The Land Before Time

The Land Before Time is a franchise consisting of American animatedadventure films centered around dinosaurs, including a theatrical movie, various straight-to-home video sequels, and a spin-offTV series. Based on an original story by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss and distributed by Universal Pictures, the franchise began in 1988 with the eponymous film, directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Its success spawned thirteen direct-to-videomusical sequels before expanding into other media including video games, soundtracks, and related merchandising. Notably, the additional movies and TV show did not include the collaborative participation of Bluth, Lucas, nor Spielberg.

The 14 films were released as a Complete Collection DVD set in June 2016.