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1. Land of the Lost (1974–1977)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A family finds themselves fighting to survive in a land populated by dinosaurs and otherworldly beings.
Stars: Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Spencer Milligan, Phillip Paley
Votes: 3,349
2. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno
Votes: 34,459 | Gross: $1.30M
3. Land of the Lost (2009)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A space-time vortex sucks scientist Rick Marshall, his assistant Holly and a survivalist Will into a world populated by dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone
Votes: 75,323 | Gross: $49.44M
4. Horror Express (1972)
R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas
Votes: 12,774
5. Trog (1970)
GP | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden
Votes: 3,212
6. Land of the Lost (1991–1992)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Family, Comedy
A family is trapped in a dinosaur dominated alternative world and must struggle to survive it.
Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jenny Drugan, Robert Gavin, Ed Gale
Votes: 1,020
7. The Lost World (2001)
TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
An expedition leaves for the Amazon to prove the existence of dinosaurs.
Stars: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward, Matthew Rhys
Votes: 3,383
8. Skullduggery (1970)
PG | 105 min | Adventure
The missing-link is found on a safari in New Guinea. Is it human or animal?
Directors: Gordon Douglas, Richard Wilson | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel, Paul Hubschmid
Votes: 507
9. 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
10. Nightbeasts (2010)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A father and son on a weekend hunting trip encounter supernatural horror in the woods.
Director: Wes Sullivan | Stars: Zach Galligan, Audra Wise, Billy Daydoge, Apesanahkwat
Votes: 1,949
11. Carnival Magic (1983)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy
A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol
Votes: 844
12. Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–2000)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Tarzan returns to Africa to defend his jungle from both human and supernatural foes alike with a little help from his friends, including in one episode Carson Napier of Venus, who's also authored by Tarzan's creator Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Stars: Joe Lara, Aaron Seville, Don McLeod, Nkhensani Manganyi
Votes: 298
13. Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Professor Wassermann is asked by industry magnate Morgan Hunnicut to lead an expedition to study the giant Yeti creature found frozen in a large ice block.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Antonella Interlenghi, Mimmo Crao, Jim Sullivan, Tony Kendall
Votes: 799
14. The Legend of Bigfoot (1975)
PG | 76 min | Documentary
A documentary about the legendary creature, Bigfoot, with emphasis on him being the missing link.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Ivan Marx, Peggy Marx, Yukon Frida, Raymond L. Wallace
Votes: 611
15. King of the Wild (1931)
Passed | 248 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
American adventurer Richard Grant is falsely accused of murdering an Indian noble and escapes to Africa in search of diamond field and the real culprit.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Tom Santschi, Boris Karloff
Votes: 137
16. Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Family
David Attenborough explores Charles Darwin's controversial theory of evolution by natural selection.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 2,227
17. Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
Passed | 58 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Shepperd Strudwick, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco
Votes: 547
18. 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
19. White Pongo (1945)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure
Hunters and scientists venture into the jungle to track down a savage albino gorilla, which they believe could be the missing link between man and ape.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Richard Fraser, Maris Wrixon, Lionel Royce, Al Eben
Votes: 696
20. The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1915)
5 min | Comedy, Short, Animation
Three cavemen court Miss Araminta Rockface. She favors the one who apparently slew the Missing Link ... but a dinosaur did the deed.
Director: Willis H. O'Brien
Votes: 403
21. The Missing Link (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Arthur Wells (Syd Chaplin), an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to animals...tame or wild.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt, Tom McGuire, Crauford Kent
Votes: 19
22. Land of the Mammoth (2001– )
Animation, Documentary
As archaeological research shows, Siberia was previously a territory with a mild climate. Various types of prehistoric animals lived here, the largest of which was a mammoth. Climate change... See full summary »
Stars: Avery Brooks, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, Larry Agenbroad
Votes: 47
23. Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents Lords of the Ring: Superstars & Superbouts (1985 Video)
60 min | Action, Sport
A collection of some of the greatest wrestling moments of the 70's and 80's. Highlights include Ric Flair's second world title win, Kerry VonErich's title win, a battle between the ... See full summary »
Stars: Abdullah the Butcher, Bill Apter, Tully Blanchard, Richard Blood
Votes: 52
24. Felix Doubles for Darwin (1924)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A famished Felix reads an advertisement telling of a large reward for anyone that can give proof for the theory of evolution. He hurries to South Africa via Transatlantic Cable and ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Messmer
Votes: 129
25. Beyond the Sphere of Reasonable Doubt (2018– )
Reality-TV
A live trip to the afterlife for the contestants in a TV show but the white smoke from heaven recovers the screen and everyone chokes on it and the presenter is so enthusiastic that his ego explodes.
