Twenty Favorite Monster Movies
(alphabetically by monster, and ignoring ghosts, which have their own list)
Aliens, Assimilationist: The Thing (directed by John Carpenter, 1982)
Aliens, Consumptionist: Under the Skin (directed by Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
Aliens, Ridiculous: The Creature Wasn’t Nice (directed by Bruce Kimmel, 1983)
Anne Hathaways: Colossal (directed by Nacho Vigalondo, 2016)
Creatures, Extradimensional: The Mist (directed by Frank Darabont, 2007)
Creatures, Resurrected: Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (directed by James Whale, 1931)
Devils: Belladonna of Sadness (directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973)
Fly/Human Hybrids: The Fly (directed by David Cronenberg, 1986)
Mermaids: The Lure (directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2015)
Spirit Creatures, Animistic: My Neighbor Totoro (directed by Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
Spirit Creatures, Human: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
Vampires, Comic: What We Do in the Shadows (directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, 2014)
Vampires, Frightening: Let the Right One In (directed by Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
Werewolves, Comic: An American Werewolf in London (directed by John Landis, 1981)
Werewolves, Tragic: Good Manners (directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, 2017)
Worms: The Lair of the White Worm (directed by Ken Russell, 1988)
Xenomorphs: Alien (directed by Ridley Scott, 1979)
Zombies, Frightening: 28 Days Later (directed by Danny Boyle, 2002)
Zombies, Inconvenient: They Came Back (directed by Robin Campillo, 2004)
Zombies, Valley: Night of the Comet (directed by Thom Eberhardt, 1984)
— November 13, 2021