11 Jurassic Park fan films, ranked

A velociraptor and a T-rex star in this brief entry where a college student returns home to his dorm room to discover a dino dining on a body in the hallway. More of a test to demonstrate the filmmaker's skill with CGI than an actual fleshed out film, it does offer some excellent effects work and an understanding of suspenseful editing. The twisty ending is somewhat predictable but it caps off the short in fine style.

A solid example of what a no-budget fan film can accomplish with a little planning and effort.  Written, directed, edited, and produced by Sohail Sheikh, it's a riveting short with two men running from helicopter gunfire, explosions, and a toothy  T-rex on the rampage in a wilderness setting.  Short on plot, but displaying promise, it proves that anyone can reflect their love of a film franchise by getting out and shooting an entertaining mini-movie with nothing to lose.

This impressive short is set just before the events of the original Jurassic Park, with a park a ranger dealing with a velociraptor that has breached containment. Written and directed by Dion Cavallaro, it's a short but sweet entry that effectively uses a simple setup accented by decent CGI work. Doesn't skimp on the title treatments either, boosting the level of professionalism.

Check out this ambitious effort written and directed by Zachary Zurcher. It's set in the Jurassic Park universe and takes place following the disaster ​at the Jurassic World theme park in 2015. In Zurcher's scenario, "a perfect storm of disease, disaster, and death have brought an end to the world as we used to know it. Now, 15 years after the fall of civilization, dinosaurs rule the Earth again." This is a fantastic starting point for a Jurassic Park film at any level, amateur or Hollywood, with survivors being stalked by marauding dinos. Clever integration of CGI, practical effects, and stock footage to create the illusions.

Here's a sparkling recreation of Jurassic Park using the equivalent of $100,000 worth of Lego bricks and ten tons of imagination, creativity, and patience.  Stop-motion animation is a painstaking process and this team of Paul Hollingsworth, his daughter Hailee, and their talented friends built an amazing array of sets and props to tell their abbreviated Jurassic story.  Adorned with loads of inside jokes and Easter eggs, this is a delight to watch, especially for the outstanding sound effects and vocal cast.  Hold on to your bricks!  Four million viewers can't be wrong!

With the added support of Jurassic directors Colin Trevorrow and J.A. Bayona, this incredible fan film mashup was designed for Jurassic Park's 25th anniversary with the help of hundreds of inspired fans who each crafted their own recreated segment of the famous film. This is a compilation of the best submitted entries from around the world and presents a wide range of styles, tones, and approaches. Each snippet utilizes everything from puppets, cardboard, and claymation, to electric kiddie-cars, paper beards, and plastic toys to show their Jurassic Park love. Takes home the gold!