swap_horiz Gamera Alternatives

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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) is a Japanese kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko, the dark and critically acclaimed...

Japanese 1990S Heisei Daiei

8.8 Great

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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

The 1996 Gamera sequel directed by Shusuke Kaneko features the alien insectoid Legion swarm and is widely praised for it...

Japanese 1990S Heisei Daiei

8.6 Great

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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Daiei's 1995 reboot directed by Shusuke Kaneko revitalized the Gamera franchise with a serious tone, earning critical ac...

Japanese 1990S Heisei Daiei

8.4 Great

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The War of the Gargantuas

Toho's 1966 film directed by Ishirō Honda features two rival giant humanoids, the gentle Sanda and savage Gaira, and is...

Classic Japanese 1960S Toho

7.6 Good

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Matango

Matango (1963) is a Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda, based on a William Hope Hodgson story, about castaway...

Classic Japanese Horror 1960S

7.5 Good

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Atragon

Toho's 1963 film directed by Ishirō Honda follows a crew aboard a super-submarine battling the sea serpent Manda and an...

Sci Fi Classic Japanese 1960S

7.2 Good

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Wrath of Daimajin

The third entry in Daiei's 1966 Daimajin trilogy follows the stone warrior god Daimajin as he awakens to punish cruel fe...

Classic Japanese 1960S Daiei

7.0 Good

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Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave (2006) is a standalone Japanese Gamera reboot produced by Kadokawa, following a boy who befriends a sma...

Japanese 2000S Reboot Daiei

6.7 Fair

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Gorath

Gorath (1962) is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda for Toho, depicting humanity's efforts to move...

Classic Japanese 1960S Toho

6.7 Fair

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Gamera vs. Gyaos

The 1967 third Gamera film introduces Gyaos, a giant bat-like creature that became Gamera's most recurring and iconic ad...

Classic Japanese 1960S Daiei

6.6 Fair

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Gamera vs. Barugon

The 1966 second Gamera film, the first in the series shot in color, features Barugon, a giant lizard with a freezing spr...

Classic Japanese 1960S Daiei

6.4 Fair

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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Toho's 1966 Godzilla film features the giant crustacean Ebirah and was shot from a script originally written for King Ko...

Classic Japanese 1960S Toho

6.3 Fair

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Latitude Zero

Toho's 1969 American co-production directed by Ishirō Honda features an underwater utopia, a super-submarine, and monste...

Sci Fi Classic Japanese 1960S

5.9 Mediocre

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Dogora

Toho's 1964 kaiju film features Dogora, a giant space cell organism that feeds on carbon, one of the genre's most unconv...

Classic Japanese 1960S Toho

5.8 Mediocre

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Gappa: The Triphibian Monster

Nikkatsu's 1967 kaiju film features Gappa, a family of giant winged reptilian creatures discovered on a tropical island,...

Classic Japanese Amphibious 1960S

5.5 Mediocre

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Gamera vs. Jiger

Daiei's 1970 sixth Gamera film, released alongside Japan's Expo '70, features the monster Jiger implanting larvae inside...

Classic Japanese 1970S Daiei

5.4 Mediocre

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Gamera vs. Guiron

Daiei's 1969 fifth Gamera film features Guiron, a knife-headed monster on a distant planet, reflecting the franchise's i...

Classic Japanese 1960S Daiei

5.1 Mediocre

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Gamera vs. Viras

Daiei's 1968 fourth Gamera film features alien squid-like Viras creatures and is notable for its heavy reliance on stock...

Classic Japanese 1960S Daiei

4.8 Poor

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Gamera vs. Zigra

Daiei's 1971 seventh Gamera film pits the giant turtle against the alien shark creature Zigra and was one of the last en...

Classic Japanese 1970S Daiei

4.7 Poor

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Gamera: Super Monster

Daiei's 1980 final Showa-era Gamera film consists largely of stock footage compiled from earlier entries and served as t...

Classic Japanese 1980S Daiei

3.3 Poor