Best Movies like Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Jurassic Park paved the way for dinosaur-centered adventure cinema, centering on the perils of reviving extinct species within a modern park setting—directly inspiring the world and ongoing dilemmas seen in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, with revived dinosaurs, unpredictable consequences, and humans trying to contain chaos.

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. Jurassic Park is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 7m runtime, released in 1993 with an average rating of 8.0 by 18,144 people. The movie made an estimated total of $1,058,454,230 in the box office.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park continues the saga of humans attempting to manage and profit from genetically resurrected dinosaurs on a remote island, exploring themes of exploitation, survival, and unpredictable natural disasters that reappear in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s volcano-triggered rescue mission.

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller. The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 9m runtime, released in 1997 with an average rating of 6.6 by 9,369 people. The movie made an estimated total of $618,638,999 in the box office.

Jurassic Park III follows human survivors navigating the dangers of a dinosaur-filled island, paralleling Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s action-driven rescue attempts and exploration of a landscape now dominated by prehistoric predators, built upon the original franchise’s science-gone-wrong premise.

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them. Jurassic Park III is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 32m runtime, released in 2001 with an average rating of 6.2 by 7,964 people. The movie made an estimated total of $368,780,809 in the box office.

Godzilla (2014) features humanity confronting massive, ancient creatures unleashed by modern hubris, echoing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s struggle to contain awe-inspiring, destructive animals while environmental disasters threaten both people and monsters.

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco. Godzilla is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 3m runtime, released in 2014 with an average rating of 6.4 by 9,916 people. The movie made an estimated total of $524,978,362 in the box office.

King Kong (2005) shares the theme of humans venturing to a remote island teeming with prehistoric creatures and the consequences of meddling with nature, mirroring the perilous rescue efforts and spectacle-driven conflict central to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady. King Kong is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 3h 8m runtime, released in 2005 with an average rating of 6.9 by 8,612 people. The movie made an estimated total of $562,363,449 in the box office.

Congo involves a group venturing into a lush, dangerous environment and facing off against ancient dangers, similar to the rescue team’s trek through dinosaur-inhabited wilderness in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, mixing science, survival, and discovery in a hazardous setting.

Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. Congo is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 48m runtime, released in 1995 with an average rating of 5.6 by 1,007 people. The movie made an estimated total of $152,022,101 in the box office.

The Lost World (1960) adapts a classic story of explorers stumbling upon a land where dinosaurs still thrive, prefiguring Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s themes of isolated habitats, dangerous discoveries, and the tension between humanity and prehistoric life.

Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there. The Lost World is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 37m runtime, released in 1960 with an average rating of 5.8 by 115 people.

Kong: Skull Island unleashes modern explorers into a mysterious island ruled by massive creatures, paralleling the dangerous, otherworldly setting and human-versus-beast conflicts found in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s rescue mission amid rampaging dinosaurs.

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island. Kong: Skull Island is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 58m runtime, released in 2017 with an average rating of 6.6 by 11,251 people. The movie made an estimated total of $566,652,812 in the box office.

The Meg centers on a team facing a giant, prehistoric sea predator unleashed upon the modern world, closely relating to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s premise of humans encountering ancient threats unleashed by science or nature, with large-scale action set pieces.

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct. The Meg is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 53m runtime, released in 2018 with an average rating of 6.3 by 8,294 people. The movie made an estimated total of $530,517,320 in the box office.

Reign of Fire imagines humanity surviving in a world menaced by powerful, resurrected beasts—here, dragons—mirroring the fight for survival and sense of apocalyptic danger present in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s volcanic threat and unruly dinosaurs.

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive. Reign of Fire is a movie from Ireland in English, with a total 1h 41m runtime, released in 2002 with an average rating of 6.2 by 2,499 people. The movie made an estimated total of $82,150,183 in the box office.

Deep Blue Sea brings a team of scientists face-to-face with genetically engineered predators in an enclosed environment, reflecting Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s motif of humans attempting to control nature, only to face chaos when experiments turn deadly.

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives. Deep Blue Sea is a movie from Australia in English, with a total 1h 45m runtime, released in 1999 with an average rating of 6.0 by 2,702 people. The movie made an estimated total of $164,648,231 in the box office.

