Daikaiju movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant daikaiju movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out daikaiju, cult film, suspenseful, psychotronic, natural horror and serious films and TV shows about / with giant monster, kaiju, monster, danger, escapades, chaos, animal horror, supernatural, deadly creature and deadly plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres shot in Japan, USA, China and other countries.
daikaiju
TOP 10 movies tagged as daikaiju: Varan the Unbelievable (1962), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), Reptilicus (1961), Gorath (1962), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), War of the Monsters (1966), Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966), Gappa the Triphibian Monsters (1967), Boyichi and the Supermonster (1967), Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971).
Best films
List of daikaiju movies
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, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
giant monster, monster, kaiju, godzilla, dinosaur, monster terrorizes city, giant, loss of brother, lake, death of protagonist, adaptation, animal horror
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently ...
Style:
campy, psychotronic, satirical, light, ridiculous ...
Plot:
king kong, godzilla, giant monster, monster, kaiju, dinosaur, monkey, island, giant ape, jungle, satire, giant creature ...
Time:
prehistoric times, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, mount fuji
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A portion of the tail of a prehistoric reptile is discovered in Denmark. It regenerates into the entire reptile, which proceeds to destroy buildings and property and generally make a nuisance of itself. It can fly, swim, and walk, and has ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, campy, scary, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, monster, kaiju, monster terrorizes city, dinosaur, panic, professor, scientist, lapland, suspense, prehistoric animal, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
prehistory
Place:
denmark, finland, europe, copenhagen
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813
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all ...
Style:
daikaiju, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, psychotronic
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, monster, spacecraft, disaster, godzilla, planet, walrus, flood, spacesuit, dinosaur, space ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future, 70s
Place:
japan, south pole, antarctica, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two ...
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
kaiju, monster, giant monster, godzilla, frankenstein, airport, cryptozoology, military, sea, storm, boat, disorder ...
Time:
60s
Place:
asia, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
giant monster, monster, kaiju, dam, suspense, helicopter, turtle, tropical island, cave, quicksand, scorpion, mutant ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to ...
Style:
humorous, futuristic, natural horror, campy, daikaiju ...
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, monster, kaiju, disaster, catastrophe, sea, boat, mutant, snake, fight, farce ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, fictional island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the ...
Style:
psychotronic, daikaiju, campy, semi serious, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, monster, kaiju, dinosaur, island, deadly creature, creature feature, tropical island, ship, earthquake, photographer, suspense ...
Time:
prehistory
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Gamera's back, and just in time to save Japan from Gyaos, a mysterious bat-like creature awakened by a volcanic eruption. As in the first Gamera movie, a young boy establishes an emotional link with Gamera, and the two work together, with the ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, campy, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, turtle, scientist, suspense, cave, supernatural, escapades, deadly creature, supernatural ability, rivalry ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship with a cluster of gumballs on its head. Later, at Sea World, dolphins are dying mysteriously. Zigra kidnaps two men and two children (one of whom is a Coke addict - Coca-Cola that is) and starts causing ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, serious, bleak, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, monster, giant monster, spacecraft, killer animal, octopus, turtle, alien, underwater fight, environmentalism, chaos, mutant ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Family, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Psychedelic animation and a flying Godzilla highlight the 11th Godzilla film. Spawned from earth's pollution, Hedorah destroys Japan, spews poison gas and fights Godzilla.
Style:
psychotronic, natural horror, daikaiju, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, kaiju, monster, contamination, giant creature, cult, contaminated water, ecology, surrealism, rock music, disco ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, asia, mount fuji, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, 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, daikaiju, stylized, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, monster, giant monster, good versus evil, cockroach, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, dinosaur, killer animal, dragon, monster terrorizes city ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 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, daikaiju, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, godzilla, monster, lost civilization, robot, giant robots, dinosaur, kidnapping, ocean, disorder, chaos ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, monster, giant monster, cyborgs, robot, alien, giant robots, apocalypse, evil alien, androids and robots, monkey ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 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, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, monster, androids and robots, space and aliens, evil alien, cyborgs, cult, mad scientist, space travel, tragic love ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan
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34K
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style:
campy, melancholic, satirical, daikaiju, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
king kong, survival, monster, beast, island, giant monster, jungle, kaiju, giant ape, gorilla, giant animal, world trade center manhattan new york city ...
Time:
70s, prehistoric times, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, asia, usa, indonesia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster ...
Style:
campy, visually appealing, allegory, light, bloody ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, monster, kaiju, animals, kung fu, nude, giant ape, gorilla, snake, martial arts, ship, monkey ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, japan, new jersey, tokyo, himalaya ...
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Genre: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the evil alien Zanon comes to enslave Earth, all hope seems lost. The Earth's resident superheroes, the Spacewomen, are powerless to stop him. They must enlist the help of a young boy who has a special connection with the giant turtle ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, monster, alien, turtle, superhero, legend, alien invasion, supernatural being, creature, giant creature, youth ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves ...
Style:
humorous, allegory, unusual plot structure, scary, natural horror ...
Plot:
monster, godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, island, helicopter, scientist, vengeance, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: North Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he may make weapons to fend off the peasant army. After he ...
Style:
daikaiju, allegory, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, ancient korea, battles, wizards and magicians, dinosaur, army, fight, priestess, communist propaganda, propaganda ...
Time:
80s
Place:
korea, north korea, asia
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops a ...
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, serious, cult film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, superhero, creature feature, superhuman powers, samurai, godzilla, exploitation, revenge, giant bird, battles ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, monster, kaiju, evil alien, deadly creature, dangerous animal, chaos and mayhem, catastrophe, chaos, save the world, supernatural, alien encounter ...
Time:
60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1964, 21st century
Place:
new york, japan, tokyo, usa, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Toru Aizawa, a 11 year old boy suddenly finds a tiny egg on a red mysterious stone. the egg hatches and comes out an abnormal little turtle (Toto) which not only grows rapidly, but also flies in the air and even blows fireballs. At the meantime, a ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, turtle, mutant, save the day, dangerous animal, legends and myths, escapades, rivalry, supernatural, monster, save the planet ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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125K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. One day, Gang-du's one and only daughter Hyun-seo comes back from school irritated. She is angry at her uncle, Nam-il, who visited her school as her ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, suspense, giant, beast, giant monster, macabre, dark humor, trapped, family in danger, creature feature, creature, daughter ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea, india, korea, asia
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420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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 Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, dinosaur, disaster, godzilla, catastrophe, mutant, creature, kaiju, giant, military, deadly creature ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, usa ...
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405K
Genre: Action, Adventure, 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:
scary, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, deadly creature, fear, survival horror, destruction, chaos, suspense ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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509K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, battles, kaiju, creature, androids and robots, chaos and mayhem, destruction, survival, heroic mission, giant robots ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, hong kong, asia, australia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, China, Japan, USA, Mexico
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
mecha, futuristic, psychotronic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
monster, giant monster, robot, alien, kaiju, giant creature, giant robots, killer robot, teenage hero, creature, chinawoman, alien monster ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
mount fuji, china, australia, asia, santa monica california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, scenic, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, giant monster, king kong, creature, survival, giant animal, island, giant creature, chase, monster versus monster, expedition, military ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, year 1944, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, washington d.c., pacific ocean, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
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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:
tense, serious, dark, captivating, political ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, kaiju, monster, destruction, suspense, giant, radioactivity, evolution, military, scientist, tunnel ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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