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1. Cloverfield (2008)

PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, T.J. Miller

Votes: 421,935 | Gross: $80.05M

2. Godzilla (I) (1998)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria

Votes: 204,283 | Gross: $136.31M

3. Godzilla (1954)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi

Votes: 40,171 | Gross: $2.42M

4. Destroy All Monsters (1968)

G | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya

Votes: 7,701

5. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

PG | 104 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.

Directors: Kazuki Ômori, Koji Hashimoto, Kenjirô Ohmori | Stars: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Kôji Takahashi

Votes: 6,864

6. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A UN reporter covers the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation, while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki, Michael Keith

Votes: 11,301 | Gross: $2.73M

7. Godzilla 1985 (1985)

PG | 87 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

Directors: Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer, Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda, Shûe Matsubayashi, Shirô Moritani | Stars: Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi

Votes: 6,920 | Gross: $4.12M

8. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)

Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.

Directors: Kazuki Ômori, Koji Hashimoto | Stars: Kôsuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki

Votes: 7,252

9. Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956)

Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

An American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Terry O. Morse | Stars: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi, Akira Takarada

Votes: 8,871

10. Gorgo (1961)

Unrated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus, inciting the wrath of the creature's much-larger mother.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes

Votes: 4,268

11. It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.

Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith

Votes: 6,388

12. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful alien dragon, which Mothra and her fairies - aided by Godzilla and Rodan - must battle against.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi

Votes: 8,020

13. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Astronauts encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth to rid their planet of "Monster Zero", but when one astronaut romances a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki, Akira Kubo

Votes: 7,523

14. Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Approved | 78 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Scout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.

Directors: Motoyoshi Oda, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura

Votes: 8,436

15. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Not Rated | 82 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Puglia

Votes: 8,064

16. The Giant Claw (1957)

Approved | 75 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill

Votes: 4,457

17. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.

Directors: Takao Okawara, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Ryoko Sano, Megumi Odaka, Yûsuke Kawazu

Votes: 5,893

18. Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992)

Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Japan is caught in the middle of a three way battle between Godzilla, the divine Mothra, and her dark counterpart Battra.

Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Tetsuya Bessho, Satomi Kobayashi, Takehiro Murata, Saburô Shinoda

Votes: 5,563

19. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

G | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Family

An Interpol investigation uncovers a shunned biologist and his daughter, who are involved in an alien plot to use Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus to defeat Godzilla and wipe out humanity.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, Katsumasa Uchida

Votes: 5,818

20. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure aliens Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to defeat them.

Directors: Jun Fukuda, Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda, Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Tomoko Umeda

Votes: 5,794

21. Atlantic Rim (2013 Video)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When giant monsters crawl out of the Atlantic Ocean and attack the Eastern Seaboard the US Government is forced to trust a trio of mischievous soldiers, specialized in piloting gigantic robots, to defend America.

Director: Jared Cohn | Stars: Graham Greene, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, David Chokachi, Jackie Moore

Votes: 4,270

22. Wyvern (2009 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

They Find a Live Wyvern in small town Alaska.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Nick Chinlund, Erin Karpluk, Barry Corbin, Elaine Miles

Votes: 2,370

23. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Japan creates an artificial black hole device to trap Godzilla forever, but a test of the device creates new foes for Godzilla, car-sized dragonflies called meganula and their queen, Megaguirus.

Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Misato Tanaka, Shôsuke Tanihara, Masatô Ibu, Yuriko Hoshi

Votes: 4,670

24. The Lost World (1925)

Passed | 110 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone

Votes: 5,852 | Gross: $1.19M

25. Reptilicus (1961)

Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After copper miners discover a piece of the frozen tail of a giant prehistoric reptile in Lapland, scientists inadvertently bring it back to life.

Directors: Poul Bang, Sidney W. Pink | Stars: Bent Mejding, Asbjørn Andersen, Povl Wøldike, Ann Smyrner

Votes: 4,390

26. The Giant Behemoth (1959)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Gene Evans, André Morell, John Turner, Leigh Madison

Votes: 2,919

27. The Catman of Paris (1946)

Approved | 65 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Are mysterious killings in Paris of 1896 the work of man or monster?

