If you loved King Kong vs. Godzilla, try Atragon
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Atragon has roughly 5.9× fewer votes than King Kong vs. Godzilla — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Ishirō Honda, and they both carry the atmospheric, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to King Kong vs. Godzilla, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Atragon is
You command a warship in a world under threat, but a legendary empire's reappearance changes everything, and the captain's creation may be the only defense against it, as seen through Ishirō Honda's lens.

