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Top 10 Oldest Dinosaur Movies in the Word
| Movie Name | Released Year |
| Brute Force | 1914 |
| Gertie the Dinosaur | 1914 |
| The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy | 1917 |
| The Ghost of Slumber Mountain | 1918 |
| Three Ages | 1923 |
| The Lost World | 1925 |
| Flying Elephants | 1928 |
| King Kong | 1933 |
| The Son of Kong | 1933 |
| One Million B.C. | 1940 |
1. Brute Force – 1914
Brute Force is action based silent short film. Directed and produced by D.W. Griffith and distributed by General Film Company. It has 33 minutes of running time.
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| Directed and Produced by | D. W. Griffith |
| Starring | Robert Harron, Mae Marsh |
| Cinematography | G.W. Bitzer |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
| Release dates | April 25, 1914 |
| Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country | USA |
2. Gertie the Dinosaur – 1914
It is released on February 18, 1914, united states. It’s 12 minutes animated short film directed by Winsor McCay.
| IMDb rating | 7.1/10 |
| Directed by | Willis H. O’Brien |
| Produced by | Herman Wobber |
| Release date | 1917 |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Cast | Winsor McCay, George McManus, Roy L. McCardell, Thomas A. ‘Tad’ Dorgan |
3. The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy – 1917
It is a 5 minutes silent short film directed by Willis O’Brien and released on 1917.
| IMDb rating | 6/10 |
| Directed by | Willis H. O’Brien |
| Produced by | Herman Wobber |
| Cinematography by | Willis H. O’Brien |
| Release date | 1917 |
| Country | USA |
| Production Companies | Conquest Pictures Company & Herman Wobber |
4. The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain is a Black and white Indie film. Written and directed by Willis O’Brien. The movie has 40 minutes of running time. Alan V. Day acted as Jacks Nephew, Chauncey A. Day as Jacks Nephew, Herbert M. Dawley as Uncle Jack Holmes and Willis H. O’Brien as Ghost of ‘Mad Dick’, the Hermit.
| IMDb rating | 6/10 |
| Directed and Written by Directed | Willis O’Brien |
| Produced by | Herbert M. Dawley |
| Music by | Tom Luis |
| Distributed by |
World Film Company |
| Release date | November 17, 1918 |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
5. The Lost World – 1925
The Lost World is an Adventure, Sci-fi movie released on 2 February 1925 in USA. It is based on “The Lost World” 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle and has 1 hour and 50 minutes running time. Its Budget of $700,000 and Box office was $1.3 million Its produced by Earl Hudson and distributed by First National Pictures.
Starring actors were Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes.
| Directed by | Harry O. Hoyt |
| Screenplay by | Marion Fairfax |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | George McGuire |
| IMDb rating | 7/10 |
6. Flying Elephants – 1928
Flying Elephants is a comedy silent film and it has a running time of 17 minutes. Written by Walter Lantz, Hal Roach, H.M. Walker. Filmed from 9 May 1927 to 16 May 1927.
| Directed by | Frank Butler |
| Written by | Hal Roach, H.M. Walker |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
| Release date | February 12, 1928 |
| IMDb rating | 5.9/10 |
7. King Kong – 1933
King Kong 1933 is an Adventure and Fantasy movie and the running time is 1h 40m. Its Budget was $672,254 and Box office was $5.3 million. Please find more information in the below table,
| Directed and produced by | Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Screenplay by | James Creelman, Ruth Rose |
| Cinematography | Eddie Linden, Vernon Walker, J.O. Taylor |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| IMDb rating | 7.9/10 |
8. One Million B.C. – 1940
One Million B.C. is a Fantasy Sci-fi movie, released on 1940 in USA. Directed by Hal Roach and Hal Roach Jr and Distributed by United Artists. Find more details on below table,
| Directed by | Hal Roach Hal Roach Jr. |
| Written by | Mickell Novack, George Baker, Joseph Fricker |
| Narrated by | Conrad Nagel |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Edited by | Ray Snyder |
| IMDb rating | 5.7/10 |
9. Fantasia – Rite of Spring – 1940
Fantasia is an American animated movie, released in 1940. Produced and released by Walt Disney Productions. It is third Disney animated film. Its Budget was $2.28 million and Box office was $76.4–$83.3 million. Please find more details in below,
| Produced by | Walt Disney, Ben Sharpsteen |
| Narrated by | Deems Taylor |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date | November 13, 1940 |
| IMDb rating | 7.7/10 |
10. Unknown Island – 1948
Unknown Island (1948) is an adventure film released on October 15, 1948 in USA. It has a running time of 75 minutes. Please find more details in the below,
| Directed by | Jack Bernhard |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr, Robert Gough, Milton Gold |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
| Distributed by | Film Classics, Inc. |
| IMDb rating | 5.0/10 |
Reference – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_dinosaurs