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1. Ghosts (2019–2023)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.

Stars: Lolly Adefope, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas

Votes: 26,578

2. The Flintstones (1994)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

In a parallel modern-day Stone Age world, a working-class family, the Flintstones, are set up for an executive job. But they learn that money can't buy happiness.

Director: Brian Levant | Stars: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Halle Berry

Votes: 86,593 | Gross: $130.51M

3. Ice Age (2002)

PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.

Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Goran Visnjic

Votes: 519,589 | Gross: $176.39M

4. Night at the Museum (2006)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais, Dick Van Dyke

Votes: 377,663 | Gross: $250.86M

5. Out of Darkness (2022)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisioned.

Director: Andrew Cumming | Stars: Iola Evans, Arno Lüning, Rosebud Melarkey, Tyrell Mhlanga

Votes: 3,910

6. Fire and Ice (1983)

PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

At the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor, Sean Hannon

Votes: 12,651 | Gross: $0.76M

7. Quest for Fire (1981)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama

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: 24,145 | Gross: $20.96M

8. The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites

Votes: 6,967 | Gross: $1.95M

9. Iceman (1984)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer

Votes: 6,069 | Gross: $7.34M

10. Riverworld (2003 TV Movie)

86 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Hale, an American astronaut dies and is reincarnated with other persons who have lived throughout all of human history and end up on a mysterious planet called 'Riverworld'. The humans are ... See full summary »

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Brad Johnson, Karen Holness, Emily Lloyd, Jeremy Birchall

Votes: 2,664

11. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

G | 138 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Hoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and cheating.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi

Votes: 9,238 | Gross: $31.11M

12. Eliminators (1986)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.

Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds, Conan Lee

Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $4.60M

13. Monster on the Campus (1958)

Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress to an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters

Votes: 2,082

14. The Trip to Greece (2020)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson

Votes: 4,751

15. Ao, le dernier Néandertal (2010)

84 min | Adventure, History

When his clan, including his wife and baby girl Néa, are massacred, Ao, a desperate Neanderthal, decides to leave the North country where he has been living for the South where he was born.... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Malaterre | Stars: Agie, Helmi Dridi, Ilian Ivanov, Nazam Karakurt

Votes: 1,869

16. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)

PG | 89 min | Horror

Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.

Director: Dick Randall | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Michael Dunn, Edmund Purdom, Gordon Mitchell

Votes: 1,263

17. Adam and Eve (1983)

TV-MA | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

God casts Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden because Eve decided to eat a forbidden apple that a talking snake told her to eat. The disgraced couple find themselves battling a coterie of various creatures.

Directors: Enzo Doria, Luigi Russo | Stars: Mark Gregory, Andrea Goldman, Ángel Alcázar, Costantino Rossi

Votes: 373

18. Eegah (1962)

Unrated | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.

Director: Arch Hall Sr. | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Sr.

Votes: 6,127

19. Ironmaster (1983)

98 min | Action, Adventure

A violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His arch rival manages to escape and vows to stop him.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Sam Pasco, Elvire Audray, George Eastman, Pamela Prati

Votes: 1,057

20. Out of the Cradle (2018 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 116 min | Documentary, Animation

How did humanity's earliest ancestors evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? An extraordinary journey tracing the footsteps of early hominids. Using the latest ... See full summary »

Director: Toru Suetsugu | Star: Sachin Yadav Iamsyrs

Votes: 279

21. Walking with Cavemen (2003)

120 min | Documentary, History

The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.

Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Sachs, Alex Palmer

Votes: 1,445

22. Dinosaurus! (1960)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts

Votes: 1,701

23. William (I) (2019)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan create a Neanderthal baby using ancient Neanderthal DNA from a Neanderthal bog body. William must learn to exist in a world where he is the ultimate outsider, the only Neanderthal on the planet.

Director: Tim Disney | Stars: Brody Wilkinson, Connor Wilkinson, Beth Grant, Obada Adnan

Votes: 630

24. Valley of the Dragons (1961)

Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In 1881, in Algeria, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are fighting a duel when a comet brushing Earth takes the two men to the Moon where they discover a prehistoric civilization.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz

Votes: 763

25. B.C. Rock (1980)

R | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Adult animated comedy with rock music soundtrack portraying a far-fetched explanation of the Dawn of Man.

Director: Picha | Stars: Richard Darbois, Georges Aminel, Roger Carel, Jacques Ferrière

Votes: 699

26. Knuckle Draggers (2009)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

"Knuckle Draggers" takes a realistic, but comic look at how the behaviors of men and women have evolved very little since the caveman times. When Ethan, the needy nice guy, is dumped by his... See full summary »

Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Ross McCall, Paul J. Alessi, Amie Barsky, Omar Gooding

Votes: 294

27. Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors (2018)

120 min | Documentary

Archaeologist Ella Al-Shamahi and actor Andy Serkis bring the prehistoric hominids 'back-to-life' through animation, uncovering some surprising similarities to modern humans.

Stars: Ella Al-Shamahi, Nick Kellington, Cecily Fay, Andy Serkis

Votes: 129

28. Neanderthal Apocalypse (2015– )

88 min | Documentary

40,000 years ago, the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest relative, the Neanderthals. Recent genetic and archaeological discoveries have proven that they were not the dim-witted ... See full summary »

Stars: Jamie McGuire, Demetri Goritsas, Jackson Anderson, Eric Supensky

Votes: 143

29. The Lost World (1998)

R | 97 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A scientist discovers dinosaurs on a remote plateau in Mongolia.

