I always love to revisit Jurassic Park, and it's not because it's such an effective, family-friendly thriller: it's for those early, introductory scenes where Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) see the grazing brachiosaurs for the first time. So few films manage that sheer, invigorating sense of wonder.
Lists
- ranked 11 in Empire 100 Greatest Movies
- ranked 35 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
- ranked 35 in Empire 100 Greatest Movies
- ranked 812 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 833 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 904 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills Nominees
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
- one of OFCS Top 100 Sci-Fi