Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pre-history"

1. The Chosen (2017– )

TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, History

The Chosen is a historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the series shares an authentic look at Jesus' revolutionary life and teachings.

Stars: Elizabeth Tabish, Jonathan Roumie, Shahar Isaac, Nick Shakoour

Votes: 46,974

2. La Brea (2021–2024)

TV-14 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A massive sinkhole mysteriously opens up in Los Angeles, separating part of a family in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a desperate group of strangers.

Stars: Eoin Macken, Chiké Okonkwo, Zyra Gorecki, Rohan Mirchandaney

Votes: 16,910

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: 519,504 | Gross: $176.39M

4. 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: 3,852

5. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.

Director: John Milius | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Votes: 162,607 | Gross: $39.57M

6. 65 (2023)

PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he's not alone.

Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Stars: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King

Votes: 88,190

7. Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

Directors: Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier | Stars: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Aziz Ansari

Votes: 225,073 | Gross: $161.32M

8. The Croods (2013)

PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.

Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener

Votes: 232,176 | Gross: $187.17M

9. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Scrat's acorn sends an asteroid to Earth, the Herd must find a way to stop the asteroid from hitting Earth with the help of a returning friend.

Directors: Michael Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu | Stars: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Chris Wedge

Votes: 74,943 | Gross: $64.06M

10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Directors: Carlos Saldanha, Michael Thurmeier | Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Eunice Cho

Votes: 264,366 | Gross: $196.57M

11. The Croods: A New Age (2020)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.

Director: Joel Crawford | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener

Votes: 53,059 | Gross: $58.57M

12. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the ice age is coming to an end, and join everybody for a journey to higher ground. On the trip, they discover that Manny is not in fact the last of the woolly mammoths.

Director: Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott

Votes: 296,758 | Gross: $195.33M

13. Terra Nova (2011)

TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Centers on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.

Stars: Jason O'Mara, Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Allison Miller

Votes: 86,094

14. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)

PG | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Possum brothers Crash and Eddie set out to find a place of their own. Together with the one-eyed weasel, Buck Wild, they face the dinosaurs who inhabit the Lost World.

Directors: Marshall Fels Elliott, John C. Donkin | Stars: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Sean Kenin, Jake Green, Aaron Harris

Votes: 16,553

15. Romulus (2020– )

Drama, Fantasy, History

The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.

Stars: Andrea Arcangeli, Francesco Di Napoli, Marianna Fontana, Sergio Romano

Votes: 2,905

16. The Giant of Metropolis (1961)

Unrated | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Muscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science schemes.

Director: Umberto Scarpelli | Stars: Gordon Mitchell, Bella Cortez, Roldano Lupi, Marietto

Votes: 456

17. Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969)

G | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Knick-knack salesman Woody Woodpecker is sent back in time to the Stone Age by a mad scientist and his time tunnel.

Director: Paul J. Smith | Stars: Daws Butler, Grace Stafford

Votes: 58

18. Evensong (2023)

15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A lamplighter, given the lonely task of lighting hundreds of candles inside a huge cathedral, encounters a flame with a will of its own.

Directors: Malibu Taetz, David Mora Perea, Joshua Vanderlinden | Star: Malibu Taetz

19. Experimentar para comprender: tecnología en el Paleolítico (2009)

Documentary, Short, History

Using Experimental Archeology, this documentary exposes, in an didactic way, the evolution of the different techniques for manufacturing lithic tools and their use throughout the Paleolithic.

Directors: Ignacio Martín Lerma, Juan Antonio Marín de Espinosa, Francisco Javier Muñoz Ibáñez | Stars: Francisco Javier Muñoz Ibáñez, Miguel Minaya

20. Levänluhdan kadonnut kansa (2010 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Tommi Hakko | Stars: Eero Saarinen, Martti Arkkola, Jukka Palo, Antti Sajantila

Votes: 7

21. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Treehouse of Horror V (1994)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

The family's job at Mr. Burns' country estate goes awry when Homer goes mad; Homer's attempt to repair a toaster results in inadvertent time travel; The school staff turn cannibalistic.

Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 5,244

22. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Padstow, Cornwall (2008)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History

Uncovering evidence of a port near the Cornish village of Padstow.

Director: Laurence Vulliamy | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Stewart Ainsworth

Votes: 11

23. NOVA Universe Revealed (2021– )
Episode: Big Bang (2021)

TV-PG

Modern scientific developments have revealed evidence of ancient galaxies from the ancient past, leading to discoveries about the origin of the universe itself.

Star: Hakeem Oluseyi

Votes: 15

24. The Mandela Catalogue (2021– )
Episode: Vol. 2 (2022)

TV-MA | 21 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Adam and Jonah, members of the Bythorne Paranormal Society, get a request from a woman to help put her cat's spirit to rest while the woman is on a trip. After arriving to the house, they realize that everything is not as it seems.

Director: Alex Kister | Stars: Tyler Osborne, Gabriel Linan, Faith Cunningham, Rich Swingle

Votes: 74

25. The Mandela Catalogue (2021– )
Episode: Exhibition (2021)

TV-MA | 9 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Mark's troubled past is revealed, and the history of alternates is explained.

Director: Alex Kister | Stars: Christina Kister, Alex Kister, Microsoft Mike

Votes: 61

26. Prehistoric Planet (2022–2023)
Episode: Coasts (2022)

TV-G | 42 min | Documentary, Animation, History

A pregnant Tuarangisaurus is in distress and her young calf can sense it as she travels waters that are home to the ocean's deadliest predators.

Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 1,222

27. Terra Nova (2011)
Episode: Resistance (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Jim and Taylor team up in a last stand against the Phoenix Group, a colonist makes the ultimate sacrifice and a decision is made that will change life in Terra Nova.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Jason O'Mara, Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Allison Miller

Votes: 968

28. The Mandela Catalogue (2021– )
Episode: Vol. 4 (2022)

TV-MA | 41 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Adam makes it out alive, and reluctantly makes a memorial video for a lost friend as a result of a harsh order from Sarah. Meanwhile, Thatcher reflects on his loss and vows to exact vengeance.

Director: Alex Kister | Stars: Thorne Baker, Spidey, Tyler Osborne, Rachel Ridley

Votes: 58

29. Nova (1974– )
Episode: When Whales Could Walk (2024)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.

Director: Bella Falk | Stars: Shorouq Al-Ashqar, Julia Montgomery Brown, Ellen Coombs, Philip Gingerich

Votes: 46

30. Mountains That Weep (2024)

39 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Aurora Solá | Stars: Zezé Amaya, Efráin Bautista Sánchez, Arcángel Agapito Luzardo