Giant monster films

1993 film by Steven Spielberg

1997 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2015 film directed by Colin Trevorrow

2011 film directed by Michael Bay

2022 American animated film by Domee Shi

2001 film directed by Joe Johnston

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, and William Atherton in supporting roles.

2014 science fiction film directed by Michael Bay

2018 5th Jurassic Park film directed by Juan Antonio Bayona

2022 American film directed by Colin Trevorrow

2017 film directed by Michael Bay

2018 film by Jon Turteltaub

1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda

2012 film directed by Drew Goddard

2021 film directed by Adam Wingard

2019 film directed by Michael Dougherty

2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton

2016 film by Zhang Yimou

2013 film by Bryan Singer

2004 film by Dwight H. Little

2007 film by Frank Darabont

2008 film directed by Eric Brevig

2012 film by Brad Peyton

2024 animated film directed by Josh Cooley

1956 science fiction movie directed by Fred M. Wilcox

2023 film directed by Ben Wheatley

Kaiju (from , ), or giant movie monster, are terms used in film and media for monsters, and the like, of enormous size, mainly belonging to a designated genre, known as kaiju movies, or giant monster movies, where they are usually depicted attacking major cities, and battling either the military or other creatures, mixing creature features with the disaster film genre, but also often involving science fiction. Examples include famous movie monsters like King Kong, Godzilla and Gamera, cult classics like The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Them!

2023 film directed by Steven Caple Jr.

2016 film directed by Juan Antonio Bayona

1966 film by Don Chaffey, Ray Harryhausen

1925 film directed by Harry O. Hoyt

1981 film by Desmond Davis

2020 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

2002 film by Rob Bowman

1990 film directed by Ron Underwood

1962 film directed by Ishirō Honda

2002 film directed by Ellory Elkayem

1958 film by Irvin Yeaworth

1998 film directed by Ron Underwood

1997 science fiction horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro

2004 film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura

2016 film by Hideaki Anno

2009 film by Brad Silberling

1955 Japanese film directed by Motoyoshi Oda

Them! is a 1954 black-and-white science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed by Gordon Douglas, based on an original story by George Worthing Yates that was developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman, with adaptation by Russell Hughes.

1965 film by Ishirō Honda

Anaconda is a 2025 American action-adventure comedy horror film that serves as a meta-reboot of Anaconda (1997) and is the seventh installment in the Anaconda film series. The film was directed by Tom Gormican, who co-wrote it with Kevin Etten, and stars Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior and Selton Mello. The story follows a group of childhood friends trying to remake the 1997 film, only to be attacked by a giant and murderous anaconda.

1957 American thriller film directed by Nathan H. Juran

1986 American fantastic monster film directed by John Guillermin

2007 film by Jay Russell

1984 Japanese action/adventure film by Kōji Yakusho, Koji Hashimoto

1958 science fiction film directed by Nathan H. Juran

1961 film by Ray Harryhausen, Cy Endfield

1964 film directed by Ishirō Honda

1989 Japanese science fiction action film by Kazuki Ómori

2010 film by Gareth Edwards

1949 American black-and-white fantasy film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack

1991 Japanese Sci-Fi/Adventure film by Kazuki Ōmori

2021 anime film directed by Hideaki Anno

2007 anime film