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  1. King Kong 2005

    Film

    In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

    The sides of King Kong

    • A film crew on a mysterious island
    • A giant ape and an actress
    • The Empire State Building

    Good for you if

    • you want dinosaurs, a giant ape and 1930s New York.
    • you like a monster story that's really a sad love story.
    • you like an ape fighting three dinosaurs.

    Bad for you if

    • over three hours is far too long for you.
    • you need momentum. Kong doesn't appear until an hour in.

    About: beauty · greed · nature

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  2. Cloverfield 2008

    Film

    Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

    The sides of Cloverfield

    • A goodbye party in Manhattan
    • A monster attacks the city
    • Everything filmed on a camcorder

    Good for you if

    • you like an attack seen only from the ground.
    • you like a monster you barely see.
    • you like the Statue of Liberty's head in the street.

    Bad for you if

    • you want steady, framed images. Everything is shot on a shaking camcorder.
    • you need answers. Nobody learns what the monster is or where it came from.

    About: survival · love · chaos

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  3. Pacific Rim 2013

    Film

    Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

    The sides of Pacific Rim

    • Giant robots against giant monsters
    • Pilots sharing one mind
    • Hong Kong at night in the rain

    Good for you if

    • you want giant robots punching giant monsters, that's all.
    • you like neon Hong Kong at night, lit by glowing blue kaiju blood.

    Bad for you if

    • you want sharp, talky writing. Here the fights in the rain carry the film.
    • you roll your eyes at big speeches like "today we are cancelling the apocalypse".

    About: teamwork · trust · survival

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  4. Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

    The sides of Kong: Skull Island

    • An expedition to an unknown island
    • Helicopters against a giant ape
    • 1973, just after Vietnam

    Good for you if

    • you want a giant monster film done big.
    • you like orange sunsets and jungle in a war film style.
    • you like creatures fighting creatures.

    Bad for you if

    • you want humans at the centre. On Skull Island, Kong and the creatures take the spotlight.
    • you can't watch soldiers eaten by giant lizards and spiders.

    About: nature · war · hubris

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  5. The Meg 2018

    Film

    A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

    The sides of The Meg

    • A prehistoric shark escapes the deep
    • Jason Statham in the water
    • A crowded beach

    Good for you if

    • you like a giant shark circling a crowded beach.
    • you like Jason Statham in a deep-sea rescue gone wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a bloody shark film. This one keeps the gore off screen.
    • you need the science to hold up. A 20-metre prehistoric shark hides below the Mariana Trench.

    About: nature · survival

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  6. In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

    The sides of Godzilla vs. Kong

    • Two titans fighting
    • A journey to the hollow earth
    • A battle in Hong Kong's neon

    Good for you if

    • you like the bond between Kong and a deaf girl who talks to him in sign language.
    • you like a neon-lit city battle.
    • you like a trip into a Hollow Earth with its own gravity and its own monsters.

    Bad for you if

    • you tire of nonstop noise and destruction. Hong Kong falls building by building.
    • you need the science to hold up. Kong travels to the centre of the Earth.

    About: nature · power

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  7. Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

    The sides of Jurassic World

    • A dinosaur theme park open to the public
    • A new dinosaur that escapes
    • A trainer and his raptors

    Good for you if

    • you want big dinosaurs on a big screen.
    • you like chases through a jungle and a crowded park.
    • you like the dream of a dinosaur park open to the public, at last.

    Bad for you if

    • you watch for the people more than the dinosaurs. Here the creatures are the stars.
    • you'd rather not be scared. The Indominus rex hunts the park's guards through the jungle.

    About: greed · nature · control

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  8. At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

    The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion

    • A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
    • Angels attacking Tokyo-3
    • A final two episodes inside his head

    Good for you if

    • you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
    • you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
    • you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness

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  9. Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

    The sides of The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    • A second island of dinosaurs
    • A trailer hanging off a cliff
    • A T-rex in San Diego

    Good for you if

    • you like more dinosaurs, bigger.
    • you like a trailer hanging over a cliff.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the logic to hold up. A T. rex loose in San Diego asks a lot.
    • you watch for the people more than the plot. Here the dinosaurs take the lead and the humans keep running.

    About: nature · greed

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  10. Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

    The sides of Avatar: The Way of Water

    • A family fleeing to the ocean
    • Whales that remember
    • Hours underwater

    Good for you if

    • you want underwater scenes on a huge scale, made for the biggest screen you can find.
    • you like reefs, whales and a world in balance.
    • you like the reef clans of Pandora, with their own customs and sea creatures.

    Bad for you if

    • over three hours is too much for one evening.
    • you want a story told through sharp conversations. This one tells it in images, with long stretches underwater and few words.

