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Movies: Best "monster" Movies

A monster movie, monster film, creature feature or giant monster film is a film that focuses on one or more characters struggling to survive attacks by one or more antagonistic monsters, often abnormally large ones. The film may also fall under the horror, comedy, fantasy, or science fiction genres. Monster movies originated with adaptations of horror folklore and literature. ()

Related keywords: "giant monster" | "sea monster"


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Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms(2023)

1h 29min | Action, Fantasy, War
3.7/5 (with 60 votes)

Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.

Directed by Wu Ershan - With Fei Xiang, Li Xuejian, Huang Bo, Narana Erdyneeva, Yu Shi, Yuan Quan, ...

Godzilla Minus One(2023)

PG-13
| 2h 5min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?

Godzilla(2014)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 4,047 votes)

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Kong: Skull Island(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 58min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 4,751 votes)

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Monsters, Inc.(2001)

G
| 1h 32min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.9/5 (with 8,678 votes)

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

Shin Godzilla(2016)

3.5/5 (with 462 votes)

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)

PG-13
| 2h 31min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
3.7/5 (with 7,329 votes)

Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

The Suicide Squad(2021)

R
| 2h 12min | Action, Comedy, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 3,737 votes)

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania(2022)

3.5/5 (with 731 votes)

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

Directed by Derek Drymon, Jennifer Kluska

Luca(2021)

3.9/5 (with 3,640 votes)

Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

Directed by Enrico Casarosa

The One Hundred(2022)

1.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A quarantine hotel where overseas travellers stay in isolation to curb the spread of a contagious virus, but they soon become prey to a strange breed of a 100-legged monster.

Pacific Rim(2013)

PG-13
| 2h 11min | Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 5,832 votes)

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(2010)

PG
| 1h 58min | Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
3.1/5 (with 3,378 votes)

Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation(2018)

3.5/5 (with 1,933 votes)

Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

Rampage(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
3.2/5 (with 3,165 votes)

Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

The Mist(2007)

3.5/5 (with 2,361 votes)

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

Monsters University(2013)

G
| 1h 44min | Animation, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 4,989 votes)

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Directed by Dan Scanlon

Pacific Rim: Uprising(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 51min | Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 2,283 votes)

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

The Mummy(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
2.8/5 (with 3,252 votes)

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Nimona(2023)

4.0/5 (with 294 votes)

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Directed by Nick Bruno, Troy Quane

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack(2001)

3.7/5 (with 92 votes)

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.

Godzilla: Final Wars(2004)

3.5/5 (with 120 votes)

Humanity final rids themselves of Godzilla, in-prisoning him in an icy tomb at the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

Jeepers Creepers 2(2003)

R
| 1h 44min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 745 votes)

When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive. Staring hungrily at them through the school bus windows, The Creeper returns again and again. But when the teammates discover that it’s selective about whom it attacks, it will test their ability to stick together – as the insatiable menace tries to tear them apart!

65(2023)

PG-13
| 1h 33min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 906 votes)

65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy the planet.

Monster House(2006)

3.3/5 (with 1,723 votes)

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

Directed by Gil Kenan

The Fly(1986)

R
| 1h 36min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 1,865 votes)

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

Legend(1985)

PG
| 1h 34min | Adventure, Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 510 votes)

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

The Great Wall(2016)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 2,345 votes)

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

Barbarian(2022)

R
| 1h 42min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 725 votes)

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

Hulk(2003)

PG-13
| 2h 18min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
2.8/5 (with 2,648 votes)

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

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