10 Movies Smarter Than Anyone Wants To Admit

10. Godzilla (2014)

When Warner Bros' reboot of the Godzilla franchise first hit theaters in 2014, people were divided purely on the amount of Godzilla in their Godzilla movie. Add onto that the rather boring nature of the characters the movie had take up the screentime instead, and you have a film bound to divide audiences.

But if you look past the chronic lack of Godzilla, you find a movie packed to the brim with genuinely good suspense and a near constant sense of dread that's masterfully built throughout the narrative of the film. And believe it or not, it does this purely through not showing Godzilla as much as most audiences feel they should've.

By showing just enough of the big lizard bastard so that you know that he's there, but not too much so that you know what he's up to, the movie gives you this constant sense of unease. Wondering what side of the moral spectrum Godzilla is going to fall on by the end of it. Will we have three monsters to deal with, or will they fight it out for dominance.

Obviously we got an answer to that, but the film was very good at making one wonder until they were ready to properly answer it.