20 movies like The Monster That Challenged the World, ordered by similarity : Tarantula(1955), Monster From Green Hell(1957), Godzilla(1954), Crack in the World(1965), Shin Godzilla(2016), The Neptune Factor(1973), Pacific Rim Uprising(2018), On the Beach(1959), The Rig(2010), The Incredible Hulk(2008), Poseidon Rex(2014), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms(1953) ...
Sci-Fi
1957
83 Minutes
Tim Holt Audrey Dalton Hans Conried Harlan Warde Casey Adams Mimi Gibson Gordon Jones Marjorie Stapp Dennis McCarthy Barbara Darrow Bob Beneveds
creature swimmer scientist lieutenant commander chilling tense california the salton sea underwater military base monsters earthquakes radiation science survival pursuit rescue 1950s
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
80 Minutes
John Agar Mara Corday Leo G. Carroll Nestor Paiva Ross Elliot Edwin Rand Raymond Bailey Hank Patterson Bert Holland Steve Darrell Ed Parker
professor scientist spider monster victim animal shocking fascinating suspenseful engaging thrilling intense desert city village science science fiction animal attack giant animals animals attacking
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
71 Minutes
Jim Davis Robert Griffin Joel Fluellen Barbara Turner Edward Ciannelli Vladimir Sokoloff Tim Huntley LaVerne Jones Frederic Potler
scientist mutant tense thrilling rousing melodramatic frightening engaging chilling africa united states science gone awry experiments space radiation expedition science fiction metamorphosis pursuit 1950s
A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters.
Sci-Fi
1954
98 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
godzilla japanese man japanese woman japanese soldier child scientist brooding emotional intense ocean japan tokyo laboratory street car atomic bomb monsters destruction survival danger
A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
Sci-Fi
USA
1965
96 Minutes
Dana Andrews Janette Scott Kieron Moore Alexander Knox Peter Damon Gary Lasdun Mike Steen Todd Martin Jim Gillen
scientist terminally ill person geologist doctor ambassador dying person outlandish engaging suspenseful tense striking intense africa scientific experiments geology science fiction science gone awry doomsday device apocalypse discovery
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Sci-Fi, Action
Japan
2016
120 Minutes
Shinji Higuchi Shin'ya Tsukamoto Satomi Ishihara Jun Kunimura Hiroki Hasegawa Takahiro Miura Kengo Kôra Mikako Ichikawa Issei Takahashi Kanji Tsuda Kimiko Yo
godzilla monster prime minister coast guard officer professor savior bleak thrilling tense frenetic disturbing wild japan tokyo city street government offices sea terror monsters
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
Sci-Fi
Canada
1973
98 Minutes
Ben Gazzara Yvette Mimieux Walter Pidgeon Ernest Borgnine Chris Wiggins Donnelly Rhodes Ed McGibbon Michael J. Reynolds David Yorston Mark Walker Ken Pogue
commander scientist diver doctor creature scuba diver incredible suspenseful tense intense under the sea submarine ocean floor underwater research base atlantic ocean ship aquatic life expedition dangerous mission deep-sea diving
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
UK|China|Japan|USA|Mexico
2018
111 Minutes
John Boyega Scott Eastwood Jing Tian Cailee Spaeny Rinko Kikuchi Burn Gorman Adria Arjona Jin Zhang Charlie Day Levi Meaden Rahart Adams
soldier robot scientist monster sister pilot brooding intense spectacular thrilling suspenseful brutal earth pacific ocean city ocean building military base fight to the death monsters
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
133 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins Donna Anderson John Tate Lola Brooks John Meillon Lou Vernon Guy Doleman Harp McGuire
commander alcoholic scientist newlywed lieutenant survivor dark tense emotional australia submarine deep sea hotel san francisco san diego nuclear war radiation survival reconnaissance denial
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Serah D'Laine William Forsythe Art LaFleur Marcus T. Paulk Stacey Hinnen Carmen Perez Robert Zachar Dennis LaValle Eric Bivens-Bush Dan Benson Scott Martin
monster sea creature sea captain sailor gory brutal suspenseful thrilling raw sea boat oil rig horror danger monsters fight to the death sea creatures rescue adventure metamorphosis
In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
2008
112 Minutes
Edward Norton Liv Tyler Tim Roth William Hurt Tim Blake Nelson Ty Burrell Christina Cabot Peter Mensah Paul Soles Débora Nascimento
scientist soldier monster villain suspenseful laboratory new york city guatemala brazil waterfall factory experiments destruction military science rivalry superheroes adventure revenge rescue
Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper.
