Ishiro Honda’s 1954 Godzilla connects its radioactive creature with the experience of the atomic age.
HIRNFLIMMERN // Film archive
Kaiju & giant monsters
The “Kaiju & giant monsters” shelf gathers 71 films from our catalogue. Pick your next detour.
Monsters on a grand scale. Buildings become toys.
Our guide’s house opinion
Three starting points for your film night
We begin with two Japanese Godzilla perspectives, then move to a monster ensemble: a small comparative kaiju programme.
A transforming creature confronts a government task force.
Kaiju & giant monsters · Alien invasions · Japan: cult & supertrash · Tokusatsu & rubber heroes
A personal Hirnflimmern selection. All films on this shelf follow below.
71 films
- All Monsters Attack
- Attack of the Giant Leeches
- Big Man Japan
- Daikyōjū Gappa
- Daimajin
- Damnation Alley
- Dogora
- Empire of the Ants
- Gamera, the Giant Monster
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
- Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Gamera tai Gyaosu
- Gamera vs. Barugon
- Gamera vs. Guiron
- Gamera vs. Jiger
- Gamera vs. Viras
- Gamera vs. Zigra
- Godzilla
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
- Godzilla 2000
- Godzilla: Final Wars
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- Godzilla Raids Again
- Godzilla vs. Biollante
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Godzilla vs. Gigan
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
- Godzilla vs. Megalon
- Godzilla vs. Mothra
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
- Gojira tai Hedorah
- Gojira tai Mekagojira
- Gorath
- Kaiju Mono
- Kaijū sōshingeki
- Kamen Rider J
- King Kong
- King Kong Escapes
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Love & Peace
- Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus
- Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus
- Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark
- Mega Shark vs. Kolossus
- Monster Seafood Wars
- Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
- Mothra
- Mothra vs. Godzilla
- Q: The Winged Serpent
- Rodan
- Shin Godzilla
- Shin Ultraman
- Son of Godzilla
- Space Monster, Wangmagwi
- Terror of Mechagodzilla
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- The Deadly Mantis
- The Food of the Gods
- The Giant Gila Monster
- The Mysterians
- The Return of Godzilla
- The War of the Gargantuas
- The X from Outer Space
- Ultraman: The Next
- Varan the Unbelievable
- War of the Colossal Beast
- Yongary, Monster from the Deep