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"Jurassic Park" (1993)

If "T2" opened up the door for CG-generated visual effects, Steven Spielberg's frightening and beautiful dinosaurs kicked it down, along with half the wall around it. "Jurassic Park" makes up for its flaws in narrative and characterization simply by ... moregiving us the most realistic, terrifying and majestic prehistoric animals imaginable, with scenes that stir the childhood fascination with these mysterious creatures in all of us. Our first sighting, of a giant Brachiosaurus standing on its hind legs to munch the top of a tree, has a sense of wonder and awe matched just a few scenes later by the sheer terror and ferocity of the marauding Tyrannosaurus rex.

('Jurassic Park'/Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection)