 In the years following its release , Jurassic Park has frequently been cited by film critics and industry professionals as one of the greatest movies of the action and thriller genres . The American Film Institute named Jurassic Park the 35th most thrilling film of all time on June 13 , 2001 . The Chicago Film Critics Association also ranked Jurassic Park as the 55th scariest movie of all time and , in 2005 , Bravo chose the scene in which Lex and Tim are stalked by two raptors in the kitchen as the 95th scariest movie moment ever . On Empire magazine 's fifteenth anniversary in 2004 , it judged Jurassic Park the sixth most influential film of the magazine 's lifetime . Empire called the first encounter with a Brachiosaurus the 28th most magical moment in cinema . In 2008 , an Empire poll of readers , filmmakers , and critics also rated it one of the 500 greatest films of all time . On Film Review 's fifty @-@ fifth anniversary in 2005 , it declared the film to be one of the five most important in the magazine 's lifetime . In 2006 , IGN ranked Jurassic Park as the 19th greatest film franchise ever . In a 2010 poll , the readers of Entertainment Weekly rated it the greatest summer movie of the previous 20 years . The popularity of the movie caused the management of the National Basketball Association expansion franchise founded in Toronto in 1995 to adopt the nickname Raptors . 