Sci-Fi
USA
2014
79 Minutes
Brian Krause Anne McDaniels Steven Helmkamp Candice Nunes Berne Velasquez Gildon Roland Pulu Lightburn Remo Phillip Coc
hunter treasure hunter drug dealer sea creature monster drug lord bleak shocking chilling suspenseful thrilling gripping sea island horror sea creatures money fear fight to the death sea rescue
A small, secluded island off the coast of Belize suddenly finds itself terrorized by a deadly predator from the planet's distant past when deep sea divers accidentally awaken an ancient evil.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Paul Hubschmid Paula Raymond Cecil Kellaway Kenneth Tobey Donald Woods Jack Pennick Lee Van Cleef Steve Brodie Ross Elliot Ray Hyke Mary Hill
professor researcher doctor scientist corporal colonel campy outlandish spectacular thrilling arctic canada maine massachusetts new york city coney island nuclear weapons testing dinosaurs uncontrollable experiment radiation
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Kenneth Tobey Faith Domergue Donald Curtis Ian Keith Harry Lauter Dean Maddox Del Courtney
naval officer professor scientist giant octopus suspenseful emotional submarine ocean hawaii pearl harbor san francisco mindanao deep monsters sea nuclear weapons disaster love pursuit mystery rescue
A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
75 Minutes
suicidal person stranger lieutenant robot drunk psychopath striking frightening frightful outlandish tense suspenseful chicago robots invasion alien attack survival evacuation abandoned spaces discovery
Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are strangers Frank and Nora.
Sci-Fi
USA
1964
109 Minutes
astronaut space traveler alien slave monkey commander chilling creative dark engaging tense suspenseful mars mars stranded alien attack human-animal friendship survival space exploration quest
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Hungary|Jordan
2015
142 Minutes
Matt Damon Jessica Chastain Kristen Wiig Jeff Daniels Michael Peña Kate Mara Sean Bean Sebastian Stan Aksel Hennie Donald Glover Mackenzie Davis
astronaut survivor president scientist wife crew member brooding emotional intense tense dark nasa facility camp mars spacecraft space station control room space travel stranded mars
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2013
132 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Anton Yelchin Simon Pegg John Cho Benedict Cumberbatch Alice Eve Bruce Greenwood Peter Weller
crew member captain kirk spock mastermind admiral lieutenant spectacular intense brooding gripping suspenseful tense outer space starship enterprise alien planet spacecraft earth san francisco good versus evil retribution
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
1989
88 Minutes
Louis Jourdan Heather Locklear Sarah Douglas Dick Durock Ace Mask Joey Sagal Monique Gabrielle
doctor scientist mad scientist monster beautiful woman human fascinating amusing suspenseful engaging hilarious marsh human-monster relations science fiction science science gone awry relationships adventure discovery love
In this tongue-in-cheek sequel, the benevolent bog creature falls for the vegetarian, plant-loving daughter of the evil scientist who created him.
Sci-Fi
Japan
1961
101 Minutes
Frankie Sakai Hiroshi Koizumi Kyoko Kagawa Ken Uehara Jerry Ito Emi Ito Yumi Ito Takashi Shimura Akihiko Hirata Yoshifumi Tajima Hiroshi Akitsu
monster japanese man japanese woman princess politician police officer brooding emotional intense island japan vaudeville show street house laboratory monsters princess japan destruction danger
A giant, ancient moth begins to attack Japan when coming to the rescue of its two, foot-tall worshippers who were taken by shipwreck survivors.