Giant lizard movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant giant lizard movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychotronic, light, tragic, road movie and prehistoric films and TV shows about / with giant lizard, danger, monster, giant monster, kaiju, creature, rescue, dinosaur, heroes and scientist plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as giant lizard: The Curse of the Komodo (2004), Cryptid (2022), Komodo vs. Cobra (2005), Gila! (2012), Clash of the Empires (2012), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Rampage (2018), Ape vs. Monster (2021), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Gigantosaurus (2019).
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List of giant lizard movies
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Genetically-engineered Komodo dragons have become ginormous creatures hunting people on a remote tropical island. A small group of scientists must stop the dragons before they escape the island and destroy the rest of the world.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, natural horror, serious, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
experiment gone awry, dangerous animal, giant lizard, mutation, danger, chaos, creature feature, killer animal, genetic engineering, creature, animal attack, monster ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.
Style:
disturbing, tense, bleak, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
creature, hunting, journalist, victim, danger, peril, fear, investigation, murder, evil, death, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A team of environmentalists, including a reporter, her camera man, and an environmentalist's famous girlfriend charter a boat and with the captain, sail to a military island. They suspect the island is hosting to illegal activities. Upon ...
Style:
suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant animal, giant snake, giant lizard, island, snake, scientist, laboratory, eaten alive, race against time, experiment gone awry, monster, danger ...
Time:
jurassic
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural mid west community with a group of heroic young people led by Chase Winstead attempting to destroy the creature.
Style:
christmas horror, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, scary, bleak
Plot:
giant lizard, creature feature, monster, cave, sheriff, giant monster, teenager, small town, blood, rage, creature, twists and turns ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In an age long ago, the last village of clever, peace-loving Hobbits is attacked and enslaved by the Java Men, komodo-worshiping, dragon-riding cannibals. Now the young Hobbit Goben, along with his father and sister, must seek help from the ...
Style:
mockbuster, captivating, sincere, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dragon, giant lizard, quest, rescue mission, sword and sorcery, survival, liberation, peril, danger, battles, ancient world, enslavement ...
Time:
stone age
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, teen, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
island, jungle, lost city, fantasy world, expedition, atlantis, lost world, escapades, beautiful scenery, giant lizard, mission, treasure ...
Time:
year 2012, 19th century, 2010s
Place:
hawaii, fictional island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the ...
Style:
captivating, action adventure, saga, perverse, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, monster, giant animal, creature, giant lizard, rescue, giant bird, giant creature, destruction, creature feature, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
boston, japan, antarctica, tokyo, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Thailand, Germany, USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
During the Civil War five survivors escape from a prison camp in Richmond, Virginia by hot air balloon and find themselves on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from any kind of known civilization, the island is inhabited with carnivorous ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense, epic ...
Plot:
island, pirate, giant lizard, treasure, giant spider, longing, stranded, castaway, survival, adventurer, danger, escapades ...
Time:
1860s
Place:
thailand, fictional island, virginia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, touching, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
monster, gorilla, kaiju, giant monster, animal attack, creature, giant animal, animal human communication, rescue, giant lizard, rage, mutant animal ...
Time:
2010s, jurassic, 21st century
Place:
everglades, los angeles, illinois, missouri, colorado ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ape crash-lands on Earth, which creates a sludge that makes him and a passing lizard grow to giant-size, resulting in a fight for dominance.
Style:
tense, mockbuster
Plot:
giant lizard, desert, monster, giant monster, enemy, monkey, fictional reality, fantasy world, animal attack, kaiju, ape, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks ...
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, giant animal, creature, monster, monster versus monster, giant creature, dinosaur, giant lizard ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, las vegas, usa, tokyo, japan ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Four curious young dinosaur friends explore the mystery of Gigantosaurus, the largest, fiercest dinosaur of all, facing their individual fears and working together to solve problems during their many adventures.
Style:
tense, entertaining, captivating, anime
Audience:
kids
Plot:
giant lizard, dinosaur, friends, animal life, talking animal, animal, giant monster, giant animal, friendship, problem solving, teamwork, group of friends ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Never take a baby from his mother. You'll see why in this action-packed monster thriller as young Gorgo, a creature from the sea, is relocated to London from Ireland, with rampaging mommy-dearest not far behind.
Style:
natural horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, dinosaur, giant lizard, monster terrorizes city, circus, mutant, creature feature, giant creature, lost world, rescue, reptiles ...
Time:
year 1961, prehistory
Place:
ireland, big ben london, london, england, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People ...
Style:
3d animation, psychotronic, exciting, action comedy, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
superhero, peter parker character, villain, tyrannosaurus rex, african american, superheroine, spider man, surrealism, parallel world, teenager, secret identity, laboratory ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, india, london, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea, Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, ...
