Who loves seeing a giant befriend someone? Better yet, who loves seeing a giant monster destroy a city? With Kong: Skull Island coming out on March 10, we're taking a look at the 14 best modern giant monster movies and ranking them by their Metacritic score. As long as the movie has a gigantic beast in it, and it was made from 1990 on, it was considered for this list. Let's take a look at the best giant monster films.
Disclosure: Metacritic and GameSpot are both owned by CBS Interactive.
14. Trollhunter (2010)
Trollhunter is a found footage film that follows a group of college students investigating a string of mysterious bear deaths. What they discover is a man who tracks trolls for a living, for the Norwegian government. Some of the trolls he is chasing are gigantic and others are terrifying. You can currently stream the film on Netflix.
Metacritic Score: 61
13. Godzilla (2014)
America tried its hand at another Godzilla film in 2014. Gigantic monsters show up, and it's up to the movie icon, Godzilla, to stop them. It had a much better direction than the 1998 film.
Metacritic Score: 62
12. Big Man Japan (2009)
Big Man Japan may be one of the most bizarre films on this list. It's a modern take on the Kaiju genre, as a loner in Tokyo grows 100 feet in order to protect the country from monsters. If you're unfamiliar with the movie, check out the rockin' trailer.
Metacritic Score: 62
11. Monsters (2010)
Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One) directs the 2010 film Monsters. The world was invaded by aliens, and a journalist takes on the task of escorting an American tourist, through Mexico, to the United States border. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.
Metacritic Score: 63
10. Pacific Rim (2013)
The 2013 Guillermo del Toro film takes place in a world where giant creatures are attacking cities across the globe. Humans develop giant, robotic monsters to battle them.
Metacritic Score: 64
9. Cloverfield (2008)
Cloverfield is a found footage film that follows a group of friends as a mysterious giant monster attacks New York City. The film was directed by Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Let Me In).
Metacritic Score: 64
8. Tremors (1990)
A small town is terrorized by graboids, giant, worm-like creatures that tunnel through the dirt and eats everything on the surface it can.
Metacritic Score: 65
7. Shin Godzilla (2016)
In 2016, Hideaki Anno directed a reboot of Godzilla. A giant monster appears, and Japan has to figure out how to get rid of it.
Metacritic Score: 68
6. Jurassic Park (1993)
A scientist finds a way to resurrect dinosaurs through cloning and decides to develop a theme park featuring the historic beasts. Before the park opens, everything goes wrong, and the dinosaurs get loose.
Metacritic Score: 68
5. The Water Horse (2007)
A young boy finds an egg, and he decides to take care of it. When it hatches, it isn't a bird inside, it's the Loch Ness Monster, and the two become close friends.
Metacritic Score: 71
4. A Monster Calls (2016)
Connor is a young boy dealing with a lot of problems: he's bullied at school, doesn't think highly of himself, and his mother has a terminal illness. A giant tree monster helps him cope with all of that.
Metacritic Score: 76
3. King Kong (2005)
In 2005, Peter Jackson directed the over 3-hour long epic King Kong, starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black. A movie crew travels to a mysterious island only to discover it's inhabited by a gigantic ape.
Metacritic Score: 81
2. The Iron Giant (1999)
For all intents and purposes, we're considering The Iron Giant a monster movie. It follows a young boy who befriends an alien robot. The government is after the titan, so the boy does what he can to protect it. Here's an interesting fact: the robot is voiced by Vin Diesel.
Metacritic Score: 85
1. The Host (2006)
A monster pops out of the Han River in Seoul and terrifies the city. It takes away a young girl, and her family devices a way to get her back. You may have missed out on this Korean film, but it's worth checking out, and it's currently on Netflix.
Metacritic Score: 85
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