Movies like Monster 2008
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Monster (2008)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two women, aspiring documentary filmmakers, find themselves trapped in a monster-plagued Tokyo in 2003.
Style:
tense, dark, apocalyptic, suspense, mockbuster, natural horror, psychotronic, supernatural thriller, mockumentary, disaster movie
Plot:
found footage, monster, disaster, kaiju, catastrophe, survival, earthquake, giant monster, destruction, creature, creature feature, panic, survival horror, giant creature, sisters, isolation, desperation, media coverage, investigation, claustrophobia, sibling relationship, realism, exploration, witch, killer animal ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Monster
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense and psychotronic films with plots about monster, creature feature, survival, animal horror, giant monster, creature and kaiju mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Monster: Psycho Shark (2009), King of the Lost World (2005), Fire Serpent (2007), Deep Freeze (2001), Cloverfield (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Beautiful girls are in danger. At Sunny Beach, a huge shark is waiting for his prey. College students Miki and Mai arrive on a private beach on a tropical island. They can't find the hotel where they booked their reservations, and have gotten ...
Style:
suspense, natural horror, psychotronic
Plot:
shark, shark attack, creature, killer shark, creature feature, sea creature, giant animal, giant monster, animal attack, sea monster, monster, found footage ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, mockbuster ...
Plot:
lost world, giant ape, parallel world, save the world, obsessive quest, adventurer, danger, supernatural, giant monster, kaiju, creature, monkey ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alien creatures emerge from the sun and attack Earth.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
creature feature, alien, creature, giant monster, monster, earth, alien invasion, disaster, invasion, destruction, survival, killer animal ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A deadly creature terrorizes a team of researchers at an isolated Antarctic laboratory.
Style:
suspense, tension, grim, natural horror, slasher
Plot:
killer animal, winter, creature, animal attack, creature feature, ice, snow, monster, isolation, research facility, survival, claustrophobia ...
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
spooky, mysterious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, fear, survival horror, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
40%
646
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film is a re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla featuring 80 minutes of footage from the original Gojira (1954) and the US version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) plus 25 minutes of WWII newsreel footage and clips from ...
Style:
colorized, apocalyptic, cult classic, melancholic, psychotronic
Plot:
kaiju, monster, godzilla, giant monster, nuclear testing, destruction, giant creature, ethical dilemma, helplessness, panic, sea creature, cold war era ...
Time:
1950s, jurassic
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans as the world's top scientists explore every option to halt the aquatic frenzy. Swallowing ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, creepy, natural horror, psychotronic ...
Plot:
shark, giant animal, creature feature, crocodile, monster versus monster, monster, government agent, battles, shark attack, alligator, kaiju, giant monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
congo, florida, hawaii, africa, caribbean
Similarity:
37%
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
underwater, creature, giant monster, monster, sea monster, animal attack, creature feature, water, cthulhu, ocean, earthquake, giant creature ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Megalodon is a 2002 American shark film. It takes place out on a deep sea oil rig.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, natural horror, suspense
Plot:
shark, dangerous animal, killer shark, isolation, danger, escapades, forces of nature, monster, creature, killer animal, animal attack, water ...
Time:
jurassic, prehistory
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Passengers on a murder mystery train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, bleak, scary ...
Plot:
survival horror, blood, loss of control, supernatural, halloween, danger, accident, chaos, deadly creature, rescue, panic, monster ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
For nearly two months, the USS Newark, carrying an experimental, top-secret military cargo, has been lost at sea. When the sub is finally discovered sixty miles off the coast of California, the government, eager to regain the lost cargo, assembles a ...
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, dark
Plot:
submarine, killer animal, danger, military, secret project, top secret, creature feature, claustrophobia, government conspiracy, cover up, sea, isolation ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A team of climbers is assembled by a rich and eccentric man to rescue a missing expedition he sent up to a forbidden mountain who disappeared after sending out one last disturbing radio message.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, serious, tension ...
Plot:
dinosaur, missing person, expedition, danger, survival, mountain climbing, killer animal, man versus nature, rescue mission, creature, disappearance, mountain ...
Time:
1950s, year 1954
Place:
himalaya, colorado
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A team of soldiers must stop a giant, bloodthirsty crocodile from reaching a nearby city, while trying to avoid being a meal for the beast themselves.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
race against time, soldier, city, save the day, deadly creature, danger, supernatural, escapades, military, monster, eye, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
33%
340
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Volcanic activity awakens a prehistoric giant anaconda, forcing the local Sheriff and a band of volunteers to stop the menace.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
giant snake, creature feature, animal attack, eaten alive, volcano, prehistoric creature, save the day, survival, snake, destruction, sheriff, giant animal ...
Similarity:
32%
267
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
brutal, tense, suspense, dark, slasher
Plot:
creature feature, monster, government conspiracy, survival horror, survival, mysterious stranger, gory, camping trip, violent, military, isolation, chase ...