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara, Douglass Dumbrille

Votes: 374

28. Reptile 2001 (1999)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

It's been asleep for two hundred million years. Now it been awakened by aliens from another galaxy. The aliens are using Yonggary to destroy mankind.

Director: Hyung-rae Shim | Stars: Richard Livingston, Harrison Young, D.J. Robbins, Brad Sergi

Votes: 1,943

29. Silent Möbius (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A team of policewomen with supernatural powers try to protect the Earth from an alien invasion known as the Lucifer Hawks.

Stars: Naoko Matsui, Hiromi Tsuru, Chieko Honda, Maya Okamoto

Votes: 191

30. Ape (1976)

PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A newly discovered 36-foot gorilla escapes from a freighter off the coast of Korea. At the same time an American actress is filming a movie in the country. Chaos ensues as the ape kidnaps her and rampages through Seoul.

Director: Paul Leder | Stars: Rod Arrants, Joanna Kerns, Alex Nicol, Nak-hun Lee

Votes: 1,985

31. The Snow Creature (1954)

Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

American botanical expedition in the Himalayas stumbles across a Yeti den, capture one and transport it back to Los Angeles, where it escapes while customs officials are debating whether it is animal or human.

Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Paul Langton, Leslie Denison, Teru Shimada, Rollin Moriyama

Votes: 1,220

32. Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

Unrated | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Heavily alerted American version of Japan's Varan. A prehistoric behemoth is unwittingly awoken from hibernation due to a U.S-Japanese military experiment for economic means on it's watery lair.

Directors: Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirô Honda, Motoyoshi Oda | Stars: Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, Derick Shimatsu

Votes: 855

33. Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988)

87 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A secret formula that can cause plants and animals to expand a thousand-fold in size is stolen by a terrorist group. During a wild chase and shoot-out, the formula is lost. It's found by a ... See full summary »

Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Pierre Kirby, Edowan Bersmea, Danny Raisebeck, Dewey Bosworth

Votes: 217

34. Shinkaijû Reigô (2005)

Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A giant sea monster wreaks havoc on a battleship after one of it's young is killed by the ship

Director: Shinpei Hayashiya | Stars: Yukijirô Hotaru, Miyu Oriyama, Mao Urata, Manami Enosawa

Votes: 214

35. Demon-man Bem (1968–1969)

Animation, Adventure, Horror

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Stars: Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroko Emori, Mari Shimizu

Votes: 75

36. Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988)
Episode: Me-Yowww!/Witch Tricks (1987)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure

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Directors: Kent Butterworth, Bob Jaques, John Sparey, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi, Eddie Fitzgerald | Stars: Patrick Pinney, Dana Hill, Beau Weaver, Maggie Roswell

Votes: 16

37. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Two (1974)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor and Sarah returns to present-day Earth, where they find London has been evacuated, and Dinosaurs are on the loose and they are mistaken for looters. Assisting U.N.I.T in the ... See full summary »

Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett

Votes: 463

38. CBS Storybreak (1984– )
Episode: The Monster's Ring (1987)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Family

Russell Crannaker, a rather timid boy who is eager to frighten the school bully, acquires a monster ring from the owner of a mysterious magic shop and it gives him the power to transform himself into a hideous monster.

Stars: Vivian Bonnell, Hamilton Camp, Christopher Carter, Pat Fraley

Votes: 17

39. Milton the Monster (1965–1967)
Episode: The Spider Spiter/Sickened Honeymoon/Abercrombie the Zombie

TV-G | Animation, Comedy, Family

Fearless Fly battles Professor Weirdo's giant spider. Penny Penguin ruins her parents' second honeymoon. Prof. Weirdo sells Milton to Professor Fruitcake.

Director: Hal Seeger | Stars: Bob McFadden, Dayton Allen, Beverly Arnold, Hetty Galen

40. The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Episode: Bayou on the Half Shell/Seeing Double (1999)

TV-G | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A giant crawfish attacks New Orleans so Granny and the local army dog trainer must stop it. / A mysterious voice hires Granny to investigate a pet resort run by a shady company suspected of performing mysterious unethical experiments.

Directors: Karl Toerge, Charles Visser | Stars: Joe Alaskey, June Foray, Frank Welker, Michelle Blakely

Votes: 27