From King Kong and Jaws to Nope, here are the 10 best human-vs.-animal film face-offs.
Meanwhile, the horror hitNopefeatures a rampaging chimp gone ape, while the gonzo Indian importRRRunleashes a full-on-furious menagerie.
Almost a century on, stop-motion animator Willis O’Brien’s creation remains a miracle of cinema.

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and furry friend in ‘RRR’.Everett Collection
See also the 1976 and 2005 remakes directed by John Guillermin and Peter Jackson respectively.
See also 2010’sPiranha 3D, particularly if you want to see Jerry O’Connell getting his penis bitten offin 3D.
Instead, the physician finds himself battling an army of deadly spiders in this Frank Marshall-directed movie.
The Grey (2011)
“There’s blood in the air.
And there’s death.
They know we’re wounded.
They can smell it.
Hopefully, they won’t f— with us.”
The result is a relentless nail-biter hailed by Quentin Tarantino as one of his faves of the year.
RRR (2022)
Midway through this epic, India-set tale, N.T.
Despite stiff competition, the scene is the most jaw-dropping moment in director S.S. Rajamouli’s entertainingly bonkers movie.
Beastis now available to watch in cinemas.
See the film’s trailer below.