Stars: Old-Nick, Alex Hall, Jonathan Cross, John Waterhouse
26. Dubois: The Quest for the Missing Link (2013 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
The story of Eugène Dubois, the man who proved Darwin right and earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man".
Director: Robin Peeters | Stars: Paul Albers, Hank Botwinik, Jo Creemers, Addy de Gier
27. Should Evolution Be Taught in Public Schools? (2001 Video)
144 min
Stars: Kent Hovind, Richard Weisenburg
28. Majutsu wa sasayaku (1990 TV Movie)
139 min | Crime, Mystery
Director: Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa | Stars: Tomoko Yamaguchi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yasumi Hara, Kôji Takahashi
30. Black Pongo (2021)
9 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Deep into the Sacred Mountains of Wanganga, near the Zulu Territorries, Dr. Archie Badminton and Pr. Sarah Billbockett start to explore the unknown 'tabu' land of the King Gorilla, the 'Black Pongo'.
Directors: Achille Brunet, Claire Masip, Ewen Reboulet | Stars: Claire Masip, Ewen Reboulet, Achille Brunet
Votes: 6
31. Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008 Video)
Action, Sport
Stars: Shigeru Akabane, Terry Allen, Randy Barber, Tully Blanchard
32.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode:
Primal Scream
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, John Marley, Pat Harrington Jr.
Votes: 435
33.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Missing Link
(1976)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
After Commander Koening's Eagle crashes on the planet Zenno, his soul is captured and scrutinized by a resident alien, due to the fact that we humans appear to be their missing link.
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Joanna Dunham
Votes: 328
34.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
(2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
A Chinese paleontologist flies into controversy when he discovers a four winged dinosaur and claims it is the missing link between dinosaurs and birds rather than evolving from reptiles. ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Davis | Star: Lance Lewman
Votes: 33
35.
The Buster Keaton Show (1950– )
Episode:
Buster in the Jungle
(1951)
Comedy
A pair of German scientists come to Buster's sporting goods store to outfit their expedition to Africa to discover a supposed missing link. Buster passes out while inflating a rubber raft and dreams he is an African explorer, too.
Director: Arthur Hilton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Fritz Feld
36.
Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982– )
Episode:
Ida - Die geheime Entdeckung
(2009)
45 min | Documentary, History
Director: Tim Walker | Stars: Jörg Habersetzer, Jürg Löw
37.
The Ascent of Man (1973)
Episode:
Lower Than the Angels
(1973)
Documentary, History
Man evolves from the apes.
Directors: Dick Gilling, David Kennard, Adrian Malone | Stars: Jacob Bronowski, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 72
38.
Futurama (1999– )
Episode:
A Clockwork Origin
(2010)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After a dispute with creationists, Farnsworth flees with the others to a remote, uninhabited planet. Upon releasing microrobots in a pond, non-organic life begins to evolve on the planet.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 2,304
39.
Weird or What? (2010–2012)
Episode:
Mind Control War
(2010)
Documentary
Woman with breast implants survives gunshot. Woman has 2 sets of DNA. People with psychic powers. Two people save each other at different times.
Directors: Stephen Scott, Sean Turrell | Stars: William Shatner, Tammy Everett, Talia Russo
Votes: 16
40.
World Class Championship Wrestling (1972–1989)
Episode:
Episode #5.5
(1986)
TV-14 | 45 min | Sport
Kerry Von Erich goes one-on-one with Terry "Bam-Bam" Gordy of The Fabulous Freebirds.
Director: Keith Mitchell | Stars: Chris Adams, Jerry Allen, Rick Branch, Lynn Denton
41.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
(2013)
TV-G | 54 min | Documentary
The Paleogene opens with the dinosaurs extinct and much of the world's water freezing out in Antarctica as Australia breaks free of Gondwana to chart it's own course. As in the rest of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Archer, Tim Flannery, Neil Hewett, Gavin Prideaux
Votes: 67
44.
Seattle Creation Conference (2004– )
Episode:
Is There Monkey in Your Family Tree?
(2007)
61 min | Documentary
Dr. Kindell examines the so-called "evidence" that modern man evolved from an ape-like ancestor.
Star: Thomas Kindell