1993 animated film

In the middle of a city street lie several floating balloons, a background audience, and multiple characters upfront. There are four prehistoric reptiles, including (from left to right) a green Parasaurolophus, an orange Tyrannosaurus Rex, a purple Pterodactyl, and a blue Triceratops. There is also a green alien in the middle-to-top-left, a boy and a girl together in the middle-to-bottom-left, and a man between the Tyrannosaurus' legs.
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 animated adventure comedy film directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. Loosely based … Wikipedia
Ratings
6.0 / 10.0
IMDb
17K votes
50%
Rotten Tomatoes
10K votes
Factsheet
Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley
Factsheet
Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley
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Wikipedia
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film) - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - In 1993 New York City, a young bluebird named Buster runs away from his siblings and meets an intelligent orange Tyrannosaurus named Rex, who is playing golf. He explains to Buster that he was once a ravaging dinosaur, and proceeds to tell his personal story.
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IMDb
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Adventures in Dinosaur City (1991) ⭐ 4.8 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
February 12, 1992 - Although, as the other comment (yes, there is only one) for this movie says, it is horridly bad, I find it very entertaining. As one of the things I have accidentally taped from TV from letting the VCR record too long, I watch it now and then. Someone put some amount of effort into making this, why not enjoy the result? ... Aired commonly on the Disney Channel back in the '90s.
Release date   Feb 12, 1992
Duration   01:28:00
Rating: 4.8/10 ​ - ​ 1.34K votes
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Wikipedia
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List of films featuring dinosaurs - Wikipedia
September 15, 2025 - This is a list of films that feature non-avian dinosaurs and other prehistoric (mainly Mesozoic) archosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. Three long film series are centered around dinosaurs: Godzilla (dinosaur-inspired), Jurassic Park and The Land Before Time.
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CNN
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Five ’90s dinosaur movies that should be extinct | CNN
December 22, 2014 - “Prehysteria!” is about some children who get a hold of dinosaur eggs that hatch miniature dinosaurs. And like a lot of bad ’90s movies, there were two sequels.
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IMDb
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Prehysteria! (1993) ⭐ 4.7 | Adventure, Comedy, Family
September 24, 1993 - Prehysteria!: Directed by Albert Band, Charles Band. With Brett Cullen, Colleen Morris, Samantha Mills, Austin O'Brien. A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal ...
Release date   Sep 24, 1993
Duration   01:24:00
Rating: 4.7/10 ​ - ​ 2.38K votes
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IMDb
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) ⭐ 6.0 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
November 24, 1993 - We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story: Directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag. With John Goodman, Charles Fleischer, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman. A time traveling scientist goes back to prehistoric times and feeds dinosaurs ...
Release date   Nov 24, 1993
Duration   01:12:00
Rating: 6/10 ​ - ​ 17K votes
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BEYONDbones
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Forgotten Dinosaur Movies From The 90’s That Need A Reboot | BEYONDbones
June 22, 2018 - Jurassic Park would have been a very different movie if it wasn’t for the work of Bakker and other paleontologists who were changing the perception of dinosaurs. At the same time, new digital special effects meant that swift and speedy creatures ...
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Reddit
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r/nostalgia on Reddit: Dinosaur TV shows and movies of the 80's and 90's
October 14, 2023 - Radical 90's Skating Dinosaur · r/animation • · upvotes · · comments · [TOMT] 90s movie about baby dinosaurs · r/tipofmytongue • · upvotes · · comments · Jim Henson's ‘Dinosaurs’ 🦖🦕 ~ [1991] ~ have u re-watched this as ...
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Movie Forums
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Answered: Title help: 80s or 90s movie about dinosaur world - Movie Forums
They ended up in a world of anthropomorphic talking dinosaurs. I forget the exact plot, but there was some kind of evil lord or something they had to fight in the end. It was live action, not animation. Any help? Much thanks in advance. ... This used to be one of my favorite movies as a kid, but I can't for the life of me remember the title. I've tried Googling every combination of relevant words I can think of, but to no avail. It was either from the late 80s or early 90s...
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8-Bit Pickle
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Best Dinosaur Movies of the 90s - A Jurassic Adventure Of Nostalgia
July 9, 2023 - There is a mountain of movies about this character, but the one that stands out the most in the ’90s (Sorry, Roland Emmerich but I don’t understand your 1998 adaptation) is Godzilla 2000 (from Amazon), a Japanese film that goes back to the ...
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YouTube
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This Old Dinosaur Movie Is An Uncanny Nightmare - YouTube
Do you like movies? Do you like dinosaurs? What about both? What about a 90s dinosaur movie, huh, what about that? Well this video has all of that, so you’d ...
Published   September 20, 2023
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Rotten Tomatoes
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Rotten Tomatoes
November 24, 1993 - Such an bizarre animated movie ... Back! A Dinosaur’s Story is a cute and musically delightful family film from the 90s, boasted with memorable voice acting from John Goodman and others....
Release date   Nov 24, 1993
Rating: 50/100 ​ - ​ 10K votes
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Reddit
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r/Dinosaurs on Reddit: does anyone remember the MINI dinosaur movie from the 90s, Prehysteria?
July 24, 2024 -