Style:
adult animation, epic, dark fantasy, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
sword and sorcery, good versus evil, kidnapping, warrior, barbarian, giant lizard, heroes, supernatural, violence, fire, ice, jungle ...
Time:
prehistory, year 1983, medieval times, prehistoric times, 20th century ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
From the mind behind Evangelion comes a hit larger than life. 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 ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, natural horror, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, giant, creature feature, creature, danger, radioactivity, scientist, evolution, military, missile ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, godzilla, giant monster, creature, experiment gone awry, giant, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lost world, military, disaster, human versus monster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998, future
Place:
new york, tahiti, manhattan new york city, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.
Style:
anime, adult animation, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, mutant, giant monster, spaceship, humanity in peril, good versus evil, monster, self sacrifice, danger, captain, race against time ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.
Style:
anime, light, prehistoric, biting, road movie ...
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, spaceship, post apocalyptic, space, mission, distopia, alien, flashback, biopunk, giant ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the year 2048, the human race is forced to leave Earth after decades of losing against Godzilla and other giant monsters. They take a twenty-year journey to another planet called Tau Ceti-e, but upon arrival, they discover that the planet has ...
Style:
anime, 3d animation, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, human in outer space, kaiju, human versus monster, battles, fight, creature, captain, monster terrorizes city, bomb, professor ...
Time:
2010s, distant future
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dr. Shiragami combines the DNA of roses with some extracted from Godzilla's cells. He names his creation "Biollante".
Style:
natural horror, psychotronic, daikaiju, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, creature, dinosaur, mutant, reptiles, giant animal, monster versus monster, monster terrorizes city, killer animal, mitsubishi ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 1990, 80s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, middle east
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Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Great monster fight sequences are a highlight of the 14th Godzilla film. Aliens armed with a mechanical Godzilla intend to take over the planet. The earthlings summon the legendary King Seesar to assist Godzilla in the battle to defend earth.
Style:
futuristic, daikaiju, natural horror, classic horror, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, robot, giant monster, giant robot, cyborgs, alien, giant animal, apocalypse, disguise, androids and robots, evil alien ...
Time:
jurassic, 70s
Place:
japan, okinawa japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Godzilla comes to the rescue when an alien race rebuilds Mechagodzilla to destroy Earth's cities. A traitorous scientist gives them a second weapon: Titanosaurus.
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, fast, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, alien invasion, robot, dinosaur, mad scientist, evil alien, space and aliens, androids and robots, giant animal, reptiles ...
Time:
jurassic, year 1975, 70s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Godzilla's 12th film. After a accepting a job at a monster-themed park, a man learns his new employers are actually aliens who plan to use Ghidorah and Gigan to destroy earth. Godzilla and Anguirus must battle them to defend earth.
Style:
natural horror, classic horror, gothic horror, cult classic, daikaiju ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, monster, cyclops, giant monster, dinosaur, good versus evil, killer animal, creature, reptiles, giant animal, dragon ...
Time:
year 1972, jurassic, prehistoric times, 70s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.
Style:
light, sad, daikaiju, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, kaiju, androids and robots, dinosaur, robot, creature feature, mutant, giant animal, reptiles, death, immortality ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, supernatural thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, creature feature, androids and robots, monster, bio weapon, human versus monster, robot, danger, chaos, battles ...
Time:
year 1999, year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, jurassic ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Jet Jaguar decides to stop the ...
Style:
natural horror, classic horror, daikaiju, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, robot, monster, cyclops, lost civilization, dinosaur, creature, giant animal, monster versus monster, giant robot ...
Time:
jurassic, 70s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Time travelers from the 23rd century return to 1992 to warn Japan that Godzilla will cause a catastrophic nuclear incident in the 21st century and suggest a way to rid the world of him forever. They intend to go back to 1944, to Ragos Island, where ...
Style:
daikaiju, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, prehistoric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, time travel, world war two, monster, dragon, dinosaur, reptiles, giant animal, time machine, monster versus monster ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, future, 23rd century, near future ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, east asia
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The 5th film in the original Godzilla franchise marked a turning point in the series. Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra must put aside their quarrelsome ways to become allies and defend earth from 3 headed Dragon King Ghidorah.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, tense, daikaiju ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, dragon, godzilla, mothra, monster, monster terrorizes city, rescue, battles, danger, chaos, rivalry ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When strange atmospheric events occur in the disunited city states of Ancient Greece, a forum debates what action to take. As there is no agreement, Androcles King of Thebes seeks the assistance of his friend, the legendary Hercules. Hercules, now ...
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, serious, psychotronic, 70mm film
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
greek mythology, peplum, atlantis, evil queen, mythology, hercules, sword and sorcery, male male relationship, roman mythology, barbarian, femme fatale, warrior ...
Place:
rome italy
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