While the world calls on monsters to defeat the evil aliens in Dreamworks’ Monsters Vs. Aliens, Joel Massie from GoneWithTheTwins.com investigates the top 10 monsters versus aliens movies (or any combination thereof). The film has to clearly contain a battle between monsters or aliens, and no cheating with an all-alien cast (sorry Star Wars).
10. Alien Vs Alien: Howard the Duck
Okay, so Howard the Duck is probably one of the worst movies ever made (hey, it’s not like I’m putting it in the number one spot). But as painful as it is to watch (and I wouldn’t recommend it), the first Marvel comic book adaptation does contain a truly bizarre and almost cult classic battle of alien duck versus alien overlord. Sadly, it’s also a battle just trying to make it through the whole movie. If this is your movie of choice for a fun filled sleepover, you may want to bring a comfortable sleeping bag, just in case you decide to sleep through this film.
9. Alien Vs Alien: Species II
In the second (though astonishingly not final) installment of the Species franchise, humankind must rely on Eve, an alien clone of Sil, to defeat reproduction-crazy alien menace Patrick. Though their “battle” turns out to be more of a bloody sex scene, well…no one’s complaining.
8. Alien Vs Monsters: Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
“Dollman” Brick Bardo is a hard-boiled alien cop from the planet Arturus who must fight off a gang of demon-possessed monster toys. If that doesn’t sound good to you, you’ve been watching too many serious movies. Throw in Bardo’s scantily-clad 11-inch tall girlfriend Nurse Ginger and copious amounts of foul language from the vile Baby Oopsie-Daisy, and you’ve got a classic clash between good and evil, man-doll and rabid teddy bear.
7. Alien Vs Aliens: Alien Resurrection
While certainly not the best of the Aliens franchise, Alien Resurrection was the first to actually have an alien fight the uh…aliens. Ripley returns as a mostly human, partly alien clone to do battle against the soulless beasts, as well as her own alien child (kind of). One could argue that Alien 3 should have made this list instead, as the “monster” penal colony inmates wage war against the Dog Alien, but metaphors aside, the more classic concept of Aliens Vs Predators would make a better substitution. But that movie really sucked.
6. Alien Vs Aliens: Pitch Black
The last of a powerful race of Furyans, Richard B. Riddick becomes the last hope for a group of crash-landed survivors against a swarm of carnivorous raptor-like aliens on a planet about to be engulfed in darkness. Pitch Black reminds us that Vin Diesel used to be cool, and no matter how hopeless the situation or the quantity of flesh-eating birds, having an attitude (and glowing eyes) will get you through it.
5. Monster Vs Monsters: Gremlins
Don’t let them near sunlight. Don’t get them wet. And definitely don’t let them eat after midnight. Of course without breaking these rules we wouldn’t have one of the most inventive and darkly comic monster clashes of the ‘80s with the cute and fluffy Gizmo versus an army of savage Gremlins led by the maniacal Stripe. Sure Gizmo has some help from the humans, but they mostly just get in the way.
4. Monsters Vs Alien: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Though certainly not the best of the Godzilla movies, this was the first to show Godzilla as a protagonist rather than a rampaging beast and also introduced many monsters to duke it out in a climactic ultimate showdown. To battle the three-headed golden space alien dragon Ghidorah, Godzilla must join forces with former opponent Mothra (a giant moth-god) and crossover monster Rodan (a pteranodon-like beast). I take it back – this WAS one of the best Godzilla movies.
3. Aliens Vs Aliens: The Fifth Element
The mobility-challenged Mondoshawan aliens are sworn to protect Earth and safeguard the Fifth Element against Evil and the obtuse Mangalore race under the payroll of Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman in one of his zaniest roles). Korben Dallas is human, the antagonists aren’t, Ruby Rhod probably isn’t and who knows what Leeloo really is. In the end, it’s still aliens versus aliens in a truly visionary genre-mixing action epic.
2. Monsters Vs Monsters: Hellboy
A wise-cracking, cigar-smoking, disgruntled creature from hell, a psychically-enhanced fish-creature, and a troubled pyrokinetic with a short fuse. And those are the good guys. Based on Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro’s ambitious adaptation finds the inhabitants of the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense combating a zombified, blade-wielding psycho-Nazi and a legion of slimy multiplying hellhounds, as well as Rasputin and the monstrous tentacled behemoth Ogdru Jahad.
1. Monster Vs Monsters: King Kong (1933)
In one of the most famous and influential monster movies of all time, the gigantic Kong fends off several dinosaurs, most notably a Tyrannosaurus, in his quest to save beauty Ann. It’s a shame that the mighty gorilla meets his demise at the hands of a few airplanes (though some would say beauty killed the beast – but that’s preposterous).
Honorable Mentions: Enemy Mine, Total Recall, Nightbreed, Men in Black II, Hellraiser II
- Joel Massie
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what about predator
Predator was Man vs Monster, wasn't it? That would make it not appropriate for this list.
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Great article! Even better than the ones on "other" sites that like to split them up over 10 seperate pages - how annyoing.
Yay Joel! I look forward to reading your top 10's!! Keep up the great work! This one is great. 
yea your rite mija
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