History 0, Prehistory

by LakesideScott | created - 30 Sep 2015 | updated - 13 Mar 2017 | Public

This list is part of my history series, but this selection is based on natural history, as opposed to written history.

List order is chronological by setting of the latest date in the film.

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1. Walking with Monsters (2005)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

The final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Edward Gero

Votes: 2,414

2. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.

Stars: Nikolay Drozdov, Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Craig Sechler

Votes: 6,886

3. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode: New Dawn (2001)

TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Documentary

Germany, 49 million years B.C. A day in the life of a small forest mammal called Leptictidium who is trying to raise young, a giant predatory bird called Gastornis trying to hatch an egg ... See full summary »

Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish

Votes: 162

4. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode: Whale Killer (2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary

36 million years B.C., a pregnant Basilosaurus whale resorts to desperate measures to find food for herself and her unborn infant. On land, mammals are growing into enormous creatures.

Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish

Votes: 162

5. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode: Land of Giants (2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary

Mongolia, 25 million years B.C. This episode follows a young Indricotherium. After a dramatic birth, he must survive in a world of rhino-sized predators like Hyaenodon and pig-like monsters such as Entelodon.

Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish

Votes: 159

6. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode: Next of Kin (2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary

Ethiopia, 3,2 million years B.C. A clan of Australopithecus struggle to survive after being driven from their territory. Grey, the leader, is challenged by the younger Hercules, and Blue ... See full summary »

Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing

Votes: 144

7. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode: First Ancestors (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History

As Africa transitions from forest to Savannah the world's first bipedal ape, australopithecus, evolved and flourished in the new environment.

Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley

Votes: 75

8. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode: Blood Brothers (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History

At this stage several kinds of ape men populated Africa, each with its own unique adaptations. These species were doomed as the African continent grew increasingly arid, but a new human species well adapted to a hot dry climate emerged.

Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley

Votes: 71

9. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode: Sabre Tooth (2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary

Paraguay, 1 million years B.C. A powerful Smilodon called Halftooth must survive on his own after being driven from his clan. South America is a bizarre world of giant sloths, car-sized ... See full summary »

Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing

Votes: 154

10. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode: Savage Family (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History

Homo agasta display the beginnings of families, tool making, team work and vocal communications. Some migrate out of Africa resulting in the evolution of additional human species in different parts of the world.

Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley

Votes: 72

11. Quest for Fire (1981)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama

79 Metascore

This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong

Votes: 24,138 | Gross: $20.96M

12. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode: Mammoth Journey (2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary

30,000 years B.C. In the middle of the Ice Ages, a mammoth herd migrates to escape the chilling winter. On their way, they encounter dangers like snow-covered bogs, cave lions, and the most dangerous predators yet- humans.

Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Karyn Drane, Lorne Duquette

Votes: 148

13. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode: The Survivors (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History

Robert Winston follows the final evolutionary push of mankind's ancestors, and discovers the key that makes us human.

Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley, Suzanne Cave

Votes: 69

14. Journey to 10, 000 BC (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, History

JOURNEY TO 10,000 BC visits early human and archaeological sites and uses computer animation to explore the daily life of the first humans in North America. Experience the suspense and ... See full synopsis »

Director: David Padrusch | Stars: James Lurie, Nicole Waguespack, David J. Meltzer, David George

Votes: 216



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