# The best kaiju movies

From the original Godzilla to Godzilla Minus One: the giant-monster films that top Japanese fan polls and recommendation rankings (ranking.net, ciatr, my-best).

- 5 votes · 13 items
- Jan 24, 2025 · 橋本 大輔
- https://even.best/en/l/2066/the-best-kaiju-movies

## Top 12

1. **Godzilla Minus One (2023)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Godzilla attacks post-war Japan; Oscar for Visual Effects.
2. **Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The second Heisei Gamera; won the Nihon SF Taisho Award.
3. **Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — First of the Heisei Gamera trilogy.
4. **Cloverfield (2008)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A monster attacks New York, shot on a handheld camera.
5. **Shin Godzilla (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hideaki Anno's take, a realistic look at the government response.
6. **King Kong (1933)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The classic that can be called the original monster movie.
7. **Pacific Rim (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Giant robots fight kaiju; directed by Guillermo del Toro.
8. **Mothra (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The tiny twin fairies and a giant moth.
9. **Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The final film of the Heisei Gamera trilogy.
10. **Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — King Ghidorah's first appearance.
11. **The Host (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bong Joon-ho's Korean monster movie.
12. **Godzilla (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gareth Edwards's Hollywood version.
13. **Godzilla (1954)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A monster born of H-bomb tests; the origin of tokusatsu and kaiju films.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.