Era: Prehistory
Dawn of time – 3500 BCE
Life first stirs on earth, however protozoan, moves forward through the evolution of the first proto-humans in Africa, and then to the first traces of modern human civilization when recorded history steps up to the plate.
10,000 BC
- Director: Roland Emmerich
- Release Date: 2008
- Production Country: United States, South Africa
D'leh, a prehistoric hunter, must leave his idyllic, egalitarian village in pursuit of Bronze Age horse-riding nomads who have stolen his one true love, along with most of his tribe's viable breeders and replacement units; however, at the end of the road, the small, multicultural, multiethnic band of freedom fighters D'leh has assembled finds itself facing an enemy that is truly out of this world.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Release Date: 2010
- Production Country: Canada, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom
The prehistoric paintings in the Chauvet Cave in France are spectacularly displayed, providing learnings about primitive man from the oldest known depictions of humankind.
Cesta do Praveku (Journey to the Beginning of Time)
- Director: Karel Zeman, Alan Ladd
- Release Date: 1955
- Production Country: Czechoslovakia
On a trip to New York City, four Czech boys find themselves transported back through time. Intrigued by the chance to see the prehistoric world first hand, their fascination fades somewhat when they realize that they are not just looking at museum dioramas; they are residents of this world now and must fight for their own survival like any other prehistoric mammal.
Clan of the Cave Bear
- Director: Michael Chapman
- Release Date: 1986
- Production Country: United States
A young Cro-Magnon girl is saved by and then raised by Neanderthals.
El pecado de Adán y Eva (The Sin of Adam and Eve)
- Director: Miguel Zacarías
- Release Date: 1969
- Production Country: Mexico
Adam remembers the good ol' days, before Eve tempted him and they were both ejected from the Garden of Eden.
Göbekli Tepe: The World's First Temple
- Director: Ahmet Turgut Yazman
- Release Date: 2010
- Production Country: Turkey, Egypt, India
A temple in Turkey predates pottery, the wheel, and agriculture, and rewrites our knowledge of the Mesolithic and Neolothic eras.
In Search of Ancient Ireland
- Director: Leo Eaton
- Release Date: 2002
- Production Country: United States
From 2,000 BCE, when the Irish built some of the most spectacular known Neolithic monuments, to the Celtic kingdoms, from the arrival of Christian monks to the invasions of Vikings and Normans, Ireland's history is recorded in the landscape itself, in the stories handed down from generations of gods and heroes, and in the magnificent manuscripts created by Irish monks.
La guerre du feu (Quest for Fire)
- Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Release Date: 1981
- Production Country: Canada, France, United States
When their tribe is driven from their home and their carefully tended fire lost, three warriors are sent to find and bring back a new source of fire, but the three are beset by many challenges on their way, including large predators, enemy tribes, and a pretty girl who is from a people unlike anything these three Neanderthals have never seen before: modern humans.
One Million Years B.C.
- Director: Don Chaffey
- Release Date: 1966
- Production Country: United Kingdom
After being cast out of his tribe for trying to usurp his father's place, Tumak is taken in by the more advanced shell people, but even there he has a difficult time fitting in; this time when Tumak is cast out, the beautiful Leona goes with him, though their travels and travails are far from over.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
- Director: Val Guest
- Release Date: 1970
- Production Country: United Kingdom
Searching for a new home after she is nearly sacrificed by her people, Sanna wanders until she meets Tara, who takes her home, but her arrival is hardly welcomed by the other members of the tribe–though all personal jealousies and feuds must take a back seat when dinosaurs attack, as they often do.