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1. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Darren Barnet, Nelson Lee, Ell, Minami Hamabe
Votes: 88,343
2. Godzilla (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 442,996 | Gross: $200.68M
3. 2012 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Votes: 398,969 | Gross: $166.11M
4. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 186,105 | Gross: $1.24M
5. Pacific Rim (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day
Votes: 532,581 | Gross: $101.80M
6. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun
Votes: 187,611 | Gross: $122.52M
7. Godzilla (I) (1998)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria
Votes: 204,290 | Gross: $136.31M
8. Godzilla (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi
Votes: 40,176 | Gross: $2.42M
9. The War of the Worlds (1953)
G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 38,689 | Gross: $4.36M
10. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper | Stars: Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, David Holt, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,235
11. The Divide (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 38,691 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
Not Rated | 108 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The relative coexistence of the human world, demon world and beast world is soon to be disrupted by The Overfiend, an immensely powerful demon who'll be reborn after 3000 years to remake the world to his own liking.
Director: Hideki Takayama | Stars: Christopher Courage, Rebel Joy, Sonny Weil, Bick Balse
Votes: 3,686
13. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 132,518 | Gross: $119.19M
14. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,261
15. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Unrated | 83 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 9,152
16. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family
After a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure aliens Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to defeat them.
Directors: Jun Fukuda, Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda, Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Tomoko Umeda
Votes: 5,794
17. Rodan (1956)
Approved | 74 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wrecking havoc - at supersonic speeds.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata, Akio Kobori
Votes: 6,033 | Gross: $0.50M
18. Doomsday Prophecy (2011 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Sci-Fi
Based on the 2012 end-of-world prophesy where two unlikely characters team up to solve a mystery that just might save the world.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: A.J. Buckley, Jewel Staite, Alan Dale, Bruce Ramsay
Votes: 1,705
19. Genocyber (1994)
Unrated | 46 min | Animation, Action, Horror
A combination of cybernetics and psychic potential. At its core: the tortured souls of 2 human beings. Many wish to control this monstrosity, but can their hatred be contained?
Stars: William Roberts, Rosemary Elliot, Keith Howard, Rachel Nanstad
Votes: 1,336
20. Diplomacy (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, War
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 5,873 | Gross: $0.23M
21. Le Chat (1971)
86 min | Drama
In 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal
Votes: 2,425
22. Deluge (1933)
70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Peggy Shannon, Lois Wilson, Sidney Blackmer, Matt Moore
Votes: 712
23. Earthquake (2016)
101 min | Drama
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR, 1988. After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.
Director: Sarik Andreasyan | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Mariya Mironova, Viktor Stepanyan, Tatev Hovakimyan
Votes: 2,537
24. Stalingrad (2003– )
165 min | Documentary, History, War
The World War 2 Battle of Stalingrad from the initial attack to the repatriation of the survivors after the war.
Stars: Bob van Tol, Albrecht Appelt, Hans Rostewitz, Gerhard Dengler
Votes: 1,025
25. Star Fox 64 (1997 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mad scientist Andross arises as the emperor of Venom and declares war on the entire Lylat System, starting with Corneria. General Pepper sends in the Star Fox team to protect the key planets of the Lylat System and stop Dr. Andross.
Director: Takao Shimizu | Stars: Daisuke Gôri, Kyôko Tongû, Tomohisa Asô, Hisao Egawa
Votes: 1,807
26. Gammera the Invincible (1966)
Unrated | 86 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.
Directors: Sandy Howard, Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Albert Dekker, Brian Donlevy, Diane J. Findlay, John Baragrey
Votes: 1,350
27. Hiroshima (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 190 min | Drama, War
The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.
Directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Allen Altman, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 985
28. Yu Yu Hakusho: Fight for the Netherworld (1994)
16+ | 91 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Yusuke Urameshi, a Spirit Detective and his friends must find five Elemental Sites to save the Earth from Lord Yakumo and restore the Spirit World.
