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Monster Films

A monster movie, monster film, creature feature or giant monster film is a film that focuses on one or more characters struggling to survive attacks by one or more antagonistic monsters, often abnormally large ones. The film may also fall under the horror, comedy, fantasy, or science fiction genres. Monster movies originated with adaptations of horror folklore and literature. Typically, movie monsters differ from more traditional antagonists in that many exist due to circumstances beyond their control; their actions are not entirely based on choice, potentially making them objects of sympathy to film viewers.

1920s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1925	–	The Lost World	7/10	100%

1930s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1933	King Kong	King Kong	7.9/10	98%
1933	King Kong	Son of Kong	5.7/10	36%

1940s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1940	–	One Million B.C.	5.7/10
1949	–	Mighty Joe Young	7/10	95%

1950s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1951		Lost Continent (1951)	3.1/10
1953		The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	6.7/10	95%
1954	Godzilla	Godzilla	7.6/10	93%
1954		Creature from the Black Lagoon	7/10	85%
1954		Monster from the Ocean Floor
1954		Them!	7.2/10	100%
1955	Godzilla	Godzilla Raids Again	5.9/10	60%
1955		It Came from Beneath the Sea	6/10	63%
1955		Journey to the Beginning of Time	7.4/10
1955		Revenge of the Creature	5.7/10	22%
1955		Tarantula!	6.5/10	94%
1955		The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues	3.6/10
1956		The Animal World	7/10
1956	Godzilla	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	6.5/10	83%
1956	Godzilla	Rodan	6.3/10	70%
1956		The Beast of Hollow Mountain	4/10
1956		The Creature Walks Among Us	5.8/10	38%
1957		20 Million Miles to Earth (a.k.a. The Beast from Space)	6.4/10	80%
1957		Attack of the Crab Monsters	4.9/10	67%
1957		Beginning of the End	6.8/10
1957		The Amazing Colossal Man	4.5/10	38%
1957		The Black Scorpion	5.4/10	60%
1957		The Cyclops	4.5/10
1957		The Deadly Mantis	5.1/10	33%
1957		The Giant Claw	4.5/10
1957		The Land Unknown	5.7/10
1957		The Monolith Monsters	6.4/10
1957		The Mysterians	6.1/10
1958		Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
1958		Monster from Green Hell	3.5/10
1958		The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	7.1/10	100%
1958		Varan the Unbelievable	4.9/10
1958		War of the Colossal Beast	3.7/10
1959		Attack of the Giant Leeches	3.7/10	70%
1959		Plan 9 from Outer Space	4/10	67%
1959		The Giant Behemoth	5.8/10	20%

Table Of Contents

1920s Monster Films
1930s Monster Films
1940s Monster Films
1950s Monster Films
1960s Monster Films
1970s Monster Films
1990s Monster Films
2000s Monster Films
2010s Monster Films

Monster Films

1960s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1960		Dinosaurus!	5/10	67%
1960		The Lost World
1961	Godzilla	Mothra	6.6/10	75%
1961		Gorgo	5.6/10
1961		Konga	4.4/10	38%
1961		Reptilicus	3.6/10	25%
1962	Godzilla	King Kong vs. Godzilla	5.9/10	50%
1964	Godzilla	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	6.7/10	75%
1964	Godzilla	Mothra vs. Godzilla	6.5/10	92%
1964		The Creeping Terror	2.1/10
1965		Frankenstein Conquers the World	5.5/10
1965		Gamera, the Giant Monster	7.8/10	20%
1965	Godzilla	Invasion of Astro-Monster	6.4/10	60%
1966		Daimajin	6.7/10
1966		Gamera vs. Barugon	4.9/10
1966	Godzilla	Godzilla – Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	5.5/10	57%
1966		One Million Years B.C	5.7/10	62%
1966		The War of the Gargantuas	6.3/10
1967		Gamera vs. Gyaos	4.9/10
1967		Gappa: The Triphibian Monster	4.2/10
1967	Godzilla	Son of Godzilla	5.3/10	60%
1967		King Kong Escapes	5.6/10
1967		The X from Outer Space	5/10
1967		Yongary, Monster from the Deep	3.8/10
1968		Gamera vs. Viras	4.6/10
1968	Godzilla	Destroy All Monsters	6.6/10	75%
1969		Gamera vs. Guiron	4.1/10
1969	Godzilla	All Monsters Attack	3.9/10	25%
1969 –		The Valley of Gwangi	6.3/10	78%