Similarity:
31%
411
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Deadly spiders are accidentally unleashed from a top-secret military installation. Army specialists and Tanks are called in to exterminate the deadly predators, but the outbreak is worse than expected. Weapons of mass destruction have little or no ...
Style:
intense, suspense, apocalyptic, dark, independent film
Plot:
creature feature, genetic engineering, arachnophobia, body horror, biohazard, kaiju, survival, panic, graphic violence, government conspiracy, paranoia, desperation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A team of terrorist-fighting Naval officers in the South China Sea finds their struggle against the enemy taking a backseat to the fight of their lives when an horde of creatures thought to be extinct for millions of years descend upon them in an ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
lost world, creature feature, dangerous animal, soldier, kaiju, battles, deadly creature, danger, military, chaos, survival, ancient mystery ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Style:
absurd, stylized, tense, exciting, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
shark, giant monster, underwater, giant octopus, octopus, monster, creature feature, kaiju, sharksploitation, killer shark, giant animal, fish ...
Time:
prehistory, 80s
Place:
alaska, usa, california, japan
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A pack of massive genetically altered Scorpions escape containment on an airplane, turning passengers into victims and forcing one ordinary woman to confront her worst fears.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, scary, natural horror ...
Plot:
creature feature, giant insect, murder, scientist, genetics, scorpion, killer animal, airplane, creature, monster, disaster, aviation ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless blood-sucking alien. The attacks begin after they discover a strange "orb" in the middle of the desert. With no communication, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, alien, team, danger, hunting, deadly creature, survival horror, struggle for survival, supernatural, brutality, teenager, isolation ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Upon arriving at their grandparents farm, a family soon realise the entire town has been taken out by an unknown monster that hunts by sound. And soon, they become its prey.
Style:
suspense, psychological, bleak, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
monster, ghost town, survival horror, survival, fear, creature feature, creature, family relations, countryside, woman in danger, supernatural horror, suffering ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.
Style:
mockbuster, scary, semi serious, funny, fast ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
piranha, shark, creature feature, eaten alive, sea monster, monster, survival, experiment gone awry, creature, escapades, dangerous animal, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela, florida, latin america, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Voracious sharks use human bodies to build dams.
Style:
natural horror, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
shark, monster, shark attack, animal attack, killer animal, creature feature, creature, killer shark, giant animal, dam, sharksploitation, murder ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a mysterious monster rises from the Mekong River and attacked Bueng Kan, cuts off people from the outside world. Officials and people in the area, including Chinese scientists who accidentally came to conduct research in Thailand, all forces ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
monster, kaiju, creature feature, lake, creature, giant monster, egg, lake monster, monster attack, sea monster, threat, human versus monster ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six American grad students have arrived in Africa to study apes with a renowned professor. But after setting up camp in a jungle clearing, they soon become witness to the carnage inflicted by the strange and remote species.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
chimpanzee, creature feature, anthropology, survival, isolation, dangerous animal, wilderness, captivity, danger, escapades, killer animal, monkey ...
Time:
jurassic
Place:
asia, africa, australia, thailand
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Giant albino spiders break free from the depths of Earth in New Orleans, making everyone’s worst nightmare a reality.
Style:
not serious, exciting, absurd, suspense, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
giant spider, asthma, earthquake, supernatural, danger, chaos, forces of nature, monster, creature feature, giant monster, creature, killer animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young newlywed couple find themselves trapped in a network of underground caves. With her husband injured, the new bride is forced to find her way back to the surface in order to save his life. In the process, they discover a terrifying truth ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, confined, supernatural, cave, danger, escapades, deadly creature, darkness, fear, claustrophobia, newlyweds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: China, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A struggling circus crew gets deceived by its former partner, as it embarks on a tour in Thailand. During the journey through a Southeast Asian rainforest, they encounter attacks by a giant python. They meet a mysterious man named Jeff who offers to ...
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, tense, suspense
Plot:
creature feature, giant snake, survival horror, rain forest, snake, monster, killer snake, survival, man versus nature, giant animal, anthropomorphic animal, killer animal ...
Place:
thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric ...
Style:
daikaiju, cult horror, retro, black and white, cult classic ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, godzilla, sea monster, creature feature, lake, prehistoric creature, demolished city, island, panic, isolation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
24%
932
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of an eight meter long crocodile on the rampage in Hangzhou. Xiao befriends Amao, a 36 foot crocodile, who lives on his fathers croc sanctuary. Soon his father is forced to sell the crocodiles to a gangster who plans to use ...
Style:
scary, tense, rough, scenic, suspense ...
Plot:
crocodile, killer animal, creature feature, monster, animal attack, creature, alligator, bully, reptiles, giant monster, water, animal cruelty ...
Place:
beijing china
Similarity:
24%
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