Koji Hashimoto, As a REBOOT to the series, I thought it was a great first step. It really isn't even much of a fight more than it is a curb-stomping of Ghidorah. Sure the script is weak and characters are kinda forgettable, the CGI certainly does stand out in some scenes, but the action is certainly memorable. Emily Watson, Gamera the invincible. Them! | But for all I know, with yet another remake now on the way (with Samuel L. Jackson of all people on board), I'm sure we'll be hearing from this famous monster, very soon. But that is one of the reasons The Blob is remembered so much. But as dark as it gets, it is heart-warming, it's big, it's awesome, it's number ten on my list. So the main character makes judgement by killing them all and leaving himself for the monsters, including killing his own son. Stars: Judy Greer, Votes: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. 113 min Playing next. 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Hoyt 3 years ago | 383 views. Stars: Roland Emmerich Movies back then were no walk in the park. Stars: Director: Godzilla is successful in defeating an adult Mothra, but falls to her two larva. Animation, Action, Adventure. | Why 25? 7,103 When it came out in 1954, Godzilla was meant to be a metaphor for the fear of nuclear warfare. Director: I don't know why it isn't talked about more. Gordon Douglas It takes the combined might of Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra to fight off Ghidorah. When you think of giant monsters, you normally think of something looking similar to monsters like Godzilla. | Frank Reicher, Votes: | Julianne Moore, 384,135 But I don't think that is the strength of this film. (1954) 3. Ernest B. Schoedsack Maki Mizuno. Chris Sanders You all know the dynamic influence it had on so many monster movies. | Gross: She didn't tell me much of the plot bc she tends to give too much away and then you dont need to watch the movie. 8. So famous? Denise Richards, Thankfully it wasn't the end to the King of monsters. Tremors for what it is, is a great and very creative survival story of one small town, against an underground terror. It fell short, but hey, it's no Jurassic Park III at least. The fans despised it, the critics despised it, even Toho despised it, and for good reason. There are classics, underdogs, memorable titanic characters, and lots and lots of property damage. 80,400 Nestor Paiva, Votes: Tremors is about giant worms known as Graboids. James Whitmore, The CGI is executed flawlessly. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman. 471,148 One of Godzilla's first duels was between him and the monster Mothra. | 123 min As one of the first radioactive big bug movies, it was one of the first of its kind, and laid out the road for many famous Monster flicks. Colin Trevorrow Not Rated Bruce Cabot, Approved Directors: In a small Japanese village, a young woman discovers the means for her revenge, while Gyaos birds are sighted around the world and humankind debates Gamera's allegiance. How cheesy is it? The alien involvement in this movie is a little over the top or poorly written, but the monster fights between Godzilla and Rodan, and of course King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra are very enjoyable to witness on the screen. Yuriko Hoshi, The Fomorian giants were allegedly endowed with double-rows of teeth. Land Of The Giants S02E06 Giants And All That part 2/2. Mara Corday, Russell S. Doughten Jr. Pete Postlethwaite, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Votes: Half the things you see here in this movie are risky to experiment with in reality. Mimic (1997) Director Guillermo Del Toro’s brilliant visual sense helps in putting Mimic ahead of its … It's really great dialogue even if it is 50's cheesy sometimes. By the way, on Prime, watch Children of Giant, it has great interviews of many former cast members and people in … The transfer into this scene is anything but subtle. If that doesn't make it one of the strongest monster movies ever, I don't know what else does. | Gross: What makes this film so memorable is that it not only perfectly paces the terror of dinosaurs here, but also shows us the mystery, and even majesty they might have if we saw one alive. A new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree. Facing the Giants is a 2006 American Christian drama film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. Marcia Gay Harden, From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo. With just enough human drama to anchor the sweeping spectacle of giant monsters smashing everything in sight, Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla satisfyingly restores the franchise’s fire-breathing glory. | No relation to your common arachnid, such as Tarantula, these monsters are nasty, scary, and know how to fight. HONORABLE MENTION: You might not think much of this film, but fit what it is, it is a fun take on the Legend of the Loch Ness Monster. Riding Giants is a 2004 documentary film directed and narrated by Stacy Peralta, a famous... Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants is the first film adaptation of... Giants vs. Yanks is the 12th Our Gang short subject comedy released. Director: Then he wrote The Mist, and his first steps into the world of giant monsters was born. Directors: $80.05M. Well, his 90's trilogy is worth mentioning. He takes on Rodan, he takes on Anguirus, but most people,love this movie for Godzilla's shortest battle of thirteen seconds against our very own Zilla. I Kill Giants is a different kind of comic book movie, one that has a heart and soul missing from the current box office fodder. I'm saying that even as a critic. It's legacy holds strong, and for better or for worse, I think it deserve mention on this giant list. Don Frye, Leo G. Carroll, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. | | | Land of the Giants S02 - Ep06 Giants and all that Jazz - Part 01 HD Watch. | Jun Tazaki, The shows were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 12, 1987, July 9 and 10, 1989, and June 16 and 17, 1991. A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. Gamera the friend of all children. Mothra's egg washes ashore in Japan and is claimed by greedy entrepreneurs who refuse to return it to Infant Island. Bae Doona, Votes: Directors: Godzilla. They've been around almost 100 years. The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity. Facing the Giants is a powerful experience for the whole family inspiring viewers to live with faith, hope, and love! Shirô Moritani | Gross: Laurie Holden, Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Gareth Edwards | Maybe not as much as I would have liked, but regardless, I walked out of the theater in satisfaction. Not to include this on a monster movie list is nothing short of a sin. Did that promise pay off? Again, not necessary, but fun to watch. Shot in Albany, Georgia, the film relates an underdog story about American football from a Christian worldview.The film made $10.2 million on a $100,000 budget. Stars: Stars: Fans to this day will debate the clear winner, though the movie was advertised as the winner being Kong. Will we see more from this? After the movie, we had a very entertaining TV series that followed, which was not only much better, but closer to source material. Though I would have liked a stronger ending rather than the typical kill monster, end movie ending, it is memorable, and may as well be called one of the forefathers to the Godzilla franchise. | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. And that is Jackson's 2005 remake. Stars: Stars: $4.12M. Stars: | Craig Ferguson, Votes: Stars: Stars: Giant monsters! Stars: Baxu and the Giants. Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda, They however are faced with a problem when they find out they don't have enough bullets to finish them all off. A giant, reptilian monster surfaces, leaving destruction in its wake as it strides into New York City. With fear and failure defeating him, Coach Grant Taylor turns to God in broken desperation. I'm not sure I buy the whole category system they use to define each monster, but the action beneath the sea and on the surface is without a doubt, really fun to watch. Giant: Special Edition (DVD) Director George Stevens’ sweeping saga of family con_ ict and social consciousness based on Edna Ferber’s best seller was nominated for 10 Academy Awards®, with a win for Stevens*. 1984's Return of Godzilla would be one of the first films to act as a direct sequel to the original, which would result in a continuity confusion which lasts to this day, but would also be one of the first films since the original to take on a more darker tone in the way they portrayed Godzilla. With Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Ron Howard, Joe Turkel. | Gross: Edmund Gwenn, It's one of the few Gamera films out there that almost gives him a presence like that of Godzilla. Horror, Sci-Fi. That being said, the T-Rex rampaging in the streets at the end was fun to watch. Eli Marienthal, The fear is there, the suspense is there, and even I found myself getting some chills at the sight at some of these monsters. You may know of Gamera. It's not at all the best, but it needs to be said that there is worse, and Toho has given us much worse films than this. And the legacy from this film holds to this day. Director: | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., They were made for the five-year-old in … At the turn of the century, Earth's monsters have been safely rounded up and studied on Monsterland. Stars: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. | $10.00M. On April 5, the Giants claimed Bolt off waivers from the A’s. Laura Dern, 30,495 It's not exactly slapstick, a lot of it revolves around the scenery, or the monsters. | Gross: 518 talking about this. The giant monster battles are CGI, and not too impressive, and the designs of these monsters are nothing spectacular, more than flat out strange. Godlike. Adventure, Family, Fantasy. I think it is one of South Korea's finest films, and seeing how they were behind the monster disaster D-War, I believe this was a big step in the right direction for them. | We all hope one day to see a clash of titans between Gamera and Godzilla, but let's just see what they do next for everybody's favorite turtle. HONORABLE MENTION:I believe this movie fell short heavily behind it's predecessor. | Village of the Giants. Facing the Giants is a 2006 American Christian drama sports film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick.The supporting cast was composed of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, and it is the second film that Sherwood Pictures has done. Giant is beautiful. Yuriko Hoshi, Aneta Corsaut, A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack. The Best Movies With Giants in the Title Facing the Giants. | Hitoshi Matsumoto, It is the one Godzilla movie, each movie can look back to as a true starting point, wherever you start in the Godzilla franchise, the year 1954 will always be mentioned. Director: With fear and failure defeating him, Coach Grant Taylor turns to God in broken desperation. $2.73M. Yukiko Kobayashi, 381 talking about this. It got caught in the moment. The very last scene leaves you wanting more because the movie literally ends with a swarm of Gyaos Birds moving in to attack him and he roars as if to say "Bring it on!" Director: | What happened next? Directors: $136.31M. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman. This requires Godzilla to often ally himself with other monsters, as seen in this movie. The 2011 Japan Earthquake, which resulted in a monstrous tsunami, and a meltdown at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Stars: You may not think them as fit for this list, but they're fantasy, they're big, they spit fire, why shouldn't they be on this list? | How Giants fan Bryan Stow has turned his trauma into a message for thousands of kids SF Giants fan Bryan Stow was viciously beaten on Opening Day of 2011 season at Dodger Stadium. The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds. Them is a clear underdog, and not well known, but in the words of many critics, it is taught science fiction at its finest. Even if some of the acting could have been better, with its complex plot, there is much more monster action, and much more satisfaction in Toho's finale before it retired the series for ten years. The story may be cliched but the sheer beauty and looks of every dragon, every character just takes your mind off it and takes you on an unforgettable ride. They all failed to connect with audiences. | As Godzilla arises near Nagoya, the Infant Islanders must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help. I won't spoil much, but after the fighter has some trouble with a red demon type of monster, what was once CGI, turns quite suddenly into live action when a family of Ultraman parodied characters come out of nowhere to aid the fighter. R PG Big Man Japan. He leaves the car waiting for a creature to finish him off...only to have the army come to his rescue, leaving him screaming in agony as they march beside him clearing the mist...and that's it. Top 25 Best Giant Monster Films. Tweet. And watching it still, that feeling of terror can come. For the giant vice admiral of this name, see John Giant. | 126 min Cecil Kellaway, This relied on sheer thrill and suspense of disbelief. What we got was a pretty strange debut film. What I really love about this film is that it shows Gamera at his best. So they're in an environment completely strange to them. Notable films with giant in the title include The Iron Giant, James and the Giant Peach, and Giant, although there are many more examples on this list. Harumi Kiritachi, Earl Rowe, 108 min Do you have a favorite movie with giants in the title? Dina Meyer, | PG-13 A princess, targeted for assassination, prophecies the arrival of a space monster. They even include a nuclear missile in this movie. 122,339 | | PG Godzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X. Yeah, Godzilla wasn't always on screen, so what? 390,482 A giant monster snake is one of the nightmare creatures used in horror movies that escape their cages and wreak havoc on their captors. Guillermo del Toro The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. Steve McQueen, Even that battle on the Empire State Building is exciting! Final Wars is without a doubt, one of the essentials for Godzilla fans. Not only is it successful in portraying the then, young fears of nuclear warfare in the Japanese culture, but was successful in creating the most iconic monster in film history. Koji Hashimoto, Yû Fujiki, I could have chosen from other human befriending monster movies, plenty of them featuring dragons, but this was the immediate go to for any dragon aside from King Ghidorah. The Lost World adapts the novel of the same name, and follows a group of scientists into the Amazon Jungles to a place where dinosaurs thrive. It's different, but it isn't afraid of going over the fence to make you laugh. | Kazuki Ohmori, Horror, Sci-Fi. With Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Sydney Wade. Finn Carter, Michael Keith, Votes: But with a decrease in monster numbers, and television ratings, he isn't exactly loved by the population. With fear and failure defeating him, Coach Grant Taylor turns to God in broken desperation. This film rose amongst harsh criticism, and was successful in one of Japan's strongest franchises to date. Director: This edit did not do well at all, but I will say they had a good ending speech for him. I would've followed Leslie, Bick and Jett all the way until the end. | For what it is, I think the movie is enjoyable, even with a pointless ending. Elizabeth Olsen, A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants. This monster has a reputation not only to be a match for Godzilla, but surpass him. Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Jay Baruchel, You can definitely tell the use of dated special effects here, but it pays off because you can tell that what the spider does in these shots are what an actual spider might actually do when moving. James Arness. Sure, they've evolved from back in the day, a lot, but they are still a wonderful and fun thing to watch. A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. | A great premise that just needed a better payoff at the end. 131 min … "Giants Being Lonely" may not add much to the landscape of coming-of-age dramas, yet the preciseness of its impressionism results in a striking atmosphere of hormones and vulnerability. It's a creature feature. 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