Monster attack movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant monster attack movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, psychotronic and disturbing films and TV shows about / with monster attack, monster, creature, supernatural, survival, creature feature, giant monster, danger, revenge and death plots mostly in Horror, Action and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Japan, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as monster attack: There's Nothing Out There (1991), Forbidden World (1982), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), In Its Wake (2023), The Lake (2022), Freeze (2022), Puzzle & Dragons X (2016), The Flood (2023), Monster Hunters (2020), Shark Huntress (2021).

List of monster attack movies

There's Nothing Out There (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Seven teens head up to a cabin on the lake for spring break. Mike has studied all horror films on video, and recognizes the signs of foreshadowing of doom. The others dismiss his concerns as the workings of a person that watches too many videos, but ...
Style: independent film, slasher, scary, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: woods, monster attack, creature, sex scene, nudity, monster, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, basement, bare breasts, high school student, survival, spring break ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Forbidden World (1982)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Style: medical horror, suspenseful, serious, scary, erotic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: exploitation, mutant, cocoon, female scientist, monster attack, experiment gone awry, genetic engineering, creature feature, monster, laboratory, creature, babe scientist ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, future
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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
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 ...
Is relevant?
 2.7
 162
In Its Wake (2023)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Four twenty-somethings and three businessmen are hunted by a terrible monster, while a former minister prepares to do battle with the ancient evil.
Style: action thriller, bleak, disturbing, christmas horror
Plot: monster attack, billionaire, priest, country house, christmas season, monster hunter, friends, killer clown, pursuit, violence, vacation gone wrong, danger ...
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Transmutation (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.
Style: suspense, anime, manga, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: female warrior, alchemist, fortress, boy, superhero, soldier, monster, alchemy, super villain, giant monster, supernatural power, two brothers ...
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 3.8
 1K
The Lake (2022)
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
Is relevant?
 3.8
 441
Freeze (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1905, on a rescue mission to the North Pole to retrieve an old friend and his lost expedition crew, Captain Mortimer gets more than he bargained for when his ship is frozen into the ice sheet and set upon by bloodthirsty fish-creatures. Mortimer ...
Style: lovecraft, harsh, bleak, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: north pole, shipwreck, creature feature, creature, monster, rescue mission, castaway, survival horror, isolation, survival, monster attack, cold ...
Time: 1900s
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Puzzle & Dragons X (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The story takes place in a fantasy world consisting of humans, Dragonoids and Monsters. There is a relative harmony between the three races. There are also Drops, spherical objects that come out of the planet, which can power up the Monsters. Humans ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, humorous, epic, light ...
Plot: puzzle, monster, monster attack, teamwork, escapades, adventure hero, jigsaw puzzle, adventurer, dragon, supernatural, missing father, egg
Is relevant?
 3.2
 3K
The Flood (2023)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A horde of giant hungry alligators is unleashed on a group of in-transit prisoners and their guards after a massive hurricane floods Louisiana.
Style: disturbing, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: alligator, hurricane, monster attack, water monster, giant monster, danger, peril, monster, flooding, flood, jet ski, guts ...
Place: louisiana
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Monster Hunters (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Five hundred years ago, Grandmaster Tianxuan sealed the King of All Demons, in exchange for a prosperous and peaceful world. However, the good times were short-lived. Demons lurked in the peaceful town of Qui Yuan, and cholera resurfaced. In order ...
Style: tense, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: monster hunter, good versus evil, supernatural, monster attack, monster, demon, demon hunter, save the world, hunting, hunter, rescue mission, rescue ...
Place: ancient china
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 1.5
 346
Shark Huntress (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Shelia, an environmentalist venturing into the deep sea to capitalize on the billion-dollar plastic industry encounters deadly enhanced sharks. She wants revenge… it wants blood.
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, harsh ...
Audience: adult
Plot: shark attack, shark, animal attack, sharksploitation, creature feature, sea monster, giant monster, sea, human versus monster, monster, monster attack, environmentalism ...
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Strange Steel Fairy Rouran (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: When the secret occult society, Shiromorishuua, sends a huge monster to attack Tokyo, ASY, a peace-keeping organization in Japan, retaliates with a Gousen (metal faery). ASY's Gousen annihilates the creature after driving it into open ocean. ...
Style: anime, mecha, action packed, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: supernatural, monster attack, identity crisis, occult, secret society, female protagonist, revenge, kaiju, magical girl, young adult, superpower, coming of age ...
Place: tokyo
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Attack of the Super Monsters (1983)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the near future it's discovered that the dinosaurs did not die off, but instead live on near the center of the Earth. The evil lord Tyrannus uses the mutated dinosaurs descendents to attack Earth in his effort to rule the world. Can Gemini ...
Style: action adventure, retro, anime, mecha
Audience: kids
Plot: dinosaur, kaiju, monster attack, save the world, teamwork, genetic mutation, spectacle, prehistoric animal, giant monster, friendship, stop motion, world domination ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, near future, distant future, 2000s
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All You Need Is Kill (2025)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When a massive alien flower known as "Darol" unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population of Japan, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes up again. And ...
Style: intense, emotional, psychological, dark, fast paced ...
Plot: alien invasion, survival, time loop, determination, loss, trauma, trapped, female protagonist, rehearsal, resilience, monster attack, sacrifice ...
Is relevant?
 5.1
 266
Darna (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: When fragments of a green crystal scatter in the city and turn people into destructive monsters, Narda embraces her destiny as Darna—the mighty protector of the powerful stone from Planet Marte.
Style: dramatic, tense, action packed, visually appealing, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: superhero, superheroine, supernatural power, female protagonist, empowerment, female hero, female empowerment, secret identity, fantasy world, supernatural ability, fight, protection ...
Time: 2020s
Is relevant?
 4.7
 134
Sisters (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a young girl's family curse kicks in, her older sister seeks to safeguard her from the malicious spirits that killed their mother.
Style: creepy, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: demon hunter, supernatural, sisters, family curse, ghost, sisterhood, protector, sister sister relationship, fight, battles, supernatural horror, sister ...
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Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The DigiDestined go to a nearby hot springs theme park and everyone has a good time, but Joe doesn't show up because he wants to study for his exams. Another infected Digimon, Ogremon, attacks Odaiba. Gomamon runs away from home while Mimi ...
Style: anime, light, captivating, feel good, emotional ...
Plot: digimon, teamwork, friendship, battles, dream world, fantasy world, good versus evil, determination, magical creature, friends, fight, showdown ...
Is relevant?
 6.9
 374
Captain Nemo (1975)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 203 min.
Story: Based on novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.
Style: suspense, mysterious, sinister, melancholic, creepy
Plot: submarine, ocean, underwater, journey, escape, discovery, exploration, survival, sea monster, sea battle, monster attack, moral ambiguity ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: atlantic ocean, soviet union, ussr
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Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots (1962)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood lots of blood, sending Caronte's midget assistant Nick ...
Style: tense
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, mad scientist, wrestling, science gone wrong, masked hero, cold war, masked vigilante, madness, secret hideout, monster attack, violence, revenge ...
Is relevant?
The Haunted Sea (1997)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, their joy quickly succumbs ...
Style: suspense, tension, dark, nautical, independent film ...
Plot: monster, ghost ship, paranoia, curse, isolation, supernatural, greed, survival, monster attack, creature feature, treasure hunt, shipwreck ...
Time: 90s
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The Three Faces of Terror (2004)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the first story two grave robbers, thieving from an ancient Etruscan burial ground, gets in trouble when one of them tries out a ring which passes a werewolf curse to him! The second one is about a woman who wants to look like her best friend and ...
Style: anthology, suspenseful, scary, serious, medical horror ...
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, grave robbing, dangerous animal, danger, gory, destiny, sea monster, curse, transformation, creature feature, monster attack ...
Time: 21st century
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The Mummy Theme Park (2000)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sheik El Sahid has built a theme park at the underground holy City of the Dead in Egypt that an earthquake has revealed. Two American publicists are brought over to make it a success, to advertise its fantastic mechanised speaking mummies. The place ...
Style: suspense, dark, psychotronic
Plot: mummy, supernatural, undead, underground city, resurrection, exploration, underground, monster attack, escape, survival, archaeology, ritual ...
Place: egypt
Is relevant?
 4.4
 5K
Creature (1985)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ ...
Style: space horror, independent film, classic horror, cult horror, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien parasite, zombie, alien, monster, space, survival, moon, spaceship, electrocution, scientist, bomb, mind control ...
Time: future, near future
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
Style: breathtaking, captivating, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Plot: giant monster, godzilla, giant creature, kaiju, king kong, monster versus monster, monster, mothra, giant ape, ancient civilization, lost world, epic battle ...
Time: 2020s
Place: france, spain, cairo egypt, rio de janeiro, miami ...
Is relevant?
Lake Michigan Monster (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.
Style: humorous, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: creature feature, creature, beast, revenge, supernatural power, monster, supernatural, ship captain, supernatural ability, violence, vengeance, good versus evil ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin
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Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Style: ambiguous ending, crying, road movie, prehistoric, biting ...
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, monster, post war japan, trauma, nightmare, orphan, island, baby, giant monster, post war, scientist ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, year 1945, post world war two, year 1946 ...
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
 5.9
 53K
The Boogeyman (2023)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Style: bleak, serious, disturbing, captivating, scary ...
Plot: stephen king, boogeyman, death of mother, night, teenage girl, therapist, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, little sister, grieving, supernatural being, supernatural horror ...
Is relevant?
 8.1
 730K
Jaws (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style: suspense, scary, classic horror, natural horror, sexy ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night, horror for children, adult
Plot: shark, animal attack, shark attack, creature feature, ocean, beach, fear, killer shark, boat, monster, dangerous animal, great white shark ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: boston, fictional island, persia, oceania, long island ...
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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea, USA, Japan, Poland, China
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
Style: adult animation, dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: medieval, one man army, fantasy world, massacre, monster, violence, mutant, creature, battles, heroes, magic, evil ...
Time: 2020s
Is relevant?
 6.2
 22K
The Cursed (2021)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot: werewolf, creature, gypsy, cursed, supernatural, folk horror, scarecrow, curse, revenge from beyond the grave, violence, paranormal phenomena, monster ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 2020s
Place: france, rome italy
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