Giant monster movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant giant monster movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, tense, exciting and captivating films and TV shows about / with giant monster, kaiju, monster, giant, danger, creature feature, creature, survival, animal horror and disaster plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres shot in USA, Japan, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as giant monster: Underwater (2020), Monster Hunter (2020), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Cloverfield (2008), Pacific Rim: The Black (2021), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023), Trollhunter (2010), Behemoth (2011), The Meg (2018), Shin Godzilla (2016).
Best films
New films
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
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Japan, China, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Behind our world, there is another — a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported from our world to the new world, the unflappable lieutenant ...
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, suspense, perverse, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
giant monster, creature, monster, apocalypse, giant creature, military, beast, soldier, brutality, peril, fight, female warrior ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
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?
442K
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 ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Two siblings - an idealistic teenage boy and his naïve younger sister - are forced to pilot an abandoned Jaeger across a hostile landscape in a desperate attempt to find their missing parents.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, 3d animation, mecha ...
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, struggle for survival, humanoid robot, robot, giant, battles, monster, giant robot, piloted giant robot, teamwork, fight ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
TV show
Story:
Set after the battle between Godzilla and the Titans in 2014. The world now knows that monsters are real. One family will embark on a journey to uncover buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the shadowy Monarch Organization.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, emotional, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, monarch, family secret, monster, titan, secret organization, family drama, giant creature, travel, problem ...
Time:
2010s, 1950s, year 2015
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Style:
dark fantasy, spooky, mockumentary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
troll, giant monster, folk horror, legends and myths, monster, cryptozoology, giant, fantasy world, wilderness, supernatural, found footage, forest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Scientists discover a giant creature under the Earth that is wrapped around the entire planet. When the creature wakes all grumpy, it causes worldwide destruction.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, mysterious, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
giant monster, creature, dangerous animal, mountain, scientist, danger, escapades, monster, geologist, creature feature, giant creature, ogre ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, light, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
shark, giant monster, giant animal, underwater, sea monster, giant creature, killer shark, animal attack, ocean, professor, killer animal, survival ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, prehistory, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
142K
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:
suspense, scary, dark, splatter, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, giant monster, fear, dark humor, macabre, animal attack, daughter, giant creature, environment, beast, deadly creature, creature feature ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, asia, seoul, korea ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Viking children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey from Midgard to Valhalla with the gods Thor and Loki. Life in Valhalla, however, turns out to be threatened by the dreaded Fenrir wolf and the god's barbaric archenemies, ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, tense, disturbing, esoteric ...
Plot:
norse mythology, norse god, mythology, viking, giant monster, goddess, wolf, barbarian, medieval, good versus evil, destruction, battles ...
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200K
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 ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Is relevant?
556K
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, visually stunning, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, invasion, battles, chaos and mayhem, androids and robots, danger, destruction, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future, year 2017 ...
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, seattle, san francisco, hong kong ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trapped in space, space station, alternate reality, alternate dimension, scientist, alien, astronaut, giant monster, parallel world, parallel universe, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time:
near future, 2000s, 2010s, future, 2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by Titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A ...
Style:
anime, serious, mysterious, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
tragedy, giant, giant monster, life turned upside down, threat, transformation, friendship, titan, direction and purpose, chaos and mayhem, danger, friends ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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, tense, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, giant bird, gamera, turtle, save the day, dangerous animal, legends and myths, supernatural, danger, rivalry, escapades ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Vietnam
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:
suspense, intense, scenic, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
monster, king kong, giant monster, creature, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, monster versus monster, chase, expedition, jungle ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1944 ...
Place:
vietnam, fictional island, washington d.c., pacific ocean, thailand ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, anime
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, ultraman, monster, transformation, giant, fight, alien invasion, battles, heroes, monster terrorizes city, alien encounter ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, who is now 80 ...
Style:
entertaining, horror comedy, suspense, fairy tale, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
monster, post apocalypse, apocalypse, friendship, loner, overcoming fear, lifestyle change, giant monster, mutant, jungle, giant crab, dog ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
california
Is relevant?
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
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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:
suspense, grindhouse, natural horror, daikaiju, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, monster, mothra, dinosaur, monster versus monster, giant animal, greed, island, creature feature, crossover ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s, 80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
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?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The life of a legendary sea monster hunter is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship.
Style:
funny, anime, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
giant monster, sea monster, sea adventure, sea, kaiju, hunter, beast, captain, sea voyage, human versus monster, sea creature, travel ...
Time:
future, 17th century
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest ...
Style:
cult horror, independent film, scary, detective, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, monster, anti hero, giant bird, giant monster, insanity, blood, masked man, eaten alive, thief, police investigation, skyscraper ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, scenic, saga, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, kids ...
Plot:
dinosaur, creature, killer animal, animal attack, dangerous animal, chase, tyrannosaurus rex, monster, human animal relationship, giant monster, velociraptor, jurassic park ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, year 2015, future, 20th century ...
Place:
fictional island, caribbean, costa rica
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
Style:
daikaiju, natural horror, hilarious, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, gamera, monster, godzilla, creature feature, reptiles, dinosaur, underground, killer animal, giant animal, giant insect ...
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
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
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