A Glean movie guide
The Ultimate Kaiju Guide
Step into the wreckage
Essential giant monster epics headlined by Godzilla Minus Zero.
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The movie list
- 01
Godzilla Minus Zero
Post-war Japan faces a catastrophic new escalation as Godzilla crosses paths with the three-headed King Ghidorah.
War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.
- 02
Godzilla Minus One
An Oscar-winning masterpiece that blends intense human trauma with devastating historical monster action.
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
- 03
Shin Godzilla
A brilliant, politically sharp disaster thriller that reimagines the creature as a rapidly evolving biological crisis.
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
- 04
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
A high-octane blockbuster delivering massive-scale creature battles deep within the hollow earth.
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
- 05
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
A thunderous clash of god-sized titans featuring an earlier Hollywood showdown with King Ghidorah.
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
- 06
Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro’s spectacular love letter to monster cinema pitting giant robots against oceanic beasts.
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.
- 07
The Host
Bong Joon-ho’s acclaimed creature feature brilliantly balances family drama with terrifying mutant horror.
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
- 08
Kong: Skull Island
A visually striking period adventure exploring an uncharted island packed with terrifying prehistoric beasts.
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
- 09
Shin Ultraman
Crafted by the team behind Shin Godzilla, offering a unique blend of bureaucratic satire and cosmic action.
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
- 10
Cloverfield
A relentless found-footage thriller capturing the terrifying ground-level panic of a massive city attack.
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.