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Plot Summary:
In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he may make weapons to fend off the peasant army. After he returns the property to the people, an old blacksmith is imprisoned and starved to death. His last creation is a tiny figurine of a monster- Pulgasari, a Godzilla-like creature that eats iron. The blood of his daughter brings the creature to life, and fights with the poor, starving peasants to overthrow the corrupt monarchy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: North Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, allegory, exciting, serious, suspenseful, weird
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Return of Daimajin (1966)
Plot Summary:
The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, psychotronic, cult film
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Hong Kil-dong (1986)
Plot Summary:
This movie tells the story of Hong Kil Dong, a legendary 15th century Korean Robin Hood figure. It is a mildly entertaining action film with an anti-feudal message.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: North Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, stylized, semi serious, complex
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Plot Summary:
This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops a psychic bond with. As Ayana's monster, named Iris, grows to adulthood, the flying turtle Gamera begins to take an interest in this new potential threat. Who will be the victor in the final battle, and how much of Japan will be left standing at the end?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, post modern, cult film
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Plot Summary:
A hibernating species of giant carnivorous bird is awakened on a Japanese island shortly after the Japanese military encounters an unidentified mass moving beneath the water off-shore.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
Plot Summary:
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, daikaiju, natural horror, fast
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Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Plot Summary:
A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, cult film
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Gamera the Brave (2005)
Plot Summary:
Toru Aizawa, a 11 year old boy suddenly finds a tiny egg on a red mysterious stone. the egg hatches and comes out an abnormal little turtle (Toto) which not only grows rapidly, but also flies in the air and even blows fireballs. At the meantime, a series of mysterious ship wrecks are reported. Later on, even more disasters happen when a huge evil ferocious monster Lizard (Zeus) suddenly comes out from the sea and attacks, wrecks and demolishes the world. the last hope of mankind relies on the friendly great monster, Gamera, which looks similar to Toto, but disappeared 33 years ago. Is Toto the descendant of Gamera? is Toto able to fight against the huge evil?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, suspense, scenic, cult classic, daikaiju, natural horror, offbeat
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Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
Plot Summary:
Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, cult film
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Reptile 2001 (1999)
Plot Summary:
A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find the buried body of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the beast is uncovered, however, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings the monster back to life! The creature immediately sets about levelling the surrounding urban landscape and shrugging off the best firepower the military can throw at it. A lone scientist, working on decrypting an ancient set of hieroglyphics, may be on the verge of finding the aliens' weak point, but will it be too late?.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, fast, cult film
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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II (2003)
Plot Summary:
A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime, exciting, epic, futuristic, suspenseful
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Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, cult classic, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, scary, atmospheric, unusual plot structure
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Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Shiragami combines the DNA of roses with some extracted from Godzilla's cells. He names his creation "Biollante".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, daikaiju, serious, suspenseful, fast, scary, cult film
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The Dark Knight (2011)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by feuding warlords, a group of desperate soldiers hatch a plan to steal a Warlord's treasure and start a new life. Faced with the threat of a horrific death at the hands of the Warlord's executioners, the men escape into a desolate and forbidden land known only as the Shadowlands. Now the men must flee from the Warlord's vicious assassins while defending themselves from the terrifying creatures that inhabit the land.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, independent film, rough
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Gappa the Triphibian Monsters (1967)
Plot Summary:
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, daikaiju, scary, humorous, semi serious, campy
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War of the Monsters (1966)
Plot Summary:
After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, gay cinema
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Werewolf Warrior (2004)
Plot Summary:
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, offbeat, splatter
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Plot Summary:
Forty-two years after her first visit in Tokyo, Mothra returns to warn mankind that they must return Mechagodzilla, along with Godzilla's bones, to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. If not, dire consequences will follow. However, Godzilla is once again on the rampage, and Mechagodzilla is Japan's only defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating, daikaiju, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to wake him up to aid in their plan to free the natives.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Plot Summary:
Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish the monsters and aliens to rescue the world in the ultimate "Save the Earth" battle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, exciting, captivating, tense, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense, scenic
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Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1979, a young soldier is working in China's snowcapped mountains when an explosion reveals bizarre fossils hidden deep in the mountain caverns. What they discover next will change his life and human history forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, romantic, scenic
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Death Kappa (2010)
Plot Summary:
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa". The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, retro, surreal, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Triassic Attack (2010)
Plot Summary:
A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, fast
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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, manga, anime, offbeat, weird
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Dragon Wars: D-War (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, suspenseful, mythical, absurd, mystical, cult classic, natural horror, serious, fast
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Plot Summary:
The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: natural horror, sad, daikaiju, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, parody, light, thought provoking, unusual plot structure
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, scary, post modern
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Godzilla 2000 (1999)
Plot Summary:
Godzilla saves Tokyo from a flying saucer that transforms into the beast Orga.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, suspense, serious, suspenseful, daikaiju, natural horror, psychotronic, light, humorous
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, fast, cult film
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Attack of the Gryphon (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a mystical land torn apart by civil war, a warrior princess must team up with a rival warrior prince to hunt down an evil sorcerer who has summoned a giant flying demon which is terrorizing their land.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious
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Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom plots with a feudal warlord king to conquer all of Britian using an army of flying dragons, and only Merlin with the alliance of the local Prince Uther and Ingraine and a pair of mystical goddesses, can have the power to stop the evil from taking over the land.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining, mockbuster, arthurian, surreal, epic, suspenseful, stylized