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Turkish SF comedy about a Rug Salesman saving the Galaxy

Official Gundam live action American TV movie — without the word “Gundam”

Convict sent on deadly space mission faces an even nastier end…

Playboy Playmate plays unemotional robot…

Brett Piper’s second film.  Which is reason enough to watch it

Don Dohler’s aliens vs. rednecks movie.  And the world’s worst dummy

  • Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet (1986)

See Ginga tansa 2100-nen: Bôdâ puranetto

Wild DIY Eighties-style space fantasy.  Slow start, great climax…

Roger Corman Alien Rip off.  But it isn’t that bad.  Just ignore the worm…

A Frankenstein’s monster of a Virtual Reality movie…

He’s back!  The towering terrapin is bigger and badder than ever!

  • Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965)

See Daikaijû Gamera

The second film in the Nineties Reboot

  • Gangster World (1997)

See The Outsider

Giant mecha, an evil supercomputer, wild Toho B-Movie goodness!

  • Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967)

See Daikyojû Gappa

Made for TV Kaiju Eiga.  With an ending borrowed from…Free Willy?

Mamoru Oshii’s live action anime

A mysterious criminal carries out impossible robberies…

Even without a fly in the works, teleporters are big trouble…

  • GEHARA: THE DARK & LONG HAIR MONSTER (2009)

See Chohatsu Daikaiju Gehara

 Will Smith fights himself.  That’s about it

Dylan Hunt wakes up in the future…Just not that one

Steampunk adventurers go in search of legendary weapon

Tongue firmly in cheek

  • Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: KESSEN! NANKAI NO DAIKAIJÛ

See Space Amoeba (1970)

An alien James Dean lookalike, the Resurrection suit, and a dead rockstar

Ghidorah’s first appearance, with aliens, flying saucers and the usual crowd

Strange cross between a Virtual Reality film — and a supernatural slasher…

It’s just there

Frankenstein gets dragged into the modern world

Dense, complex and intelligent — if flawed — cyberpunk actioner

Watch the original.

A fun riff on the original

If Jason Statham had starred, it would have been a classic

The silliest giant monster of all time!  Incredibly dumb fun

Science is what a scientist tells you it is

Swords, Sandals, and weird Atlantean Super-Science.  Only in Italy

  • Giant of the Twentieth Century

See Yeti:  Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

  • Giant Robot Mikazuki (2000)

See Tekkôki Mikazuki

Finally!  Christopher R. Mihm’s family pet gets his own starring role!

Spiders from space, a Volkswagen Beetle, and Bill Rebane

Giant Girls in Bikinis attack — Only not quite that much fun…

Dull Flash Gordon trip to another planet.  But it’s from Mexico…

  • Gigantis the Fire Monster (1955)

See Gojira no gyakushû

A young man searches the Galaxy for a cure for his girl’s deadly disease…

Sometimes weird isn’t a good thing…

  • GIOCHI EROTICI NELLA TERZA GALASSIA (1981)

See Escape from Galaxy 3

Light-hearted (but bawdy) science fantasy from…John D. McDonald?

Impressive British Zombie film.  And it isn’t 28 Days Later

Ants.  Big Ants.  A skyscraper.  And Fred Olen Ray

  • Go Find a Psychic! (2009)

See Magare! Supûn

Giant rubbery monsters duke it out — behind tons of digital nonsense

Strange and utterly unique offering from horror icon Larry Cohen

Is it a Western? A 70s social commentary drama? It isn’t a monster movie…

A great monster movie.  It just ain’t Godzilla

The second in the animated trilogy.  Act surprised: it’s darker than the first…

Third – but not last – Final Godzilla Movie.  Wild and undisciplined

“Let them fight!”  Ignore everything else

A typically epic anime film — with Godzilla lurking in the background

  • Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

See Gojira no gyakushû

  • Godzilla Singular Point (2021)

See Gojira shingyura pointo

  • GODZILLA: THE EURO-TRASH VERSION (1977)

See “Cozzilla”

Part three of the Anime trilogy.  At least it’s over

  • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

See Gojira vs. Biorante [Godzilla vs. Biollante] (1989)

  • Godzilla Versus Gigan Rex (2022)

See Gojira buiesu Gaigan Rekusu

Perhaps the worst ever Godzilla film

By far my favorite Godzilla film — even if it isn’t the best one…

Giant Monsters duke it out amid skyscrapers.  What more do you want?

A fair-to-middlin’ Heisei era offering, with some of its best fights

  • Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster

See Godzilla Versus Hedorah

Epic Godzilla battle.  But it’s only a short film???

The second one.  Which is about all there is to say about it…

Strangest Godzilla yet! Toho’s Monster anime series…

Godzilla vs…. A Giant Rose????

Wow

A Mummy from Atlantis fights an alien with a sock puppet head!

  • The Golden Grain (1998)

See Il chicco d’oro

Polish political fable from Piotr Szulkin, pretending to be Science Fiction

Yet another lost civilization at the bottom of the sea — only in a sunken ship

It’s the end of the world, but it’s okay: our internet connection still works…

Prehistoric monster destroys London.  Where’s the popcorn?

  • GOSHOGUN: THE TIME ÉTRANGER [GOSHOGUN: THE TIME STRANGER] (1985)

See Sengoku machine GoShogun: toki no ihôjin

  • GRANDMOTHERS RECHARGE WELL! (1984)

See ‘Babicky dobíjejte presne!’

  • Grave Desires (1968)

See Mad Doctor of Blood Island

  • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018)

See Daibutsu kaikoku

  • Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers (2008)

See Daikessen! Chô urutora 8 kyôdai [Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers]

A gripping History Channel documentary about that Martian Invasion

Zhang Yimou, Matt Damon, and an army of legendary monsters

Italian/Japanese/American co-production.  Dumb fun!

  • Gremloids (1984)

See Hyperspace

  • GUÀISHÒU (2018)

See Monster

  • Guan Gong da zhan wai xing ren (1976)

See Zhan shen

Deft, light-hearted superhero comedy from some Texas Millennials…

The greatest show on Earth: Gladiators killing each other on TV…

  • Gunhed (1989)

See Ganheddo

It’s a Zen movie.  That means they made it up as they went along…

A man without a name in a post-Apocalyptic Mihmiverse land!

Reanimator-style gore and…Power Rangers-style monster fighting?…

Strange French animated post-Apocalyptic fable

Solid space opera from the incomparable Andras Rajnai…

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