Jurassic Park

Thirty years ago, Steven Spielberg brought dinosaurs back to life. His Jurassic Park was a revolution in special effects, and this adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel ranks among the most significant films ever made - and after three decades, there is little to fault it for.

Billionaire John Hammond builds an amusement park on the island of Isla Nublar filled with prehistoric reptiles. To open the gates to tourists, he needs expert certification that everything is safe - despite the fact that a Tyrannosaurus roams the island and velociraptors lurk in the jungle. Invited experts arrive to assess Hammond's experiments with dinosaur DNA firsthand.

Initial fascination quickly turns to terror. When the park loses power and its security systems fail, everyone realizes that bringing long-extinct monsters back to life was not such a good idea after all.