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Plot Summary:
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, classic horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, cult film
Best tv shows and movies like Gammera the Invincible (1966):
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The X from Outer Space (1967)
Plot Summary:
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, retro, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: natural horror, scary, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Plot Summary:
A group of aliens from another planet head for Earth with the intentions of conquering it. Their first ship is destroyed in transit by the giant flying turtle Gamera. A second ship makes it to Earth and captures two Boy Scouts and holds them captive so that Gamera will not attack them. The aliens then implant a remote control device into the monster's neck and use the great turtle to attack Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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The Giant Monster Gamera (1965)
Plot Summary:
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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Boyichi and the Supermonster (1967)
Plot Summary:
Gamera's back, and just in time to save Japan from Gyaos, a mysterious bat-like creature awakened by a volcanic eruption. As in the first Gamera movie, a young boy establishes an emotional link with Gamera, and the two work together, with the help of the world's scientists, to put and end to Gyaos' violent rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, classic horror, daikaiju, natural horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, campy
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Super Monster (1980)
Plot Summary:
When the evil alien Zanon comes to enslave Earth, all hope seems lost. The Earth's resident superheroes, the Spacewomen, are powerless to stop him. They must enlist the help of a young boy who has a special connection with the giant turtle Gamera. The Friend of All Children then battles Gyaos (a flying monster), Zigra (an alien shark), Viras (a space squid), Jiger (a giant lizard), Guiron (a space beast) and finally Barugon (another giant lizard). Gamera then sacrifices himself to kill Zanon by destroying the space pirate's ship.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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King Kong Escapes (1967)
Plot Summary:
King Kong is brought in by an evil genius to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Gamera vs. the Deep Sea Monster Zigra (1971)
Plot Summary:
A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship with a cluster of gumballs on its head. Later, at Sea World, dolphins are dying mysteriously. Zigra kidnaps two men and two children (one of whom is a Coke addict - Coca-Cola that is) and starts causing earthquakes. The two six year olds somehow outwit Zigra and help their incapacitated fathers escape. The Zigra Woman, who can use her eyes to put people into comas, then chases them all over Sea World like an extended Benny Hill skit. Somewhere in this movie Gamera finally shows up, fights Zigra, who turns into a giant swordfish.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious, fast, campy, cult film
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Plot Summary:
Godzilla comes to the rescue when an alien race rebuilds Mechagodzilla to destroy Earth's cities. A traitorous scientist gives them a second weapon: Titanosaurus.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, cult film
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Space Amoeba (1970)
Plot Summary:
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, classic horror, natural horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Plot Summary:
An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, grindhouse, classic horror, prehistoric, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Plot Summary:
In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Jet Jaguar decides to stop the attack by recruiting Godzilla and enlarging himself to Monster-size.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, classic horror, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, silent, corny, cult film
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Plot Summary:
Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs appear in the city of Shibuya and hatch into terrifying Meganurons! These creatures need water to grow and flood the city of Shibuya by breaking underground water veins. As they multiply and grow, they start to feed on the energy of humans. After gathering enough energy, they transform in to giant dragonfly monsters called Meganuras! And now they target Godzilla for energy to feed to the larva of their queen, which eventually hatches into the terrifying 60-meter Megaguirus who also begins to attack Godzilla for his energy. Now a 3-way battle between Godzilla, the Megaguirus, and humans begins! Will Godzilla win? Will humanity survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, fast, 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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Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
Plot Summary:
A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, 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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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Plot Summary:
The aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: natural horror, depressing, dark, daikaiju, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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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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Dragon Fighter (2003)
Plot Summary:
The movie begins in Southern England in the Middle Ages and then six knights are seen riding in horses towards a destroyed town. They see the remains of burned buildings and dead people until they come upon a mother and her dead baby. She quickly dies and then a rhino-sized dragon flies overhead, the knights follow right behind, vowing to kill the creature.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, exciting, suspense, captivating, fast
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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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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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Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, psychotronic, suspense, cult classic, classic horror, natural horror, scary, offbeat, serious, fast
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Sector 7 (2011)
Plot Summary:
In Sector 7, an underwater oil field located south of Jeju Island, Hae-jun is working as a marine equipment manager on an oil prospecting ship called Eclipse. Joining the crew later is Jeong-man, a former colleague of Hae-jun's father, assigned to Eclipse as captain. Though his job is to oversee the withdrawal of the ship, he suggests conducting some drilling one last time.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, crying, psychotronic
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the 6th Godzilla movie, mysterious aliens from the Planet X ask earth's people to help them save their world from the dreaded Ghidorah (aka "Monster Zero") by letting them "borrow" Godzilla and Rodan. Monster mayhem ensues on Planet X, but it's soon discovered that the aliens have other intentions for the monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, daikaiju, suspense, classic horror, natural horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
Plot Summary:
A giant creature attacks Japan during the World Fair and it's up to Gamera to stop it. But the monster injects Gamera with its offspring and a research team must take a craft into Gamera's body to eliminate the parasite.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, daikaiju, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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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