The best kaiju movies
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Godzilla Minus One (2023) · Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) · Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995). (Updated Jan 24, 2025.)
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).
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 12
-
1
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Godzilla attacks post-war Japan; Oscar for Visual Effects.
-
2
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
The second Heisei Gamera; won the Nihon SF Taisho Award.
-
3
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
First of the Heisei Gamera trilogy.
-
4
Cloverfield (2008)
A monster attacks New York, shot on a handheld camera.
-
5
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Hideaki Anno's take, a realistic look at the government response.
-
6
King Kong (1933)
The classic that can be called the original monster movie.
-
7
Pacific Rim (2013)
Giant robots fight kaiju; directed by Guillermo del Toro.
-
8
Mothra (1961)
The tiny twin fairies and a giant moth.
-
9
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
The final film of the Heisei Gamera trilogy.
-
10
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
King Ghidorah's first appearance.
-
11
The Host (2006)
Bong Joon-ho's Korean monster movie.
-
12
Godzilla (2014)
Gareth Edwards's Hollywood version.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 12… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
-
13
Godzilla (1954)
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.
Is something missing?
Comments (1)
ガメラ2が2位なのは納得。平成ガメラはもっと評価されるべき