Director: Bob Keen | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Jayne Heitmeyer, Julian Casey, David Nerman

Votes: 944

30. Missing Link (1988)

PG | 91 min | Adventure

A million years ago in Africa, the last of the Australopithecines is on flight from the humans, who killed the rest of his clan. Alone, seeking others of his kind, he traverses steppes, ... See full summary »

Directors: Carol Hughes, David Hughes | Stars: Peter Elliott, Michael Gambon, Brian Abrahams, Clive Ashley

Votes: 426

31. Cro Minion (2015 Video)

TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Two Minions look after a Neanderthal baby while its dad goes out to look for food.

Directors: Didier Ah-Koon, Régis Schuller | Stars: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, Tara Strong

Votes: 917

32. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.

Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob

Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.07M

33. Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit (2000 Music Video)

6 min | Short, Music

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Director: Joseph Kahn | Stars: Cappadonna, Jacky Elastic, Ghostface Killah, The GZA

Votes: 52

34. Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–1975)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A family of Neanderthals struggle to survive the harsh conditions of the Ice Age.

Stars: Jim Malinda, Bill Ewing, Naomi Newman, Christopher Man

Votes: 82

35. Ape to Man (2005 Video)

100 min | Documentary, History

The history of the search for the "missing link" in evolution is told through reenactments and interviews with leading scientists.

Director: Nic Young | Stars: Leslie Aiello, Joe Cain, Edward Herrmann, Kevin Hudson

Votes: 157

36. Cro (1993–1994)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Adventure

Dr. Cecilia and her assistant Mike discover a mammoth frozen in a glacier. After being defrosted, Phil narrates the tales of Cro, a cave boy who uses simple engineering and physics concepts to solve everyday problems.

Stars: Jim Cummings, April Ortiz, Max Casella, Frank Welker

Votes: 318

37. First Peoples (2015)

272 min | Documentary, History

200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are 7 billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global ... See full summary »

Stars: Kerry Shale, John Hawks, Svante Pääbo, Eske Willerslev

Votes: 145

38. The Ugly Little Boy (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 26 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A nurse grows attached to a young Neanderthal child that was snatched from his time as part of a time travel experiment.

Directors: Barry Morse, Don Thompson | Stars: Kate Reid, Barry Morse, Guy Big, Timothy Burd

Votes: 100

39. The Archies in Jug Man (2003 Video)

TV-Y7 | 74 min | Animation, Family, Sport

When a new geothermal heating system is installed under the high school they "thaw out" a Neanderthal ancestor of Jughead!

Director: Scott Heming | Stars: Andrew Rannells, Jill Anderson, Chris Lundquist, Ben Beck

Votes: 142

40. Mad as a Mars Hare (1963)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Marvin Martian is monitoring through his telescope a rocket launch on Earth. The rocket heads straight for him and lands on Mars. The only occupant is Bugs Bunny, lured into Cape Canaveral ... See full summary »

Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 997

41. Primevil (2007 Video)

12 min | Short, Drama, History

In the year 25,000 B.C., a Cro-Magnon Hunter tracks three Neanderthals who've murdered his mate and kidnapped his child. Will he find them in time to save his child from being sacrificed to... See full summary »

Director: Mike Turner | Stars: Jonathan Rizzo, Danielle Bohrer, Jayson Argento, Doug Freeman

Votes: 42

42. The Tribe (1974 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In the last Ice Age, a family of Cro-Magnons battle a tribe of primitive Neanderthals for survival.

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Victor French, Warren Vanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Adriana Shaw

Votes: 29

43. The Sophisticated Neanderthal Interview (2014)

22 min | Short, Fantasy

An ethereal 'modern' (Truson - David Birkin) discovers an apparently real Neanderthal (Patrick Kennedy) in Bronson Canyon, Hollywood.

Director: Nathaniel Mellors | Stars: David Birkin, Patrick Kennedy, Joe Palermo

44. Mach, Sebestová a kouzelné sluchátko (2001)

94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A live-action adaptation of the popular children's cartoon series about a couple of school kids who live through an incredible adventure thanks to a magic telephone receiver. In the feature... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Robert Hájek, Kristyna Kvetova, Stella Zázvorková, Iva Janzurová

Votes: 166

45. The Last Girl in the World

Sci-Fi | Announced

This is the story of the last girl in the world and her search for survivors of a deadly pandemic that nearly destroys humanity.

Director: Michael Polish

46. Clash of the Cave Men (2008 TV Movie)

94 min | Documentary

Clash of the Cavemen explores the long period in Europe when two human species - Neanderthals and modern humans called Cro-Magnons - co-existed. The special follows two human families - ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Cassel | Star: Silvian Duica

Votes: 49

47. Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja (1991 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cavemen ninjas Joe and Mac battle through numerous levels using weapons such as boomerangs, bones, fire, flints, electricity, stone wheels, and clubs to rescue a group of women who were kidnapped by a rival tribe of cavemen.

Votes: 81

48. Chrono-Perambulator (1999)

11 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Teddy Knox, a failed inventor, finds the key to a Stone Age riddle.

Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Charles Dance, Bill Paterson, Eamonn Hunt, Mal Whyte

Votes: 115

49. Dejiny udatného ceského národa (2010–2012)

3 min | Animation, History

Cartoon animated series offers a smiling view on Czech history, combining both informative and entertainment elements.

Star: Jirí Lábus

Votes: 9

50. Feuer im Eis (1999 TV Movie)

Documentary, History

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Directors: Manfred Baur, Hannes Schuler | Stars: Leslie Aiello, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Christian Baumann, Michael Bujatti-Narbeshuber