10 Giant Monster Movies That Are 10/10, No Notes

Giant monsters are almost always cool, though not every giant monster movie succeeds. For this list, a film qualifies if its monster is considerably larger than the average human and figures prominently in key scenes — apologies to Gremlins, any adaptation of Frankenstein, and Dracula, who aren’t big enough for these parts.

Pacific Rim understands kaiju movies in a way rare among English-language films, with Guillermo del Toro bringing an imaginative, sincere touch to giant monsters and the giant robots built to fight them. Its silliness is self-aware, and that blend of spectacle and heart makes the movie oddly endearing.

Godzilla entries offer contrasting approaches: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah brings the Heisei era to a dramatic close, with Godzilla in meltdown and Destoroyah posing an especially terrifying threat.

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