) who must navigate the treacherous terrain of a pre-historic era after Tumak is banished f...
For us simpletons out there, there need to be more titles like Early Man that don’t rely on our skill at deciphering ambiguity. Another product of Aardman Animations, the ridiculously skilled fellas, "fellettes," and "fellothers" that were behind the likes of Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep, bring us Early Man. The 2018 family-...
Along with the Tramp, better known as, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton was the face of silent cinema, and slapstick, deadpan comedy that was so synonymous with the era. Nicknamed "The Great Stone Face," Keaton starred in 1923’s silent comedy, Three Ages. Keaton plays "The Boy," who must face off three adversaries during three different time periods,...
One of the most recognizable Blue Sky Studios franchises of all time, Ice Ageoffers a nostalgic taste of childhood to members of the millennial and Gen Z generations. For a society that is fascinated by all things prehistoric, the animated movie provided a fun, educational viewpoint to kids, introducing many of us to the extinct species of the wool...
Stanley Kubrick’s prophetically entrancing masterpiece is as much an awe-inspiring visual display as it is an exploration of space travel. The defining movie of the '60s spoke to, at the time, a popularized concept that was just months away from being realized practically. A whopping $3 million was poured into 2001: A Space Odyssey'sCGI alone at th...
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- His Prehistoric Past (1914) Director: Charles Chaplin. He’s got the moustache, he’s wearing the hat and he’s twirling the cane, but in the last of his shorts for the Keystone company, Charlie Chaplin’s little tramp is also sporting a fetching bearskin, having been transported in a dream back a few thousand years.
- Three Ages (1923) Directors: Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton. In contrast to Chaplin’s bustling screen persona, the point about Keaton’s deadpan poise is that this guy’s never phased by anything, which allows him to play the same plucky underdog character across three distinct time periods in this comic triptych.
- Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939) Director: Chuck Jones. Daffy Duck is on relatively restrained form in this Merrie Melodies offering, which is a pioneering example of how animation’s elasticity of form could put itself to good use in depicting prehistory.
- One Million Years B.C. (1966) Director: Don Chaffey. Looking for a new venture beyond their cash-spinning Dracula and Frankenstein horror franchises, British indie outfit Hammer took on one of their most ambitious projects with this remake of Hal Roach’s similarly titled landmark prehistoric adventure from 1939, which pitted lusty primitive Victor Mature against rival tribes and sundry over-sized lizards.
25 Movies That Deal With Prehistoric Times. "Some movies are about history, but others deal with matters that predate history. There's something fascinating about prehistoric times, and it gets even more intriguing when you bring those ancient matters into our own world.
Many movies deal with prehistory one way or another, even if they aren’t all set entirely in a time before we started keeping a record of what was going on. This is a collection of films that are at least partially prehistoric. “10,000 BC” (2008)
