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1. King Kong (2005)
PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 447,487 | Gross: $218.08M
2. King Kong (1976)
PG | 134 min | Adventure, Horror
A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph
Votes: 35,606 | Gross: $52.61M
3. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 91,089 | Gross: $10.00M
4. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 53,331 | Gross: $4.36M
5. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno
Votes: 34,498 | Gross: $1.30M
6. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mothra's egg washes ashore and is claimed by greedy entrepreneurs who refuse to return it to her fairies. As Godzilla arises near Nagoya, the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yû Fujiki
Votes: 10,365
7. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Passed | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 7,040
8. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A UN reporter broadcasts a report on the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own. (US Version)
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki, Michael Keith
Votes: 11,253 | Gross: $2.73M
9. Gorgo (1961)
Unrated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus, inciting the wrath of the creature's much-larger mother.
Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes
Votes: 4,247
10. The Spider (1958)
Passed | 73 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth
Votes: 3,417
11. Reptilicus (1961)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After copper miners discover a piece of the frozen tail of a giant prehistoric reptile in Lapland, scientists inadvertently bring it back to life.
Directors: Poul Bang, Sidney W. Pink | Stars: Bent Mejding, Asbjørn Andersen, Povl Wøldike, Ann Smyrner
Votes: 4,379
12. The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist captures the Creature and turns him into an air-breather, only for him to escape and start killing.
Director: John Sherwood | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, Gregg Palmer
Votes: 4,031
13. Goliathon (1977)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A greedy Hong Kong businessman captures a 50-foot-tall ape from the Himalayas and puts it on display, but it escapes and goes on a rampage.
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Evelyne Kraft, Danny Lee, Feng Ku, Wei-Tu Lin
Votes: 2,202 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Professor Wassermann is asked by industry magnate Morgan Hunnicut to lead an expedition to study the giant Yeti creature found frozen in a large ice block.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Antonella Interlenghi, Mimmo Crao, Jim Sullivan, Tony Kendall
Votes: 800
15. Superman: The Arctic Giant (1942)
Not Rated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Action
Superman versus a thawed-out Tyrannosaurus.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Julian Noa
Votes: 1,147
16.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983–1985)
Episode:
A Beastly Sideshow
(1983)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A carnival comes to the kingdom. Cringer falls for the female cat and follows her into a trap set by Beast Man. He-Man must get him back.
Director: Gwen Wetzler | Stars: John Erwin, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, Lou Scheimer
Votes: 137