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88 Monster Movies!

Monsters, people. Monsters! šŸ˜


Huge hungry monsters, aquatic and underground dwelling slimy monsters, monsters that grow inside you, monsters looking to prey on you...


...and monsters of the slightly softer kind.


Here are 88 tips for awesome monster movies sorted by IMDb score. In our opinion, the IMDb scale is just as good in the bottom as it is in he top, especially when it comes to monster movies! 




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1 Aliens 1986 8,5

2 Alien 1979 8,5

3 Jaws 1975 8,2

4 The Thing 1982 8,2

5 Frankenstein 1931 8

6 Predator 1987 7,9

7 Prometheus 2012 7,5

8 The Fly 1986 7,5

9 Them 1954 7,3

10 Godzilla 1954 7,3

11 The Mist 2007 7,3

12 The Descent 2005 7,3

13 Starship troopers 1997 7,2

14 Cloverfield 2008 7,2

15 Gremlins 1984 7,2

16 the beast w/ a bill. backs 2008 7,2

17 The Golem 1920 7,2

18 Pitch black 2000 7,1

19 Tremors 1990 7,1

20 The Host 2006 7,1

21 The Lost World 1925 7

22 The troll hunter 2010 7

23 The Hidden 1987 6,9

24 Hogzilla 2007 6,9

25 Creature from the black lagoon 1954 6,9

26 The company of wolves 1984 6,6

27 The Howling 1981 6,5

28 Slither 2006 6,5

29 Feast 2005 6,4

30 Alien 3 1992 6,4

31 Monsters 2010 6,4

32 Rogue 2007 6,3

33 The Thing 2011 6,3

34 Splinter 2008 6,2

35 Alien: resurrection 1997 6,2

36 The Blob 1988 6,1

37 Q: The winged serpent 1982 6,1

38 Reign of fire 2002 6

39 Infestation 2009 6

40 Jeepers Creepers 2001 5,9

41 Splice 2009 5,9

42 Black sheep 2006 5,9

43 The Hole 2009 5,8

44 Critters 1986 5,8

45 Razorback 1984 5,8

46 Alligator 1980 5,8

47 Mimic 1997 5,8

48 Deep blue sea 1999 5,7

49 Species 1995 5,7

50 Mulberry street 2006 5,6

51 The Pit 1981 5,6

52 Day of the triffids 2009 5,6

53 Leviathan 1989 5,5

54 Lake Placid 1999 5,4

55 Eight legged freaks 2002 5,4

56 C.H.U.D 1984 5,3

57 Ticks 1993 5,2

58 Feast 2: sloppy seconds 2008 5,1

59 Godzilla 1998 5,1

60 Xtro 1983 5,1

61 Galaxy of terror 1981 4,9

62 Feast 3: happy finish 2009 4,9

63 Organizm aka Living hell 2008 4,8

64 The nest 1988 4,8

65 Frankenfish 2004 4,8

66 High plains invaders 2009 4,7

67 Aberration 1997 4,6

68 DeepStar six 1989 4,6

69 Sector 7 2011 4,5

70 Anaconda 1997 4,4

71 Ogre 2008 4

72 Behemot 2011 4

73 The sea beast aka Troglodyte 2008 4

74 Creature 1985 3,9

75 Mammoth 2006 3,8

76 The food of the gods 1976 3,8

77 Kraken: tentacles of the deep 2006 3,8

78 Creature 2011 3,8

79 Troll 1986 3,8

80 Seedpeople 1992 3,7

81 Proteus 1995 3,5

82 Metamorphosis 1990 3,5

83 Piranha 2 1981 3,4

84 Hydra 2009 3,4

85 Breeders 1986 3

86 From Hell it came 1957 2,9

87 Terror Toons 2002 2,7

88 The creeping terror 1964 1,8








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