Rampage focuses on mutated animals growing to enormous size and causing destruction, channeling similar spectacle and science-gone-wrong themes found in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, as well as the struggle to rescue or contain dangerous creatures.

Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend. Rampage is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 47m runtime, released in 2018 with an average rating of 6.5 by 7,651 people. The movie made an estimated total of $428,028,233 in the box office.

The Valley of Gwangi transports humans into a hidden world of surviving dinosaurs, echoing the confrontation with prehistoric animals and the mix of rescue and survival elements prominent in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s expedition to Isla Nublar.

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem. The Valley of Gwangi is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 36m runtime, released in 1969 with an average rating of 7.1 by 166 people.

Journey to the Center of the Earth depicts an adventure into unexplored terrain where prehistoric creatures have survived, sharing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s love for lost worlds, subterranean mysteries, and human encounters with living fossils.

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. Journey to the Center of the Earth is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 33m runtime, released in 2008 with an average rating of 6.1 by 5,230 people. The movie made an estimated total of $101,702,060 in the box office.

After Earth follows characters struggling for survival on a dangerous planet filled with evolved animal threats, aligning with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s tension between human explorers and deadly wildlife within a hostile environment.

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance. After Earth is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 40m runtime, released in 2013 with an average rating of 5.2 by 6,914 people. The movie made an estimated total of $243,843,127 in the box office.

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet features a team exploring a world with ancient creatures, embracing the theme of humans encountering primeval dangers in unfamiliar settings, much like the rescue journey into dinosaur-populated Isla Nublar in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land. Re-edited version of Soviet sci-fi Planet of Storms (1962) by Pavel Klushantsev, dubbed into English with additional scenes. Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 18m runtime, released in 1965 with an average rating of 4.1 by 44 people.

Outlander sees a group forcefully adapting to a landscape populated by deadly creatures, fusing science fiction and survival elements similar to the challenges faced by the protagonists trying to rescue dinosaurs from natural disaster in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster. Outlander is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 55m runtime, released in 2008 with an average rating of 6.5 by 1,446 people. The movie made an estimated total of $7,033,683 in the box office.

Love and Monsters blends post-apocalyptic adventure with giant mutated animals, paralleling Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s story of navigating a world forever altered by powerful, prehistoric beasts and following a rescue journey across hostile terrain.

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way. Love and Monsters is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 49m runtime, released in 2020 with an average rating of 7.3 by 4,524 people. The movie made an estimated total of $1,122,066 in the box office.

Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World takes viewers into a world dominated by ancient reptiles, echoing the fascination with extinct creatures and immersive encounters that drive the adventure in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Through the power of IMAX 3D, experience a wondrous adventure from the dinosaur age. Join Julie, an imaginative young woman, in a unique voyage through time and space. Explore an amazing underwater universe inhabited by larger-than-life creatures which were ruling the seas before dinosaurs conquered the earth. See science come alive in an entertaining manner and get ready for a face-to-face encounter with the T-Rex of the seas! Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 41m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 6.9 by 22 people. The movie made an estimated total of $4,074,023 in the box office.

The Land That Time Forgot strands characters on an isolated land untouched by time and filled with dinosaurs, mirroring themes of survival amid prehistoric dangers and the tension between humanity and nature showcased in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces near the unknown island of Caprona, a lost world where they find dinosaurs and Neanderthals. The Land That Time Forgot is a movie from United Kingdom in English, with a total 1h 30m runtime, released in 1974 with an average rating of 5.7 by 201 people. The movie made an estimated total of $4,408,872 in the box office.

Primeval involves a team confronting a legendary predator in a natural setting, combining the danger of unstoppable creatures and a rescue-oriented adventure similar to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s mission amid dinosaur chaos.

A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death. Primeval is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 33m runtime, released in 2007 with an average rating of 6.1 by 463 people. The movie made an estimated total of $15,291,277 in the box office.

The Relic centers on scientists and law enforcement investigating a deadly creature loose in a confined space, reflecting the unpredictable threats spawned by scientific meddling that also fuel the dangers faced in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum. The Relic is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 50m runtime, released in 1997 with an average rating of 6.2 by 643 people. The movie made an estimated total of $33,956,608 in the box office.

