# The Land Before Time (1988)

> A grieving young dinosaur leads an unlikely band of hatchlings through a hazardous prehistoric world toward a legendary sanctuary.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6941

## Facts

- Runtime: 69 min
- Genres: Family, Animation, Adventure, Drama
- Director: Don Bluth
- Cast: Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Will Ryan, Judith Barsi, Helen Shaver, Pat Hingle, Bill Erwin, Burke Byrnes
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095489/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: sentimental, playful, adventurous, family movie night, nostalgic rewatch

## Synopsis

A young brontosaurus embarks on a perilous journey to find a paradise for dinosaurs.

## Movies like The Land Before Time

- [Dinosaur (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/5638)
- [The Lion King (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/4149)
- [The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/11489)
- [We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/11407)
- [The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/25331)
- [The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/10433)
- [Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/263829)
- [Jurassic Park (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/278)
- [The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/14510)
- [The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/9621)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt