Kaiju movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant kaiju movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychotronic, daikaiju, cult film, suspenseful, natural horror and serious films and TV shows about / with giant monster, kaiju, monster, danger, chaos, deadly creature, godzilla, deadly, animal horror and escapades plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres shot in Japan, USA, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as kaiju: Pacific Rim (2013), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Shin Godzilla (2016), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989), Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973), Son of Godzilla (1967), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Godzilla (2014), Reptilicus (1961).
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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, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, giant animal, monster, dinosaur, monster versus monster, creature, giant creature, creature feature ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, usa, las vegas, florida, antarctica ...
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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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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes ...
Style:
talky, stylized, bloody, splatter, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, monster, giant monster, godzilla, dinosaur, suspense, greed, catastrophe, island, creature feature, dangerous animal, adaptation ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, 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:
psychotronic, daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, monster, creature, cult, mitsubishi, genetic engineering, monster terrorizes city, chaos, animal life, disorder ...
Time:
80s
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: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The 8th Godzilla film is aimed at an even younger audience than its predecessors. In the South Seas, scientists conducting weather experiments encounter gigantic mantises and a giant spider that are attacking Godzilla's offspring.
Style:
scary, humorous, exciting, suspenseful, allegory ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, island, monster, godzilla, giant spider, disaster, suspense, weather, catastrophe, weather manipulation, supernatural ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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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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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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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 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, monster, kaiju, dragon, godzilla, princess, battles, rescue, chaos, rivalry, chaos and mayhem, monster terrorizes city ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the 6th Godzilla movie, mysterious aliens from the Planet X ask earth's people to help them save their world from the dreaded Ghidorah (aka "Monster Zero") by letting them "borrow" Godzilla and Rodan. Monster mayhem ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, kaiju, monster, alien invasion, alien, ufo, evil alien, distopia, cult, spacesuit, suspense ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan, usa
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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, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The 9th Godzilla film was the last made by the original Godzilla creators, and was meant to be a grand finale. Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy earth's major ...
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, serious, exciting, scary ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, monster, alien, alien invasion, dinosaur, giant creature, evil alien, suspense, moon base, spacesuit ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1999
Place:
japan, asia
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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, 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, 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, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 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, natural horror, futuristic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, time travel, giant monster, kaiju, world war two, monster, space monster, dragon, ufo, island, dinosaur, time machine ...
Time:
1940s, year 1992, future, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
japan, asia, east asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Mexico
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, psychotronic, suspenseful, anamorphic, perverse ...
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, monster, creature feature, creature, giant animal, destruction, rescue, giant lizard, kaiju, humanity in peril, military ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
japan, boston, antarctica, china, colorado ...
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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, monster, kaiju, beast, giant monster, dragon, chaos, heroic mission, disaster, save the world, supernatural, good versus evil ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo, 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, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a ...
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, exciting, scary, serious ...
Plot:
kaiju, monster, giant monster, giant octopus, space monster, island, godzilla, alien, octopus, giant crab, killer animal, creature feature ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, 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, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
King Kong is brought in by an evil genius to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, mad scientist, monster, giant ape, king kong, monkey, godzilla, androids and robots, reptiles, creature feature, suspense ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, japan, asia, usa, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A bullied schoolboy dreams of traveling to Monster Island, where he befriends Godzilla's son, who is also having bully troubles.
Style:
surreal, splatter, ridiculous, parody, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
godzilla, monster, kaiju, giant monster, bully, catastrophe, youth, island, giant spider, giant snake, praying mantis, children ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, fictional island
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900
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Earth is attacked by a giant jellyfish monster from outer space that, for some reason, has a sweet tooth for diamonds.
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, space monster, diamond theft, yakuza, alien, police detective, godzilla, space, gangsters, police officer ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a ...
Style:
natural horror, daikaiju, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, monster, turtle, giant creature, suspense, octopus, prehistoric creature, train wreck, burned alive, scientist, lighthouse ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
Style:
psychotronic, daikaiju, natural horror, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, monster, deadly creature, evil alien, spacecraft, suspense, youth, turtle, alien, rescue, monster versus monster ...
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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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