1990s Monster Movies

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Godzilla(1998)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 19min | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 1,790 votes)

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

Directed by Roland Emmerich - With Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, ...

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Blade(1998)

FSK: 18+ years

| 2h | Horror, Action

3.4/5 (with 2,679 votes)

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

Directed by Stephen Norrington - With Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Dorff, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, ...

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Independence Day(1996)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 25min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 4,482 votes)

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.

Directed by Roland Emmerich - With Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Vivica A. Fox, Margaret Colin, Harry Connick Jr., ...

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Men in Black(1997)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 38min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

3.6/5 (with 6,469 votes)

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld - With Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Gries, ...

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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah(1995)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 43min | Action, Science Fiction, Horror

3.9/5 (with 104 votes)

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.

Directed by Takao Okawara - With Megumi Odaka, Kenpachirō Satsuma, Momoko Kōchi, Yōko Ishino, Akira Nakao, Hurricane Ryu, ...

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The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)

FSK: 6+ years

| 1h 16min | Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family

3.9/5 (with 4,351 votes)

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

Directed by Henry Selick

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Species(1995)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 48min | Science Fiction, Horror, Action

3.0/5 (with 675 votes)

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

Directed by Roger Donaldson - With Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, ...

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Alien Resurrection(1997)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 49min | Science Fiction, Horror, Action

3.1/5 (with 2,115 votes)

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - With Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott, ...

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Alien³(1992)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 54min | Science Fiction, Action, Horror

3.2/5 (with 2,482 votes)

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

Directed by David Fincher - With Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Paul McGann, ...

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Anaconda(1997)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 29min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

2.6/5 (with 1,111 votes)

A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.

Directed by Luis Llosa - With Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, ...

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Tremors(1990)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 36min | Horror, Comedy, Action, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 1,388 votes)

Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.

Directed by Ron Underwood - With Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Reba McEntire, Michael Gross, Victor Wong, ...

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From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 48min | Horror, Action, Thriller, Crime

3.5/5 (with 2,595 votes)

Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez - With George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Tom Savini, ...

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Jurassic Park(1993)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 7min | Adventure, Science Fiction

4.0/5 (with 7,274 votes)

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Richard Attenborough, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Ariana Richards, ...

Tremors 2: Aftershocks(1996)

1h 40min | Action, Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 397 votes)

Those supersucking desert creatures are back --- and this time they're south of the border. As the creatures worm their way through the oil fields of Mexico, the only people who can wrangle them are veteran Earl Bassett and survivalist Burt Gummer. Add to that team a young punk out for cash and a fearless scientist, and the critters don't stand a chance.

Directed by S. S. Wilson - With Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver, Michael Gross, Marcelo Tubert, Thomas Rosales Jr., ...

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Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost(1999)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 10min | Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.7/5 (with 173 votes)

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored be a witch.

Directed by Hiroshi Aoyama, Jim Stenstrum

Congo(1995)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 49min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

2.8/5 (with 381 votes)

Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.

Directed by Frank Marshall - With Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, ...

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 46min | Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

3.2/5 (with 1,094 votes)

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

Directed by Joe Dante - With Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates-Kline, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Robert Picardo, Christopher Lee, ...

Godzilla 2000: Millennium(1999)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 116 votes)

An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.

Directed by Takao Okawara - With Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Shirō Sano, François Chau, Ron Yuan, ...

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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah(1991)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 43min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 78 votes)

The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.

Directed by Kazuki Ōmori - With Kenpachirō Satsuma, Kōsuke Toyohara, Megumi Odaka, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Anna Nakagawa, Akiji Kobayashi, ...

Leprechaun(1993)

1h 32min | Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

2.8/5 (with 329 votes)

A demonic leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people whom he believes stole his gold.

Directed by Mark Jones - With Jennifer Aniston, Warwick Davis, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton, Robert Hy Gorman, William Newman, ...

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Sleepwalkers(1992)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 31min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 218 votes)

Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.

Directed by Mick Garris - With Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Maud Krige, Ron Perlman, Glenn Shadix, Cynthia Garris, ...

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Godzilla vs. Mothra(1992)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 42min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 75 votes)

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.

Directed by Takao Okawara - With Satomi Kobayashi, Akiji Kobayashi, Kenpachirō Satsuma, Akira Takarada, Megumi Odaka, Hurricane Ryu, ...

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island(1998)

1h 17min | Animation, Mystery, Kids & Family, Horror

3.8/5 (with 313 votes)

After going their separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate on a haunted bayou island, but it turns out the swashbuckler's spirit isn't the only creepy character on the island. The sleuths also meet up with cat creatures and zombies... and it looks like for the first time in their lives, these ghouls might actually be real.

Directed by Jim Stenstrum

Braindead(1992)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 43min | Horror, Comedy

3.7/5 (with 686 votes)

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Tim Balme, Elizabeth Moody, Jed Brophy, Harry Sinclair, Peter Jackson, Ian Watkin, ...

Deep Rising(1998)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 46min | Adventure, Action, Horror, Science Fiction

3.1/5 (with 287 votes)

A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.

Directed by Stephen Sommers - With Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Anthony Heald, Wes Studi, Derrick O'Connor, ...

Mimic(1997)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 45min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

3.0/5 (with 456 votes)

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro - With Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton, Giancarlo Giannini, F. Murray Abraham, ...

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight(1995)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 32min | Horror, Comedy, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 200 votes)

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.

Directed by Gilbert Adler, Ernest Dickerson - With Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, CCH Pounder, Dick Miller, Thomas Haden Church, ...

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Species II(1998)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 33min | Science Fiction, Action, Horror

2.6/5 (with 283 votes)

Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.

Directed by Peter Medak - With Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, James Cromwell, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, ...

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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II(1993)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 48min | Science Fiction

3.7/5 (with 77 votes)

The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.

Directed by Takao Okawara - With Kenpachirō Satsuma, Megumi Odaka, Masahiro Takashima, Akira Nakao, Kenji Sahara, Wataru Fukuda, ...

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The Island of Dr. Moreau(1996)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 36min | Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

2.4/5 (with 225 votes)

A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

Directed by John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley - With Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman, William Hootkins, ...

1990s Monster Movies

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Godzilla(1998)

Blade(1998)

Independence Day(1996)

Men in Black(1997)

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah(1995)

The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)

Species(1995)

Alien Resurrection(1997)

Alien³(1992)

Anaconda(1997)

Tremors(1990)

From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)

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Jurassic Park(1993)

Tremors 2: Aftershocks(1996)

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost(1999)

Congo(1995)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990)

Godzilla 2000: Millennium(1999)

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah(1991)

Leprechaun(1993)

Sleepwalkers(1992)

Godzilla vs. Mothra(1992)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island(1998)

Braindead(1992)

Deep Rising(1998)

Mimic(1997)

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight(1995)

Species II(1998)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II(1993)

The Island of Dr. Moreau(1996)

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