Director: Masakatsu Iijima | Stars: Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama
Votes: 803
29. The War of the Worlds (2005 Video)
Unrated | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In one of the most faithful adaptations of HG Wells' science fiction masterpiece, Martians launch a ruthless assault on an unsuspecting Victorian England, in an attempt to escape their dying planet.
Director: Timothy Hines | Stars: Anthony Piana, Jack Clay, James Lathrop, Darlene Sellers
Votes: 2,266
30. Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Twenty years after Deus Ex (2000). Alex D is evacuated from Chicago to Seattle following a terrorist attack, and soon becomes embroiled in a network of plots as the world's factions fight for control of the world.
Director: Harvey Smith | Stars: Abigail Windham, Alexander Brandon, Bernadette Nason, Timeca M. Seretti
Votes: 854
31. Zarkorr! The Invader (1996)
PG | 80 min | Sci-Fi
An "average" postal worker is informed by a tiny alien hologram which looks like a teenage girl that he is the "choosen one" to destroy a giant reptile to save the Earth.
Directors: Aaron Osborne, Michael Deak | Stars: Franklin A. Vallette, Don Yanan, Peter Looney, Billy Mchenry
Votes: 419
32. The Fall of Berlin (1945)
PG-13 | 70 min | Documentary, History, War
Over 40 Army cameramen from the 1st Belorussian and the 1st Ukrainian Fronts contributed footage of this remarkable documentary of the fall of Berlin, including captured German footage.
Director: Yuli Raizman | Stars: Leonid Khmara, Rudolf Boettger, Vasiliy Chuikov, Hermann Göring
Votes: 154
33. The End of the World (1916)
77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A comet, passing by Earth, causes rioting, social unrest, and major disasters that destroy the world.
Director: August Blom | Stars: Olaf Fønss, Carl Lauritzen, Ebba Thomsen, Johanne Fritz-Petersen
Votes: 422
34. Superman: Electric Earthquake (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Action
Superman versus a fanatical extortionist with an earthquake machine.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Steve Muffati | Stars: Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Julian Noa
Votes: 975
35. Anak ng bulkan (1959)
117 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A monstrous giant bird soars high across Manila and suburbs. Anak ng Bulkan was set in a remote volcanic island, tells of the friendship between a little boy named Bentoy (Ace York) and a giant bird named Goliat.
Director: Emmanuel I. Rojas | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Edna Luna, Ronald Remy, Miriam Jurado
Votes: 29
36. Ctulhu. Rise from the sea (2021)
6 min | Short, Action, Comedy
April 2021. Cthulhu rose from the sea near the city of Sochi, but a hero was found on a huge robot. An epic confrontation is inevitable.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Evgeniy Mishukhin, Sergey Newnoir
Votes: 424
37. Warszawa 1956 (1956)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Over a decade after the almost total wartime destruction, Warsaw still looks bruised and battered. Ruined houses are nevertheless inhabited which can be dangerous for the local population.
Directors: Jerzy Bossak, Jaroslaw Brzozowski | Star: Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 181
38. San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake (1906)
1 min | Documentary, Short, History
Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included. We see fire raging. We see burned-out... See full summary »
Director: Robert K. Bonine
Votes: 599
39. San Francisco Disaster (1906)
3 min | Documentary, Short
This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco is set ablaze and filmed.
Votes: 58
40. Der Hamburger Feuersturm 1943 - Brandnarben (2009 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History
Director: Andreas Fischer
Votes: 7
41.
Pokémon (1997–2023)
Episode:
Menokurage dokukurage
(1997)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a town is terrorized by a school of Tentacool and one giant Tentacruel, it's up to our heroes to bring balance between humans and Pokémon.
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka | Stars: Rikako Aikawa, Inuko Inuyama, Unshô Ishizuka, Mayumi Izuka
Votes: 680
42.
Harley Quinn (2019– )
Episode:
The Final Joke
(2020)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ivy is dead, Harley's crew is captured, and Batman is his captive. Joker has everything he's ever wanted - but is it enough without Harley at his side?
Directors: Brandon McKinney, Cecilia Aranovich | Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Jason Alexander, Diedrich Bader, Lake Bell
Votes: 1,555