Movie 	Year 	Location 	Approximate location 
King Kong	1933	New York, NY	
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	1953	New York, NY	
Them!	1954	Alamogordo, NM	
Tarantula	1955	Desert Rock, AZ	Quartzite, AZ
It Came from Beneath the Sea	1955	San Francisco, CA	
The Giant Claw	1957	New York, NY	
Beginning of the End	1957	Chicago, IL	
The Amazing Collossal Man	1957	Las Vegas, NV	
The Deadly Mantis	1957	Washington, DC	
The Monolith Monsters	1957	San Angelo, CA	Lone Pine, CA
The Monster That Challenged the World	1957	Salton Sea, CA	
War of the Colossal Beast	1958	Los Angeles, CA	
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman	1958	Tarzana, CA	
The Giant Gila Monster	1959	Dallas, Texas	
Destroy All Monsters	1968	New York, NY	
The Giant Spider Invasion	1975	Merill, WI	
King Kong	1976	New York, NY	
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes	1978		San Diego, CA
Q	1982	New York, NY	
Monster Shark	1984	Florida coast	Key Largo, FL
Maximum Overdrive	1986	Wilmington, NC	
The Blob	1988	Arborville, CA	Fresno, CA
Tremors	1990	Perfection, NV	Elko, NV
Alligator II: The Mutation	1991	Chicago, IL	
Honey, I Blew Up The Kid	1992	Las Vegas, NV	
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman	1993	Taft, CA	
Jurassic Park: The Lost World	1997	San Diego, CA	
Godzilla	1998	New York, NY	
Reptilian	1999	Los Angeles, CA	
Eight Legged Freaks	2002	Prosperity, Arizona	Glendale, Arizona
King Kong	2005	New York, NY	
Ice Spiders	2007	Utah Ski Resort	Sundance, UT
The Mist	2007	Bridgton, ME	
30 Days Of Night	2007	Barrow, AK	
Cloverfield	2008	New York, NY	
Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus	2009	San Francisco, CA	
Wyvern	2009	Beaver Mills, AK	Barrow, AK
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus	2010	Los Angeles, CA	
Mega Piranha	2010	South Florida	Miami, FL
Vanishing on 7th Street	2010	Detroit, MI	
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid	2011	Miami, FL	
Pacific Rim	2013	San Francisco, CA