My nominees are (in no particular order):
* KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
* WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS
* KING KONG ESCAPES
* GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO
What are some others?
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla: Godzilla and a giant shi-tzu fight a robot.
Godzilla vs. Megalon: Godzilla and giant robot (who programmed himself to be bigger!) take on cyborg tag team of giant bug and Gigan. One of my favourites.
Gamera vs. Guiron: Giant acrobatic flying turtle fights knife-faced giant critter that throws ninja stars. Meanwhile, two children are menaced by a pair of donut drugging, head shaving, brain eating space babes. Weirdest of the Gamera movies, and that's saying something.
Best battles:
Godzilla vs Mothra, King Ghidorah, and the Defense Force in GMK
Gamera vs. Gyaos in Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle
Gamera vs. Legion in Advent of Legion
Godzilla vs. Barugon in GMK
The free-for-all in Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla vs. Anguirus in Godzilla Raids Again (I love that gritty B&W, makes the monsters seem much more evil)
Goofiest battles:
Gamera vs. Jaiger the gout-stricken triceratops
I know it was said before, but by God it deserves to be said again, Gamera vs. Guiron the ninja-star shooting ginsu monster
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (flying Godzilla body-slam!)
Godzilla vs. Giant Rainbow-Colored Turkey Vulture in G vs. the Sea Monster
Brother R
Gamera vs. Gyaos in "Gamer Guardian of the Universe"
Godzilla and Rodan vs Mecha Godzilla II
Godzilla vs Mothera from "Godzilla vs the Thing"
Gamera vs Barugon (War of the Monsters AKA Gamera vs. Barugon)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidoah from Godzilla vs King Ghidora
-the first rule of fat club-
My favorites:
Sanda vs Gara (war of the gargatuas)
Kong vs Mechakong (king Kong Escapes)
Baragon vs Frankenstein (Frankenstein Conquers the world)
Destroy all Monsters brawl
Godzilla vs Monster zero, mothra, mechagodzilla (from the original movies)
Godilla/Angurius vs Gigan/ Ghidorah
Godzilla vs Biollante
Gamera vs Legion
Getting out of the kaiju movies:
Hormicon and Scorpicon Vs Movie Ninja Megazord in"Power Rangers:The Movie"
Jesse and Chester VS Super Hot Giant Alien Being in"Dude,Where´s My Car"
the US army VS Godzilla in"Godzilla"
the Alienators VS the 50 Foot Worm in"Evolution"
futuristic marines VS The Bug in"Starship Troopers"
The Destroyer in Stay Puft Marshmallow Man form VS The Ghostbusters in"Ghostbusters"
hick town VS 50 foot spiders in"Eight Legged Freaks"
disposable characters VS the 50 foot Ghoulie in"Ghoulies 2"
Hercules VS the Hydra in"Disney´s Hercules"
Luke Skywalker VS the Rancor AND the Sarlaac in"Star Wars:Episode VI-Return Of The Jedi"
Spawn VS(the dealiest,scariest monster of all)Malebolgia in"Spawn"
That´s all I can think of.
The live action Spawn? The goofy CGI sheepdog thing that couldn't move its mouth? Or do you mean something from the animated series?
Brother R
That"goofy CGI sheepdog thing"was supposed to be Satan.
I know it was Satan, it just kind of failed to instill the sense of ultimate evil and all-around scary monstrousness you'd expect from the Lord of Darkness. Mainly because it was a goofy CGI sheepdog with an immobile mouth.
You gotta use your imagination,Ragnarok.
I have always liked the part of "Godzilla vs. Mothra" (1992) where Godzilla was attacked by a futuristic armored force, complete with helicopters (which had no rotors) that fired beam weapons.
There is also a neat scene in Terror of Mechagodzilla (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/terrormecha/) where Godzilla bum rushes Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla. He shoulder blocks the big dinosaur out of the way and Titanosaurus goes flying, then slams into the robot monster just as it blasts some jets from the sky.
And who could forget the cyclops fighting the dragon in "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad?"
One fight that fell flat, but was a cool idea, is the two skeletons battling at the end of "Dr. Mordrid." I think one was a mastodon and the other a tyrannosaurus rex.
:the US army VS Godzilla in"Godzilla"
If you think that's a good battle then you really need to see more giant monster movies.
The Gamera/Gyaos(es) battle midway through Gamera 3 is, bar none, the greatest giant monster melee ever.
I second that choice!
Oh c'mon, how about Kong VS the dinosaurs in the original 1933 King Kong???
You mean third that choice? I already pegged that one as well.
The T-REX vs. Kong was a good battle.
-the first rule of fat club-
Godzilla vs. Gigan- silly melee battle is both amazingly stupid and entertaining!
Godzilla vs. Rodan- older one, really funny effects coupled with the cackling chirp of rubber rodan
Godzilla vs. Mecha Ghidorah was a great time, loads of spiffy sfx and silly silly combat
Godzilla vs. Orga- long and juicy romp with beam weapons and lots of melee action.
Gamera Vs. Irus final showdown.
Godzilla Vs. King Kong.
G + Jet Jaguar Vs. Megalon + old buzz saw belly.......(singing) He dickey, made of steel-eat sushi from a paaaaail! Jet Jaguar-jet jaguar, her mommy never love him..."
definitely godzilla vs. mechagodzilla. good call.