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On January 1st, The Land Before Time will stop streaming on Netflix. Co-produced by Steven Spielberg, who later brought Jurassic Park to the world, and George Lucas, the animated adventure drama is one of the best dinosaur films around. The movie tells the story of a young Apatosaurus named Littlefoot, who is left alone in a world plagued by famine and upheaval after his mother dies protecting him from a dangerous T. Rex. Littlefoot embarks on an epic journey. Littlefoot embarks on an epic adventure to find the fabled Great Valley and along the way meets four young companions – the orange Triceratops Cera, the brown Pteranodon Petrie, the green Saurolophus Ducky, and the green Stegosaurus Spike.
The Land Before Time Is a Dinosaur Classic
There’s no doubt that the Jurassic Park franchise are the first movies that come to mind when you think of dinosaurs, but The Land Before Time is truly a classic and an animated masterpiece – but you’ll definitely need a box of tissues to watch it. The film is defined by surprisingly mature storytelling for its targeted young audience with an emotionally powerful story that features one of the darkest openings in a kids’ movie and doesn’t shy away from tackling difficult subjects like loss, grief, and survival. But The Land Before Time balances that heavy emotional weight with a genuinely thrilling adventure as Littlefoot and his companions make their way to the Great Valley with the constant lurking threat of Sharptooth.