    About: family · nature · belonging

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  11. Aliens 1986

    Film

    Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

    The sides of Aliens

    • Ripley goes back with the marines
    • A colony gone silent
    • A queen and a mother

    Good for you if

    • you like the scary original turned into a war film.
    • you like marines counting their ammo in a corridor.
    • you like creatures coming from the walls.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1986 feel dated to you.
    • you can't take gore. Marines are torn apart and acid blood eats through armour.

    About: motherhood · survival · courage

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  12. Rampage 2018

    Film

    Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

    The sides of Rampage

    • A primatologist and his gorilla friend
    • Animals turned giant
    • Chicago smashed

    Good for you if

    • you like monsters climbing skyscrapers.
    • you want giant animals destroying a city.
    • you want a silly popcorn film.

    Bad for you if

    • you like a slow build. The animals are giant and loose in Chicago before long.
    • you need the science to hold up. A genetic experiment makes a gorilla as tall as a building.

    About: friendship · nature

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  13. Interstellar 2014

    Film

    On a dying Earth, a former NASA pilot leaves his two children behind to travel through a wormhole and look for a planet humans can live on.

    The sides of Interstellar

    • The father and the daughter
    • The science you can believe
    • The organ and the silence
    • The loneliness out there

    Good for you if

    • goodbyes hit you harder than explosions.
    • you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.
    • you want to feel very small in your seat.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not think about relativity and time stretching to follow a plot.
    • big speeches about love make you roll your eyes.
    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.

    About: time · sacrifice · home · the people left behind

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  14. Predator 1987

    Film

    A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

    The sides of Predator

    • A rescue team in the jungle
    • Something invisible hunting them
    • Mud as camouflage

    Good for you if

    • you like 80s action with muscles and machine guns.
    • you like soldiers picked off one by one.
    • you like a hunter you can barely see.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1987 feel dated to you.
    • skinned bodies and gore ruin it for you.

    About: survival · hunting · strength

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  15. Attack on Titan 2013

    Anime

    100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!

    The sides of Attack on Titan

    • Survival against impossible odds
    • Twists that flip who the enemy is
    • War, freedom and what it costs

    Good for you if

    • you like humanity trapped behind walls with giants outside.
    • you like a story that turns everything upside down halfway.
    • you can take a dark, brutal war story.

    Bad for you if

    • giants eating people ruin it for you.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: freedom · war · revenge

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  16. Jurassic Park 1993

    Film

    A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

    The sides of Jurassic Park

    • Dinosaurs brought back to life
    • A park that breaks down
    • A glass of water trembling

    Good for you if

    • you want to feel what it's like to see a dinosaur for the first time.
    • you like raptors in a kitchen.
    • you want a T. rex breaking out of its paddock in the pouring rain.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a dark, hopeless story. Spielberg makes this an adventure, scary but never despairing.
    • the dinosaur attacks are too scary for you or young kids.

    About: nature · greed · control

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  17. Avatar 2009

    Film

    In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

    The sides of Avatar

    • A whole alien world to explore
    • A soldier who changes sides
    • Nature against machines

    Good for you if

    • you want to be swallowed by the screen, especially in 3D.
    • you love getting lost in a world with its own plants, animals and rules.
    • you like forests that glow and mountains that float.

    Bad for you if

    • you want sharp dialogue more than images.
    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.

    About: colonisation · nature · belonging

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  18. A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

    The sides of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    • An ape society in the forest
    • Humans who need a dam
    • A peace that won't hold

    Good for you if

    • you like apes whose faces say everything.
    • you like two sides trying not to start a war.
    • you like Caesar, a leader trying to hold his colony together.

    Bad for you if

    • war scenes with animals are hard for you.

    About: trust · war · leadership

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  19. Dunkirk 2017

    Film

    The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

    The sides of Dunkirk

    • Soldiers trapped on a beach
    • Small boats coming to the rescue
    • A ticking clock that never stops

    Good for you if

    • you like being tense from the first minute to the last.
    • you like war filmed for the biggest screen possible.
    • you like a score that ticks like a watch.

    Bad for you if

    • you want to get to know the characters. We barely learn their names.
    • you want a story told in order. Three timelines are cut together.

    About: survival · duty · rescue

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  20. 2012 2009

    Film

    Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

    The sides of 2012

    • The end of the world on schedule
    • A divorced dad racing his family to safety
    • Giant ships in the Himalayas

    Good for you if

    • you want to watch the whole planet fall apart.
    • you like escaping cracking cities by car and plane.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science and the escapes to be believable.
    • over two and a half hours is too long for you.

    About: survival · family · the end

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