Movies Like The Land Before Time (1988)

The Land Before Time is a 1988 adventure, animation, family film from Don Bluth with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure and The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving.

Adventure Animation Family

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

1994

This time, while building a hideaway in their new home of the Great Valley, Littlefoot and the gang rescue a mysterious egg from two scheming egg-nappers and make a starling surprise - and new friend - when the egg hatches.

6.3

MagicScore

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

1995

When a sudden shortage of water threatens all life in the great valley, The gang of young dinosaur must cooperate with a group of bullies to make a risky journey outside the valley and find the cause.

6.2

MagicScore

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

1996

When Littlefoot grandfather falls ill, The dinosaurs only way to cure him is a flower in the forbidding land of mist which hold unexpecting perils and danger.

6.2

MagicScore

The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

1997

Littlefoot and his friends the gang in their next when a swarm of leaf gobblers had destroyed their homes and this forces them to find a new home but yet find an mysterious island.

6.2

MagicScore

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

1998

Legends claim that Saurus Rock keeps bad luck out of the Great Valley. Is it really true? Could the mysterious Longneck named Doc be the famous Lone Dinosaur, who can defeat a Sharptooth with his lasso-like tail To find out, Littlefoot and company must cross the great Valley and face a dangerous Sharptooth themselves!

6.2

MagicScore

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

2000

Littlefoot and his pals set off in search of a "stone of cold fire" that fell from the night sky. Since he's the only one who has seen it though, nobody really believes him. Petrie's uncle Pterano offers support only because he thinks the stone has secret powers and wants it for himself but conceals this from the rest. The young dinos must figure out the truth, before Pterano gets the power.

6.2

MagicScore

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

2001

When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult dinosaur named Mr. Thicknose, head out to bring back their friend Spike, who has left his friends to be with members of his own species.

6.1

MagicScore

The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water

2002

Littlefoot befriends with a mysterious, fun-loving dolphin-like creature named Mo, who is trapped in "new water" caused by heavy rain. The gang then goes on an adventure to the "big water" to bring Mo home.

6.2

MagicScore

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

2003

A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot discovers someone who vanished before he was born: his father! Now Littlefoot must decide between two worlds. Will he leave to be with his friends in the Great Valley, or stay behind and start a new life with his father?

6.3

MagicScore

#10

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses

2005

Littlefoot and his friends return in another adventure. But this time, they aren't the smallest dinosaurs in the valley anymore.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers

2006

As the Great Day of the Flyers nears, the Great Valley's flying youngsters are eager to participate in the annual exhibition to show off their skills. Everyone, that is, except free-spirited pterodactyl Petrie, whose individualism causes problems when it comes to staying in formation. Enter his dinosaur pals Littlefoot, Cera, Spike and Ducky, who encourage Petrie to embrace his uniqueness.

6.2

MagicScore

#12

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

2007

Littlefoot learns a series of important lessons following an incident that nearly costs his grandmother her life. Soon afterwards, three dinosaurs arrive claiming they have lost their way.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave

2016

On a day known to the dinosaurs as "Treasure Day", Bron becomes stuck in the Mysterious Beyond. This event urges the young Longneck Littlefoot to take his friends on a quest to the Fire Mountain to save his father. Along the way, they befriend a Flyer.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Journey to the Beginning of Time

1955

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.

7.3

MagicScore

#16

One Million Years B.C.

1966

As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilization.

6.1

MagicScore

#17

The Good Dinosaur

2015

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure

2022

After a big storm, food is scarce — and hungry dinos are everywhere. It's up to you to help the Camp Fam survive in this thrilling interactive special.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Jurassic Park

1993

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. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

8.0

MagicScore

#20

Jurassic World

2015

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Land Before Time?

The top films similar to The Land Before Time by MovieMagicScore are The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (6.3), The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (6.2), The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (6.2). Each shares adventure/animation/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Land Before Time worth watching?

The Land Before Time holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 2,645 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Land Before Time?

The Land Before Time (1988) is a adventure, animation, family film directed by Don Bluth, starring Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Will Ryan.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Land Before Time?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Land Before Time

This ranked list pairs The Land Before Time (1988), a adventure and animation and family film from Don Bluth, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gabriel Damon take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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