8. Pacific Rim (2013)
That Pacific Rim isn’t higher on this list is exactly why it’s here on the list. I’ll explain. The idea of humans building giant robots called jaegers to defend the planet from giant kaiju is sort of the ultimate Guillermo del Toro concept. Just pure design and cinema. And the movie is fun and beautiful, but also just not as good as you want it to be. That ever so slight disappointment of Pacific Rim being only “good” and not “great” just makes it rank a little lower.