Monster Hunter places its protagonists in a world ruled by towering beasts, echoing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s narrative of survival against prehistoric-like monsters and the struggle to adapt in unfamiliar, perilous surroundings.

A portal transports Cpt. Artemis and an elite unit of soldiers to a strange world where powerful monsters rule with deadly ferocity. Faced with relentless danger, the team encounters a mysterious hunter who may be their only hope to find a way home. Monster Hunter is a movie from China in English, with a total 1h 43m runtime, released in 2020 with an average rating of 6.5 by 3,616 people. The movie made an estimated total of $42,145,959 in the box office.

Dinosaur features prehistoric creatures as central characters and dramatizes their fight for survival, closely related to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s focus on endangered dinosaurs facing extinction-level threats and the efforts to rescue them.

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home. Dinosaur is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 22m runtime, released in 2000 with an average rating of 6.6 by 2,783 people. The movie made an estimated total of $354,248,063 in the box office.

The Host revolves around a monstrous creature’s emergence due to human negligence, leading to familial rescue efforts and widespread chaos—paralleling the unintended consequences and human-animal conflict featured in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her. The Host is a movie from South Korea in Korean, with a total 2h 0m runtime, released in 2006 with an average rating of 7.0 by 3,193 people. The movie made an estimated total of $88,489,643 in the box office.

Annihilation follows a scientific team entering a strange, mutation-filled zone, drawing on similar themes of nature altered by human intervention and the unpredictable effects of science, as seen in the engineered wildlife and environmental calamity of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply. Annihilation is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 55m runtime, released in 2018 with an average rating of 6.4 by 9,493 people. The movie made an estimated total of $43,070,915 in the box office.

Tremors places ordinary people against massive, deadly subterranean creatures in an isolated locale, echoing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s balance of survival, humor, and the threat of being hunted by ancient predators.

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground. Tremors is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 36m runtime, released in 1990 with an average rating of 6.9 by 3,637 people. The movie made an estimated total of $48,572,000 in the box office.

Underwater depicts a team of survivors trapped in an extreme environment, combating monstrous creatures unleashed by a catastrophic event, similarly to the life-threatening scenario triggered by the volcano and unleashed dinosaurs in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time. Underwater is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 35m runtime, released in 2020 with an average rating of 6.3 by 3,547 people. The movie made an estimated total of $40,882,928 in the box office.

The Mist involves people facing deadly, mysterious creatures unleashed by scientific endeavors gone awry, paralleling Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s warnings about the uncontrollable outcomes of scientific experiments involving prehistoric animals.

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity. The Mist is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 6m runtime, released in 2007 with an average rating of 7.0 by 5,976 people. The movie made an estimated total of $57,470,220 in the box office.

Pacific Rim unites science fiction spectacle and the battle against enormous, otherworldly monsters threatening humanity, echoing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s grand-scale creature confrontations and themes of people intervening to protect civilization from enormous dangers.

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse. Pacific Rim is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 11m runtime, released in 2013 with an average rating of 6.9 by 13,622 people. The movie made an estimated total of $411,000,000 in the box office.

Pitch Black features characters stranded and hunted by deadly creatures in an unfamiliar world, sharing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s blend of perilous setting, survival under constant threat, and uncertain odds against monstrous lifeforms.

When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light. Pitch Black is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 48m runtime, released in 2000 with an average rating of 6.9 by 4,887 people. The movie made an estimated total of $53,187,659 in the box office.

The Maze Runner follows young characters navigating a controlled, dangerous environment filled with deadly creatures, drawing on similar plot structures and the sense of escape from engineered danger mirrored in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s dinosaur rescue operation.

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement. The Maze Runner is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 53m runtime, released in 2014 with an average rating of 7.2 by 18,308 people. The movie made an estimated total of $348,319,861 in the box office.

The Descent centers on explorers battling for survival in an isolated, underground habitat inhabited by lethal creatures, resonating with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s themes of claustrophobic tension, survival against ancient threats, and the drastic consequences of venturing into the unknown.

After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other. The Descent is a movie from United Kingdom in English, with a total 1h 40m runtime, released in 2005 with an average rating of 7.0 by 4,502 people. The movie made an estimated total of $57,130,027 in the box office.