A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Michael Crichton (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay) Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Peter Benchley (screenplay), Carl Gottlieb (screenplay) Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.