This is an alphabetical list of films featuring giant monsters, known in Japan as kaiju.

Overview

One of the first films involving giant monsters was the 1933 classic King Kong, as developments in cinema and animation enabled the creation of realistic giant creatures. The film influenced many giant-monster films in its wake, including many produced in Japan. Two of the earliest of these were The Great Buddha Arrival from 1934 and 1938's The King Kong That Appeared in Edo, both of which are now presumed to be lost films.^[1] The visual effects in King Kong, created by Willis O'Brien, inspired future monster film effects artists such as Ray Harryhausen and Dennis Muren.^[2] Early giant-monster films often had themes of adventure and exploration of unknown regions, and incorporated fights with giant monsters as a climactic element.

The development of atomic weaponry in the 1940s gave rise to its involvement in popular themes. The 1953 American film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms featured a giant dinosaur that awakens due to nuclear tests in the Arctic.^[3]: 42 The 1954 film Them! involved giant irradiated ants. Later in 1954, the Japanese film Godzilla was released, followed by Rodan in 1956. This was at a time when giant creatures created by nuclear radiation became popular. Japan continued with a giant moth in Mothra, a turtle in Gamera, and many more that followed. Other countries have their own giant monster movies such as the United Kingdom and Denmark with Gorgo and Reptilicus, both released in 1961.

Films featuring Godzilla and Gamera were made into the 1970s, and a King Kong remake was released in 1976. Awareness of toxic waste and the growth of the environmental movement in the 1970s inspired the release of various horror films, and the giant monster subgenre saw the release of 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah, in which the themes of pollution and environmentalism were incorporated into the series.^[4] Following a second series of films in the 1980s and 1990s, Godzilla received a 1998 remake by TriStar Pictures, while King Kong received a 2005 remake by Universal Pictures. 2008 saw the release of the successful Cloverfield, which some critics have claimed took inspiration from the September 11 attacks.^[5][6][7] Pacific Rim, a film featuring giant mecha battling with kaiju, was released in 2013, and the following year Legendary reinterpreted Godzilla for a new generation of audiences in the series' 30th film. The first Japanese film in the Godzilla series after a ten year long hiatus, Shin Godzilla, premiered in Japan in July 2016.^[8][9] A reboot of King Kong known as Kong: Skull Island was released in March 2017.^[10] Two other Godzilla films were released subsequently, with Godzilla: King of the Monsters releasing in 2019 and Godzilla vs. Kong releasing in 2021. The latest Godzilla film, Godzilla Minus One, was premiered in Japan in 2023.

List of films

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Name	Year	Country	Description	Ref.
2-Headed Shark Attack	2012	United States	Shark	[11]
3-Headed Shark Attack	2015	United States	Shark	[11]
5-Headed Shark Attack	2017	United States	Shark	[12]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	1958	United States	Cyclops, dragon, roc	[13]
20 Million Miles to Earth	1957	United States	extraterrestrial from Venus	[14]
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock	1959	United States	Giantess	[15]
47 Ronin	2013	United States	kirin, Mizuki (as a dragon)	[16]
Alice in Wonderland	2010	United States	jabberwocky	[17]
All Monsters Attack	1969	Japan	Godzilla / daikaiju	[8][18]
Alligator	1980	United States	Giant alligator	[19]
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2	2007	Japan	Godzilla / daikaiju	[8]
Anaconda	1997	United States	Giant anaconda	[20]
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	2004	United States	giant anacondas	[21][22]
Anaconda 3: Offspring	2008	United States	giant anacondas	[23]
Anacondas: Trail of Blood	2009	United States	giant anacondas	[23]
Ape	1976	South Korea, United States	giant gorilla, giant snake	[24]
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	2007	United States	Insanoflex / robot	[25]
Aquaman	2018	United States	Karathen (giant sea creature)	[26][27][28][29]
The Arctic Giant	1942	United States	Dinosaur-esque monster	[30][31][32]
Atragon	1963	Japan	Manda / daikaiju	[33]
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader	2012	United States	Giantess	[34]
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman	1958	United States	Giantess	[35]: 18 [36]
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman	1993	United States	Giantess	[37]
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold	1995	United States	Giantess	[38]
Attack of the Crab Monsters	1958	United States	giant crabs	[39]
Attack on Titan	2015	Japan	giants / Titans	[40]
The Avengers	2012	United States	Chitauri Leviathans	[41]
Avengers: Endgame	2019	United States	Chitauri Leviathans	[41]
Avengers: Infinity War	2018	United States	Chitauri Leviathans	[42]
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms	1953	United States	Rhedosaurus	[43]: 28–37 [36]
The Beast of Hollow Mountain	1956	United States	Tyrannosaurus rex	[43]: 37–42
Beginning of the End	1957	United States	radioactive grasshoppers	[44][36]
Beyond Skyline	2017	United States	tanker alien, hive mind tanker alien	[45]
The BFG	2016	United States	Giants	[46]
Big Ass Spider!	2013	United States	giant spider	[47]
Big Man Japan	2008	Japan	daikaiju	[48]
The Black Scorpion	1957	United States	giant scorpion	[49]
The Blob	1958	United States	Blob	[50]
The Blob	1988	United States	Blob	[51]
Bulgasari	1962	South Korea	Bulgasari / daikaiju	[52]
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster	1959	Italy, France	Blob-like monster	[53]
Clash of the Titans	1981	United States	Kraken	[54]
Clash of the Titans	2010	United States, United Kingdom	monsters from Greek mythology	[21][55][56]
Cloverfield	2008	United States	Clover	[35]
The Cloverfield Paradox	2018	United States	Clover	[35]
Colossal	2016	Canada/Spain	unknown creature	[57][58][59]
Conan the Barbarian	1982	United States	giant snake	[60]
Crocodile	2000	United States	Giant crocodile	[61][62]
Daimajin	1966	Japan	Daimajin	[63]
Daimajin Strikes Again	1966	Japan	Daimajin	[64]
The Deadly Mantis	1957	United States	Praying mantis	[65]
Deep Rising	1998	United States	giant octopus-like creature	[66]
DeepStar Six	1989	United States	Giant undersea creature	[67][68][69][70]
Destroy All Monsters	1968	Japan	Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Rodan, Anguirus, Kumonga, Minilla, Baragon, Varan, Gorosaurus, Manda	[8][71][72]
Detective Pikachu	2019	United States	Giant Torterras	[73][74]
Dinosaur from the Deep	1993	France	Dinosaurs	[75]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	2022	United States	Gargantos	[76][77][78]
Dogora	1964	Japan	jellyfish-like amorphous alien lifeform	[79][80]
Dune	1984	United States	Sandworms (giant worms)	[81][82][83][84][85]
Dune	2021	United States	Sandworms (giant worms)	[86][87][88][89]
Dune: Part Two	2024	United States	Sandworms (giant worms)	[90][91][92]
D-War	2007	South Korea, United States	Buraki, good imoogi	[93][94]
Earth vs. the Spider	1958	United States	giant spider	[95]
Ebirah: Horror of the Deep	1966	Japan	Godzilla, Ebirah	[8][96]: Chapter 14
The Empire Strikes Back	1980	United States	Exogorth (giant slug)	[97][98]
Eight Legged Freaks	2002	United States, Germany, Australia	giant spiders	[21][99]
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure	1984	United States	Gorax	[100][101][102]
The Flash	2023	United States	Thanagarian Snare Beast	[103]
The Food of the Gods	1976	United States	Giant Rats	[30]
Galaxy Quest	1999	United States	Gorignak (rock monster)	[104]
Gamera	1965	Japan	Gamera / daikaiju	[105][106]
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion	1996	Japan