1970s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1970		Gamera vs. Jiger	5.5/10
1970		Space Amoeba	5.3/10
1970		When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth	5.2/10
1971		Gamera vs. Zigra	3.5/10
1971	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Hedorah AKA The Smog Monster	6.1/10	58%
1972	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Gigan	5.7/10	67%
1973	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Megalon	4.8/10	38%
1974		Hanuman vs. 7 Ultraman	5.2/10
1974	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	6.4/10	71%
1975		Jaws	8/10	98%
1975	Godzilla	Terror of Mechagodzilla	6.2/10	43%
1975		The Land That Time Forgot	5.7/10	46%
1976		APE	2.4/10
1976		King Kong (1976 film)	5.9/10	53%
1976		Queen Kong	3.2/10
1976		War God (1976)
1977	Godzilla	Cozzilla
1977		Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds	4/10
1977		Mighty Peking Man	5.3/10	55%
1977		The Crater Lake Monster	3.6/10
1977		The Last Dinosaur	5.6/10
1977		The People That Time Forgot	5.4/10	57%
1977		Yeti Giant of the 20th Century	4.5/10
1978		Planet Of Dinosaurs	4.5/10
1979		The Great Alligator River	4.5/10

1974 –1976 Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)

1980s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1980		Gamera: Super Monster	3.8/10
1981		Great White	4.3/10
1981		The Loch Ness Horror	2.9/10
1982		Q (1982 film)	6/10	69%
1984		Devilfish
1984		Prehistoric Beast	7.5/10
1984	Godzilla	The Return of Godzilla	7/10
1985	Godzilla	Godzilla 1985	7/10
1985		King Kong Lives	3.9/10
1985		Pulgasari
1987		Blue Monkey	4.8/10
1989	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Biollante	6.6/10	71%
1989		Leviathan	5.8/10	21%

1990s Monster Films

Year	Franchise	Film	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1990	Tremors	Tremors	7.1/10	88%
1991	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah	6.6/10	56%
1992	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Mothra	6.2/10	75%
1993		Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman	3.9/10	30%
1993	Carnosaur	Carnosaur	3.6/10	11%
1993	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II	6.6/10	83%
1993	Jurassic Park	Jurassic Park	8.1/10	91%
1994	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla	5.9/10	57%
1995	Carnosaur	Carnosaur 2	3.8/10
1995	Godzilla	Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	7/10	100%
1996	Carnosaur	Carnosaur 3: Primal Species	3.2/10
1996	Godzilla	Rebirth of Mothra	5.9/10
1997	Jurassic Park	The Lost World	6.6/10	51%
1997	Godzilla	Rebirth of Mothra II	5.4/10
1998	Godzilla	Godzilla	5.4/10	16%
1998		Mighty Joe Young (1998)
1998	Godzilla	Rebirth of Mothra III	5.9/10
1999	Godzilla	Godzilla 2000	6.1/10	57%
1999		Yonggary / Reptilian	2.6/10

1999 – Walking with Dinosaurs

2000s Monster Films

2000 – Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2001 – Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001 – Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park III
2002 – Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
2002 – Reign of Fire
2003 – Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
2004 – Godzilla: Final Wars
2005 – A Sound Of Thunder
2005 – King Kong (2005 film)
2006 – Gamera the Brave
2007 – The Mist
2008 – Cloverfield
2008 – Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
2009 – Land of the Lost

2007 – 2011 – Primeval

2010s Monster Films

2013 – Pacific Rim
2013 – Walking with Dinosaurs 3D
2014 – Godzilla (2014)
2015 – Jurassic Park – Jurassic World
2016 – Colossal (film)
2016 – Shin Godzilla
2017 – Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
2017 – Kong: Skull Island
2018 – Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
2018 – Godzilla: The Planet Eater
2018 – Jurassic Park – Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom
2018 – Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 – The Meg
2019 – Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2020 – Love and Monsters (film)
2020 – Monster Hunter (film)
2021 – Godzilla vs. Kong

2007 – 2011 – Primeval
2019 – Primal (TV series)