It was released direct-to-video in 1993, just 19 days after Jurassic Park. The director fully admits he made Prehysteria to piggy-back off the success of Jurassic Park. And it worked because DANG, I loved this movie as a kid. They ended up making 2 sequels as well. I think the series deserves a reboot to now piggy-back off the success of Jurassic WORLD. I just made a 35 min deep-dive video essay about Prehysteria. If you'd like, you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/KFumaM7JNl0

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Common Sense Media
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Movie Review | Common Sense Media
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
A Dinosaur's Story is a '90s animated movie that is best for kids who clearly understand the difference between real and pretend violence. Released in theaters by Steven Spielberg's company in 1993 just after he created Jurassic Park, this movie was meant to bring the dinosaur phenomenon to kids. In spite of an abundance of characters, a weak musical production number, and an often tangled, overloaded story, there's still something to appreciate here. Particularly enjoyable are some of the surprising voice actors, a terrific Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the dinosaurs masquerade as floats,
Rating: 3 ​
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Wikipedia
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Prehysteria! - Wikipedia
September 20, 2025 - Prehysteria! 2 was the sequel to the first film and was released in 1994. Mr. Cranston is a friend of the Taylors and he watches the mini-dinosaurs while they are on vacation. The five mini-dinosaurs break out of the Taylors' farm and accidentally ...
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MiscRave
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The forgotten Prehysteria! Trilogy of the 90s are odd dinosaur movies » MiscRave
June 2, 2019 - Prehysteria! 2 1994 Second movie is not much better except for the fact that you get dinosaur action from the beginning. This time you have a new character Mr. Cranston who is taking care of the Dinosaurs while the Taylor’s are away and he loses them. The dinosaurs find their way to a new house with a kid of a rich family named Brendan and they’re also found by a poor girl named Naomi and they both claim to be the owners of the dinosaurs.
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Letterboxd
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Dinosaur Movies (1993)
Filled with rare movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. ... Donald F. Glut Christy Block Forrest J. Ackerman Jim Danforth Ray Harryhausen Archelon B.C. Neecha Gideon · Donald F. Glut ... Extremely cheesy, ultra-low-budget, but fairly entertaining and somewhat educational early 90s documentary on dinosaurs in film.
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YouTube
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Prehysteria! (1993) | Official Trailer - YouTube
Watch FREE on TubiTV! Here: https://tubitv.com/movies/460328/prehysteriaAvailable FREE on Amazon Prime! Here: Link: http://a.co/d/eDLi1AhBuy Blu-ray/DVD comb...
Published   June 5, 2018